Search results matching tag 'tip'

Repair of a burn hole in Headliner

pattihim — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:09:42 GMT

Would like to know how you go about fixing a burn hole in the headliner. Its about 1/8" in size and wasnt sure if I need to take a peice of headliner from somewhere else in my car or is the a filler that I can use for this little spot. NEED HELP!!!!

Re: car trade-ins. Homework, finding the right dealer. Sell yourself for big bucks.

RittmanRocks — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:52:59 GMT

You will find online trade-in valuations (such as kelly blue book, nada, edmunds) typically to be within $500.00 dollars of each other.

Obviously, not alot of help considering none of these sites actually are willing to purchase your car at these values anyways.

As you have recently found out neither are many used car managers. The valuations, between these guys can range all over the board. The saying in our business is that no two managers will ever come up with the same value. Consumers report, several thousand dollars difference in trade appraisals at the same store from a different manager.

The bottom line is that just like the old horse trading days, smoke and mirrors, and fun and games will always prevail.

Many consumers, wanting to avoid the whole game and shopping experience itself have flocked to places like CarMax and Saturn dealerships. Where there is no negiotiation on buying or selling your car. There's the price take it or leave it. Well, needless to say there is a big winner there and I promise you it will not ever be you!

Buying a car, which 90% of the time entails trading out of an old car is a negiotiation! It is you against heavily stacked favorites.

How you beat the odds is to negiotiate effectively. If they cannot give you what you feel is the value of your trade in. Then leave. Get you a for sale sign and sell it yourself on AutoTrader, Ebay, or Cars.com period.

To determine the true market value of your vehicle find out what similar cars like yours are selling for on these very same sites.

I hope this helps.

Jon Ritter, VP Operations

http://www.getacar.com

972-267-CARS

will In addition, you can assume no two used car managers will ever come up with the same number. So how do you figure your

Re: TIP ON 2007 PONTIAC VIBE

autotropolis.com — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:30:20 GMT

Our TIP is the actual market value of what vehicles are selling in your area. We supply this information to you so that you can take the printed out TIP price and say you want to pay no more than this price, since this is what the vehicles are selling for. It seems like the TIP on the Vibe is about 400 bucks over invoice, which is a fantastic price. PLUS the incentives on it will get you another $500 bucks off OR 0% financeing (I would take the 0% if you qualify (see our incentives vs finance calculator to compare savings). Basically, our TIP allows you to go into the dealership knowing you can get a great deal without the back and forth pricing war that is somethimes associated with buying a car.

As far as the best time to buy, usually toward the end of the month is a good time. However, with the TIP, you already have a great starting point, so if you need to buy in the beginning or middle of the month, you can expect to get the same great savings from your local dealership!