老大放暑假了,考虑去打工上课, 需要有个车开了。原来计划$5000-7500 买个旧车。因为路上大车太多,SUV 比较安全,就看 CR-V, RAV4, Forester 档次的小SUV。 一查,这旧车也太贵了,几千块才能买一个 12-15万英里的老爷SUV。
星期一放假去朋友家。说起买车的事。一个朋友说,他有一个 Honda Civic, 原来是老大偶尔开。现在老大在城里工作,车闲着。我们可以考虑。 我说可以看看。主人说他家附近就有人卖 Subaru Forester, 就停在路边。吃饭后就去看看。没有看到 Subaru 却看到另外一台。 是2009年的 VW Tiguan。45000 英里,要价$11,500。 现查 Kelley Blue Book, 价格合适。让儿子试车,说行。回到朋友家再查,发现 Tiguan 是2009年才出的新车型,可靠性很差。
朋友们七嘴八舌。 提到现在租车也有好的选择。买的话还是买个 SUV, 图其安全。最好是新车,旧车出不出问题就看运气了。咱农民进城,买个车不容易,总修也不是个办法。于是在 Edmunds.com 等网站 送出了几个 Request for Quotes 给 Toyota, Honda, Subaru 车商。到下午5,6点的时候,想到附近看看车,车商都关门了。于是做点研究,看别人买同样的车都付了多少钱。几个网站值得推荐:
Edmunds.com: True Market Price
Kelley Blue Book (kbb.com): Fair Purchase Price
Truecar.com: lowest price and local/national transaction history
星期二上班,开了一上午的会。其间手机响个不停,干脆把电话铃关了。 Dealers 的 email quotes 都来了。下午整理收到的靠谱的情报总结如下:
CR-V | Ratio | RAV4 | Ratio | |||||||||
Blue Book | MSRP | 23625 | LX 2WD | 24875 | LX 4WD | Blue book | MSRP | 24145 | LE 2WD | 25545 | LE 4WD | |
Fair Price | 22347 | 0.946 | 23529 | 0.946 | Fair Price | 22935 | 0.950 | 24265 | 0.950 | |||
A | MSRP | 23625 | LX 2WD | A | MSRP | 24649 | LE 2WD | |||||
Offer | 22048 | 0.933 | Offer | 22969 | 0.932 | |||||||
B | MSRP | 25725 | EX 2WD | B | 24520 | LE 2WD | ||||||
Offer | 23564 | 0.916 | 22809 | 0.930 | ||||||||
C | MSRP | 24875 | LX 4WD | C | 24839 | LE 2WD | ||||||
Offer | 22788 | 0.916 | 23120 | 0.931 | ||||||||
D | MSRP | 22795 | LX 2WD | D | 25920 | LE 4WD | ||||||
Offer | 21414 | 0.939 | 24142 | 0.931 |
Honda dealer C offered the following by email:
2013 Honda 4-door LX SUV AWD
Dealer offered: $22988 (includes destination charge)
Plus : additional $200 off if bought by May 31
Plus: $500 towards down payment if owner of a competitor/Honda car (2003 or newer).
0.9% finance for 60 months
Market Research:
2013 Honda 4-door LX SUV AWD
MSRP: $24875
INVOICE: $23413
KBB Fair Purchase: $23529
(http://www.kbb.com/honda/cr-v/2013-honda-cr-v/lx/?vehicleid=381464&intent=buy-new&options=#survey)
下午下班后就去买这个车:Honda CR-V LX AWD:
Price: ~$22,300
OTD: $24,400 (NJ: 7% tax, $110 doc fee, plus title/registration, etc.)
The price is $1100 below invoice and $1200 below fair purchase price.
晚上车开回家了。就是这个(stock photo):