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Originally Posted by nitramjr
I can't help with the NAV question since neither of mine have it but was wondering if you ran a Carfax on it when you bought it to see if there is any history on the car.
Since you have the previous owners address saved in your NAV system, you could always drive over there and ask him why he turned it in. 
What kind of good deal did you get on the slighly used FEH?
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I might try that, contacting the original owner. I found their address in Alabama. It seems they bought the car in August and in turned it in a month later. Perhaps they were adversely effected by Katrina.
As for the deal, the CarMax price on it was $27,900 +$145 dealer fee + $200 to have it brought down from Alabama. I ordered the car on line, and paying them $200 was a heck of a lot cheaper then me flying there and driving it back. Other cost was sales tax of course. I also bought a 5 year, 125,000 mile total everything exclusionary warranty from Warranty Direct, not the dealer. (Exclusionary meaning the contract lists only the things that are not covered, as opposed to the things that are) . Cost of this was $1700. (The things that are not covered are basically the NAV system, shocks, tires, brake linings, the battery, aside from those, its a pretty complete warranty, and its the only one I have seen that went out to 125,000 miles)
The traditional dealers I went to were charging 100% sticker price for the FEH plus their fees, which were considerably more than CarMax's. One dealer had a 2005 FEH equipped the same way and his bottom number was $30,500. Other dealers for 2006's that I went to ran $30-$32. So I figure I saved a couple of thousand dollars. The savings certainly paid for the extended warranty.