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Old 11-13-2006, 08:17 PM
martinmzfan martinmzfan is offline
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Real Name: Martin
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Default Re: Cost Survey

No one should pay sticker on a new car. There are large commissions built in new cars which provide a good profit margin to the dealers even at "factory invoice" which is not the true dealer cost. Choose a dealer with a high BBB (Better Business Bureau) rating and in a lower economic area/suburb of a large city. They will work with you. Dealers have a harder time selling expensive/complicated hybrids in these areas as opposed to affluent areas where upper-mid class will gladly pay sticker. I live in So. Cal. and did manage to swing my TCH below MSRP... yeah I did some negotiating with a professional fleet manager -- not a salesperson. This is who you deal with at dealers. Dealers will try very hard to push the car at MSRP and make you buy the same day. Take your time... there is no line out the door for your car. Prepare yourself to walk away if you are pressured to buy at full price. I barely said a few words and they were willing to take $200 off sticker. Go for it. No one is too old or young enough to negotiate... in fact it keeps ya young!!!

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2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid base Jasper Pearl -- I CANNOT seem to get that Average Mileage log to display here: 30.0 MPG as of 7/2008!!
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