Recession car deals

[Darkane]

Advantage Ford just sent me a deal on email.

Similar to the Jetta deal I posted earlier except way better.

Focus SE fairly loaded.
6sp auto
Heated seats/wheel
Keyless
Sync

Yada yada

18,500 OTD

MSRP - $24,000+

Solid deal like 25% off

If anyone is interested let me know ill try to get you another $500 off through my connections y0

[bjstare]

Originally posted by flipstah
Why so cheap? Hm.

No P30/P31 pack (no alcantara, no two piece front rotors, which means no LSD IIRC) as far as I can tell. Despite that, still very cheap, possibly accident history...?

If no history, that car will sell fast.

[Strider]

Originally posted by cjblair
No P30/P31 pack (no alcantara, no two piece front rotors, which means no LSD IIRC) as far as I can tell. Despite that, still very cheap, possibly accident history...?

If no history, that car will sell fast.

Emailed the owner. Sounds like there has been an accident in the past, but he didn't say how bad.

I got the VIN but don't feel like paying $40 for a carproof to see how big the claim was.

The engine number is outside the headbolt issue though.

[bjstare]

Originally posted by Strider


Emailed the owner. Sounds like there has been an accident in the past, but he didn't say how bad.

I got the VIN but don't feel like paying $40 for a carproof to see how big the claim was.

The engine number is outside the headbolt issue though.

Yeah, I think engines with the updated headbolt design are from late 2010MY and onwards.

To be honest, the thing holding me back from getting one of these cars isn't the headbolts, its the potential valve lubrication issues (across all M156 engines, IIRC)

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[benyl]

Originally posted by cjblair


No P30/P31 pack (no alcantara, no two piece front rotors, which means no LSD IIRC) as far as I can tell. Despite that, still very cheap, possibly accident history...?

If no history, that car will sell fast.

Correct.

It's a base car with a lot of kms.

No Nav. No CF trim inside. 2011 would be P31 which it doesn't have(no red calipers is the biggest giveaway).

[Kloubek]

Someone didn't get the memo of the downturn....

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/...ationFlag=true

[Aleks]

Originally posted by Darkane
Advantage Ford just sent me a deal on email.

Similar to the Jetta deal I posted earlier except way better.

Focus SE fairly loaded.
6sp auto
Heated seats/wheel
Keyless
Sync

Yada yada

18,500 OTD

MSRP - $24,000+

Solid deal like 25% off

If anyone is interested let me know ill try to get you another $500 off through my connections y0

VW is now doing $5,000 on Jettas, $4,000 on Golf/Golf SW

http://vwoffers.ca/

[guessboi]

^ I was tempted yesterday when I got the email.
A base model Jetta for $10,995 + freight and PDI + taxes, etc.

[Redlyne_mr2]

No ac for that price but still a hell of a deal for a brand new car, back up camera, usb , turbo etc.

[shakalaka]

Originally posted by mrsingh


That looks like a pretty decent price for a 2011.

The trade in value I got for My 2011 with 65K km's with p31, fully loaded, every single option except carbon fibre interior was $32K last year around the same time.

It had a $29K worth of accident on it though.

[dimi]

My thoughts on car pricing. On the used car front, I just don't think there are many deals to be found. The odd ones that do come up are almost always lacking any maintenance records and are generally beat up. Then there is the question of whether you want to actually buy a car from someone in financial distress? Situational I guess.

On the other hand, I do find great deals on new vehicles. Which brings me to the 1-2 year old vehicle sector, where I've found the biggest divergence. These I find to priced very close to a brand new vehicle (especially with some of the aggressive leasing deals to be found), and it begs the question why anyone would go for something like that over a brand new car?

Mind you, I'm not looking to switch up cars and maybe my research is limited.

[accordboi_02]

Anyone know if Luxury car dealers are willing to give good/great deals?
In particular I'm looking at the Lexus ES300h

[The_Rural_Juror]

Looking for a reliable and cheap awd car for short commute. People still want too much for their vehicles.

[Team_Mclaren]

Originally posted by benyl


Correct.

It's a base car with a lot of kms.

No Nav. No CF trim inside. 2011 would be P31 which it doesn't have(no red calipers is the biggest giveaway).

Still a great deal imo, since when is 80k on a 5/6 year old car a lot of kms?

[bjstare]

Originally posted by Team_Mclaren



Still a great deal imo, since when is 80k on a 5/6 year old car a lot of kms?

I agree that it's still a decent deal. Ad says the accident on it was only $5k as well, pretty much a fender bender.

You'd never catch me buying a C63 with no LSD though, is it not just a constant one tire fire?

[Strider]

Originally posted by Team_Mclaren
Still a great deal imo, since when is 80k on a 5/6 year old car a lot of kms?

Originally posted by cjblair
I agree that it's still a decent deal. Ad says the accident on it was only $5k as well, pretty much a fender bender.

Agreed it's not a lot of km for a 5-6 year old car, it's one of the lower km 2010-2011's out there.

The seller ran a carproof and sent me a copy - the accident in itself isn't bad, but it's also an Ontario car originally, was auctioned after the repair, and was in the shop a couple times subsequent to that within a few k km.

Bit too much history for me. I'd say it's priced appropriately.

[Buster]

Originally posted by cjblair


I agree that it's still a decent deal. Ad says the accident on it was only $5k as well, pretty much a fender bender.

You'd never catch me buying a C63 with no LSD though, is it not just a constant one tire fire?

Depends. It doesn't really work that way. The LSD is a bigger help pulling out of the corners. Straight line, you wouldn't notice a huge difference. With traction control on and the way most people drive it's probably not a huge deal.

That said I wouldn't give up LSD on my car, and I think it's hilarious that MB didn't make it standard. And that they put skinny tires on the back.

[bjstare]

Originally posted by Buster


Depends. It doesn't really work that way. The LSD is a bigger help pulling out of the corners. Straight line, you wouldn't notice a huge difference. With traction control on and the way most people drive it's probably not a huge deal.

Yeah I know.. pulling out of corners, especially with stability control off is mostly where you want an LSD. And I wouldn't be buying a car like this to drive it like an old white lady.

Originally posted by Buster

That said I wouldn't give up LSD on my car, and I think it's hilarious that MB didn't make it standard. And that they put skinny tires on the back.

Exactly, I wouldn't give up the LSD on my car either haha. It's even more critical on a car like this that has notoriously little room for fitting wider than stock rear tires.

[Konj]

Originally posted by dimi
My thoughts on car pricing. On the used car front, I just don't think there are many deals to be found. The odd ones that do come up are almost always lacking any maintenance records and are generally beat up. Then there is the question of whether you want to actually buy a car from someone in financial distress? Situational I guess.

On the other hand, I do find great deals on new vehicles. Which brings me to the 1-2 year old vehicle sector, where I've found the biggest divergence. These I find to priced very close to a brand new vehicle (especially with some of the aggressive leasing deals to be found), and it begs the question why anyone would go for something like that over a brand new car?

Mind you, I'm not looking to switch up cars and maybe my research is limited.

No one has commented on your thoughts, awwe its okay . I will. I would add that If you are buying a car from someone in financial distress you are helping them out.

[Redlyne_mr2]

VW just released $3000 stackable cash on the Jetta, 0% 84 month on a mid level comfortline is $26X full price, it would be mid to low 200s for Beyonders and even cheaper for a Trendline plus package, hilariously cheap. GLI's have $3000 off and 0% as well, cheap a4 basically .