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Hi All - My wife and I are beginning the process of separation, the first step of which is to move out of our apartment and get our own places. This also means we won't be sharing a car anymore. I've always owned Honda Civics, but my most recent one, a 2008 LX 4-door, has me less-than-impressed. It was certified, so we paid a premium but it was always a hassle to get work done and yada yada. I probably wont get certified again. So, if I wanted a Honda Civic-sized car that isn't ugly as sin and can potentially take a beating (DC roads and drivers are crappy), what would you recommend. I have every intention of keeping this car long term and driving it into the ground. $$$: I'm assuming I can sell this Civic for ~12k, that would leave me with about ~$6k to put down. I would love to get a brand new car with 0% financing or something and throw that $6K down and pay it off in a year, but not sure any dealers are offering those deals anymore. I'm pretty sure a lease isn't right for me. Other option is buying used, but the interest rates will be higher and I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the idea of owning a car that is already X years old and I have a loan on it for another Y years. So.. Thoughts?
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Weinertron posted:If you have the income and good credit, do this and look at the current Mazda 3, Ford Focus, and Hyundai Elantra. If you are really price-sensitive and like quirky looks I think that the current Kia Soul is a hell of a value car right now, and pretty comfortable too. And the Kia Soul.... 
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Sep 26, 2012 16:52
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How are you people finding out what the dealer invoice is? I always thought that was super secret voodoo?
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Trip Report: Thanks to the advice of this thread, I spent today looking at the following cars:
* 2013 Ford Focus SE * 2013 Chevy Cruze 1LT * 2013 Hyundai Elantra GLS As suspected, the Mazda dealer was really trying to get the car off the lot. I think the color is a bit odd (Dolphin Grey Metalic, but it looks blue), it's a 6-spd manual and it's a 2012. That plus the whole last weekend of the month and quarter thing, sticker price was $19,550 but they offered me (without any haggling) $15,679. Add in Tax ($502), Tag ($69), Processing ($394) and Freight ($795), it comes to $17,439 out the door. I just did an Edmunds report and it says invoice was $18,683 and True Market Value is $17,337. They said that price was a "cash" price and that if I financed, they could give me 1.99% APR for 60 months, but they wouldn't do a 0% APR deal. To do a 0% APR deal they said they'd add $1500 to the price. Does that seem right to everyone? That's the only thing that felt kinda bullshitty to me. So, the plan now is to call up a couple of other dealers and see if they'll beat the price. If they do, I'll go back to the original dealer and they said they'd beat any other dealer by $500. Also, I think sunday night 1 hour before close they might be more compelled to take more off. Any other things I should look into or worry about? Edit: It turns out they just gave the me "internet sale price": http://www.arlingtonmazda.com/detai...rtOrderBy=5%2C0 No wonder I didn't have to negotiate at all  . Definitely planning on getting one dealer going after the other and getting them to knock off a bunch more. How much do you think is reasonable? I was thinking about asking for $1.5K off and meeting in the middle at $750 off.
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Sep 30, 2012 00:38
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Thewittyname posted:These are pretty much the exact cars I'm looking at right now, can you explain why you went with the Mazda? What did you think about the Elantra?
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Oct 1, 2012 16:30
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Fair_Winds posted:Proposed Budget:$4,000 or less https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2015/04/28/what-does-your-work-truck-say-about-you/
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Sextro posted:I wish they didn't give a gently caress. I've been getting daily phone calls and emails from a bunch of local dealers after I just gave the basic info to see their online inventories (including the info that I am in the 4-6 month window).
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