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Article #22261Re: (Repost) The ONLY way to buy a car!
From: Steven Linke
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1992 06:39
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1992 06:39
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In article <1992Jul2.225116.3669@riscsm.scripps.edu> mikec@scripps.edu (Mike A Christensen) writes: > >No, the low bid will be $11 for one car, $20 for two, $27 for 3, $5 for each >additional car. From Consumer Reports. You can even get the quotes by FAX. >Advertised in each issue of CR. There are also books that give itemized breakdowns of new car prices. About a year ago, I went to the public library and looked at a book called "New Car Price Guide" or something like that. It gave dealer's cost for base models and options plus destination charges. It did not give information on "advertising fees" or factory-to-dealer rebates, since they can vary. However, when I showed my numbers to the dealer and offered him cost for an Accord (based on the fact that I found out there was an end-of-the-year incentive rebate to the dealer), he brought out the invoice and the book was only about $50 off. Actually, it would have been right on except that the Accord was purchased midway through the year and the factory price had gone up. This method was very effective and absolutely FREE OF CHARGE!!!! -- Steve Linke Salk Institute (Gene Expression Lab) La Jolla, CA Internet: slinke@sdcc3.ucsd.edu
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f604a,5f7671ab84b9af31 X-Google-Attributes: gidf604a,public X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,4462a2791a2ef571 X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-07-03 04:23:56 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!network.ucsd.edu!sdcc12!sdcc3!slinke From: slinke@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Steven Linke) Newsgroups: ca.general,rec.autos Subject: Re: (Repost) The ONLY way to buy a car! Message-ID: <35306@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> Date: 3 Jul 92 06:39:50 GMT References: <64zln8n.mzimmers@netcom.com> <1992Jul2.220439.617@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> <1992Jul2.225116.3669@riscsm.scripps.edu> Sender: news@sdcc12.ucsd.edu Followup-To: ca.general Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 28 Nntp-Posting-Host: sdcc3.ucsd.edu