We bought a.... ready for it?....
Chevy!
I think I'm the first person in my family within the last 25-30 years that has bought a US errrr Mexican made car. We're tired of waiting around for my dads truck anytime we need to move/pick up something, also the whole 18" AMG wheels with simi sport tires installed just doesn't work the best when theres a bunch of snow on the ground.
With that being said, we found a nice beater, fully loaded Trailblazer inline 6 4.2L 275hp not sure torque, has tow package, leather heated seats, and lots of other bells and whistles. 2003 model with 35K miles on the clock, it's mint. Awesome find!
Best part about it is, trailblazers run from 10-15K with 60K miles to 100K miles based off of auto trader/cars.com This LTZ model was 12,499.00 from a dealership, price was good to start with VS other cars in the area.
I'll go over the process of buying this car since people are always looking for the ins/outs of buying.
We walked into the Chevy dealership, asked, do you have any trailblazers? also do you have any Explorers so we can see them side by side? Yes to the trail blazers no to the explorer, I asked if I could drive it to the ford lot across town so I could see them side by side. They gave me a key and we were off. Drove it to the ford dealership, didn't see much we liked, got back in the car and drove back to the Chevy dealership. As soon as we got out the sales person and manager came over to see what we thought. I told them I was indifferent about it, I liked the ford better but Linh liked the Chevy more. Told them I wasn't really pressed to buy anything but it was nice and the miles were right, we wanted a haul/snow suv so it wasn't a big deal on what we got, as long as it runs when we need it to run. I looked at the sticker 12,499 and told them since it's getting late we'll just cut the BS, make it happen at $12,500 OTD and I'd take it. Based on my research I felt that was a good price for the car. guy walks away, comes back and says, ok done. We fill out the basic paper work, sign off on the car, and I told them I'd have the money sent to them in the AM.
I kid you not, it took around 15 minutes from the time we got out of the car to the time we drove off the lot.
The fact that he took it right away tells me too things, 1. It was right at closing time and he didn't want to play dealer games. 2. I nailed the sweet spot where he wanted his base # to be at. or 3. I paid too much =)
As I always say, if you're happy with what you spent, then it really doesn't matter. I'll try to get some pictures posted up a bit later.
For the record, if he came back at 12,700 OTD I would have walked.
P.S right before we left, the sales person told linh, boy, I bet that was the fastest most straight forward car you've ever bought, she laughed and said no, we do this a lot.
lol
Chevy!
I think I'm the first person in my family within the last 25-30 years that has bought a US errrr Mexican made car. We're tired of waiting around for my dads truck anytime we need to move/pick up something, also the whole 18" AMG wheels with simi sport tires installed just doesn't work the best when theres a bunch of snow on the ground.
With that being said, we found a nice beater, fully loaded Trailblazer inline 6 4.2L 275hp not sure torque, has tow package, leather heated seats, and lots of other bells and whistles. 2003 model with 35K miles on the clock, it's mint. Awesome find!
Best part about it is, trailblazers run from 10-15K with 60K miles to 100K miles based off of auto trader/cars.com This LTZ model was 12,499.00 from a dealership, price was good to start with VS other cars in the area.
I'll go over the process of buying this car since people are always looking for the ins/outs of buying.
We walked into the Chevy dealership, asked, do you have any trailblazers? also do you have any Explorers so we can see them side by side? Yes to the trail blazers no to the explorer, I asked if I could drive it to the ford lot across town so I could see them side by side. They gave me a key and we were off. Drove it to the ford dealership, didn't see much we liked, got back in the car and drove back to the Chevy dealership. As soon as we got out the sales person and manager came over to see what we thought. I told them I was indifferent about it, I liked the ford better but Linh liked the Chevy more. Told them I wasn't really pressed to buy anything but it was nice and the miles were right, we wanted a haul/snow suv so it wasn't a big deal on what we got, as long as it runs when we need it to run. I looked at the sticker 12,499 and told them since it's getting late we'll just cut the BS, make it happen at $12,500 OTD and I'd take it. Based on my research I felt that was a good price for the car. guy walks away, comes back and says, ok done. We fill out the basic paper work, sign off on the car, and I told them I'd have the money sent to them in the AM.
I kid you not, it took around 15 minutes from the time we got out of the car to the time we drove off the lot.
The fact that he took it right away tells me too things, 1. It was right at closing time and he didn't want to play dealer games. 2. I nailed the sweet spot where he wanted his base # to be at. or 3. I paid too much =)
As I always say, if you're happy with what you spent, then it really doesn't matter. I'll try to get some pictures posted up a bit later.
For the record, if he came back at 12,700 OTD I would have walked.
P.S right before we left, the sales person told linh, boy, I bet that was the fastest most straight forward car you've ever bought, she laughed and said no, we do this a lot.
lol
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