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So, we bought a car on Friday. Don't have it yet, but we bought it. 2022 Kia Niro PHEV.

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Oct 11 '21, 07:21

I think I came out pretty well in the process all things considered.

Sticker was $37,965
Price at the dealer was around $40k as they had a number of other add-ons that they performed (door guards, rear-safety light, etc.) I wasn't too pleased about that at first blush.

We had a Sorrento SUV coming off lease. Carmax quoted me $24k unseen. Lease payoff is $17.5k. Dealer offered me $20. I really didn't want to deal with selling it to carmax so got them to give me $22.5 for it giving me about $5k equity to put towards the new purchase.

They weren't going to move much on the price of the car.
Can't remember off the top of my head how far down we got but it wasn't much $1k maybe. Got the car financed at 0.9% for 5 years. We did extend all the warranties to 10 years and should get the car this week.

Given how the market is, I thought that was a decent outcome.

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Feels like you've bought a few cars as of late? Comp/Collision is a heck on an insurance bill -- nm* - budice Oct 11, 07:32 2
- We bought 2 in 2019 that the kids drive. So, kinda :) I'm due to replace mine sometime next year. Going to swap cars with my son and trade in his - oblique Oct 11, 07:37 1
  - Toddlers can't drive, kilbo -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 07:39
Watch out for falling trees. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 11, 07:30
I haven't even heard of this vehicle (no surprise since I'm not in the market) but it looks slick! -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 07:24 17
- I'm not a huge fan of it myself in person. It's kinda a weird squat hatchback/wagon crossbread. It drives nice though, has good storage, and was one - oblique Oct 11, 07:27 16
  - It's what happens when you want to sell a hatchback but don't want to sell a hatchback. - spamlet Oct 11, 07:34 1
    - Yeah, the Hyundai one is nicer looking but they don't sell the PHEV in the midwest. -- nm - oblique Oct 11, 07:37
  - Yeah, this style of vehicle is odd to me as well. It's not an SUV, it's not a car, it's kind of in between. I do hope you love it and have no issues. - Krusty Oct 11, 07:32 13
    - I believe they call them CUVs... -- (edited) - ty97 Oct 11, 07:33 12
      - ish. The Bolt we're trying to buy is an "EUV", which means just a little more leg room and storage -- (edited) - Reagen Oct 11, 07:42 2
        
        "Do you have any that don't catch on fire?" -- nm - oblique Oct 11, 07:43 1
        
        99.99% don't! -- nm* - Reagen Oct 11, 07:44
      - What's the C? Car Utility Vehicle? IMO, this one is too high up to be in the station wagon class but what do I know. - Krusty Oct 11, 07:37 6
        
        Crossover -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 07:39 3
        
        (at least as far as I've heard, I'm not an expert) -- nm - ty97 Oct 11, 07:40 2
        
        . -- (link) - ty97 Oct 11, 07:40 1
        
        Looks like crossover and compact are used. -- nm - Krusty Oct 11, 07:50
        
        Compact I think -- nm - oblique Oct 11, 07:38 1
        
        Makes sense -- nm - Krusty Oct 11, 07:38
      - I mean I basically have one of those, a Crossover (suby Crosstrek). - tRuMaN Oct 11, 07:36 1
        
        I definitely looked at the Subaru also. It really was a choice between the Kia, Subaru, Toyota RAV4 Prime and the Ford Escape - oblique Oct 11, 07:39

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