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The way to get the full $4500 discount on your car is so tell the dealer you don't have a clunker. Bargain as best as you can to get the price lower.

Posted by James Bond (aka Igor) (aka Igor) Aug 3 '09, 10:22

Then tell them about the clunker and have them take $4500 off the price.

However, I highly doubt the majority of customers do that. They probably run to the dealer with the keys to their clunker in-hand.

The beginning bargain price should really be dealer invoice price. And with all the incentives dealers get from the manufacture, you price you agree (before the clunker) should be much much lower than the invoice price.

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I wonder how many people thought of buying clunkers on eBay/craigslist before getting new cars. -- nm - David Aug 3, 10:24 28
- I thought about that. Buy one from like Rent a Wreck but you can't. You need to show proof of ownership and insurance for like a year or something. - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 3, 10:26 2
  - It was smart on the part of lawmakers to put those stipulations in. - ty97 Aug 3, 10:27 1
    - Yup very on their part. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 3, 10:28
- I'm kinda confused why Congress ain't rushing to re-fund this program. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 3, 10:25 21
  - It's strange how unhappy so many people are that it was so unexpectedly popular. -- nm - David Aug 3, 10:26 17
    - "Did you get the tow package?" -- nm - nubby in NC Aug 3, 10:29 1
      - (should have been in response to TFox) -- nm - nubby in NC Aug 3, 10:30
    - People just think they are getting a great deal. However, I doubt most are. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 3, 10:27 14
      - They may not be. Question is: What was the goal of the program? - ty97 Aug 3, 10:30 6
        
        The program is doing what it should. However, the customers can get better deals if they play their cards right. Right now the customers only think - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 3, 10:33 2
        
        The house always wins. - znufrii Aug 3, 10:34 1
        
        Yes -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 3, 10:36
        
        I don't understand how you could argue it hasn't helped stimulate the auto industry - Will Hunting Aug 3, 10:32 2
        
        personally, I'm not. Friday (I think) some people were -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 10:38
        
        It's gone beyond just people using the CARS incentive, too. Dealers get interested buyers that don't qualify and are cutting deals. - TWuG Aug 3, 10:33
      - This just proves to me that there's a psychological barrier to spending right now that can be overcome. - TWuG Aug 3, 10:30 1
        
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      - Car dealerships are one of the most fascinating enterprises in terms of innate duplicity. -- nm - David Aug 3, 10:29
      - For some of these new cars, unless the dealers rose prices 30%, they are getting a solid deal. - Will Hunting Aug 3, 10:28 1
        
        They don't need to raise prices. The sticker price is always already high. The manufacture gives plenty of discounts to the dealers which usually the - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 3, 10:31
      - if they're happy with what they got for the price they paid, then they got a great deal. -- nm - TFox Aug 3, 10:28 1
        
        And the new car is more fuel efficient which is also a good thing. -- nm - Tim Aug 3, 10:29
  - Did they put in another 2B over the weekend? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 3, 10:26 2
    - The House voted for that (course given the rush, that might last 10 days) but the Senate is slow-rolling it. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 3, 10:27 1
      - I see. thanks. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Aug 3, 10:27
- you ahve to have owned the clunker for a year. -- nm - safari for windows *loves* mandy lane Aug 3, 10:25
- You had to own the car for at least a year, I believe. -- nm - Dano Aug 3, 10:24 1
  - Ah, I did not know that. -- nm - David Aug 3, 10:25

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The way to get the full $4500 discount on your car is so tell the dealer you don't have a clunker. Bargain as best as you can to get the price lower.

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