Originally Posted by ShawnQ
I've been looking at SRT's for the past 2 weeks. I've noticed almost ALL of the cars at dealerships either have 10-100 miles, or they have 9,000-20,000 miles.
I know the low mileage cars are basically 'new', bought back and auctioned by Chyrsler (unless you are lucky enough to find an actual new, 'never titled' car on a lot).
But, what's with the 10K-20K cars? Are these lease trade ins? Ex-Rental cars?
They can't all be trade vehicles because they are all so similar in mileage...or it seems this way.
Just curious if there was any insight.
I can get one with <20K miles for $22,000, or a 'new' one with 40 miles for $25,000. I wouldn't mind a <20K car if I knew it wasn't dogged on...
SQ
I'd stick with the new ones for the extra cost... Use carfax/autocheck to see if the car was leased. There is more risk with a leased car since some folks like leased cars to beat on and then turn in. But others just drive them and want a change. Make sure the new ones have had the recalls done (E-19 fan module) and have been fluid swapped since they've been sitting around a while. Dealers make more $ on used cars and lease trade-ins than they do on new ones. You could squeeze the new down to $24,000 if they want to get it off the books and off the lot since it costs them $ per month to have the new car on the lot.