Well, the dealership I bought it from is very different than most. They post their prices on the internet (www.blueknobauto.com) and that's the price. No haggling. They also evaluate your trade and make you an offer - no haggling. You can either take it or leave it. They very friendly about it, but they don't budge a millimeter.

That said, their prices are consistently below blue book. And their trade-in offers are fair. They came in about $300 below what I wanted for my trade, but to be honest, my car simply wasn't worth it. By contrast, earlier in the week, a dealer offered me almost double on my trade, but he was screwing me on the price of the car. So who wins? LOL

I paid $15,498 for my Mini. It's a 2005 Mini Cooper S, with only 8,300 miles on it. Yeah - five years old and only eight thousand miles on it. It came in off a lease, which a lot of their inventory does. With the options on my Mini it's blue book value was over $17,000. So I wasn't going to quibble over the $300 less for my trade. I feel I got a great deal, and I didn't have to go through all the bull of dealing with a normal car sales team.

Their inventory is HUGE! Look at the photo of their lots on their web site. I asked their finance guy how many cars they sell a month, and he said at least 900 - every month. They had about 15 sales people working, and they were all busy. This was on a night when the weather was terrible, and most people stay home. But the dealership was hoppin.

Oddly enough, this dealership is in the middle of nowhere - Altoona, PA, which is about 1.5 hours east of Pittsburgh. The staff there was telling me that it's nothing for people to fly into Pittsburgh from all over the country just to buy a car and drive it home. They were completely nonplussed at my 3 hour drive to them.

All in all, I would recommend them to anyone interested in buying a used car. Check their web site, give them a call and they will hold a vehicle until you get there. They hand you the keys and send you off for a test drive. When you come back, they've evaluated your trade and will give you a price and you can decide if you want to buy, want to test something else, or want to leave. It's completely no-pressure.