Originally Posted by KimPossible
Very few dealers actually OWN any of their cars. Floor plans are basically the borrowed money used to pay for the vehicles on any given car lot.
Bingo.
When I bought my Crossfire, my Miata before that and even the lightly used Cobalt we got for my wife (hey, her choice, NOT mine) I mentioned to the respective dealers that it appeared they'd had the cars for quite a while and obviously they needed to sell them much more than I needed to buy.
So I made an offer, and said I had check in hand.
They balked.
I got up and started walking away.
They stopped me and said how about we meet half way.
I told them I didn't need to buy the car - but they do need to sell it.
Restated my offer.
They hesitated and I started for the door again (had my hand on the door, as a matter of fact, with the Miata purchase). In every case I got the deal I wanted.
If there's a "No haggle price" to be stated, I'm the one stating it, NOT the damn dealer!!!!