# The best negotiating tactic you used when buying a car

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-best-negotiating-tactic-you-used-when-buying-a-car/61365>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** nissan\
**Created:** [February 15, 2011, 12:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-best-negotiating-tactic-you-used-when-buying-a-car/61365 "2011-02-15T12:08:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![PoodleShooter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@PoodleShooter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PoodleShooter)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 10:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-best-negotiating-tactic-you-used-when-buying-a-car/61365/21 "2011-02-16T10:59:47Z")

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On new cars, if you’re a serious buyer, buying a car TODAY, I’m gonna tell you to go pound sand. I can make more money from someone else, and I don’t trust someone who needs a car TODAY unless he’s DMX with a briefcase full of cash. I can make a couple hundred selling a DSLR at a Ritz Camera in a mall, why should I waste my time on you?

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**Author:** ![Boxful\_of\_neutrals](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Boxful\_of\_neutrals](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Boxful_of_neutrals)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-best-negotiating-tactic-you-used-when-buying-a-car/61365/22 "2011-02-16T12:04:03Z")

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I got caught by that one the first ( and only ) time I brought a new car. After $2500 down the remaining $8000 was financed over 3 years. It looked tempting and I had a job. In the end I paid back about $12,000 on the $8k. ( To be fair it lasted 9 years and 120,000 miles before expiring! )

Last time I had to pay all at once as my credit rating is non-existant. Writing a check for about $3700 really hurts, even if it was talked down from $5k.

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**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-best-negotiating-tactic-you-used-when-buying-a-car/61365/23 "2011-02-16T13:25:00Z")

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You imbecile who said I NEEDED a car that day? I have CASH and plenty of it. You are exactly the kind of person I would never give ANY of my money to. Good luck to you…

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