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Originally Posted by kdoske I really don't understand why everyone thinks a car needs to be purchased locally. I waited till around the end of the month, I got my

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I really don't understand why everyone thinks a car needs to be purchased locally.

I waited till around the end of the month, I got my approval letter through my credit union, went online, and found every dealer in the country that had the exact car I wanted. I emailed everyone with my approval letter and a copy of dealer invoice pricing for the 370z. I told them if they would sell me the car at dealer invoice I would fly out the next day to purchase the vehicle. About 4 out of the 7 contacted me back within 24 hours. 2 of those went $100.00-$200.00 over invoice and the other 2 were $500-$600 over invoice. I went online and determined which dealer out of the 5 was cheaper to Fly to and drive back from and that's the one I chose.

This saved me $3000+ of what all the local dealers would give me. It also allowed me to skip the whole, "hey would you like an undercoat, top coat, anti theft, blah blah garbage with the sale because I had to get the exact amount of the purchase price over the phone to give to my lender to overnight them the check. I flew out the next and enjoyed my 6 hour drive home in my new Z.
Not everyone has the time or patience to fly out to buy a car and drive it back. In my case the cars I wanted were over a days drive back. No way I could afford to do that.
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Not everyone has the time or patience to fly out to buy a car and drive it back. In my case the cars I wanted were over a days drive back. No way I could afford to do that.
That's true, I made the comment assuming everyone had a free weekend to spare. Reviewing on Car.com and other websites took like 3 hours. I flew out Friday evening and drove home Saturday. If you have a weekend I can promise shopping around will save you money, get you your exact car, or if you get lucky like I did then maybe even both!

Saved around $3000.00

Hotel was about 45.00
Air one way was 110.00
gas back was about 100-150

Regardless it was worth my time for sure.

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