Dave Lopez

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Those of you in the LA area , you may know about this dealership. All others you may want to take the time to read this also. I stopped by GLENDALE NISSAN yesterday to pick up and have installed a latch for my center console. While I was waiting for my car I strolled around the dealership to look at the new Maximas. They had 3 Anniversary Editions on the lot. They had 2 Sterling Mist and 1 Dark Blue. I checked the price on all 3 and the term STICKER SHOCK came to my mind immediately. The dark blue one was $37,000 and change!!!!!!!!! They were asking $5000 above factory sticker for an AE with an Auto trans!!!! I could not believe my eyes. The other 2 had a maunual transmission and were $36,000 and change!!!! A salesman came out, and of course wanted to know if I was interested in buying one. I outright told him......"you really think someone is going to pay almost $40,000 for a maxima????" I told him that I payed $26,000 plus tax and license for a fully loaded SE one year ago at another dealership(Performance Nissan). I could not believe that this dealership would ask so much over factory sticker for a car. A few minutes later my car was ready and I was very happy to know that I paid $10,000 less for a fully loaded SE one year ago.

MaxSEAE

DAMN, WTF?????????? 37 grand for an AE?????? and NOW????????? who would buy that and also knowing about hte new altima and max's release. those ppl r hype of something. i say they need a good i bought mine 2 months ago, fully loaded se AE for only 27grand and change.....wtf is up with this dealer?

UMD_MaxSE

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all i have to say is

augie

That what they like call dealer mark-ups. The reason why they are adding that huge mark-up is because of the demand of that car. Come on now, you can't just walk in the any Nissan store and say "Hey buddy, I want an AE Maxima in sterling mist, black leather, traction control and no 6-CD changer." I mean how many dealerships would have that particular car? So thats why dealerships make it hard and ask for like $5,000 over M.S.R.P which I think is ridiculous, but if someone wants its that bad then will pay more for it I guess. Plus I bought my car at Glendale Nissan and got my 2000 GLE, fully loaded with a 6-cd changer for $25,789 last year. They do good business.

killrwheels

The dealership in question probably added this markup in order to start a deal moving down from increased $$ versus someone coming in and wanting to ****er below MSRP. They have a 5k spread that is complete profit and thus if they give even 3k back your still above MSRP. When I worked at Buick (lot boy) in 86-87 we did this on all Turbo T's, GN's, and GNX's. Sorta weeds out the wanna be's versus the player also !!!!!!

MichaelAE

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I paid close to invoice on my AE, but the dealer had marked up MSRP by $3K...over $33K when I walked on the lot. I just laughed and crossed the dealer markup off the little sheet of paper and then started from invoice.

Jeff2k1GLE

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they must expect an extremely uneducated buyer to come along because that is ridiculous

KennyLau

$37,000 for a Maxima?!?!? Good god! If those AEs were lined with gold and silver, then maybe.

But no Maxima is worth that much (except in our hearts where it's priceless). Shoot, anything over $30,000 and you start to get into the luxury car market which is a place that the Maxima doesn't fall into...at least not until 2003.

[maxi-overdose]

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I always think that window price is a loser price... =)

2001SE

I agree with [maxi-overdose]

I never ever buy the window price, when i bought mine i told them what's my price and if they agree to it. After 1 week the dealer called me and agreed, I payed cash though.

AznWontonboy

37 grand.. hmm..

Green_2

37K?? No wonder they still have 3 of them in the lot!

Mike H.

Yeah, I know all about that dealership. Those guys are morons. I'm amazed as to how the can maintain a dealership. Last week I wanted to get a used car for my dad and I saw a used 2000 GLE (bare bones) and they wanted 27K for it. I was like WTF? I can get a fully loaded SE plus crap for that price out the door.
Oh yeah, btw, is that $6K off MSRP valid for AEs?

Mike H.

doublea

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dave Lopez
[B]Those of you in the LA area , you may know about this dealership.

Hey Dave, thank god, I live in Canada and I paid 36K CDN, which is roughly 24K us for my 2001 se 20 th.

I guess there must be some rich people surrounding the dealer area and for some of these guys 5K is pocket change.

Cheers

Double A

mregenst

May 2000 paid $33,500 for my GLE loaded, and thats in CANADIAN FUNDS...

Those fellows better get their heads examined.......

Loe max

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37K FOR AN AE?!?!?!?!? WHERE? THAT IS A GREAT DEAL!! I WANT ONE RIGHT NOW!!! LETS SIGN THE PAPERS!!!


































Is what a stupid consumer would say without research his/her purchase That dealer must have alot of costumers since they offer an AE for that price and are still in business.

RcticMax

The owner of the dealership is trying out the Stillen business model. D'OH!!!

My 4DSC

Damn...I coulda bought TWO 2000 GXE's for that price.
Anyone who pays more than 25k for ANY maxima needs to be shot...
We aint driving no lex/bimer/benz...

punkdork

Not truly the Stillen business model until the somehow force all other dealers to charge similar prices or forfeit their right to sell AEs.

RcticMax

Right! Forgot about that part. Damnit, punkdork! Are you EVER wrong about ANYTHING!

Maximum Velocity

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I just went to my dealer yesterday, and I saw that they had 3 AEs on the lot. One of the salesguys said that they are having trouble selling them because they are loaded and thus expensive.

punkdork

Heheh... yup.. I'm just an **** perfectionist and try to help others be like me! (_*_)

RcticMax

(_*_)

Took me a while! LOL!

BTW, you're succeeding. I'm slowly morphing into the :vampire:

MaxSEAE

i think we need to start a fight here considering all the hostility that's been talking place around here.....i paid 27k and change for my ae......

LoveSick

I got my SE auto with differntial fully loaded for less than 37grand Canadian. Got it for approx 20k USD.

If we have 37grand, we could move upto a Lexus GS or even a Volvo T5.

punkdork

I'd be in an s4 faster than you could say BBYE CLS

LoveSick

Oh no, here we come again!

BUCKLE UP YOUR SEAT BELT AND READY FOR SOME ACTION:


Which car is better, Maxima or Audi S4? What about S4 with tiptronic and Maxima with 5spd and filter?

RcticMax

Please help me with the math here.

20,000.00 in US dollars equals 30,798.00 Canadian dollars.

Conversely:

37,000.00 in Canadian dollars equals 24,027.53 US dollars

I guess your statement IS accurate. You could also say that you got your car for less than 50grand Canadian.

punkdork

S4 all the way.. chip it and the max is gone! Chip and intake and they are WELL past 300 hp and they have Quattro..... *DROOOOOL*

LoveSick

The 99 A4 1.8T came with a 1.8L turbo with 150hp. It was tested that just a chip boosted horse power upto 190hp. The stock engine itself was capable of 210hp. Now with the new 1.8T prducing 170hp, are we looking at better performance from the chip? Like 220hp with the chip?

Or is the new 170hp 1.8T same as the 150hp 1.8T except with some minor computer changes?

AznWontonboy

o boy o boy.. s4 fo shoooooo!!

LucentAUTO

This is wat happen when you smoke too much weed.

with 37k u can get a benz or bmw. y buy a max

greggmax

I agree with Killer. It's just a way to get you to think you are saving money by chopping off a few G's when negotiating. An educated buyer knows that you should begin negotiations with invoice price. Somebody on this board posted yesterday that they negotiated a price of 26,600 for a fully loaded 5 speed AE and they were wondering if it was a good deal.

punkdork

The 1.8t is a very well-used engine throughout VW/Audi, you can find it in the A4, TT, Golf/GTI, Jetta, Passat, and who knows what euro models. Most stories I hear say you get about 60hp (probably) at the flywheel. I'd assume that just tacks on to the existing hp whether it be 150 or 170 or 180 or 225 (the last two being the available power options on the TT). Exhaust tuning on those cars frees up a lot too. I suggest you run over to http://www.vwvortex.com and http://www.audiworld.com and do some reasearch.

mike-777

Why do you think they call it LA LA land? I to paid at invoice for a fully loaded SE (everthing except heated seats/mirrors and side airbags) which was $26k even.
Even in seattle they are now asking $32K for 2001s.
If the cars depreciated like a Benz or BMW that's one thing, but as we all know our cars drop in value like Rossane Barr on a bannana peel )

Dave Lopez

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I wonder how much a fully loaded 2002 Altima will go for???

KennyLau

Hmmmm, let's see....if one lives in that LA area and he/she actually and wrongfully thinks the 2002 Altima is a flagship-class car...then I'd guess the sticker price would be in the $40,000 range.

lymby

got my 2001 Se maxima fully loaded for 24,800. my brother in law has bought 3 maximas in the last 7 years from Quirk Nissan. plus he used to be a salesman, he knows what they get them cars for. so he talked them down and just kept on insisting. it comes to the poinnt that sometimes they give up, or they either have to put food on the table.

i am happy with my purchase.. but i can't believe 37 for the AE. i would have left and told him i would go for the lincoln LS. did you know lincoln charges you more for a manual than an auto.

My 4DSC

I guess you need to be shot. :BANG!:

AznWontonboy

40Gs?? i dunt think so.. its competing with accord and camry.. how it gonna compete if its 15-20+ Gs higher???