Monil

Is $25638 a good price for a '01 GLE with sunroof, floor mats, and deflector? According to Edmunds that's $450 over invoice.

Monil

Weasel

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With the 2002 coming out you could probably get it cheaper than that... dealers are going to be desparate to unload the 2001s. The ones around me already are.

Monil

I know what you mean. Actually this is for my brother. He lives in NYC and will be moving to Atlanta in Aug and now needs to have a car and can actually enjoy driving a nice car . Problem is he needs to buy it before Aug before he moves to Atlanta. He is really kicking himself since '02 maxima is coming out just a couple months later.

mbcp_tdogg

With the specials that Nissan is running even right now, I don't think you should be paying over invoice at all. Good luck.

stevepake

I've been getting quotes at BELOW invoice from carsdirect.com on most Maxima's.

Invoice according to CarsDirect.com is $25,588 (did you include the options in your Edmunds invoice number?), but the "Target Price" I got from CarsDirect.com was $24,988. That's $600 below invoice.

I think he should be able to get a 2k1 Max at or below invoice at this point, especially with the 2k2's coming out in a few months.

As for the timing, that REALLY BITES BAD for your brother, especially if he wants a 2002. Now is a great time to buy a 2001 though if you want a good price b/c the 2002's will probably be going for much higher prices. It'll cost some money, but I think I might seriously consider RENTING a car for a month or two in order to get a 2002 Max (if that's what your brother wants) You can sometimes get discounted weekly or even monthly rates from a rental place I think.

Just something to think about, and my $0.02

jw82

yea.. renting a car for a month or two sounds like a good idea.. or just buying a $1,000 used car and then dump it.. itll prolly be worth the wait

stevepake

That's another idea... You can buy a used car and often sell it for the same price you got it for (cost = ZERO ) or maybe even come out ahead. I think the 2k2 Max is worth it

ed571

Back in late April, I paid about $1200 under invoice-23k(if you factor in trade allowance by Kelley BB)for a 2001 SE w/ only C&C + the little options. Also qualified for the 3.9% finance. At that time i was also considering a GLE without many options and negotiated a price of $25,200 at that time with the same dealer. Should do better than that now. BTW, the dealer was in suburban Philly.

RedRaiderMaxima

I just bought my wife a 2001 SE, 5spd, C&C, leather, and negotiated $25,500.

Jmax2K1

The used car/rental may not be such bad ideas. Since he's moving to ATL, he should look at Maxes there because there are many Nissan dealerships in the area. BTW, I paid approx. $24,500.00 for my 2001 5spd SE with almost every option (e.g. C&C, leather, meridian, etc.)back in Feb of 01 (here in ATL). Based on what I know about the 2002, it's going to be considerably more expensive than an 01, I would imagine.