So anyway im in the market for my second maxima. My first was a 2002 white Max SE, I love it. So Im looking at this 2007 Maxima SE Fully loaded minus navigation. Thing is mint condtion at a dealership with 25k miles on it. There asking $20gs. Im hoping I can talk them down to like $18 but they say that 20 is there lowest price. So I was just wondering is it worth 20? Let me know. Thanks guys.

 

where do you live? Cars tend to cost more in CA. Maxima's will be cheaper in Detroit. Do a search on craigslist, autotrader, and vehix in your area and see what similar cars are selling for. Get True Market Value from edmunds.com and retail/trade-in value on KBB and NADA. All these factors will give you a ballpark of the value of the car.

Are you financing? Are you buying from a dealer? Price of the car can be $18K but what if they hit you with a 60 month loan at 6-7%. There goes your savings out the window.

 

I don't think you'll be able to talk them down to 18K. 20K for a fully loaded 2007 max with only 25k miles seems like a pretty good deal. Do you know if these are highway miles or local miles? Definitely get a carfax report on the car. Most dealership usually provide you it for free... Even though some slick people don't always register work being done on their cars (body work mainly) so their resale value remain high. But at least it will give you some kind of guide line.

 

Yeah it has a clean car fax ive already taken a look at it. Car is in South Florida. I mean it sounds like a fair price to me ive done the research any comparable car there asking around 22 23k. Hopefully I can still talk them down a bit. Any additional opinions would be appreciated. Thanks

 

Gotta be careful with those florida cars man. They usually have floods during hurricane and some of these cars usually get damage in the flood. If someone is slick enough they can take it to a shop where they don't make a record of what repairs was done, meaning it wouldn't show up on the carfax. Just make sure you take some that's knows a lot about cars and have them inspect it good to see if there was any water damage or any mechinical damage.

 

Florida and Texas are the two states that are easy to "wash" titles. Which means that you can take a salvage title from another state, and through some loophole in the system, get clean titles issued from Florida or Texas. If you look on Ebay, all the great deals are usually from dealerships in Florida and Texas.
Make sure that the car is still under factory warranty. Get the VIN and take it to a Nissan dealer to make sure the car is still covered under factory warranty.

 

This would show up on a carfax though wouldnt it?

 

I hope so. I'm not sure where carfax gets their information from. I also am not positive on how the whole title washing thing takes place, I just remember reading it in an article in Car and Driver or one of those magazines. (This was a huge topic right after Hurricane Katrina)

 

18k sounds a bit low, if you can get them down go for it. I paid 18ish for my 2004 back in 2006 with 30k miles.

 

I just lucked into an awesome deal, one owner 2005 3.5 SE 45k miles, all heated leather, heated steering wheel, sunroof, power side mirrors, bose system, 6 disc changer, ect, it stickered (sp?) $33,000 new (it came with orginal sticker), clean car fax. $14,500!!! They said they hadn't sold a car in 2 weeks so I came right in time. Thank God for the automaker slump

 

thats about average for the miles on it. Unless it had nav and the pp.

 

45k is low for miles for a 2005... i think NADA says 15k a year now...

 

I meant average price, not mileage.

but thanks for the info

 

Mine is lower (39K) than that and I wouldnt take lower than 16500...without mods.

 

pp?

 

premium package

 

ah, well it has no nav and no center rear console but it has everything else.

 

Aright so I talked to the dealer today. Thats there best price 20gs. Let me know if you guys think its worth it. Is it a good deal or just a normal deal?

 

That's not a bad price for the car. It may be an old rental though, the miles and year is kind of an indicator. A carfax report will tell that though. i just bought my Max about 2 months ago. Obviously an 04 SL, loaded. Heated seats and steering wheel, nav, Bose 6 disc with 70K miles for $13900.

 

Yeah carfax shows it was a lease vehicle form a dealership in south florida, it was returned and sold at auction.

 

I was fairly lucky and got an 07 SE w/ 13k miles on it.. not the premium package, but enough bells and whistles to make me happy considering I use the AUX jack for my mp3 player all the time and an buy a functional GPS Nav if I wanted to for less than I could if I got it as part of the car... for $15995 + DMV/Tax

 

I think the price is fair but you should get them to throw in a extended warranty. I just bought a '07 in Canada and had them add extended warranty as part of the price.

Good luck!!

 

Good idea, I might try that it doesnt look like they want to lower the price, but Im gonna try both. Thanks!!!

 

Hey man you'll just have to shop around, I just bought an '07 SL with 20,447 miles for 18.5K. It has everything except xm/sirius radio and gps, very clean car. Deals are out there but you'll have to look for them, good hunting!!

 

its a pretty good price. talk them down. right now they want to sell cars af fast as they can due to the current economic issues. but thats a fair price

 

Thanks for the input guys unfortunetly they sold the car. Im kinda dissapointed because this thing was mint. If anyone comes across any good deals on fully loaded SE's (under 20gs with low miles) 07 and up let me know. Thanks