Here's what Chuck was referring too:
My wife got a new car yesterday. We've had the minivan for 5 years and decided that it was too big, too bulky, a KIA, a MiniVan, and we needed to downsize.
The Mazda3 Touring is a great little 4-door hatchback, great price, and Mazda was even offering 0% for 60 months! How could we refuse? I even managed to get 7K for the Minivan when blue book on it is $6900
Got over $300 UNDER invoice for the car.
I'm on a damn ROLL!!!! Win! Win! Win!
Here's the wife and her brand new Mazda:
We picked the car up at the dealer's lot yesterday at 1:00 and drove it off of the lot (45th and Roosevelt) at 1:15.
We made it down to 41st and Roosevelt and were in the left hand lane about to turn down in to the UW when this white Chevy Blazer comes up on our right hand side, doesn't see us, and basically lane-changes in to our car! We basically got t-boned and side swiped by 1:30, at the latest.
I got to look Death in the face, as I was not the drivef in this accident. Ok, maybe not Death, but I did see the front end of a white Blazer before impact.....
35 miles on the car. Been in it less than 5 minutes. All the dealer stickers were still in it. About 300 yards off of the damn dealer's lot....
Oh, and it get's better. I can't make this up.
The lady had JUST gotten out of the hospital this week. Why, you ask? Well, apparently she got her car destroyed and totaled in a car accident. Seems she had just gotten this newly used Chevy Blazer 6 days ago. 6 damn days ago....and she freakin' plows in to us!!!
Of course, "right of mass" always seems to win out in car wrecks. The damage to her vehicle wasn't nearly as bad....
Here's my wife, back at our parking lot, about 2:00 or so.
Good luck with that new car!