Vermont Nissan Car Dealers

Re: Great Deal or Not? [pmman] by petrus36 on Sun Jan 25 05:16:32 PST 2009

Picked up the car yesterday, it is awesome. LOVE the SAT radio, I won't even use my ipod in this car. MSRP was $36,400. It is an SL, AWD, Prem, Tech, Leather, and moonroof, mudguards. I gave $2000 total out of pocket(which included fees, taxes (6% in VT),first month) my payments are $429 for 39 months, 15K mileage. I did NOT opt for the extended warranty but they pushed it pretty hard, as they said this car has 6 different computer hard drives that can go on the fritz after the 36,000/mile warranty is up. I guess I am taking my chances. I couldn't get other dealers anywhere much below $500/month. I guess these guys were hungry?

Re: Going to Buy an Xterra SE... what did you pay? [wyoforester] by chili_g on Sat Jun 23 14:04:08 PDT 2007

I'm really peaved about this! I did what you are saying back in 1999 when I bought a new Audi A4. I got a response saying the dealer charged $1000 over dealer cost (on a $26k popular car). It was low stress, I went over the pricing (it matched edmunds data/info) and we made the deal. NOW, I'm looking into an Xterra (and others). Every response I have been worthless! I've been contacted back by about 4 dealers, and I might as well have just walked in the door. All this process has served, is for them to get some sales leads (me) and my contact info. They won't talk about any prices, specifics or anything, and are very very slimey. The only exception being a single subaru dealer who emailed me a quote on a particular model. This is in VT - Burlington and Rutland dealers. I was very happy using Edmunds/Auto-by-tel in 1999, and was expecting a similar experience (one like you mention) this go around. All I've encountered is slimy, sneaky, stereotypical car salesmen (apologies to those who don't fit the sterotype - let me know if any of you are in VT!). It sounds like you've still had some good luck, so maybe the internet process hasn't gone down the tubes - maybe it's just this location (I bought the Audi in CT). To top it off, there are not a lot of competing dealers around up here. You're lucky if there are two - 30 miles in each direction. I'll bring pricing with me, but it looks like I'm stuck walking in. Luckily I'm having a hard time picking between about 4 cars, so I can afford to play the walk out game. Sorry this isn't much more than venting. I would be interested in any further advice - or maybe positive experience with VT dealers.