looking to buy new car or 1 yr old car

[bases]

looking to buy new car or 1 yr old car,,without the high price

best place to buy cars for a bargain instead of the dealership...looking for bmw 3 series,,maybe 320i possibly
thought
Thanks

 

[TORONTO-VIGILANTE]

good luck in that quest, fellow torontonian.....

ask DR.STRANGELOVE, he's heavily into cars...he might know....:toast:

 

[SixFive]

auto auctions. In the States, u can have somebody with a car dealer's license look/buy for you. You do have to have the cash money, no financing at auctions. The dealer will charge a commission which is usually reasonable and maybe nothing if you know somebody in that business. You also have to be rather patient as the car you want might not surface for several months. I'm sure this process is similar in Canada.

 

[Box and one]

Bases,I just bought a car for my daughter l'box at the GSA auction.They are all over the country.On Wed I watched 300 US Goverment cars auctioned.
I bought a 2000 Dodge Stratus with 20,000 miles on it for $ 5,200.It's in mint condition.
The goverment sells thousands of cars each week.I think there is one up in the Buffalo area every so often.
I'll give you the GSA site.
Most Dodge Stratus's sold from 3,500 to 7500.I saw about 10 Dodge Durango's go for 10,000-13,000.They had about 50,000 miles on them but my brother-in-law paid over $30,000 for a new one 2yrs ago.

You can't beat the price of GSA cars.Problem is dealers also can bid on them.Most of the Dodge Stratus's were owned by army,navy,air force recruiters.They have to be maintained with iol changes,etc. Carfax.com can give you a history of the car.The car I bought was maintained in NYC.Got 4 oil changes,no accidents,etc

Look on the site and see how close they are to you.
http://autoauctions.gsa.gov/formprocess.cfm

Good luck...

 

[Chopsticks]

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Hey man, I went to the site you posted and got this error:


An error has occurred. The information has been mailed to the FSS Webmaster.



What's up???

 

[Box and one]

chopsticks,try this

http://autoauctions.gsa.gov/

 

[beantownjim]

I KNOW THIS GUY IN THE ROXBURY PART OF BOSTON WHO HAS A CHOP SHOP HE CAN BUILD YOU A ROLLS ROYCE FOR 3 GRAND THE ONLY PROBLEM IS GETTING IT BACK TO CANADA WITHOUT THE MOUNTIES TRACKING DOWN THE SERIAL NUMBERS.WHENEVER I NEED A PART FOR MY TRUCK HE TAKES THE ORDER AND WITHIN DAYS ITS INSTALLED AND CHEAP.LETS JUST SAY THE MAN IS A MAGICIAN WITH AUTO PARTS IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

I WILL NEVER FORGET THE GREAT CASCADE ROBBERY OF 2003 THE DAY LENNY AND (CASCADE SPORTSBOOK) STOLE MY 660 DOLLARS THEN CALLED ME A SUCKER.:thefinger

 

[DR STRANGELOVE]

Bases, stay away from the 320 line if you're going to purchase a BMW.

There was a recent TSB on the 320's driveshafts.

What is your price range?
If your looking into spending about 40-50K canadian, I would go with the new Lincoln Continental.

You have to give me more info as to what type of vehicle and price range you're looking at.

If you're looking at a sedan, the honda civic's are worth a look at.

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

another possibilty if you are not in a hurry.
I have never owned new car in my life and never will. Basically because I am a tight ass but another big factor is the miles I drive make a car worthless in a couple years. So when it is time for new vehicle I tell my friend about 6 months in advance what I want and he goes to auction of wrecked vehicles and finds what I am looking for and rebuilds it. The downside here in U.S. is you have salvage title now and they are hard to sell afterwards but in my case when I am finished with car they have so many miles they are worthless anyway.

 

[bases]

thanks guys for all the feedback

thanks guys for all the feedback

dr strangelove,,my pricerange is up to 30,000 canadian...best deal i saw was for the 320i , a 2001 with 10,000 kms for 28,900..was sold ,,looking for same kind of deal or better
thanks

 

[Chopsticks]

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Thanks brother for the updated link...

 

[TORONTO-VIGILANTE]

now if i can only find a gov't car auction website for canada.....?

:shrug:

anyone?