I was throwing out Sunday's paper when a single sheet of paper with a car dealer's ad caught my eye. A local dealer (Detroit Metro Area) is having a "public liquidation " sale Mon, Tues and Wed of this week. $1dollar down sales, over 140 vehicles to choose from, vehicles included '99 Cavalier, $1dollar down, payments as low as $83* per month to a "00 Sebring JXI Convertible $1dollar down, payments as low as $177* per month. I flip the page over to read the * and laughed so loud that my hubby came in the room to find out what was so funny. The small print word for wordâ?¦ *These payments are based on retail purchases, with approved credit must have FICA (hand of God that's what it says) score 780 or above. Plus tax, title & plate. Subject to Banks terms. Rates as low as 7.9% APR terms up to 84 mo. for qualified buyers. Payments may vary. With 20% down A FICA score of 780 or above. NOT FICO but FICA. If I had a FICA score of 780 I wouldn't be buying a '99 Cavalier for $83 per month. Not that there is anything wrong with a Cavalier. I feel sorry for the poor souls who go into that dealer and walk away with a three hundred plus payment on a '99 Cavalier because they don't have a FICA score of 780. Not that anyone would know what a FICA score is. We got a good laugh, and I though I would share.
That sounds like the dealers I bought my car from. I'm made a web page for them. http://www.pcpages.com/kiario/index.html
That sounds like the dealers I bought my car from. I'm made a web page for them. http://www.pcpages.com/kiario/index.html
they may have a point. you waited 10,000 miles from the first receipt to the second. Your suspose to change it every 3,000 miles. I wouldnt take any chances with a crappy car like a kia.
Nice point techman. Fast forward to 2010. That Cavalier is now 11 years old and you're still paying on it. Plus, I want a 780 FICA!
Read his web site again. He said he had all the oil change receipts originally in the car, but when he handed the car to the dealer for repair and went back again he did not find them in the car. He later had to contact the businesses where he did the oil changes, and could retrieve only some of them. He also said he was very regular in doing the scheduled maintenance, and sometimes he did the oil change himself, in which case, obviously there would not be any receipts. He also included a statement from an auto mechanic who basically said that, however crappy the car may be, not doing oil changes regularly should not ever cause the engine to fail completely. In short, aaron, the dealer does not have a point -- lakpr
A couple of weeks ago, while driving in the car on a Sunday afternoon, we were listening to an AM business talk radio station and heard an advertisement for a local Mazda deale. In the advertisement, the dealer promised to double the buyers down payment and the announcer in the advertisement even stated that if the buyer "bring us a $1,000 dollar downpayment and we will double it. A $2,000 dollar downpayment becomes $4,000." At the end of the advertisement, the only disclaimor offered was that the offer was only valid for one day only - Monday, the next day! The wife and I joked about going to the dealer the next day with $11,000 cash to see if we could drive out with a new 2003 Miata SE but did not act on it! Ironically, I heard on the local news the other day that a man had filed suit against the dealership for false and deceptive advertisement. Apparently he had attempted to do exactly what we had joked about and the dealership would only double his down payment up to a maximum of $2,000 dollars ($4,000)! I suspect that the man in the lawsuit will eventually be getting a new Miata as well as some money for his troubles when the dealer elects to finally settle out of court!
Car dealers are pretty low sometimes. I remember there was a local big volume dealer who had a website. While perusing the site last year I clicked on the "New Vehicles" link. I was amazed at the prices: $12,995 for a 2002 Intrepid. I was thinking I could get a deal. I clicked on the New Neons for $8,995 and so on. Then I accidentally clicked the mouse and dragged it across the screen. I could then see their ploy. Written in a font that was much smaller and similar in color to the background was the word "used". I was upset. This dealer was blatantly giving the impression that these cars were new - since you could only access these pages by clicking on the "New Vehicle" link. Then they hid "used" by making it tiny and nearly invisible. Very slimy. At least be honest and say it is a used car.
