Join Costco first and use their Auto Sales dept to hook you up with a dealer.

They have a pre-arranged, no-haggle price set with each dealership they contract with (every dealer will have a different setup).

I bought a WRX two weeks ago. Went online through Costco (you have to eventually give a member #), went to the dealer, he showed me his invoice for the car, and that was the deal. Straight invoice and 3.85% financing. Options were at dealer cost; just picked a spoiler and an alarm.

I saved $3k off the MSRP (w/options I wanted). A friend of my bought a Ford truck through Costco and saved SIX thousand off the MSRP (uhh, *markup*!). He got 0.9% interest. Several of his other friends have good experiences too.

If you can somehow haggle and deal to get UNDER invoice, go for it. But I liked just walking in and having the deal arranged, and we both won.

 

Trying to wait through the break in period is driving me crazy.

 

While I don't doubt the ease of doing so, there's no reason to join any type of club solely to save money on buying a car. E-mail a few dealers in your area and they'll be climbing over each other to sell you a car at invoice (not the STi, I know). That was my approach.

 

what's a bone stock '04 wrx at invoice cost?


ryalex, what did you pay for it after tax, licensing etc.?

 

http://www.edmunds.com/new/2004/suba...num3.1.subaru*

Go up one level for the premium package and other models.

 

Ended up being $25k and change with all the MA taxes, registration, etc.