So here is my very first mod to my MY03 Impreza WRX wagon. Heh. Dealers are such sleaze. I went through the AAA buying service which I was very pleased with. While people were being tortured with negotiation tactics all around me I went straight through to finance with relative ease.

Anyone else have an interesting buying experience to share?

 

what are the lines in the round file? a/c?

 

my family always buys new cars through this agent of ours, so we don't have to deal w/ dumb dealers. "the sticker price here says $31,000 but that's uh, you know, definitely negotiable..." i hate it when they say that.

 

Not really interesting, I haggled a bit and got my car below invoice. I had an excellent experience, though, I told them no dealer plate frames or dealer stickers, which they were happy to do, and that I wanted a full alignment with printout before I picked it up. The dealer was happy to oblige, and said they do it regardless because alignments out of the factory on up to half the cars they get are less than stellar.

 

Thats cool that they agreed to leave off the stickers and plate frame.
For most people (myself included), the plate frame isn't a big deal,
especialy if they did right and treated you well! Besides it's easily enough removed, The thing I hate is the "stickers", as Im sure a lot of people do. Anyone out there have any good advice on removing them, without FN up your paint?

 

Yeah, they actually don't put stickers or frames on at the dealer I went to until the car has been purchased, so I just asked them to leave them off. For getting off the sticker, heat it up with a hairdryer, then go at it with some alcohol and a sponge. The alcohol should do a good job of cleaning off the sticky stuff after the sticker is gone, too, just be gentle to the paint.

 

I did the same thing They didn't cut me any deals when I bought my wrx when it first came out(I guess thats the reason), so they don't get free advertising.