It's good to be back on the forums here. Took a little break after my '14 CX-5 GT to lease a Volt but just picked up a 2021 Premium FWD in crystal blue metallic
Went to the dealership to test drive the 3, CX-30 and CX-5 and loved the interior and sporty feeling of the CX-30. It really does just feel like a lifted Mazda3. Really wasn't planning on buying that day but of course the sales guy asked me what price would get me to buy. In all my research I usually use TrueCar as a basis, but didn't think to read up on this forum first. Anyway, TrueCar was $28,700 at least in my area. I'm in Los Angeles. I told him with the rebate, 28K before tax seemed reasonable. After some waiting they came back and agreed, which made me think I probably could have done a bit better. Here's my breakdown...
MSRP: $29,900 incl destination
Sales Price: $28,500
Rebate: $500
Invoice on the car is $27,729 so I didn't really expect them to go under invoice especially since this car is still a pretty new model, and especially in my area. Finance guy initially talked me into the 7 year/84K warranty for $1700, (which is a Fidelity warranty, not the Mazda one) but since I had to come home to grab my checkbook, I had some time to think about it. Went back to the dealership, told him I changed my mind on the warranty, he said no problem, but I had to come back in the morning to re-do the paperwork. So next morning I'm heading back to the dealership, and as luck would have it, I end up getting a rock flung at my windshield on the freeway, which chipped it. Finance guy says they will change out the windshield as long as I keep the warranty on the car. Also noticed there was a small ding on the front of the car as well that I didn't see cause I took delivery of it at night. Lesson learned. Always take delivery during the day. Today we finalized everything. They are gonna fill the chips and they gave me a 5 year warranty basically that if the fill fails or the windshield cracks in that time they will replace it. I told them I'd rather do that now instead of just replace the whole windshield if I don't really need to. They are also going to repair the ding. All in all, could I have done better on the price... most likely, especially since I didn't really shop around to other dealers, and I'm not too thrilled being stuck with the warranty but it will give me added peace of mind now with the windshield.
Not saying I got a killer deal at all but hopefully this still might help someone out there.