How much did you pay for your MS3??

[USMS3]

Ha, sounds like almost every jarhead in my unit too...we couldn't have a night out in Waikiki without some idiot getting into a fight with a local. It would always be the smallest guys in our unit drinking too much of that liquid courage/loudmouth soup and trying to get it on with some 400 lb Samoan. Not a good idea. I never really was around any Navy guys that weren't corpsman...we were pretty secluded. Hell the only time I actually ever saw a girl was when I went to chow or the px.

And no, I've never heard of yut as a moto term. It must be a post-crucible thing. I think that skit on youtube would have made more sense/been funnier if I had been familiar with the term, but oh well.

DAK

Yeah, I was probably the only small guy in my unit that WASNT getting into drunk fights every weekend. I just blacked out and got carried home. LoL

Yut is most common for formations - "FALLOUT!" "YUUUUUUT!!" lol gay

 

[xboxlivemonkey]

i skipped most of the reading but **** i cant bring myself to a lease ,just renting a car that i might ever own unless i have alot of money and plan on buying it out

also i found an 07 speed 3 15k miles gt i believe for 18 grand in miami

 

[Young Roids]

paid $19,940 for mine new, it's a sport.

 

[dokx]

My 2008.5 ms3...just bought it today...

Okay, well after weeks of reading the forums, I am finally posting something. I just picked up my new ms3, and here's what I got for what:

2008.5 mazdaspped3 GT
Black Mica
All-Weather floormats
Wheel Locks
Sirius radio
1 free oil change

All said and done, I got it for 23,590...OTD. The amount covered the price of the car (with midyear re-design), sales tax (3%), and all of the other misc. fees. From what I can remember, the fees included a dealer doc fee, inspection, title and registration (tags), and some other kind of usage fee. I think the only reason I managed to get is as cheap as I did was because they just got a shipment of MS3s a couple of weeks ago. From what I can tell, this means that they were able to get more of the 2% dealer holdback from Mazda and, in turn, take my offer of less than invoice. If you're looking to buy an ms3, I would highly suggest you google "dealer holdback" and learn how the dealerships work.

The technique that seemed to work best for me was to handle the whole deal via the internet by requesting "the best price your dealership can offer me". I knew what each dealer had, including options, thanks to Mazda's inventory area on their website. I went back and forth with them for a week. Once I had the terms I wanted, I called the "winning" dealer and told him I wanted to test drive the car, and as long as there was nothing wrong with it, I would buy it on the spot. I also made sure to let him know that I already had my financing in place, and had a check in hand. This let him know that I could buy the car, if he gave me what I wanted. We were pretty straight forward with one another. I told him that the only reason I was going through him was because he had the best price. He told me that if I had walked in, rather than contacting them through the internet, I would likely have paid more for the car.

The car already has almost 200 miles on it, even though it had 32 when I picked it up. I just can't stop driving it. I never thought I'd say this, but I can't wait to go to work tomorrow. (cabpatch)

 

[Dumb Azz Kracka]

Okay, well after weeks of reading the forums, I am finally posting something. I just picked up my new ms3, and here's what I got for what:

2008.5 mazdaspped3 GT
Black Mica
All-Weather floormats
Wheel Locks
Sirius radio
1 free oil change

All said and done, I got it for 23,590...OTD. The amount covered the price of the car (with midyear re-design), sales tax (3%), and all of the other misc. fees. From what I can remember, the fees included a dealer doc fee, inspection, title and registration (tags), and some other kind of usage fee. I think the only reason I managed to get is as cheap as I did was because they just got a shipment of MS3s a couple of weeks ago. From what I can tell, this means that they were able to get more of the 2% dealer holdback from Mazda and, in turn, take my offer of less than invoice. If you're looking to buy an ms3, I would highly suggest you google "dealer holdback" and learn how the dealerships work.

The technique that seemed to work best for me was to handle the whole deal via the internet by requesting "the best price your dealership can offer me". I knew what each dealer had, including options, thanks to Mazda's inventory area on their website. I went back and forth with them for a week. Once I had the terms I wanted, I called the "winning" dealer and told him I wanted to test drive the car, and as long as there was nothing wrong with it, I would buy it on the spot. I also made sure to let him know that I already had my financing in place, and had a check in hand. This let him know that I could buy the car, if he gave me what I wanted. We were pretty straight forward with one another. I told him that the only reason I was going through him was because he had the best price. He told me that if I had walked in, rather than contacting them through the internet, I would likely have paid more for the car.

The car already has almost 200 miles on it, even though it had 32 when I picked it up. I just can't stop driving it. I never thought I'd say this, but I can't wait to go to work tomorrow. (cabpatch)

If you paid that much OTD then it sounds like you got a RIDICULOUS deal. Unless you want to keep it private I'd like to know some of the breakdowns and specifics of the #s, for my own personal curiosity. That way we can find out the actual price you paid below the invoice, which sounds like it was a bunch.

DAK

 

[dokx]

I asked the dealer for the exact same thing...keep in mind, NC sales tax. By my calculations, it was about $227 less than invoice as listed on Edmunds, but that invoice price doesn't include destination, which is listed right around $650. That means that it is around $887 less than the invoice you will see from the dealer, given that (At least in my area) most of the other dealers were quoting invoice, but including the destination charge.


$25,363.00 MSRP

$22,363.00 SALE PRICE
0 TRADE
$22,363.00 DIFFERENCE
$670.89 TAX
$23,033.89 SUBTOT
0 Rebates
$28.00 FILE
$9.75 NCSI
$450.00 DOC
$74.00 REG / TAG / TITILE

$23,595.64 TOTAL