I think that is a great deal. Especially with 36k. That is barely broken in. I bought my sport new, but now it has 30k, and I feel that the engine purrs just now, and it's finally broken in. Looks clean, but is that a scratch on the right lower bumper cover?
Yes there is a scuff there, and another small one on the back bumper. I traced the car fax to an owner in NY city. So I knew going in that the exterior might show a few signs of city living.
With the help of the navigation "Home" setting, I managed to get the guys address. Then I went to google maps and actually found something mildly interesting. The Google street car following my 5 (hah)
So, the reason why I think I got such a good deal is because they just didn't want it. It was a trade in at a BMW dealership and they had had it for over a month. The original asking price was around 18,000. They had just reduced the price to 15,000 when I found it. Right next to where I was working out the deal was a BMW convertible on sale for $120,000, $25,000 below asking.
So I just said to the guy "You don't want be selling Mazdas today. You're not a Mazda dealer, you want to sell M5's today. I want to pay, $15,000 out the door. If you can give it me for that price you can go back to selling BMW's. So my final out the door, taxes, tags & title came out to be about $15,200.
I also got him to throw in a little BMW motorcycle bike for my son. I thought he forgot about it, but while we were walking out the door he grabbed it and put it in the back.
