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Originally Posted by woob
Hi Tim,
My wife and I have been looking at possibly purchasing a Mazda 6 Wagon. We are in Calgary and I found a 2006 in Nanaimo at a Mazda dealership out there. As for the specifics, here they are:
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1. How is the pricing, in your opinion? Being that is a 2006, I know it will still have some bumper-to-bumper warranty left (approx a year or so) as well as the remainder of the 5 year powertrain warranty. Should I look to deal a little further with him on this?
2. What's your opinion on buying a vehicle, sight unseen. I've done a carfax check on the vehicle and it is good. Also considering a CarProof report as well, seeing as is it more Canadian specific. My wife and I have driven one before in Calgary, so we know that we like how it drives, etc.
Thanks!!
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Get a CarProof... shows a heck of a lot more than carfax does.
I had a quick look on Adessa the auction site and there was one that sold with 60k for $16,700 last week. if they bought it in ontario they would have about $1000 in shipping if i was a betting man they prob paid right around $16k for it to make it worth shipping out and with recon and shipping have $17 to 17.5 in it.. You might get it for 18.8 shipped.. the km's are def good on the car and 19 prob isn't really even overpaying that much.
Now that i think of it some more i would say you should be able to buy it for 19k.. He is already offered to drop the price $500 plus the shipping another $500 over the phone with nothing.. so he is giving away $1k without much work.. i would try to get to $18.5 shipped and would be fairly happy at $19k shipped
I am not afraid of buying sight unseen.. but i do it for a living and do it every day.. I bought 7 cars last week (worth close to $300k) at the toronto auto auction online from my desk in NB.. as long as you have good pictures description (and can trust who is giving you that information etc. i wouldn't be that afraid.. put a deposit subject to inspection.
Hope that helps.. If you have any other questions don't hesitate to ask.
tim