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01-29-2013, 10:44 AM | #1 |
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Anyone have experience with carmax?
I'm looking for a 328xi or 328i coupe with manual transmission with black interior and silver trim. They are the only place that has one and its 500 miles away. They can transfer it for $299. Is carmax good to deal with?I have never bought a car from them.
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01-29-2013, 10:49 AM | #3 |
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Yes I realize that and have found a black set on ebay for $700 and silver for $1000. I would do that if I found one at a good price. The problem is finding one with a manual transmission
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01-29-2013, 11:03 AM | #4 | |
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01-29-2013, 11:18 AM | #6 |
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500 miles....road trip it! there's nothing like finding exactly what you want and enjoying it the entire drive home!
also - if they really wanted to sell - have them waive that "transfer fee" |
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01-29-2013, 11:34 AM | #7 |
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I've never bought a car from CarMax but I did sell them my 2007 E90 335i. They were easy to work with and they definitely have a large selection of vehicles. $300 is a lot of money to transfer a car but after gas and food etc, picking it up wouldn't be too much cheaper.
You can most likely find the silver trim you're looking for on this forum within a month or two so don't let that be your deciding factor between the two cars. That's more of a want item, not a need item. If the local car is everything you want besides the trim, I'd buy that one.
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01-29-2013, 12:51 PM | #8 | |
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I have bought 3 cars from them and really love the no B.S. experience. If I think the price is fair I can take it home without any crap with negotiations. The only thing I would say about them I dont like is their financing is not very competitive, so finance at a CU or someplace else if you can. One other thing I love about Carmax, instead of an inventory of 25 used BMWs at my local BMW dealer, I can choose from 1,615 of them... with 63 being M3s (as of right now when I checked...). Their transfer fees are no greater than having a car shipped via an independent car hauler...
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Yeah, I havent really found one locally that has a manual transmission. The one that I can get from carmax is an 08 328xi coupe with 42k miles for $21,988. Is that a good price?
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01-29-2013, 01:09 PM | #11 |
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I bought my car from Carmax in Lancaster, PA in July. They shipped the car from the one in Hartford, CT for $100.
They did the credit scan, loan approval, etc etc over the phone and I was there for probably less than an hour to pick the car up. Excellent service and extremely seamless process. Car was in fantastic shape. The balance of the factory warranty expired in December, I purchased an extended warranty from them through 125k that I can use at shops of my choice, although there is a deductible of $1000 I think. So I'd only use that for something big-ticket (knock on wood). The cost was negligible with regard to the monthly payment. In short, I'd recommend. Good luck!
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01-29-2013, 01:11 PM | #12 |
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Sounds a little steep. I paid them around $25k for my 09 with 21k miles like 7 months ago
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01-29-2013, 02:48 PM | #14 |
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No, they make you a straight offer, that last for 2weeks or 1 month I don't remember. You then can try to sale for more on your own, or just turn in the keys before the deadline if you don't succeed. Their offers are usually not so great, but never a full ripoff like what sometime you get when trading in.
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01-29-2013, 09:43 PM | #15 |
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In my experience carmax low-balled me as a seller. They offered about 3k less than I ultimately sold the car for. As a buyer, they did seem to have quite a selection. What is the quality of their cars in general? Do they have a rep for having cars that are consistently good/bad?
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01-29-2013, 10:00 PM | #16 | |
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unless some disastrous harm befalls it, i believe either way i love my car, i'd say go for it dude
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Sold my 2006 Acura TL 6 MT to them for $5,500 more then the BMW dealer offered on a trade. Easy to deal with was in & out in less then an hour. Car must have shipped because I never saw it advertised locally.
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01-30-2013, 07:44 AM | #19 |
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Bad news is they were around $3000 less on my trade than I needed. Good news is the car might be a cpo. When I click on the autocheck it says:VEHICLE IN DEALER INVENTORY (COLOR REPORTED AS BLACK)
CERTIFIED AS BMW APPROVED CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED VEHICLE. Is there any way to find out for sure? |
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01-30-2013, 08:52 AM | #20 | |
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All in all a decent experience. Not something I can normally say about regular dealer experiences I've had over the years. I'd definitely do it again if they had a car I was interested in!
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01-30-2013, 08:59 AM | #21 | |
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Essentially they give you a bit more over wholesale value of your car. With a regular dealer you really never know the value of your trade-in because the more they give you for your trade-in, the less they discount your new car. I sold them a car once and was happy with the deal. Fast and easy and walked away with a Check in about an hour. Sure, I could maybe have gotten a little more from a private sale, but the time effort and risk of that wasn't something I wanted to deal with.
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01-30-2013, 04:18 PM | #22 |
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bought mine through car max. price was little high for my 07 335i but it only had 26k mileage. however they are really good to work with and they only have good cars there.. from what i saw.
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