Purchasing a new vehicle? How to help other makes the decision!!

2014-11-01T20:16:34-04:00

Last week I stop at my Dodge dealership and I was surprised how difficult could be to purchase a vehicle even for a businessman like myself.
SO IREALLY WANTED to start a new discussions where all of us can share our opinions, reviews, hints, and all information we think is good and beneficial to help other service members making or not the decision to purchase a vehicle so let's keep this ARMY STRONG by giving the 5W ok thanks to all.
Here my 5W
W Myself
W Purchasing DodgeRam 3500
W October 2014
W Tacoma Dodge
W Price of truck 70k minus 15k discount 55k purchase out the door for 54k all all fees included. Thanks Sales Assosiates Jerry and Sue.

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 1 at 2014 8:21 PM

2014-11-01T20:21:45-04:00

We just bought a Honda Fit about a month ago. We used USAA's car buying service to get a guaranteed price, which I love because it eliminates the need to haggle. We may still be paying a healthy price for the car, but I feel somewhat protected by the USAA price.

W - my wife and I
W - purchased a Honda Fit
W - September 2014
W - 2015 Honda Fit
W - We started with the USAA suggested price, which was $400 under the MSRP (I think that was it), then we traded in our 2009 Honda Civic, then we paid about $20k (because of all the extras, and we were out the door. USAA offered 0.89% APR, but we got a $500 discount by going with Honda Finance for the loan, so we did that - at 1.39% APR.

The car is for my wife, and she loves it. I gotta say it's a nice car. I've been a Honda guy for a couple decades, so this fits right in with my tastes.