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Too Good To Be True?


benalexe

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The catch might be the condition of the cars. I'm not in any way saying that is what the problem is, but if these cars were involved in accidents, and so fourth might explain the pricing. I would definatley carfax them and look them over closely. Paint on the rubber, slightly unaligned body panels, etc.etc. It's hard to tell all that over a website or ad.

Generally speaking, when someone trades a car in at a dealership for a new one, the dealership has a set set standard for inventory. The car usually has to be in prestine condition and less than 4 to 5 years old for them to put it into thier inventory for resale. All the rest go to the auto auctions. If the car goes through the auto auction a couple of times and doesn't sell, then they "pack" some cars together and sell them in lots. Usually a few nicer ones with some not so nice ones. A dealer can then just buy the lot, and try to make thier money off a few of the cars and then whatever they sell the not so nice ones for is the added cream.

Also, some car dealers have agreements with other car dealers for "stale" wheels. If a car sits on thier lot to long, they start feeling like their lot looks stale and not enouph new invenotry is coming in to make the lot good good. So they shuffle around the stale wheels with each other and that generally helps move those cars.

I'm not saying everyone does it like this in all parts of the US.

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*Term up to 5 years, based on 4.9% APR & $3000 down. All prices exclude tax & reg. Finance subject to lender approval.

The final payment & final APR will be determined by primary lender.

And this is clearly only your first hurdle. 4.9% on a pre-owned car...icon_rolleyes.gif...not !Removed! likely even with an 800 beacon credit score.

Additionally, they may be advertising salvage title vehicles which cannot be financed in most states or have extremely limiting stipulations.

It is too good to be true.

Remember, as a general rule and estimate multiply $20 by however many $1,000 the vehicle costs and this will approximate your 60 month payment (e.g. $20,000 car = 20 X $20 or $400 per month.

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Check out this web site...

http://www.benzforless.com/

Then click on the lexus section.

Do you see these deals???

a 2004 LS 430 wih $3,000 K down 60 months for $380 a month.

I need to find out the catch otherwise this site has incredible deals!!!

One Word of advise, "CarFax" Could have come from a flood zone, or some other disaster. $25.00 investment could save alot of problems down the road, and you can check any amount of vehicles for 30 days. Well worth the money, especially if your buying from out of state or out of your hometown. Good Luck with your purchase.

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