I'm surprised there isn't more structure on Ozbargain to help new car buyers work out a good target price.
I'm reminded of the excellent spreadsheets on Whirlpool for users to track the prices they got on new cars. Here's an example.
Would this be a useful extension of OzBargain?
(I know new cars are seen as the ultimate anti-bargain on here, but then it's possible to buy second hand computers too)
I think it'd be something special if OZB really did hire a budget and finance service to spend 10 hours a week replying to the comments here. They'd have to deal with thousands of stupid questions flooding in, it'd be a public service.
I reckon motor vehicle insurance lawyer would be the biggest hit.
I think it already exists in numerous places
https://www.carsguide.com.au/
https://www.racq.com.au/cars-and-driving/cars/selling-a-car/…
It would help a lot honestly, especially since you used mazda are the example.
They were the worst haggling experience for us, similar to Toyota. 9/10 they pushed us to a 2nd hand car instead of wanting to even drop 1k off a car.
I think you could have negotiated a good price given the pandemic.
Unemployment will still be up, even with the vaccine being given out next year. People have stashed their savings for any unforseen events, so car dealers have (old) stock on the car yards that aren't moving.
Perhaps it depends on what type of car you're looking at. Toyota has been making $$ during the pandemic.
Supply of new cars is down due to Covid-affected supply chains.
Demand for new and used cars is up due to fear of public transport.
Therefore prices of used cars are significantly up.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/second-hand-cars-wit…
Dedicated forum with complete package-
Have a permanent link to carsales.com that detects the heading need advice buying a car
this is a bargain site not sales advice site /thread
The prices on Carsales are MSRP, not what people can pay.
Finding out that someone paid $35,000 on a $40,000 MRSP car is useful in finding a bargain isn't it?
not really, what I can negotiate and what others can means jack, its what YOU can do at the time.
I disagree. It's far easier to negotiate when one knows a realistic price. For example:
Me: I like the car, I'm willing to pay $35k.
Dealer: Impossible, we would be losing money
Me: I've seen online that three other people in Sydney paid $35k in the last month for this exact same car from X dealer. If you can't match it I'm happy to drive to that dealer to buy
You only have to look at every new car thread on Whirlpool to see that people are looking for benchmark prices to give them power when they go to the dealer.
I just though that Ozbargain would have a role in helping people get the best price but it seems not.
Why not just point people to the link, so you can a centralised list, rather than have multiple lists.
BTW, you can’t correlate cars with computers :/