New RX-8 owner in the house.

Bought a used 2006 Shinka (400/1500) Black 6spd w/14,900 on the odi. 1 Owner.

Asking price - $21995.00
Options - Rotary Accents, Spare Tire Kit, Sirius (not sure if that is standard on the Shinka's?)
Negotiated price - $18395.00
Out the Door - $19400 and some change. It was purchased new 6/29/06.

Felt pretty good about the price for basically a year old Shinka. What do you guys think?

 

You did well, the mileage is kind of high for an 06 though.

 

Yeah i knew it was a tad high but i also realized that I will only be driving it about 4000 miles a year for the next two years since it's our 3rd vehicle, so i figure it will even out.

 

Here's a template:

Final Price: $25,469
Model Year: 2004
Model (AT/MT): MT
Options: Zebart Treatment to paint and underbody, 3 year or 36k manuf. warranty
Date of purchase (month/year): feb 07
Location (city/state): Lansing, MI
Financed/Cash purchase: $25,000
Interest rate (if relevant): 5.5%
New/Used: Used (~16,500 miles)

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MSRP:
How you did it: graduated with dealer who sold me the car (got it for just over 18k but then with warranty, treatment and manuf. window tinting it came to 25k with taxes/tags/plates)
Comments: zoom zoom zoom

 

I got mine in 2004 so I paid the full price

 

Final Price: 19200
Model Year: 2005
Model (AT/MT): MT
Options: None (I don't think)
Date of purchase (month/year): 9/2007
Location (city/state): Warwick, RI
Financed/Cash purchase: Financed
Interest rate (if relevant): 9%
New/Used: Used, 30000 miles

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MSRP: List price 19995
How you did it: Gave a monthly payment number and let them figure it out
Comments: I think this is fair, but not exceptional by any means

 

Final Price: 25,000 out the door pre-tax, after fees
Model Year: 2007 touring
Model (AT/MT): MT
Options: floor mats
Date of purchase (month/year): 12/2007
Location (city/state): new York, ny
Financed/Cash purchase: Financed
Interest rate (if relevant): 6.3%
New/Used: new

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MSRP: List price 28 something
How you did it: autotrader.com. Probably could have shaved another thousand or so off the price by shopping around, but there aren't many 07s left in the NYC area.

 

^ hey, I'm in the same ballpark as you were.

Final Price: $25,800 (including tax, fees, etc)
Model Year: 2007 Touring
Model: MT
Options: Spare tire kit
Date of purchase: 12/2007
Location: Tampa/Clearwater, FL
Finance: Paid in full (cash)
New: Had 250 miles on it. So I guess thats somewhat new.
How: I think it was autotrader.

I think I could have gotten a better deal on it. But again, '07's are pretty much gone.

 

Final Price: $15,500 (exclude tax)
Model Year: 2004 Grand Touring
Model: MT
Options: Spare tire kit, factory Nav, Valentine 1 radar detector
Date of purchase: 2/9/2008
Location: Texas
Finance: Paid in full (cash)
Used: 41k miles, like new
How: Craigs List

... this needs to be stickied

 

Final Price: 13200
Model Year: 2004 (April as inception date)
Model (AT/MT): AT
Options: Base
Date of purchase (month/year): 12/2007
Location (city/state): Columbus, Oh
Financed/Cash purchase: Pre approved by non dealer source
Interest rate (if relevant): 6.75
New/Used: Used, 27K miles

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How you did it: Called all Mazda dealers and gave them my wants (Yes I know should have gone MT on a GT model)
Comments: Immaculate condition, garage kept from the looks, no flaws interior or exterior. On the car I bought it was listed at 17.5K. Dealer came down on the first visit. I gave my rock bottom price, played the game and then walked away as it was tooo low (per sales dude). Got a call two days later asking why I did not buy. Stated price again. They called back later that day to agree.

Take care,

Brian

 

Final Price: $31,000
Model Year: 2005
Model: AT Touring - Winning Blue
Date of purchase: Sometime in 05
Location (city/state): Killeen, Texas
Financed/Cash purchase: Cash purchase

....I know I know....

so then .....

Final Price: $5,000 + AT trade in
Model Year: 2005
Model: MT Grand Touring - Winning Blue
Date of purchase: Late 05
Location (city/state): Killeen, Texas
Financed/Cash purchase: Cash purchase

 

Model Year: 07'
Model (AT/MT): MT
Options: Base
Date of purchase (month/year): 3/08
Location (city/state): Salt Lake City, UT
Financed/Cash purchase: Cash Money
New/Used: New - 200 miles
Paid:$20,080
MSRP: $28,200
How you did it: 08s are out, everyone wants to ditch their new 07s. For whatever reason they liked the fact I paid cash.

 

^You got an amazing deal.

 

Final Price: $12,900 (exclude tax)
Model Year: LY 2004 Grand Touring
Model: MT
Options: front/side skirts
Date of purchase: 2/15/2008
Location: MD
Finance: Paid in full (Home equity line)
Used: 39k miles, new tires, great condition (co-workers thought I bought it new)
How: ebay (it was a local dealer, via trade-in)

The dealer guy said one of his people said they could have gotten $2K+ more selling it on the lot, but they were still getting the hang of eBay.

 

The majority of people in Utah drive SUVs/Trucks.
The sales figures for RX8s in Utah is horrible.
I got an OTD price on a 08 GT for 26k and a OTD price on the 40th for 28K.
They have some used 07's (Sport, Touring, GT) with under 20k on the odom in the $15.5-19.5k range.

If anyone is interested shoot me a PM and I can give you a name and number of a guy to talk to. (I'm always afraid to buy a used car. Who knows how the person drives. God knows i'd never want to buy a used car from a person like me )

 

If you do not have a trade I suggest you shop your local dealers on the web.If a dealer wants you to go to their dealership for a price,tell them that they either deal with you your way or forget about it.
Insist on a bottom line price.some dealers will bob and wheave and then give you a price without the somethings they are going to tack on when you get to the dealership, they depend on the lust in your heart for the new car you see, will allow them to tack on something. I only found one dealer in the wash dc area, that was totally above board, that was bill britt in fredericksburg va. there may be more in the area that I did not need to take the time to rate.
now after you have done the above and you have a trade in, take it to the dealer and dont expect him to be giving you some inflated price for your trade due to the fact that he gave away most of his margin on the bottom line price. ask for him to explain the price for your trade. my dealer did that and we made the deal, cavet emptor

 

2006 copper red shinka, 8200 miles. mint.

Purchased for 21,799 plus 7% tax and about $200 for tags. Total of 23,500- out the door.

6 speed
two tone
shinka suspension
rotary accents, 300 watt bose, blah blah. i was pretty stoked.

good luck out there.

 

2007 Manual GT
Velocity Red w/ Red and Black interior
Spoiler, spare wheel kit and all weather mats
No navi, No appearance package
MSRP: $32,200
OTD: $27,999

Purchased in July of 07. A good deal but I had to finance through Mazda with a ridiculous interest rate for 3 months before I could refi.

Purchased near Washington DC.

EDIT: God I feel like I paid a lot based on what others have listed! I remember at the time though $28k for a GT was decent.

 

Model Year: 06'
Model (AT/MT): MT
Options: GT, everything except navi
Date of purchase (month/year): 7/07
Location (city/state): Ottawa, Canada
Financed/Cash purchase: Financed
New/Used: Used, 6K miles (8900KM)
Paid:$22,000 CAD
How you did it: We get screwed on pricing in Canada, at that time any comparable deal was at least $30K. Brand new all in the car was $40k... so I opted for a salvage... at the time it was a good deal, if I waited I could have gotten better. Runs A1 though... no problems at all and I love it!

 

2007 stormy blue RX8 GS, bought brand new, only 93 KM on it, final price with pretty much everything, all rust/paint protection, undercoat, extended warinty + spoiler, came to around $46,500 with tax. MRSP $36,795, financed. all $ in CDN.

 

ouch... did u even negotiated? o.O

 

damn, that is m3 and lotus land..

 

yea got a grand or so off.

 

Final Price: $27,000
Model Year: 2005 Shinka
Model (AT/MT): MT
Options: Shinka (all options available except Nav)
Date of purchase (month/year): 29 March 06
Location (city/state): Fairhaven, MA
Financed/Cash purchase: Cash (I did use Madza financing for a few days to get their incentive, then paid it off)
Interest rate (if relevant): n/a
New/Used: New (sat on lot for 9 mos.)


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MSRP: $33,385
How you did it: Near end of the month and quarter; car on lot for 9 mos.; offered to take delivery that day for cash; [short term Mazda financing incentive].
Comments: Was prepared to walk if my "best and final" offer was not accepted.

 

Considering the 350Z starts at $50K I guess that sounds about right. You guys must have an ungodly tax structure to get an out-the-door price $10K over the sticker price