u might wanna think about switching out some of ur after market parts for stock.when i whent to the one by ontario mills they said doing suspensiom upgrades might affect the deal and that they wouldnt give me anything extra for exhaust n system etc. but ask and see if they give u extra for ur parts.

 

Know the feeling, passed by Montgomery Mazda this week, they have a CWP '08 touring, equipped with everything I've got and a sunroof. The MT made it soo much more tempting to sign papers right then, but they want 22k for it .

 

any updates on what they offered you?

 

you guys ready for this?

Because of the CEL due to the catless pipe, the lowering springs, blacked out taillights and a few other things, even after i explained everthing and that I have the stock parts in perfect condition. they offer me....


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5000!!!

hahahahaha oh man, that was a good laugh me and my friend got

 

holly **** lol, i mean wtf? why, and did they point out all this with out you even saying anything? or did you make a list lol, and the mazdaspeed springs you have should not count because its MS

 

hold on, its shows that you have H$R springs and MS springs ,witch one is it lol

 

its an MS bodykit! carmax doesnt understand that. Haha I have MS springs now, i should fix that. they said the car is too modded for Carmax and should be sold privatly because its gorgeous, just not want they want. haha

 

so sell it privatly on autotrader for 12k

 

hate to say i told ya so but i told ya so lol theyre full of bull and most dealers will say the same thing! just stay with the auto man mine is and it doesnt really bother me that much partially coz i have the camaro stick so i just drive that when im in the mood for a manual

 

if i was you i would just kill my self and get it over with lol j/k, you will be fine, can we see some photos

 

haha im gonna keep it up for sale and see what happens, im in no rush, i love my car.

 

ok guys i went to carmax, ready for this one lol

$13,500 cash

and he said i would have to take off all my mods before i bring it in

its a 06 with 25k still a year warranty left bumper to bumper

the funny thing is i put the shinka b-pillers on it and he put the car in for a shinka (its not a shinka lol) and he didn't see the s techs to lol not just that, i got the 7 day offer. goes to show how dumb they really are, he wanted my car really bad to.. i even said i want more for it, he said ok. he said we never had a shinka before and i started to smile, i left the building because i been drinking before i went in there with my wife and she said WOW

 

they are really cluless as to what theyre doing and they have horrible service too ...

 

well i got the shinka value lol

 

Carmax doesn't want your aftermarket parts. They actually lower the value of the car to them. They only like totally stock vehicles. Expect an offer of about $8000 if that.

 

carmax is a bunch of assclowns. they are bottom feeders who take advantage of what are often times people in bad situations...all while masquerading as your best friend. LOL

 

Ok look I work at Carmax. I can honestly tell you that we don't make BS offers, people just think this because it isn't what they want to see. Kelly Blue Book is trash, it's nothing but outdated data collected from inflated dealer trade ins. KBB is telling what your car is worth based on old data and not only that it tells you what is worth in its best season. The market has "seasons" in which a sports car for example is worth more in spring and summer than the end of the summer which of course is the time where a ton of them hit the market since they aren't great in winter weather. Maybe I'm biased but thats how it is, and with us you get some peace of mind. So thats how it works.

 

BTW remove your aftermarket parts. Carmax pays less for them than stock since they will just send it to wholesale if it has engine or suspension mods. Also guys please be considerate of others. I work at Carmax and I don't feel like any of us are bottomfeeding a-holes. We are good people who like cars, like our customers, and know what we are doing. We honestly use good data to make offers with. If you don't like our offer then don't take it but it doesn't make us jerks who were trying to advantage of you or anyone for that matter.

 

sorry to bring it to you bro but we arent pointing fingers are any individuals we are blaming the COMPANY and you may be correct BUT i have PERSONALLY caught carmax trying to sell cars using carfax reports that werent of the car itself and have also caught them showing copied carfaxes where if you look close you can tell the placed paper on top of the damage reports and this has happened on SEVERAL different occasions at different carmax stores so if theyre not honest about that what are they honest about? and yes i have reported them ... i dont buy there ever but usually tag along with friends in case they need my help

 

Carmax and others like them make questionably low offers to easy targets...errr, I mean customers (who often times have no other option available to them) so that they can fill their own coffers with the difference when they turn the car around.

They do not throw themselves on their sword to help you out...they are not your friend...they are a business who will do whatever it takes to keep their gears greased...always at the expense of the consumer. End of story.

 

I can't do an employee by employee character evaluation of every person who works for Carmax..and neither can you. So you have no idea if there truly are assclowns working for the company. Maybe yourself and every person who works at your Carmax are swell people and you don't know any better...very possible, but in general I have not known that to be the case. I have seen numerous offers that are SO laughable that there can be no other conclusion drawn except that Carmax was trying to take advantage of a vulnerable person they thought to be an easy target.

 

i think the reason that carmax is such a bad deal is that they have too much overhead and pass that along to the customer. they might not be trying to hose a lot of people but they are a business trying to make as much money as they can (which isn't a bad thing) but also have a lot of payroll to cover as well. i have never seen a good deal from someone selling or buying from carmax.

my sister bought from there before i could tell her not to. she bought her '04 RX8 for $25K in late '05. there is no way she should have paid that much and even beyond that they listed it as having a spare wheel and 6 disc changer which it did not have. they promised to get it for her but she never saw it. finally after some heated calls they finally just cut her a check but not what she should have gotten.

this wasn't the first or last bad deal i've seen there and only wish she had told me before she purchased b/c i would have steered her away. in theory the 'no haggle' idea is great. in practice, it just means you provide your own KY.

 

My only experience from a Carmax was from their licensed Toyota side owned by them on the same property, rebuilding my Corolla's engine under extended Toyota warranty. Closest dealer to where it blew and all. Well,
-the 8hr rebuild time took 63(?) days,
-they managed to swap every single lugnut with random ones so when I had a flat 3 weeks later, I had to beg and borrow 3 different lug wrenches to get the 4-lug wheel off,
-damaged the paint on the roof and hood with lateral scratches that had to come from sliding a box back and forth across them,
-removed part of my dash and never re-bolted it, and it fell on my legs as I was leaving the lot (and needed another full day dropped off there to 'fix'),
-and to top it all off, they removed the transmission for a paid clutch replacement, and when they reinstalled it, put the transaxle seals in the wrong place, which drained my transmission fluid, and hosed the transmission. It was bone dry and several parts were melted together that didn't look like they should have been.

So yeah...

+1 to Carmax.