Looking to buy a 3. Don't want to get ripped off. Advice please.

[Alexandros]

Looking for a Mazda3s sedan. 2004. I found some at some local Official Mazda dealers in my area (Mississauga, Greater Toronto Area) but it can be as high as $18,000-$19,000 (Canadian dollars). A new one goes for about $25,000. Seems like a ripoff to get a used one. Where can I find one at a good prices and what is a good price anyway?


Oh yeah. These cars have between 30,000 and 60,000 kilometers on them. Which is roughly between 20,000 and 40,000 miles.

[krimsonviper]

wowzers it looks like that dealership isnt trying to eat dinner because theres no way i'd buy a used mazda 3 for that much, a brand new one here in my area with fully hooked up will go for around 20K. i've looked at used models similar to mine(no power anything but steering and A/C) are going for like 12K with about roughly the same mileage as me~30K miles...the K's are meant as thousands, dont know if you understood that, just wanted to be on the safe side...you communist(usa) LOL j/k welcome aboard by the way

[Alexandros]

LOL! Not communist. Socialist.

Just wait a decade and you'll know what that means.



And yes. It does suck by the way.




And I think that the official dealerships are a ripoff then. Time to look for some smaller, non-mazda owned dealers.

Here's what I mean by sky-high prices:

http://www.trader.ca/powerpage/details.aspx?vlotid=48320&adid=6251963


About $18,000 at 68,000 kilometers(about 43,000 miles) , loaded 2004 model. Manual. Do they even plan to actually sell this vehicle?