We went from a 97 540i to an 07 Whitewater Pearl Touring 5sp.
We had a prospective buyer for the 540, so we went to the only dealership in town with a 5sp Sport showing in their online inventory from mazdausa.com.
We get there and say we want to drive a 5sp 5, the salesman (Josh) says no problem and goes to get one. He shows up at the door with the Touring that we end up buying, loaded with almost exactly the options we wanted (base Touring, white or silver).
We go for a drive and the car is pleasant enough. Josh is very helpful and informative regarding the vehicle, never pushy or invasive.
We get back to the dealership and go home, explaining that we have to sell the 540i first before we can buy anything. Later that day we sell our BMW, and we call Josh and tell him we'd be down there in an hour to buy the same 5 that we had driven earlier. We get there and about an hour later (about 6:00pm) and notice that the same 5 that had 12 miles on it now had 20, so someone else was test driving that day, too. At 7:30pm we're driving our 5 home.
The only bad mark on the deal is that they used some weird cleaner on the interior and the smell was burning our eyes on the drive home. We had to pick up or daughter from her daycare provider on the way home, and the first comment she had when she got in the car was 'the new car is stinky.' She just turned 3, so that comment was pretty funny. I opened the windows last night and it's been sitting in the garage opened up like that, so hopefully today it's a little better.
We just need to add the sunroof deflector and the rear bumper guard and we're all set. Looking forward to many trouble-free miles!
We did the deal under S-Plan, OTD = $20,449.
I've never owned a new vehicle before, it's quite exciting.
-Scott Y
We had a prospective buyer for the 540, so we went to the only dealership in town with a 5sp Sport showing in their online inventory from mazdausa.com.
We get there and say we want to drive a 5sp 5, the salesman (Josh) says no problem and goes to get one. He shows up at the door with the Touring that we end up buying, loaded with almost exactly the options we wanted (base Touring, white or silver).
We go for a drive and the car is pleasant enough. Josh is very helpful and informative regarding the vehicle, never pushy or invasive.
We get back to the dealership and go home, explaining that we have to sell the 540i first before we can buy anything. Later that day we sell our BMW, and we call Josh and tell him we'd be down there in an hour to buy the same 5 that we had driven earlier. We get there and about an hour later (about 6:00pm) and notice that the same 5 that had 12 miles on it now had 20, so someone else was test driving that day, too. At 7:30pm we're driving our 5 home.
The only bad mark on the deal is that they used some weird cleaner on the interior and the smell was burning our eyes on the drive home. We had to pick up or daughter from her daycare provider on the way home, and the first comment she had when she got in the car was 'the new car is stinky.' She just turned 3, so that comment was pretty funny. I opened the windows last night and it's been sitting in the garage opened up like that, so hopefully today it's a little better.
We just need to add the sunroof deflector and the rear bumper guard and we're all set. Looking forward to many trouble-free miles!
We did the deal under S-Plan, OTD = $20,449.
I've never owned a new vehicle before, it's quite exciting.
-Scott Y
