Buying a Car.

[BrotherEastman]

Originally Posted by CC1

There is also a difference in whether a car is a "demo" or a "program car".

A demo has never been titled and has been used by dealership employees, relatives, or in a promotional way for the dealership (i.e. use donated to a college coach as a perk).

A program car is a car that has been titled and was either a rental car, company fleet car, or a car used by a rep of the car manufacturer.

When buying a used car there are several services online where for a fee you can check the VIN of a car to see who it was titled to and if there are any known accidents with it, etc. The only downside is that the lemon law info, accident info, etc is limited to only around 16 states that participate so you still could buy a lemon. I liked that it let me see who my program car had been titled to before so I could avoid getting a rental car. I preferred a fleet car that more likely would have had just one driver.

Back to the demo vs. program car. A demo typically would not get as big a discount as a program car because technically it is not used as it was never titled.

I will tell you that in 95% of the cases I could sell a brand new car with no miles on it as cheaply as a demo when I was a new car sales manager. Typically there are no additional factory incentives for a dealer selling a demo.

Okay, now that I know you'll be nice, let me ask you another question (being that you are a former dealer), with the market being more a buyers market these days, and knowing that your cars must be sold, why would you not want to deal with my offer? (remember, I have cash)