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A Car Buying Story, Part Two: How?

So how do I buy a car once I know what I like? There are several options, plus a few payment options as well. It can make quite difference both money-wise and regarding your own satisfaction. This is what I have considered:

Buying a new car

This is the easiest option of course. It has many advantages, and a single disadvantage: you pay the price for all those conveniences. In the end this is what I did, for the following reasons:

• I don’t have to think how the previous owner maintained the car.
• New car should be problem free for a few years longer than a used car.
• Warranty is usually 3-5 years, or 60K-100K km, so you get to use it longer. Of course with the new car, there are less chances that you’ll actually use it, but you never know.
• If you’re financing, you get a better interest rate. It ranges from 0% to 4% (currently for this year’s models), while if you’re buying a used car and want to finance using bank loan, the best you can get is currently about 8%.
• If you’re buying replacement insurance — it’s usually too expensive for the car older than 5 years. With the new car you can get it for a fair price for the first 3-5 years.
• Once you decide what you want, it’s easy to buy it: you walk into the dealership and within couple of hours you have the car. And in my situation that was beneficial since I did not have the car. Otherwise, this convenience can actually work against you.
• You can get exactly the model you want, including color and other little things.

Buying a new car in a rural area

This is something I’ve heard of but haven’t explored in full. The idea is to go out of the city to dealerships with smaller sales numbers, and try to negotiate better price with them. Now, I’m not the best negotiator, so I wasn’t really counting on this option, but I tried anyway. I went 150km away and spent a day talking to dealers and did almost nothing — I’ve got $250 reduction. I might have done better if I had more time and wanted to come back and spend it. But I gave up.

It can certainly benefit, but you have to be prepared to visit every dealer in your area. It’s definitely not a quick win.

Buying a used car

This is certainly my favourite option, but it takes time and effort. And you can find an excellent car that is not really worse than a new one, for a low price. But you have to wait and search and negotiate. If you have a car to drive and you have the time to spend on looking for a new one, always do this. The depreciation of the new car is the biggest in the first years, so you save a bunch by buying 2-3 years old car. And sometimes those cars have very low mileage. Only beware of leased cars — sometimes they are not maintained too well since they are being leased and the owner knows it’ll be changed in a few years.

Buying a car in US

Now this is an excellent way to buy a good car and save money. Cars are generally cheaper in US than in Canada, and the difference is bigger with more expensive cars. Nowadays, with the dollars being almost equal, you save on that price difference. Then you don’t pay US State tax, since you are from Canada, and you pay Canadian taxes just as if you were buying the car here. Of course, you’ll pay duty fee, which is currently 6.1%. But I did the calculation, and with all the fees and taxes, for each car I looked at, you’re still better off at least $1,000. I looked at Civic (saves about $1,000), Accord (saves $4,000), CR-V (saves $6,000).

Then there is another interesting perk: US and Canadian models are not always the same. There are some model trims that exist in US, but not in Canada (I suppose the opposite is true as well). For example, I looked at Subaru models and I found out that the basic Outback model in US was much cheaper than the one in Canada. And the difference was only that the US model did not have some purely convenience features — those I did not care about. But it was $9,000 cheaper (31,000 vs. 22,000 MSRP)

Now, there are obstacles, of course. Nothing comes easy. Car makers don’t like you going to US to buy the car for less money. They have priced the cars differently for US and Canadian markets and don’t like you taking advantage of it. Honda and Toyota have actually told the dealers in US not to sell the cars to people from Canada. I called about 10 dealers and have been told exactly this. One guy told me that they’ve been doing that before but then been told that they may lose the sale authorization if they do that. So, I figured I should just try to find a dealership that hasn’t been warned yet. And I did — couple of them said they’ll sell it to me without a problem. With Subaru, it seems that there is no such issue — all of them said they sell cars to Canadians.

Then there is warranty. If you buy a new car in US, the warranty is not honoured in Canada. That means that for regular services or repairs you have to pay, or if you live close to the border, go to US every time some maintenance work is needed. This also depends on the maker: Honda and Toyota don’t honour it while VW does without problem. With Subaru, I heard both yes and no, so if I had decided to go for it, I would certainly first ask dealers about it.

As an interesting side note: I’ve found out that some time ago, the situation regarding car imports was opposite: it was very beneficial to buy a car in Canada and import it to US. Car makers have raised the same obstacles: told the dealers not to sell cars and did not honoured warranties across the border. However, seems that Americans are more agile in these situations, so they fairly quickly formed a few consumer organizations, made a class action and forced the dealers to drop the ridiculous rules.

The process itself is not trivial — there are a good number of steps you need to take, but it is straight forward. There are no surprises once you get all the preparation done or planned. There are good resources on the net that outline the whole process:

Importing a vehicle into Canada
: http://www.mr2.com/TEXT/Import.html

Forum discussion on car import
: http://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6825

Border costs
: http://www.myborderpro.com/2006

Website dedicated to importing cars to Canada
: http://www.importcartocanada.info

Info on taxes related to importing a car
: http://www.importcartocanada.info/faq/do-i-have-to-pay-tax-on-a-car-i-import-to-canada-from-the-usa

You can also hire an agency to do everything for you, but I don’t really see a need for that.

Now, if you are looking for a used car (in US), you can save even more money, but you have to do more work. You have to find a way to inspect the car before buying it and you’ll perhaps have to travel further for that vehicle of choice. You have to be cautious and watch for problems that do not exist in Canada such as possibility that the car was flooded in one of the floods in the south (e.g. New Orleans). But if you go trough all of that you can find an excellent deal and happily bring it back to Canada.

Paying for your car

Internet was a great help for this. First, all makers have good websites that let you calculate the prices, specific for your province, and they match exactly what the dealers tell you. Besides those, there are a lot of other useful resources on the web. Here are a few:

Canadian Black Book tells you the prices that the dealers pay you when you bring in a trade-in vehicle. Both of these links point to the same service

Toyota Black Book Link:

http://www.toyota.ca/NWS/english/confighelp/appraise_tradein_vehicle.html

GMC Black Book Link:

http://www.gmcanada.com/NASApp/app/services/gmc/cbb?lang=en

There is also the Canadian Red Book, equivalent to US Blue Book, but I couldn’t find that online. But there are other websites that tell you used car prices, such as:

VMR Canada:

http://www.vmrcanada.com/canada_makes.htm

What I also did is picked up the prices from Auto Trader:

Auto Trader Used Car Ads:

http://www.canadatrader.com

I picked prices for the past 5 years. It’s a good way to figure out average depreciation as well.

There are also fee-based sites that will give you very comprehensive reports on new and used car values, but I did not use them.

A good way to get the realistic value for the car (even for a new one) is to go to several banks and ask them how much would they loan to you for that specific car. You give them the make, model, year and the rest (in some banks its enough o provide the VIN), and they tell you what is the maximum they’ll give you on a car loan. There are good chances this is less than what dealer asks you to pay. You can then use this figure to negotiate with the dealer.

To figure out the best loans options, you can use online calculators such as this one:

Loan Calculator:

http://www.canadiandriver.com/tools/loan.htm

All this is really fun to do, but again, it takes time — so don’t spare it. There are only two ways: you either put in your own effort or you pay money sooner or later.

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Read the rest on following pages:

Part One: Why and What?

Part Three: Models and Makes

Part Four: The Dealers
About the Author

Michael Thornessen is a typical car buyer that has recently spent some substantial time and effort researching the auto market.

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Volvo S70 $93.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles he Volvo S70 is a midsize luxury car produced by the Swedish automaker Volvo Cars from 1997 to 2000. The S70 was the saloon/sedan, and the similar V70 the estate/station wagon; they both represented mainly new styling and revised suspensions from the 1993 through 1997 Volvo 850. The S70 was replaced with the Volvo S80.Introduced in the U.S. for the 1998 model year, the first Volvo S70 sedan and Volvo V70 wagon were updated versions of the Volvo 850. The S70s body style was a more rounded version of the 850. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 146 Publication Date: 2010/08/06 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.34 inches

Volvo S80 $81.25 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Volvo S80 is a midsize executive saloon/sedan from Swedish automaker Volvo Cars, and was introduced in 1998 as a replacement for the rearwheel drive Volvo 960/S90 saloons. The Volvo S80 was built at the Torslanda Plant (Torslandaverken) in Gothenburg, Sweden. Unlike most Volvo models, it did not have a estate / station wagon version for its first generation. Now, the third generation V70 wagon is marketed as the estate version for the second generation S80 saloon. This is a part of a major product overhaul at Volvo, including a most luxurious large estate and saloon. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 120 Publication Date: 2010/08/05 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.29 inches

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Volvo Museum $71.7 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Volvo Museum is in Gothenburg, Sweden. It covers the development of Swedens leading vehicle manufacturer Volvo, from the first OV4 to the current cars, trucks, buses and other products. The museum also contains many other exhibits, including Gabrielssons and Larsons joint desk from the pioneering years. There are also displays of Volvo Aero and Volvo Penta products.The museum is open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 10.0017.00, Wednesday 10.0020.00 and SaturdaySunday 11.0016.00, Closed on Mondays and public Swedish holidays. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 82 Publication Date: 2010/08/04 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.20 inches

Volvo Philip $81.25 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Volvo Philip was a concept car built by Volvo in 1952. It was designed for the US market so it was fitted with a V8 engine producing 120 hp (89 kW) at 4000 rpm and was fitted with whitewall tires and a hint of tailfins. The design was inspired by US cars and was similar to the Kaiser Dragon. The designer was Jan Wilsgaard who also designed the Volvo Amazon. However it was cancelled by the board and never reached production and only one car was made. That car was used by the board at BolinderMunktell in Eskilstuna. However, the V8 engine entered production in 1956 and was used for the Volvo Lv420 Snabbe truck as well as for boats. It was known for being strong and reliable, but also for a high fuel consumption. Production of the engine ended Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 106 Publication Date: 2010/08/06 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.25 inches

Volvo V50 $81.25 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Volvo Cars introduced the Volvo V50 at the 2003 Bologna Motor Show as the station wagon version of the Volvo S40 small family car manufacturing both models at their facility in Ghent, Belgium.Sharing the Ford C1 platform with the European Ford Focus and the Mazda 3, the V50 features interior theatre lighting, a floating center stack and Volvo Intelligent Vehicle Architecture. The V50 T5 AWD features fourwheel drive and a straight5 2.5litre petrol engine with a lightpressure turbocharger, valves per cylinder and a DOHC design with variable camshaft timing providing 220 bhp (164 kW; 223 PS) and 320 N.m (236 lb.ft) of torque. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 114 Publication Date: 2010/08/06 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.27 inches

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Volvo Margarete Rose $60.54 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Volvo Margarete Rose was a concept car built by Volvo in 1953. It was planned as a complement to the PV 444. Some of the lines were reused on the Amazon and 160 and 260.Volvo Cars, or Volvo Personvagnar AB, is a Swedish automobile manufacturer founded in 1927, in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden, and is currently owned by Ford Motor Company.Volvo was originally formed as a subsidiary company to the ball bearing maker SKF. It was not until 1935, when Volvo AB was introduced on the Swedish stock exchange, that SKF sold most of the shares in the company. Volvo Cars was owned by AB Volvo until 1999, when it was acquired by the Ford Motor Company as part of its Premier Automotive Group. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 74 Publication Date: 2010/08/04 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.18 inches

Chrysler Vehicles $146.58 Vehicles built by the Chrysler Corporation are cars bearing the name Chrysler rather than one of their subsidiary companies (Dodge, Jeep, and Plymouth for examples). Most Chryslers have been luxury cars, with the exception of their 1970s European models which were developed by the Simca and Rootes divisions. The list below also includes vehicles manufactured in other countries and cars designed by other independent corporations that were rebranded for Chrysler. Chrysler Australia was the Australian division of Chrysler, and cars made by Chrysler Australia were sold mainly in their country of origin. The same goes for cars marked Europe and Canada. Many of the images of rebranded vehicles are actually pictures of the cars in their original, nonChrysler form. For many rebranded cars, the original version is similar enough (almost identical) to the Chrysler version, so the original cars are used instead. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 264 Publication Date: 2010/04/25 Language: English Dimensions: 9.02 x 5.98 x 0.60 inches

Volvo 900 $71.7 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Volvo 940 is among the last in the longrunning line of large rearwheel drive cars from Volvo. Introduced in 1991, the 940 was essentially a cosmetic reskinning of the 740. All drivetrains, and most options available in the 940 had been available in the 740. The 940 was more closely related to the 740 than the 760, sharing the same dashboard, drivetrain choices, and sheet metal from the Apillar forward. In contrast, the 960 was an evolution of the 760. The 760 / 960 front sheet metal, independent rear suspension, dashboard, and other interior features were all exclusive to the two upscale models. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 78 Publication Date: 2010/08/03 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.19 inches

Volvo C70 $82.85 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Volvo C70 is an automobile manufactured by Volvo Cars in two generations: the first from model years 19972002 as coupe and from 19972005 as a softtop convertible. The second generation C70 has been marketed since 2006 as a retractable hardtop.Volvo introduced the first generation C70 at the 1996 Paris Motor Show, following a European introduction as a 1997 model, and later as a 1998 model in North America with both lowpressure (2.4L) and highpressure (2.3L), Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 122 Publication Date: 2010/08/05 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.29 inches

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Volvo Recharge $103.56 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Volvo ReCharge is a plugin hybrid concept car created by Volvo. The vehicle is designed to run purely on electricity from onboard batteries for up to 62 miles (100 km) which is a large enough distance to cover the daily commutes of most Americans, which is around 25 miles (40 km). With use of a small internal combustion engine hooked to a generator to resupply the batteries, the vehicles range is increased.The car is unique in that it uses HiPa Drive wheel motors without any gears, the motors are directly connected to the wheels (wheel motors). Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 154 Publication Date: 2010/08/06 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.36 inches

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Flying Cars, Amphibious Vehicles and Other Dual Mode Transports By Green, George W. $71.7 Sometimes converted from standard vehicles, sometimes beginning as cleansheet designs, these machines have met the engineering and economic challenges of dualmode travel with varying degrees of success. This book describes a fascinating array of these vehicles from the United States and abroad, including flying automobiles, roadable aircraft, amphibious vehicles, hovercraft, roadrail trains, and triphibious inventions Provided by publisher. Author: Green, George W. Subtitle: An Illustrated Worldwide History Publication Date: 2010/06/30 Number of Pages: 230 Binding Type: Paperback Language: English Depth: 0.55 Width: 6.75 Height: 9.75

CARS BY WILSON,OWEN (DVD) $34.36 A young stock car named Lightning on his way to a big race is kept in town to repair damage he caused and he begins to see the townsfolk, various motor vehicles, as family and friends. Artist: WILSON,OWEN Genre: Foreign Video Spanish/Misc. Rating: G Release Date: 7NOV2006

Assenmacher ASSFZ25 Volvo Saab Radiator Adapter $45.5 For pressurizing cooling system. Made in the U.S.A. Female 47 x 3mm threads. Applicable: Fits Volvo Mini Cooper (through 2007) Jeep Land Rover Renault Saab and Trucks with 47x3mm threads on the filler neck. Works in new BMW V8 Tein Turbo Intercooler Coolant Reservoir.

Cars $21.99 Men’s 1.7 oz EDT Spray. Cars cologne for kids is made by Disney. This fragrance for kids contains the fresh scent of sweet flowers and tart citrus. This kids fragrance is recommended for any occasion.

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Fun with Cars and Trucks Stencils $8.06 Six childsize stencils, precut, depict familiar vehicles: sedan, fire engine, Volkswagen bug and more. Author: Kennedy, Paul E. Series Title: Dover Little Activity Books (Paperback) Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 6 Publication Date: 1988/10/01 Age Level: 03 UP Language: English Dimensions: 5.71 x 4.18 x 0.14 inches

Crap Cars By Porter, Richard $19.27 Offers a window into the vanity and silliness of almost every decade as expressed by the ultimate status symbol of the car, showcasing the cheapest, tackiest, and most mechanically inept vehicles built from the 1960s to the 1990s. Author: Porter, Richard Publication Date: 2005/10/01 Number of Pages: 111 Binding Type: Hardcover Language: English Depth: 0.75 Width: 8.25 Height: 5.75

Electric Cars By Gale (EDT) $48.63 Examines the history of electric automobiles, including how they were made obsolete by gasolinepowered vehicles, and discusses how modern electric and hybrid models work, the reasons why they have become popular again, and the future. Author: Mackay, Jenny Series Title: Technology 360 Publication Date: 2011/11/04 Number of Pages: 104 Binding Type: Library Grade Level: 79 Language: English Depth: 0.50 Width: 7.50 Height: 10.00

Melissa & Doug Car Carrier (Children’s) – Cars $27.45 This fantastic truck is ready to spark the economy by picking up and delivering four colorful cars. Its “easy-load and lower” ramps provide two levels for the new vehicles. Your little trucker will love “hitting the road” with this wooden six-wheeler! For ages 3 and up.

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Melissa and Doug Race Cars (0682) $18.5 Hand painted solid wood vehicles are a great accessory for block play and are compatible with wooden railway sets Ages 3 10 x 10 x 1 5 6 pcs

Police Cars in Action By Olien, Becky $37.64 Discusses the history, function, and workings of police vehicles Provided by publisher. Author: Olien, Becky Series Title: First Facts Publication Date: 2011/08/01 Number of Pages: 24 Binding Type: Library Grade Level: 12 Language: English Depth: 0.50 Width: 8.50 Height: 8.75