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by Answer Rabbit on April 18th, 2006

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If I get a car quote online from one dealership, can I use that as a bargaining point with my local dealer?

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  • by Orange Mango on April 18th, 2006

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    The Online quote has only three practical purposes:
    1)It gives the customer something to hold the dealership to once you've finished shopping around
    2)It can be used to deal with multiple local dealerships with competitive models for example: at Toyota when shopping for a Corolla you could say "Look what a Honda Civic costs" (they are the same car ...figuratively of course- resale value, functionality, size, dependability, gas milage, it's only personal preference, neither is REALLY any better than the other, incidently I have a corolla... back to the answer) MSRP may not change but you may be able to get some accessories, better finance rate etc. they have items with which to sweeten the deal. Your cars options are listed on the quote.
    3) It can be used to bargain with Like branded dealerships ie Toyota vs Toyota, like I said each dealership has ways to sweeten the deal, make them compete. Get the most for your money!
    So to answer your question, yes you can!
    Hope this is useful.

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  • by presson on April 18th, 2006

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    Absolutely. That is exactly how I bought the blue Caravan that I am driving. I took the price and all details to a dealer who had the same exact van. I told him the truth. I liked the van online, but I would have to wait for it to be shipped to our area to check it out. He met the online price. It worked for me, but I suppose you would have to check out your own dealers.

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