My folks are looking to get a new minivan. Any recommendations? (Biggest concerns are roominess, safety and reliability.) Anyone get consumer reports?
Whether you should buy a car in its 1st redesign year though is a separate question.
My parents have the previous generation Odyssey and like it a lot, although the 8th seat isn't suitable for an adult.There's a frum guy in town here who goes to all the car auctions who told me it's simply not worth buying a used Honda or Toyota. They retain way too much of their original value even when used, as opposed to an American car which lose a huge chunk of their once they're off the lot...Good for buyers of Honda/Toyota looking to sell, bad for buyers who want a used Japanese car.Personally I got 20% off my parent's Ody by emailing dozens of dealerships and bouncing their quotes off each other until I found the cheapest one and then I had them deliver it. They even put a chunk of it on a credit card.
20%, nice! How far did they deliver it? Was it the end of the model year (i.e. clearance)?
They delivered 120 miles.It was close to when they released the model actually. It was quite a lot of work dealing with so many dealers but very worth it. Be sure to use a spam address as those guys are the worst!If you can get a good % off on a new Japanese car that recently underwent a redesign you can even decide to sell it a few years later and barely take a loss...you'll come out way ahead of leasing.
At 20% off MSRP wouldn't it be worth it to buy a dozen and flip them?Additionally, if they let you pay with a credit card (which I completely don't understand), you'd get tons of miles too.
