I recently bought a new HHR, the decision was made because of looking at a used HHR (2007) and it was only priced $3600 less that the new one. Now for more on the story, several months ago I looked at a couple of local dealers for a HHR. They came back with out the door prices of $19,300 depending on options they were within $150 of being equipped the same. I work for a company that gets a supplier discount, but by the time you add the taxes back in and the title work it almost comes back to the sticker price. I then decided to forget about buying one, just didn't want to put out about $20,000 for a vehicle. I then happened by a local dealer that had a used one for $11,488 and took it for a test drive (overnight). It had the normal chips, scratches, and wear in the fabric, with about 31,000 miles on it. I decided to offer him $11,500 out the door. He had already figured out the whole deal at his asking price and came up with $12,440. I told him I was no longer interested, but on the way out the door I told him I would meet them half way and give them $12,000. The declined the offer. When we got home we started searching the internet, what we found amazed us! The supplier discount that I thought was so good, turns out to be a joke. I found a vehicle at a certain dealership that I could get for $16,409, I asked about the suppliers discount and he said yes he could do that. It would now be $18,040! If I am using suppliers discount I can't use the money credited from my GM card, which in my case was another $1544. So now when it was all added up the $19,300 car that I had priced out before, through GM suppliers discount, is now $16,167 out the door with my GM card savings! That made it only $3600-$3700 more than the used one! I bought it and so far really like it, especially the deal I got. I just couldn't believe there is this much difference in what a dealer would do on pricing. I am not posting the dealers names, but if you want them let me know and I will give them to you! Dealers are from Ohio
Doug
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