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So you wanna get yourself a new DU car
but you obviously wanna get the best deal, right?
So what's the best way to get the best deal,
or the best way to minimize the enthusiast tax
on a car that you want.
I would argue one of the most important pieces
to this puzzle is timing,
so that's exactly what we're gonna go over today.
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Timing is so freaking important
when it comes to sniping a good deal that I highly urge you
to try this next time you're car shopping.
Now, this isn't just some cut and dry universal system,
it's constantly evolving,
and it's different for every type of car.
So I'll be covering the basics here,
but you really have to cater this
to both the seller situation
and the nature of the vehicle you're looking at. (chuckles)
So let's start with maybe the most obvious
rear-wheel drive, the GT in sports cars,
and then of course your classics, the kind of cars
people are either too scared to drive in the snow,
or think seeing some salt will compromise
the life of the vehicle.
The optimal time to snipe
at the best deal on a car like this
is right at the beginning and at the end of fall,
and then it really early spring.
As weather starts getting colder, we start thinking
about putting our beloved vehicles away for hibernation,
and with the thought of storing something
comes the thought of selling something.
This can happen for a few reasons,
sometimes a party has already purchased another vehicle,
and even though having two fun cars can be a blasty blast,
when it comes time to store two cars,
the doom sets in that you really should sell one,
or you're potentially doubling the cost of ownership
during a time that you can't even drive the vehicles.
And given the time of year, demand is fairly low,
or you get towards the end of fall
and you're even touching winter,
you run into the storage unit shortage.
This is when people really start to panic,
it's kinda now or never,
either you're storing the car outside in a harsh climate
or they can just sell it off.
Either way, when demand is low,
negotiating becomes much more successful,
which brings me to the second wave, early spring.
Early spring, to me, is a time when the snow starts to melt
but you're not quite out of the woods just yet
as far as winter storms go.
Spring fever starts to pop its head
and people wanna get into something new just like you,
so they put their car up for sale
so that they can get something new at the end of spring.
But if you have the patience to wait
for an opportunity like this to capitalize on,
you can save a ton of money,
as if that wasn't obvious.
However, in the other spectrum,
you have your all-wheel drive enthusiast cars
that kind of do the opposite.
I'm talking about your EVOs, WRXs, your S4s,
your Turbo X-drive cars, things of that nature.
These cars have the tendency to have an uptick in value
with changes in the seasons,
November 20th, peak WRX prices.
And then all throughout winter,
you're gonna see high average or above average prices
of all-wheel drive enthusiast cars.
So when's the best time to try
and snag a deal on one of these?
Mid summer, late winter.
Well, it still pretty much follows a similar path
as the rear wheel drive cars, but for an opposing reason.
Just like when Gary with the Mustang
already put his car away in his over-the-idea of selling it,
the people selling in snow in there S4s may as well just use
their all wheel drive for the rest of the year,
but come spring, the itch to change it up
starts creeping along and bam!
You can try to snag one, how dramatic.
Front-wheel drive cars aren't affected
by changes in weather a whole lot,
you see your dips in winter
and your small upticks in summer, but it's very minimal.
For front-wheel drive cars,
you're more or less looking at
your standard negotiation tactics to get the best deals,
seasons don't really seem to affect
front-wheel drive cars all that much.
Now, this list isn't just about used cars,
there are a couple of ways to get deals on new cars as well,
and no, I don't mean like going to a dealership
at the end of the month or the end of the year
because you think salespeople are gonna be desperate,
because nine times out of 10, it's not gonna work.
But what you can do
is pay attention to dealership inventory.
Most dealerships will inevitably have
a couple of cars a year
that fall into one of three categories of issue.
One, they ordered, or somebody ordered and then backed out
of a vehicle with very odd or very high end options,
like clashing color combos,
or a Mustang with a dealer-installed sunroof,
but the roof's curved and the sunroof isn't,
and it looks all awkward, or a testimortal ass
with a nearly useless $3,000 rear seat package.
It's weird combos like this that nobody wants,
or they don't find any value in paying extra for
that kinda gives you an edge up on the negotiation.
Once these cars sit awhile,
they'll be much more open for negotiation
to make room for a different vehicle
that's gonna sell a bit more quickly.
And then the other maybe more common way
to save some cash on a new vehicle
is to swipe a previous year zero-owner example.
So you've really been eyeing up buying a new 2021 WRX.
Most new cars don't have much
if any wiggle room for negotiation.
However, as soon as they take delivery of a 2022 model,
they're gonna wanna get rid
of the rest of their 2021 inventory,
this leaves a small window of time for you to get in there
and negotiate some cash off the top
of that zero-owner previous model year example
that's just as new is the 2022.
The third, and probably best option here,
is to consider a car at the end of its design cycle.
Much like getting into a previous model year,
a newly outgoing rendition of a certain vehicle
can be heavily discounted.
Sure you won't get the latest and greatest tech,
or the looks of the brand new model,
but you'll be making a better financial decision
and saving a lot of the depreciation right off the bat.
And onto my personal favorite, I love buying cars
at the perfect mix of maximum depreciation
and the end of the cars expected lifespan.
Yeah, sure.
Everybody says a cheap luxury sports car
will be the most expensive car that you can buy,
and while it may have some truth behind it,
if you're the slightest bit mechanically inclined
and have any sort of internet access at all,
the strategy can save you a ton of money
than any other option on this list.
This is what I like to call the value play,
buying a car that was previously 50 to $80,000
at roughly 10 to 12 years of age for about $10,000,
and possibly even less.
You can still get into a car with a ton of modern tech,
with fantastic power and engineering,
and then it's also gonna be new enough
that parts are still available,
and old enough that there's plenty of information online
about how to do maintenance and fix things yourself.
These cars are best bought for people
who deal or service their vehicles
and are sick of paying for someone else
to work on their car for 120 plus dollars an hour
every time there's a small issue.
You can usually get these on the super cheap,
and then having a bunch of paperwork with the car
can also add value when it comes time to sell it yourself.
This option can be a little more of a gamble,
but it's also gonna have the best payout.
Well, that about wraps it up for this one guys,
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