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Originally Posted by mpilar
Thanks for the information Zeta, I'm glad to hear another person that's happy with CarMax's warranty. I've read other things that seemed to be pretty positive about them, so I'm hoping things will go smoothly. I was told about 100k/5 year (from date of purchase) for $3200 which seems dramatically better than what BMW's ESC runs, especially since they date theirs from the first sale of the car, not the purchase date of the ESC.
My main concerns right now (I haven't seen the car yet, it's getting shipped from WI to TN for me now), is, it appears more equipped than any other 35D I've seen, with fairly low miles, and yet doesn't appear that much money...so until it arrives and I have a chance to see it in person...I'm more curious if I should be suspicious of such a relatively low price.
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Again for me, I'd take a Carmax warranty over BMW's any day for a few reasons:
- it's reasonably priced
- I can take the car anywhere I want (provided that if I drop it off at Carmax I get the $50 off the deductible)
- Carmax is not the one liable for the expense but a third party provider so there's less incentive in cutting corners
On the other topic about pricing and my experience being the second car I buy for them is that the main things affecting their pricing is year and mileage. Other non mainstream options like rear entertainment system or sport Vs comfort seat affect less Carmax pricing. On the other hand dealership tends to overprice these "gems". In other words a completely fully loaded car from Carmax would be priced more competitive than at the dealership. Because of the ability to haggle dealership pricing you may end up in the same place and you just can't see it since all you know is asking, not selling. For me the fact that the two are the same at Carmax is plus, others disagree.
And by the way, with Carmax you can't haggle price bit the rest is open field, particularly if you had it shipped. I got new tires and new brake and rotors all around on the X5 just by arguing they needed replacement "soon".
And when you have it shipped ask questions: keep them generic enough to have leverage.
I guess it's a more subtle haggling you do with Carmax, but they still in the business of selling you a car...
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