I haven't seen the car in person, but that seems like a very well appointed sedan for the asking price. I was actually in the mkt for a new Mazda3. I would probably end up paying $1,000 to $1,500 more for a news car with less features (and space)

I'm the source of my own excitement

Here's a question....how can I be sure the Carfax in the listing is the legit one for this car?

ahhhhhh

Well they are VIN specific. Vin on carfax should match vin on car.

If you have any doubts, PM me the vin.

edit: Actually I just looked at it. Its the legit carfax for that vehicle

cool brah, many thanks.

Lets put you in a new Ford :)

Maybe it's unfounded, but I have always been leery of barely used cars. Why would someone dump one so quickly and take the beating in depreciation?

My mother leases. Having a car payment is just always a part of her budget and life.

Well, a lease return is a valid reason (my Forester was a two year lease return). I was thinking private sales or cars bought in auction. Always makes me wonder if stolen or broken.

Ah well, I have a well rehearsed spiel for this question~

Basically, people trade for every reason under the sun. Sometimes they buy a vehicle and just don't like it. Sometimes they have a life change, they move, they find out they are pregnant with another kid, they get divorced. Sometimes they lose a job and cant make the payment. Sometimes they dont like the fuel mileage. Sometimes they have a short lease.

Rarely is it a deal where the car is a lemon or something (not saying that CANT happen) But in all my years in this business I have seen that a few times, as where the other reasons I have seen hundreds of times.

cases in point:

I once traded a lady out of a 1 day old Equinox she had bought here in town. She felt like she got raked over the coals, didn't like her experience, and generally felt bad about it. She walked out in the garage that morning and couldn't stand the sight of the thing flooding her with bad feelings from the purchase experience. So, she traded it in and drove away, happy, in a new Ford.

Just last week I traded for a 381 mile Nissan Altima. The guys at our local Nissan dealership had high pressured her into it, she didnt like the color, and didnt like the feel of the CVT transmission. I put her in a new Fusion, let her test drive the vehicle overnight so that she could be sure she really liked it, and traded her out. She lost about 5 grand, but we got her back all of her warranty/gap/credit life money and put her in a car that she actually loved. She wrote a glowing review about me, and us, and is happy as shit.

Just my anecdotal observations from the business~

That's nuts. :shake:

Those are somewhat valid concerns, but you have ways of finding out if those kinds of things happened.

If it was stolen, it will be on the carfax.

If it was broken, all manufacturers keep records of any warranty work or issues, and you can check with the manufacturer service department for warranty history on the vehicle.

Car fax sucks. Experian is a better place to get legit info.

I have used both over the years, and the insurance info they have is the same, and more vendors report service, with a greater amount of information, to carfax. I have always, always, found carfax to be more useful for history.

Its just anecdotal, but I have only pulled thousands of each~