Safford Brown Nissan Sterling

I visited Brown’s Nissan twice to look at the Murano SUV. The sales staff was very pleasant, but the sales management was not too keen on making deals. The first visit was made in September 2003. Murano SUV. The sales staff was very pleasant, but the sales management was not too keen on making deals. The first visit was made in September 2003. They only had the 2003 model at that time. I spent about 15 minutes with the salesman. At the end, the salesman went to his manager to ask if there was any special promotions. The answer coming back was a no. I then asked about when the 2004 model would arrive, and the answer was not any time soon. So I left unimpressed.<br><br>Two weeks later, now in October, I passed by the dealership and saw all Muranos on sale. The sticker price was at least $2,000 off the list price. They even have the new 2004 Murano. Another salesman helped us this time and we went out for a test drive. During the test drive, the salesman was saying they could probably knock off the sale price some more. We even talked about the trade in. The bottom line after spending an hour their: The sales manager was only willing to give me the black book whole sale value for my trade in (this is worse than Kelly Blue Book dealer trade in value), and not a dime off the sale price. The sales manager even tried to jack up the price on us using “quick math.” So we left, again unimpressed.<br><br>What happened at the end? I bought a BMW from Passport BMW. Their 2003 model was $4,500 off list, and they gave me Kelly Blue Book dealer price for my trade in. Biggest lesson learned: Do not buy last year’s model cars in September. Wait until October or later. September is the month when the dealer wants you to buy the car so the discount is not much at that time.<br> More