Hi all.

I just purchased an '06 Mazda6 i. Basically did the whole thing over the phone/fax. I told the dealer I would be in Monday to pick up the car, and give him the down payment and the title to my trade-in.

He said "you can take the Mazda home tonight." I was like...WHAT? Without a downpayment, or title to the trade????? He said "we know where you live."

Dealership is Maxon Mazda on route 22 in Union, NJ.

Anybody every heard of this before!?!???

 

This is a common practice at the Chevy dealer where I worked, and many of the nearby dealers of other makes. Once they have your personal info, they run a credit check and if you have a good credit score, you can drive away! All you need is a good FICO score.

 

WOW! Didn't know it was common...I'm still in minor shock!

One thing though - I lost my driver license like 3 weeks ago, and I have yet to go down to DMV for another (I work like 80 hours per week...so who the heck has time for that!?).

Hope that's not a problem in picking it up tonight!

 

Its very common but risky. I would wait till the paperwork is signed and sealed before I would drive your new car off the lot. They could make changes to your financing, paperwork, or deal and then your screwed.

 

Damn right Trevor ! take a look at www.carbuyingtips.com and see just how they screw people in this way and many others ......... best of all this site equips you with all the tools to be on top of these salesmen who think we're all suckers .... makes me think of the movie called 'Suckers' which is exacttly about car salesman .... look it up it's a riot of a movie !!! look it up on www.imdb.com

 

i got my 3 two weeks ago and i have never owned a new car ever and they let me drive it off the lot that same day with nothing down my first payment is not till dec.15. I was not worried about getting screwed because my sister works for the bank i got the loan from so she said she had all the paper work and it was ok to take it