mmartin061

I have thought about this time and again when that fricking day comes to buy the ISF I have so patiently been waiting for to happen. Many times you can get detailers that can make the car's paint look better than new. I have thought when the time comes to buying a car that is used unless it was absolutely fanatically maintained and probably privately sold the stealership example may have some bumps and bruises and need some correction to get it to look perfect. So the time comes to negotiate and you figure you could put several hundred dollars into making the car perfect. Is this a bargaining point? Would it be worth it to pay top dollar for a car that will probably still need some corrections, or pay a little less for something that may need a little more help and then you can add on your other crap like the sealer and protector and blah blah blha and spend $2000+ to get it super perfect? Without getting to far into this and hoping you folks see where I am going with this any thoughts?

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iTrader: (17)

Unless the car has deep scratches, dents, nicks, or tons of chips, I would not get my hopes up in getting a car salesman to negotiate a lower price because a car has swirl marks or needs a paint correction.

I do this for a living, and I will tell you off the top of my head, 98% of cars have swirls and light scratches, even brand new ones.

If the Lexus is black, you better believe it will have swirls and scratches. I bet if you bring it up, they will just offer to have their detail shop buff the car for you, but in no way would they get you a 700-1200 discount that it typically costs to get a good paint correction at a good shop.

mmartin061

That's pretty much what I had figured would be the answer. Hell the ones sitting on dealership floors already have scratches from people putting their hands on them and not detailing them the rigt way afterwards. Have to let me know the name of your shop. I am interested. Thanks for the response