New M45 owner, did I get a good deal plus a couple ?'s

[Bob24]

I bought a 2007 M45 today! It has 20,000 miles. It is equipped with the Technology Package, the Advanced Technology Package, Sport Package, Navigation, Heated/Cooled seats, Infiniti ground effects and lip spoiler and the wood trim package. It is in excellent condition except for a few minor things that I am having the dealer take care of (got it in writing)

I paid $23,995 and think I got a steal from what I can tell. I am looking forward to being a member of the forum and learning new things about my M45. I traded in a BMW 3 series and I think this is a big trade up.

I live in Minnesota so my first order of business is going to be getting winter tires or at the very least all seasons. I am thinking of getting a wheel/tire package in 17 inch to keep on during the winter. Any suggestions from fellow winter drivers?

Even thought the inside of the vehicle is mostly immaculate I noticed that the headliner was smudged up a bit. Anyone have any experience in cleaning a headliner or could recommend a good Twin Cities detailer?

[woo]

Congrats on your new ride...I got a good deal on mine also, mine had everything yours had except lip kit(which I'm going get real soon) plus I bought M35x I paid $28000 with 17k miles on it...still had new car smell to it...I bought the Sports edition OEM 19's. I needed the AWD not RWD so I went with the X model. Good Luck

[Mark Linkous]

Welcome to NICO. That is an awesome deal. I paid 5 thousand more for my 2004 two years ago. Granted, the economy was not in free fall then. Still, that really is a great price.Cheers,ML

[AD1787]

Its better than anything I've seen in AZ. We are around a list of $25K for a 2006 CPO and $26K for a 2007 M45 non-CPO.

Enjoy your ride and great deal. Hopefully you checked for clear title.

[RpmSteve]

i I have a set of 2007 M35X 18" OEM wheels/tires that I'd like to sell. They are in perfect shape and still have a ton of tread. They have about 4500 miles on them. I imagine my tires are better then your treadwise AND maybe better condition wheels since they've never been curbed. If your interested in trading, let me know

I bought a 2007 M45 today! It has 20,000 miles. It is equipped with the Technology Package, the Advanced Technology Package, Sport Package, Navigation, Heated/Cooled seats, Infiniti ground effects and lip spoiler and the wood trim package. It is in excellent condition except for a few minor things that I am having the dealer take care of (got it in writing)

I paid $23,995 and think I got a steal from what I can tell. I am looking forward to being a member of the forum and learning new things about my M45. I traded in a BMW 3 series and I think this is a big trade up.

I live in Minnesota so my first order of business is going to be getting winter tires or at the very least all seasons. I am thinking of getting a wheel/tire package in 17 inch to keep on during the winter. Any suggestions from fellow winter drivers?

Even thought the inside of the vehicle is mostly immaculate I noticed that the headliner was smudged up a bit. Anyone have any experience in cleaning a headliner or could recommend a good Twin Cities detailer?

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[AD1787]

hey your deal just helped me walk away with confidence on a sweet 2007 M45 for $26,000. I can't pay $2k more than you, that would just not sit right with me.

[jlindy]

that is the lowest deal I have ever seen on ebay or anything...good find if it is as good as they told you....ask me how I know.

I bought a 2007 M45 today! It has 20,000 miles. It is equipped with the Technology Package, the Advanced Technology Package, Sport Package, Navigation, Heated/Cooled seats, Infiniti ground effects and lip spoiler and the wood trim package. It is in excellent condition except for a few minor things that I am having the dealer take care of (got it in writing)

I paid $23,995 and think I got a steal from what I can tell. I am looking forward to being a member of the forum and learning new things about my M45. I traded in a BMW 3 series and I think this is a big trade up.

I live in Minnesota so my first order of business is going to be getting winter tires or at the very least all seasons. I am thinking of getting a wheel/tire package in 17 inch to keep on during the winter. Any suggestions from fellow winter drivers?

Even thought the inside of the vehicle is mostly immaculate I noticed that the headliner was smudged up a bit. Anyone have any experience in cleaning a headliner or could recommend a good Twin Cities detailer?

[tytamto]

I bought a 2007 M45 today! It has 20,000 miles. It is equipped with the Technology Package, the Advanced Technology Package, Sport Package, Navigation, Heated/Cooled seats, Infiniti ground effects and lip spoiler and the wood trim package. It is in excellent condition except for a few minor things that I am having the dealer take care of (got it in writing)

I paid $23,995 and think I got a steal from what I can tell. I am looking forward to being a member of the forum and learning new things about my M45. I traded in a BMW 3 series and I think this is a big trade up.

I live in Minnesota so my first order of business is going to be getting winter tires or at the very least all seasons. I am thinking of getting a wheel/tire package in 17 inch to keep on during the winter. Any suggestions from fellow winter drivers?

Even thought the inside of the vehicle is mostly immaculate I noticed that the headliner was smudged up a bit. Anyone have any experience in cleaning a headliner or could recommend a good Twin Cities detailer?

That is a great deal, but it is not very realistic. Especially when you had a trade involved. How much did you get for the 3-series? What year? How many miles, auto or manual? We need to know more facts to truly understand the situation.

I just bought a super clean 2006 M45 Sport, Adv Tech, Nav, Journey, wood trim with 30k miles for $24 OTD. Not a great deal, but a good price, considering the lack of such optioned out vehicles with low miles in my area. I love the Diamond Graphite with Bourbon leather/Rosewood combo.




Modified by tytamto at 3:50 PM 12/15/2008

[Bob24]

Here is the story. The dealer had two 2007 M45's. One was a black sport with 27K and the other was an umbria gray sport with 20k miles. Both were priced at $25,995. The black one came in first and he called me to come and take a look and drive it. I did and I liked it well enough but I could kind of tell the car hadn't really been "babied".

I had a 2000 BMW 323CI to trade in with 188,000 miles. He offered me $4,000 for it. That put the deal at my car and $22,000 grand. I counter-offered $20,000 plus my car. He balked and I walked.

He called me when the umbria gray one came in a couple of days later. He told me the car was tan and I have no interest in a sand or tan colored M. He told me in his message that he could do that one for my offer of $20,000 plus my car.

I looked on their website and lo and behold not only was the car umbria grey and not tan, but it also had the laser guided cruise package, the wood package, and the ground effects kit in addition to having 7,500 less miles than the black one.

I went in and test drove the gray one and it had definitely been babied much more than the black one. With several thousands of dollars more in options and less miles it was a no brainer to accept the offer of $20,000 plus my ride.

Well we were signing the paperwork he told me I got a steal of a deal because he had totally forgotten about the laser guided cruise package when he priced out the car and that it was a $2,800 option that never factored into his price. I take whatever a salesman of any product tells me with a grain of salt but he seemed to be shooting straight.

So, there are two ways to look at it I guess. Either he went up on his offer on my car by $2,000 from his original offer or he shaved $2,000 off of the $25,995 price of his M45.

Also, I ran both cars through AutoCheck by Experian (a product I think is superior to Carfax) and both were clean as a whistle.

I am also ordering up a set of Blizzaks on 17 inch wheels for winter driving.
Modified by Bob24 at 12:12 PM 12/16/2008

[striz923]

congrats!

[jbillion]

I agree with everyone else, you got a great deal on this car. I have been seeing the prices on the 2nd Gen. M45's drop since I bought my 04 in February. I love the toys on the 06+ but I love the body style of the 04.

[AD1787]

i rarely see the 04 M but I saw one today and I have to agree that is one of the sharpest cars on the road. Nothing looks like it at all. I need to research this forum and see why it was so short lived.

[tytamto]

Here is the story. The dealer had two 2007 M45's. One was a black sport with 27K and the other was an umbria gray sport with 20k miles. Both were priced at $25,995. The black one came in first and he called me to come and take a look and drive it. I did and I liked it well enough but I could kind of tell the car hadn't really been "babied".

I had a 2000 BMW 323CI to trade in with 188,000 miles. He offered me $4,000 for it. That put the deal at my car and $22,000 grand. I counter-offered $20,000 plus my car. He balked and I walked.

He called me when the umbria gray one came in a couple of days later. He told me the car was tan and I have no interest in a sand or tan colored M. He told me in his message that he could do that one for my offer of $20,000 plus my car.

I looked on their website and lo and behold not only was the car umbria grey and not tan, but it also had the laser guided cruise package, the wood package, and the ground effects kit in addition to having 7,500 less miles than the black one.

I went in and test drove the gray one and it had definitely been babied much more than the black one. With several thousands of dollars more in options and less miles it was a no brainer to accept the offer of $20,000 plus my ride.

Well we were signing the paperwork he told me I got a steal of a deal because he had totally forgotten about the laser guided cruise package when he priced out the car and that it was a $2,800 option that never factored into his price. I take whatever a salesman of any product tells me with a grain of salt but he seemed to be shooting straight.

So, there are two ways to look at it I guess. Either he went up on his offer on my car by $2,000 from his original offer or he shaved $2,000 off of the $25,995 price of his M45.

Also, I ran both cars through AutoCheck by Experian (a product I think is superior to Carfax) and both were clean as a whistle.

I am also ordering up a set of Blizzaks on 17 inch wheels for winter driving.

Modified by Bob24 at 12:12 PM 12/16/2008

Forgive me my skepticism, just wanted to make sure...

Hat's off to you for a great deal. I wish I was that patient and cool when it comes to buying things I feel emotional about

What 17" winter package are you getting? How much and where, if you don't mind me asking...

[Bob24]

The tire/wheel package is Blizzak LM-22's on MSW type 12's

Here is the car btw. He is a little slow on taking them on his website since both M's are now sold.

http://www.executive-automotiv...00835

[AD1787]

That leather w/ the wood looks nice. I still haven't seen that interior color in person, looks real good in pic's.

Your title is even nice and clean.

Enjoy

[tytamto]

The tire/wheel package is Blizzak LM-22's on MSW type 12's

Here is the car btw. He is a little slow on taking them on his website since both M's are now sold.

http://www.executive-automotiv...00835

Very nice car, congrats! The interior is identical to mine, btw.

Enjoy the car...

[Bob24]

I effed up and necro'd this thread. My apologies!
Modified by Bob24 at 2:09 AM 7/18/2009

[bicsintegra]

u got a great deal i got a 2006 M35 without the navi, dvd, rims(19"), or the aero package with 45k for 18,000 dollars and I got it from a dealers auction. the one i really wanted was 25k and it had all the options with 32k but i did not want to go over 20000 dollars.

[rsg123]

You got a great deal...although I'm not too fond of the interior color. I got my 06 M45 Sport with 40k miles for $20k ($24k out the door with tax and extended warranty). Mine did not have the aero package or wood trim. I have been looking for a good deal on this car for my cousin but have not found a deal like mine.I'm glad I can stick with high performance summer tires year round.

[rsg123]

Are you sure you didn't get such a good deal because everyone in your area wants the AWD versions? I would imagine driving a big powerful RWD car in the snow would be interesting...

[Bob24]

That is an interesting statement about all wheel drives being more popular in Minnesota. We certainly have a ton of SUV's up here.

I don't think that played a major part in the price the dealer got for the car since he bought it at an out of state auction.

With the stock 19 inch tires the thing was WORTHLESS when the snow hit. It didn't help that the tires were pretty worn down. It was a major concern that I was going to have a car that would be almost undriveable for stretches of time during the winter.

Then I put the 17 inch wheels and winter tires on (Blizzaks) on it was a totally different car that handled the snow and ice with no issues. I had a rear wheel drive Bimmer for the 10 years prior to buying the Infiniti and I am used to driving RWD cars in the winters up here. The key is the tires.

[kmk786]

New to the forum - it appears the used car market has seen an 10% to 20% price increase in the last 9 months. I just purchased a 2006 M45 Sport with Tech/Journey package with 36K miles for $25,750 plus TTL. Based on Manheim reports I think it wasn't a homerun. The flip side, it was brought at a reputable dealer in Dallas, TX so the $1.5K extra was worth a little piece of mind.

Good news for M (or any car owner) its a great market to sell. Bad news - don't sell if you don't have a backup vehicle. Side note - really enjoy driving this car, coming from a GS series for 4 years.

[bhavener]

I purchased a 2006 M45 Sport back in November 2008 (middle of winter). The car has the Technology Package, the Advanced Technology Package, Sport Package, Navigation, Heated/Cooled seats, Infiniti ground effects and lip spoiler, the wood trim package and the rear dvd screen. The one catch, the mileage was 65k. In any case, I paid $21,900 with no trade-in vehicle.

I have since been back to the dealership and he was telling me that the price of the M45 at the auctions has swung up $5-6k now that it is summer and that he will be back there loading up an M45s once the winter hits again!

Food for thought..

[08m35]

Nice car. Great price. Stay away from the mailboxes.

[StevenRogers]

good deal. we shouldve waited a bit.

we bought our 06 m45 sport from a certified infiniti dealer, with everything but the rear dvd and ground effects, about 9,800 miles for near 32k about March this year. car was immaculate, not too much damage you can do under 10k miles. carfax was clean, showed two owners that couldnt afford the car and had to give it back to the banks.