[FJ/BRZ]

Originally Posted by protpibe

I would check the tread depth compared to a new one. If it's way out, stay away. if it's almost identical, I think it's a good deal. An FR-S demo was probably driven by someone fairly high up the food chain at the dealership, and I would guess that they saw it nothing more than an automotive appliance that looks good. "Drift King" salespeople typically would not be given something like an FR-S to drive as a demo, for obvious reasons.

Just a heads up about demos.... Typically they are "written down" every month, decreasing their inventory cost below other brand new vehicles. This comes from whoever driving the car being charged a taxable benefit for use of a company car. I would estimate the $4.5k in savings is all only the write down amount, and there is still a fair amount of mark-up left to play around with. Some dealers chose not to apply the taxable benefit to the demo vehicle that's being driven, and instead chose to "blow the car out" at cost and move the write down amount elsewhere. This is fine, however, if the unit has been around for a while and is a bit of a tough sell, they will sell it below cost knowing that they have some money elsewhere to offset.

For peace of mind, I would probably have them include an extended warranty as part of the purchase. In Canada, there is about $800 of markup in an extended warranty so be cautious when they tell you they're giving you a "$2,000 warranty for free!!!" when in reality, it's only costing them about $1,200. With that being said, there's nothing shady about that since there is $2,000 of value in a warranty.

Good advice, thank you.