I had been looking for a nice BMW 3 series for a while. I found the sales guys at the two big dealerships to be a bit aggressive and their pricing was high. I had a lot of patience, but the dealership guys constantly hounded me. I wanted private pricing anyway, but was hard to coordinate with private sellers, but I was having a hard time ever getting one, either it would be gone by the time I got there or the car would be in crap condition. I found Auto Merchants by searching on auto trader, I visited him and there was no pressure at all and he had several 3 series in stock. Nothing was quite what I was looking for, but I started checking back, and he gets a lot of BMW's every week. Something new, after about a month I ended up getting a 528, which was at a price that was only a little more than what I had planned to spend on the three. They do seem to get very busy on the weekends, so I would go in during the week. His pricing is great, I did not use his financing I got my own through the Credit Union. He seems to have a few mercedes and Volvos around too. Sid was my sales guy, I would use him again, he seems to be very laid back opposite of the dealership. I don't know how much hand holding he will do if that is your thing.
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