All trucked up

Although I was tempted to buy another BMW Z3 - especially as I found one with low miles and a hardtop - I ended up with another Nissan Frontier. I decided I wanted a used one with low mileage and a manual transmission. Shopping was quite painless, as I was sneaky and played the used car sales game to my advantage.

1. I waited until the last day of the month, when sales folk are sweating if they haven't made their quotas.
2. I acted as if I didn't really need the truck, which was halfway true as I won't be clearing out my mother's house for another month or two.
3. I didn't admit that finding a manual transmission truck had been really difficult. I only located two within reasonable driving distance.

The upshot of my nonchalance is that, after the salesman couldn't offer me a monthly payment I liked and I was headed to the door, he ran for the sales manager. He promptly removed the down payment requirement and lowered the price by around $2,000 until the monthly payments were more to my taste. Only then did I bite.

I'm quite enjoying the truck, although my Z3 is having a well-deserved sabbatical.  And the dealership still made money as I have a  pretty good idea of how little the previous owner received for the truck.