hoaznod

I'm so excited! I drove a 2002 Mazda Protege my dad kindly bought for me 5 years ago for $8000, and this is a huge step up for me. I fell in love with the look of the interior and exterior, and bought the car without doing as much research as most everyone does. It ended up being around $32,000 after taxes and such. Not sure if it was the best deal, but I got 1.9% APR which is what I wanted. I'm still discovering little cool things that I didn't even know the car had!!

I did want to add some window tint to my car, but it was after leaving the dealership. Should I go back to them and get the tint from them? or find another shop to do it?

ed_423

nice, congratz, what color did u get?
also, where are u located. reason i ask is that some acura dealers will not tint for u, i asked mine and they do not do it so i had to go to a local shop.

welcome to the forum!

ressling

congrats! post some pics! depending on where you live, there are plenty on the forum that will gladly give you some tint shop recommendations.

SubtleWordplay

Congrats!

For tint, I would recommend to take it to a shop yourself. The reason for that since most dealers don't do their own tint, they might upsell you the price of the tint (middleman fee) or throw it into the sales contract; however your contract is done.

My rule of thumb is finance only what you need (which is the car itself). Why finance that extra 200-300 for tint when you can just pay for it upfront? Even if it is a low APR.

hoaznod

Thanks guys. I got a black/black automatic. I live in the DFW area and the place I got the car does do tint. They offered to do it for me, but at the time I didn't think I wanted it. I also should have asked for some floor mats!!

010tsxcbp

Congrats! DFW area? Can I ask if you purchased at goodson or david mcdavid? or vandergriff?

hoaznod

Got mine from Goodson!

pinatubo

Congratulation!
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