As you may or may not know, I can be one of the cheapest misers on the face of the planet. I hate to overpay. So I tend to go overboard when an item isn't needed right now. In the scheme of things, I am absolutely sure that I spend more in time than I gain in savings. But my loss is your gain.

Ok, here are the steps.

1) Go to www.carcostcanada.com and get a subscription for $40. They will tell you the Invoice price on a car.

2) When you get the quote, they will include the name of a local car dealer who will sell the car to you for $X above the invoice price.

3) Go to: http://www.discountcarsales.com/ and pay Robert Montgomery $50 to give you his best price on a car. He will quote you an "all in" price including Tax, PDI, GST. Back out the Tax, PDI, GST etc to figure out how much above the invoice price Robert is quoting you. It is almost guaranteed to be less than carcostcanada's dealer's price.

So why bother with CarCostCanada if Robert Montgomery is cheaper? I personally prefer to deal directly with the dealer and not have a broker involved at all. So now.....

4) Go back to Step 2 and call the local dealer and tell him that you got his name from CarCostCanada, but that you also have a quote from Quinella/Robert Montgomery. Ask him to beat (or at least match) Robert's price and you'll buy it from him.

There, you have received the best price possible and you haven't had to deal with a single car salesman face to face.

It worked for me. My G35 arrives next month.

Richard