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#2000 of 3318 holdbacks? by cstabile Feb 20, 2003 (7:29 pm)
How is the holdback calculated? Is it a percentage of MSRP? Do you include the destination charge in the calculation? Is the percentage the same for all VW's or is it different for different models and trim lines? One dealer said it's 3% of invoice while another said it 2% of MSRP. I'm very confused.   I am most interested in a Passat GLX Auto w/ ESP.   Thanks in advance for the help.
#2001 of 3318 donpetry by skday1 Feb 21, 2003 (5:23 am)
Where did you buy your loaded GLS wagon? $24,900 sounds like a great price. I live in the Boston area as well. Did you have to negotiate hard for that deal?   I may be going shopping this weekend!
#2002 of 3318 skday1 by donpetry Feb 21, 2003 (8:51 am)
Play the field, but take your best offer to Quirk in Quincy. This is the second car I bought from them (previous was Maxima). I ran Quirks offer by two other dealers neither could beat it. One said "I hate to do this, but buy it from Quirk."   I really did not negotiate that hard. I used internet quotes as I have limited time and patience for playing games. Quirk honored their quote and were very profesional.
#2003 of 3318 Just signed a deal... by jpsmith Feb 21, 2003 (5:48 pm)
with my friendly local dealership for a Silver/Grey Passat GL with Tip and ESP for $23,500 out the door. Put down $500 deposit and am financing the rest for 1.9%. I'm pumped! Many thanks to vwguild and others for the great information on this board.
#2004 of 3318 J.P.S. by vwguild Feb 21, 2003 (10:35 pm)
Congratulations & Welcome to the Volkswagen Family!!!!!   Enjoy!!!
#2005 of 3318 donpetry by skday1 Feb 22, 2003 (5:51 am)
Unfortunately I had a bad experience last time I tried to buy from Quirk in Quincy (2000). They told me they had my car, but a half-hour later (when I arrived to buy) they told me it had been sold, "but here are some others you can look at." They totally denied lying, even though when I called I specifically asked if it had been sold, and the lady I talked to laughed, and said they hadn't sold any cars that morning. Very sleazy.   Congrats on your buy, though, who knows who I dealt with.   I have a very good quote from South Shore VW, and they were very nice on the phone, so plan to go there tomorrow.   Thank you for your help.
#2006 of 3318 New GLS purchase by rbkr Feb 22, 2003 (7:57 pm)
Just bought a new candy white Passat GLS 1.8T w/ black leather, tiptronic, monsoon, ESP, cold weather pkg, & homelink (all available options) from Rodney Sailors at Paramount VW in Hickory NC. I had made an inquiry about a vehicle shown in their online inventory, wasn't the color we wanted so they got it for me from a dealer in GA at no extra charge. Very knowledgeable and friendly, went all out to make the deal work. They also include a customer appreciation pkg they can tell you about. Seemed motivated to make a reasonable sale (they got the $500 from VW since I financed through VW credit at 1.9%). Out the door at invoice (which included their processing fees) + tax. Only bad, forgot to send temp tag but its being overnighted to us (want to drive now!). Beautiful car, hope to have many happy miles with it.
#2007 of 3318 vwguild by radman12 Feb 25, 2003 (6:47 pm)
Re: post 1973 you suggest that the Saab 9-3 has poor highway safety ratings. I could only find data at the site you gave for older Saab's. The 9-3 is new this year and it just received 5 stars from the European National Car Assessment program. http://www.euroncap.com/results.htm   Passat got 4 stars.   Apparently cost is not all that matters...
#2008 of 3318 rbkr by radman12 Feb 26, 2003 (5:39 pm)
I wanted to ask you about your "out the door at invoice price". Does that include the port fees and ad fees? If so did you try to negotiate them away? Were you successful?   I'm in NC as well and am closing in at invoice. However I continue to chafe at paying all these fees.   I've read all the recent posts here and am happy for the dealer to make some money but $700 worth of fees on top of the $1000 from holdback and financing incentives just seems too much.
#2009 of 3318 to RBKR by sschilf Feb 27, 2003 (6:43 am)
Another smart and informed shopper! I agree with your statements. The MOST I would pay is invoice, period. I would try for 750 to 1000 under invoice. Good news recently - I forgot the % but the consumer price index (CPI) is down by 10 to 15%! Consumers are nervous about the war and economy situations and retailers' (including car dealers) sales are down. Go for it!   To answer your question - OTD is the grand total price,ie, car price, options, tax, tags, etc. Remember that selling cars is not the cash cow of dealers - it is service/repairs. They make more money in repairs then selling cars. Besides, there are more incentives/money that dealers get from manufacturers that we, as consumers, do not know.   Good luck!   BTW - What dealer are you working with?

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