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#883 of 3318 Need help in Pittsburgh Area by pgh_carshopper Mar 30, 2001 (7:58 am)
Has anyone had good experiences with dealerships in the Pittsburgh area? I test drove a 2001 Passat GLS at the Monroeville dealer. They made me feel like I was taking up their time by wanting to take a test drive. The salesman made no effort other than to ask how much I wanted my payments to be. He didn't explain the options, various trim levels, colors, etc... really liked the car and I am serious about buying or leasing a new Pas sat. I would like to go to a dealership that knows how to treat people.
#884 of 3318 Bullseye by its_kristy Mar 30, 2001 (9:24 am)
That price of $27,187 is the invoice price of the *Tip*, so the addition amount tacked on is their markup. The invoice price on the manual tranny is $26,664. Here is a link to ScottVW. that has MSRP and invoice pricing. http://www.scottvw.com/newcars/passat/pricing.html
#885 of 3318 Bullseye by its_kristy Mar 30, 2001 (10:24 am)
I need to correct my previous posts. The $27,187 is the invoice price of the Tip, excluding destination of $550. So invoice on the tip is 27,737. Sorry about that.
#886 of 3318 Mona and Jason by applestem Mar 30, 2001 (12:12 pm)
Mona, yup, mine had Tip and it was brand new (the demo with 700 miles was from a different dealership and I didn't buy it). But you're looking for different options than I have so that would obviously change the price   And Jason, yes it is a small world. And for everyone on the Town Hall in the DC area, Fairfax VW was great to work with and very fair to me.
#887 of 3318 Thanks, guys by vwgator1 Mar 30, 2001 (6:16 pm)
Although I have never before posted on this Town Hall, I have been reading all of your posts for the past six weeks, ever since I decided to buy a Passat, and they have been very helpful. Today I took delivery of an indigo blue/grey leather 2001.5 GLX Tip for 28382 plus tax, tag, and state fees. By my calculation that is 645 over invoice plus destination. After driving one and talking to one dealer here in the Tampa Bay area (and realizing he wouldn't deal) I e-mailed the next five closest dealers telling them exactly what model and color I wanted, that I knew invoice plus destination to be 27737, and that I only wanted to deal from that number up. They were to e-mail me an offer and I would only give my phone number to those dealers who made a realistic offer.   I ended up talking only with the internet sales manager at Lindell in Tampa. The rest of these guys, with one exception, were clueless as to understanding the directness of my message. One told me to come in and sit down and tell him how much profit I was willing for the dealer to make and then he would go to his sales manager and, of course, he was certain I would be happy. If he had read my e-mail he could have known that I would not be happy. (Do these guys in the Tampa Bay area break in by selling white Buick Park Avenues before VW hires them?)   Anyway, Kyle Himpler at Lindell was so professsional and upfront that I was pretty sure I could get a good deal, and it turned out I was right. Although we talked about six times on the phone, today when I picked up the car was the first day we met. The other dealer costs like port prep, floor plan reserve, and advertising never came up because we dealt strictly on dollars up from 27737. How the dealer covers those other costs is his problem, and I'd advise you not to even get into a discussion of them.   The business manager offered me an extended warranty. I have since lost his quote, but I believe it was 895 for 4 years and 40000 miles with 500 deductible. That seemed awfully steep, but he did not push and I declined for now. Maybe you-all can give me some idea of what a good deal on a manufacturer extended warranty is. I can still buy the extension before 5000 miles are up.   Anyhow, thanks again for the schooling. The more educated we buyers are, the better that knowledgable dealers can relate to our wishes.
#888 of 3318 Gator1 by its_kristy Mar 30, 2001 (6:34 pm)
I recommend that you visit vwvortex.com or ClubB5.com. Both have discussion formum dedicated strictly to the passat.   As far as the extended warranty goes, somebody just posted that question on the Vortex, and after doing a search on that topic, I saw about 10+ threads discussing warranties. Try doing a search on those forums. They are much more active that this one.
#889 of 3318 New Car Mileage - GLX 2001.5 Auto by vwguy12 Mar 30, 2001 (8:09 pm)
Sorry guys, quick question, I am getting good deal I think on a glx auto 2001.5 (28,829 I/ad changer installed) and is the exactly color combo I'm looking for. Is 50 miles too much on a new car? When I go to take a long test drive before I purchase it, what should I look for?   Thanks!!!
#891 of 3318 Steel Town by vwguild Mar 31, 2001 (6:40 am)
You obviously ran into an incompetant in Monroeville...If you go to VW.COM you will find a *Dealer Locator*...you put in your zip code and the miles that you are prepared to travel and click...I started to do this for you yesterday, and, sadly most of the Dealers in Western Pa. have not discovered the Internet. When the list comes back to you, you can then click on the the name of that Dealer and it will take you to their site.   Unfortunately, they were all the generic set-up, direct from the Cobalt Group, with the very slight exception of Day Apollo in Coraopolis, Pa. At least they have listed an individual to contact for the net...John Softy...go figure, maybe he is...Check it out.   Wish I had better news, but I only put in a 50 mile radius...if you are prepared to travel further you might find a store where they take this as seriously as I do.   Good Luck...PS
#892 of 3318 Miles on car.... by ffxvw Mar 31, 2001 (6:47 am)
50 is a pretty average number of miles. (super approximations) The cars roll off the truck with at least 10 miles on them ordinarily, and they have to be driven after PDI inspection for another 5-10 miles. This means, that if you look at 5 miles per test drive, this car has been driven 6 times. If you look at normal usage for an owner of such a car, that's about 1 day of driving (30 miles per day = 1000 per month = 12K per year). One thing you should look for is how long the car has been there. If this car has been there for 8 months (obviously not possible with a new Passat, but good to do anyway), it really was barely driven, and you might want to have the battery checked. Also, inspect the body for scratches or dings. Try to see the car IMMEDIATELY after clean-up. I've heard some stories (probably mostly historical) of people using markers to hide scratches until after delivery. One last thing, at least in Virginia, a car has to have 500 miles on it to be considered a DEMO vehicle. This would neccesitate a disclosure of use.   Jason

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