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#2045 of 4400 More of Ice's links by theiceman

Sep 20, 2001 (1:11 am)

The H-body Bonnies:
  • Autowire - a review of the 2000 SSEi.
  • Speedvision Online - a VERY positive review of a 2000 SLE. I particularly like the following passage: "I was prepared not to like the "Bonne," given my mind-set about GM products and Pontiac's tendency, in my humble opinion, to overstyle its vehicles. I was pleasantly surprised. This is a nice car." Hear hear.
  • Weninger Motors - close-ups of a badly damaged 2000 dark bronzemist SE with airbags deployed. I wonder if the dash top separates like that for all deployment of passenger-side bags.
    Vintage Bonnies:
  • 1963pontiac.htm - I like cars 5 and 25. Get a load of this interior shot.
  • Pontiacserver.com - jpgs of ads for older Pontiacs - including Bonnevilles from '58, '60, '61, '65 and '69.
  • kingoftheroad.net - some guy's two-tone green '58 Bonneville. Do yourself a favour and check out this time-lapsed shot of the interior going from light to dark - it's worth the wait to load.
  • ephemeranow.com - nice ad art of a 1960 hardtop. Don't visit this one first.
  • pontiac58 - this car is a beaut! This one became my new wallpaper - simply gorgeous! Some nice interior pix on page 2 as well.
  • 1959 red Bonneville convertible - neat pic, nothin' special that I could see.
  • justwheels.com - small pic and brief description of a number of Bonnevilles through the ages. Has potential - not there yet.
  • compression ratio calculator - neat. this guy also has a gallery of vintage ad art (incl. a few Bonnies a neat '73 Grand Am).
    And finally....
  • Norwegian fan page - this guy loves American cars and has the best collection of US car wallpapers I've seen in a while! There's one of a '58 Impala that's to die for. This site's a gold mine.

    • #2046 of 4400 Re: More of Ice's links by evandro

    Sep 20, 2001 (6:40 am)

    Even though it wasn't a too dramatic wreck, I'm glad to see that the passenger compartment seems to be intact, protecting the occupants.
     
    BTW, haven't the side air-bags deployed too? Should they?

    #2047 of 4400 theiceman's pictures by stnel

    Sep 20, 2001 (7:23 am)

    I looked up the 1963 Grand Prix and noticed the scenery more than the car! Whereabouts is that? It sure is a pretty area.
     
    Dan - If you come across more pictures of Grand Prix's from different years, could you post them? (Particularly from early-mid '70's) Thanks!

    #2048 of 4400 Thanks, Ken by mfahey1

    Sep 20, 2001 (12:42 pm)

    I appreciate your of offer of help. The car is allegedly fixed now and I'll be driving back out in the old Caravan the first week of October to retrieve the Bonneville. It was amazing to me how quickly they did get it fixed once I pointed out to them that my car has a floor shift and that the service bulletin that they were referring to had no relevance. I guess they replaced the ignition switch(second time for the car).
    It will be good to get it back because somehow, the old Caravan doesn't quite get it after driving the Bonneville. My goal now on the Caravan is to hit 200,000 miles which it should do if the transmission(3rd one) holds up.
    I saw in the Chicago Tribune that Olds is finished in 2004 but that the Aurora V-6 is done in 2003. Hope that isn't bad news for the Bonneville, LeSabre, etc. On this last trip out to Maine, I didn't see one on the way out although it was dark for about 7 hours. I did see 3 on the way back including a maple red one about 5 miles from my house. I do like that color. I also like driving a car that you don't see everyday but I'm a bit concerned that we don't see enough of them and that their future is cloudy.
     
    Mark

    #2049 of 4400 Bonneville future by stnel

    Sep 20, 2001 (2:53 pm)

    I heard that Bonneville was going to be discontinued in a few years. I think I read it on this forum but not sure.
     
    I'm not sure why they would discontinue the Bonneville. It's a nice looking car.

    #2050 of 4400 Wish me Luck by evandro

    Sep 21, 2001 (2:11 pm)

    I want to thank all you guys for sharing your experience with your Bonnevilles with me.
     
    I've been shopping around and it's been really hard to find one here in truck country (FYI, Texas). I'm afraid I'll have to ask the 3 local dealers to find one elsewhere. I just hope it doesn't hurt my negotiation edge.
     
    Is a couple of hundreds above invoice per Edmunds fair enough or should I try to push below invoice?
     
    Thanks again, y'all have been awesome!

    #2051 of 4400 EV by theiceman

    Sep 21, 2001 (2:56 pm)

    I always start AT invoice. YOU should at least check out Edmunds' advice on the topic of your opening price and negotiations.

    Ordering one in will cost you a few hundred extra and yes, it does hurt your ability to negotiate - unless you're not fussy about delivery time. If you give them a few weeks, they'll be lever the next request THEY receive from another dealer and just trade from inventory. That way, they can avoid having to compensate the other dealer. At least that's how it works up here.

    Or go to GM.com and search dealer inventories until you find one with YOUR car. I know that the GMCanada site works well this way - I know more about the inventory than the salesmen did. In the states, I think you have to go to GMbuypower to check out dealers' inventories. Hey, why wouldn't you?

    Anybody else out there use buypower and can help evandro?

    #2052 of 4400 evandro by boosted1

    Sep 21, 2001 (5:16 pm)

    I ended up printing out the invoice information from Edmunds and taking it with me to the dealer. I ended up paying 500 over invoice and got an extended 5 yr 60000 no deductible warranty thrown in. Then the 1000 rebate from that. I was very pleased with the outcome of the negotiation.
     
    I used GMBUYPOWER to look around for specific colors etc, but ended finding the closest match at my local dealer. They told me that I could have negotiated for any of the vehicles at the surrounding dealers (based on buypower search) and they would have gotten it for me.
     
    We love our Bonneville, and after 6 months of ownership we wouldn't change our decision to buy this vehicle.
     
    Good luck

    #2053 of 4400 boosted by theiceman

    Sep 21, 2001 (6:45 pm)

    makes a lot of sense to me - essentially how I did it. I was told, however, that they were QUITE A BIT keener to negotiate over a car on THEIR OWN lot.
     
    Go for it evandro.

    #2054 of 4400 evandro by stnel

    Sep 21, 2001 (9:00 pm)

    Good luck on your Bonneville purchase! I won't even attempt to give advice on purchasing a car. One thing I know is that I'll never win with a car salesman!

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