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Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Hyundai Santa Fe Prices Paid and Buying Experience
2051 messages, Last post on Jul 01, 2008 at 8:48 PM
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Remember the 'NBC Dateline' program on purchasing a car some months ago? They focused on the activities of the dealers in extracting the last penny from a purchaser - especially if the person was inexperienced or trusting. I'll not go into all the details, but the sales contract that was presented for our signature did not reflect our conversations with the finance manager. On the day we purchased our Hyundai, our buying experience was lengthy and both my wife and I were tired so I must admit that we did not review the contract carefully before we signed it. We relied on the honesty of the nice young man sitting across the desk from us. As we drove home, we looked at the contract we had signed and found that the price of an extended service contract was much higher than we were informed, thus increasing our payment significantly. When confronted with this, the finance manager at first denied the misrepresentation, then claimed that this was 'all our fault' even though he admitted that the figures he gave us were not accurate. We were able to resolve the dispute but I thought a word of warning would be appropriate for those new (or exhausted) buyers out there - READ ALL THE LINES IN YOUR CONTRACT - also, the nice young man sitting across from you may not have your best interests in mind as he negotiates your purchase. |
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| I purchased a 2004 Santa Fe in May have 6300 miles on it. It is a 4wd 3.5 gls. the only extra was the "wood" dashboard trim. I did add on after I purchased the vehicle, vent shades, mud guards, cross rails, rear cargo mat and floor mats. I ended up buying the car in MD. at Fitzmall.com, everything was done via phone and email. I was able to go to a few local Hyundai dealers in NYC, but found their prices high. I couldn't get to suburban hyundai dealers. Although I did contact a few by phone and was not impressed by the way they did business. Paid a total of $22400 with no trade in. That included ALL costs including Tax of 8.75% (Suffolk Co. NY}, license, etc. Done very professionally. I took the bus down to Wash. DC, pick up the car and drove it home. Very happy with the Santa Fe so far. | |
I just recently purchased a 2005 2.7L FWD GLS Santa Fe without any options (other than cross rails). It's got plenty of power. And I like the small changes they made in the '05 (e.g. grill, taillights, wheel spokes, rear bumper, seat fabric, and instrument cluster). I also liked the price: Invoice minus $600 plus $500 advertising assessment minus $750 rebate = $19,911 plus tax and license. I think that's pretty good for an '05. Great treatment at Maita Hyundai in Sacramento; I actually enjoyed buying the car. I'm already averaging almost 22 mpg on my second tank of gas, driving a mix of city and highway. The Santa Fe is as nice as the $30K+ 2000 JGC I got rid of, but without all the problems and noises. I intend to buy an aftermarket extended warranty to bring the bumper-to-bumper coverage to 10 year/100K miles.
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Replying to: sactoprof (Dec 11, 2004 3:31 pm)
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Dan, I believe the Hyundai warranty is 5 years 60,000 miles bumpeto bumper and 10 years, 100,000 miles on the drivetrain.
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Replying to: nortsr1 (Dec 12, 2004 1:56 pm)
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Replying to: danf1 (Dec 13, 2004 8:04 am)
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Replying to: sactoprof (Dec 13, 2004 8:08 pm) It sounds like the person you are dealing with wants to sell an aftermarket warranty more. I can't say why this is, but I'm sure it is financially motivated. You can e-mail me if you want any more specific information. My e-mail is in my profile. |
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Does anyone have anything bad/good to say about these three? Trying to narrow a search down. I drive over 100+ miles a day and we do a lot of camping. I was looking at sante fe mostly but the dealership not budging on price for '04 so I started looking elsewhere. Looking at trailblazer since able to get GM discount. Looking for reliability, crash tests, daily convenience, and of course gas mileage. thanks renee'
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Replying to: frustrated2 (Dec 15, 2004 4:23 pm) Hyundai Santa Fe Kia Sorento Chevy Trailblazer kirstie_h Roving Host & Future Vehicles Host |
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