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Replying to: liche90 (Jan 07, 2009 5:08 pm)
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Replying to: vilchez (Jan 07, 2009 7:59 pm)
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Replying to: liche90 (Jan 08, 2009 11:10 am) |
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Replying to: gyaruo (Jan 04, 2009 2:02 pm) your total price will be around the 17000. I bought one last year for 18800 out of the door. |
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Does anyone have a P2 or got one recently? Any #s would be greatly appreciated. Whats the ride/handling diff between a 4matic vs 2wd? I dont really want a 4matic but I got salesguys forcing it on me...your thoughts?
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Replying to: gotgt3 (Jan 13, 2009 5:45 pm) In parts of the country where snow is a real, daily, unpleasant reality for several months out of the year, the 4-matic option makes sense. Everywhere else, decent winter tires accomplish the same thing at a considerable saving. I don't know where you live, so can't comment further, except to say here in the Portland OR area, lots of people THINK they need AWD, but they really don't, and the local dealer is happy to sell you whatever you want. We get challenging weather maybe 3-4 weeks out of any given year, and my experience is that most of the people using AWD around here don't actually know how to drive in snowy conditions, especially when it comes to stopping, and thus get themselves into more trouble than those of us carefully making do without. Anyway, the car behaves pretty much the same with or without 4-matic, until you get into really challenging conditions. |
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Replying to: gotgt3 (Jan 13, 2009 5:45 pm) Sure driving on icy roads is a skill. But given a person, following is the order of safety (from highest to lowest) as I read probably on this forum before: 1. AWD with good winter tires 2. RWD with good winter tires 3. AWD with OEM tires 4. RWD with OEM tires I am sure some other members of this forum may disagree with the above list, but my personal experience with RWD isn't good. My current purchase preference is 1. FWD (if available, so that I don't have to pay for AWD and the excess baggage) 2. AWD I don't want to buy a RWD ever again. |
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Snow wouldnt be a daily occurence (east/PA) for me, but rain/slick wet roads might. I learned how to drive a stick shift at 13 yrs old...but I won't say I'm as good now as I was back then (lol funnily enough learned how to drive on a benz and recall loving how it felt). They're telling me the car I want doesn't exist (I think I'm the 1% of the population of 100 that does not want wood trim inside my ride). There are some available with that and P02 if I open up to the 4matic...What they're telling me is there is no difference in the ride/handling...as long as the 300 doesn't feel like the 350 (I test drove both and I felt the albeit subtle difference, and I prefer how the 300 responds to me vs the 350) I suppose there is no major difference based on your responses - thanks jrct and smrtdude. LoL...sad but I'm still lookin for my ride eh? |
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This is for a 4matic with p2: 27 month lease / 12,000 miles Monthly payment = $737.62 Total out of pocket - $1,990.67 Residual = $25,106.90 Money factor .00233 Isn't the payment high? I've asked dealers to bring it down but they say they cannot. I thought they have room to play with the residuals etc...any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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Replying to: gotgt3 (Jan 17, 2009 8:50 am) There's no play in the residuals. The MF seems a bit high, but car_man can tell you what the current buy-rate MF is. Then make sure you get there (anything above is pure profit for the dealer). The real point of negotiation is the Cap Cost of the car -- otherwise known as the purchase price if you were purchasing. Negotiate that lower, and your payment will be lower.
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