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I have been a Mercedes Benz owner since 1979 and I have reached the end of term on my current lease. I am due to drop off the car tomorrow or Friday. I went to the Mercedes Benz USA website and wrote to some dealers about purchasing or leasing a new GL or E-350...I mean to get one this week and with the exception of Georgetown MB, who had no cars in gray in either model, NOT ONE OTHER DEALERSHIP CALLED OR WROTE! I moved to Texas last year from California and I will say that this WOULD NOT HAPPEN at Fletcher Jones MB or House of Imports.....But Plano, Sugarland, Austin, Dallas and San Antonio must have more business than they need....I wish I could say that I have more business than I need...but even if I did, I would hire more people. I will never get a car where I must do it immediately as that can cost you more money than necessary. I don't get overly emotional when I am in a dealership as it is strictly a business decision. The bigger companies get the more they forget about the business they already have. Makes me think of the Mobile phone companies spending millions of $$$ to get the $49 people in while treating the $500 a month customer like dirt. Well, now my options are open. I called Hertz to reserve a vehicle and I don't care right now what I am going to do....but I will check out a few others...BMW, AUDI M35 and see..... Let's see if Mercedes Benz can do to the namesake brand what they did to Chrysler? Regards Elliot
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Replying to: ealazarus (Mar 14, 2007 9:40 am) |
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I am in the market for a new 2007 Mercedes E-class in Los Angeles. I've only purchased cars through private parties, so I am new at negotiating with the dealerships. The MSRP is approx 50,550 and the invoice is approx 47,000. Is it possible to pay below invoice price? If not, what should I expect to pay? Any advice you have would be greatly appreciated! Thanks 
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....how can you possibly go into the Mercedes dealership and expect to pay under Invoice? I am not saying that you should not get a good deal but are they allowed to make something? 2 weeks ago I bought an Audi A6 and the dealer had about $4800 in the car. They gave me a $3000 discount and kept a small $1800 for doing all the work. Elliot
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Replying to: ealazarus (Mar 29, 2007 6:13 pm) Mine went $500 0ver invoice, but also added doc. fee and advertising fee, so price was about $900 over invoice.
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Replying to: df4801 (Mar 30, 2007 7:47 am)
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Replying to: brianneb (Mar 30, 2007 9:18 am)
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Replying to: cmc15 (Apr 02, 2007 2:48 pm) Did you check out Ray Catena.
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Replying to: mmoreno1978 (Apr 02, 2007 2:56 pm) |
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I just test drove the E350 today and have questions. I was told the Bluetooth connection was extra and the brochure says you have to have an approved phone as well. Does anyone know what the cost and approved phones are? Should this extra charge be in the final price when I am getting quotes? The salesman did not tell me there were 2 modes of driving, Sport and Comfort mode. When I gave him feedback on the car (I said steering was odd) he told me I was in Sport mode and that I should test drive it again in Comfort mode later (he had an appointment). Any comments on that? BTW,dealer is in Newport Bch, CA in case you have comments about that. I avg 8k mi/year and am thinking of buying the car vs leasing it. Would I be better off with a pre-owned since the car will be a dinosaur before it has 100k? Lastly, is this a guy car? I really like the way it looks but it seems geared for a guy.
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