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Replying to: wolverinejoe80 (Apr 23, 2008 7:07 pm) Do you know what interest rate you would could qualify for with a 610 score? Is the loan from hyundai? Perhaps they gave you 2000 there. If there is an actual factory to customer rebate (not dealer incentive), they cannot discriminate and not give it to you. If the 4.9% is in leiu of it then that was it. If not you can get the rebate forms and send them in.(this is rare as it usually isn't not given) if you only left 1500 or 2500 on the table you did downright peachy as a walk in (who are always hi balled and checked to be a payment buyer) if they gave you 600 for a junker you stepped out of thats worth 0 then it may be 2000 off or more. The wife loves the car and you probably got about an average deal for a walk in who accepted the first or second throw, especially if they knew you were de-horsed. The staff didn't kill themselves to give you a deal in the top 20% of deals in the nation and offered no free oil change. You feel dirty and used. Great. This is all a complete joke compared to real estate. Your subsequent home purchase should be primary on your mind. A 25000 down payment and more can disappear immediately or in months with an over-caffenated appraiser (which they all are) and even a market with a slight bit of drop left in it. This is unrelated, but you need it. A bit of insight: 1) Almost all appraisers for practical purposes are idiots 2) Do your own comps. Look up the actual xfer prices on the county recorders website of properties you looked at in the past few months. Look at a lot of homes. 3) Have your own attorney and get it inspected... twice. There are several good books on home buying, go to the library and bone up. The last thing you need to be doing after consumating a 300,000 deal is going to some appraisers office like this dealerships office and saying "but your certified appraisal says my home is worth 300000 but the guy next door's house with more square feet and a huge hot tub has just sold for 260000!" Prepare for unanswered phone calls. Not preaching. Just speaking from experience. You're in the wrong frame of mind. Drive the Hyundai until whenever, then trade it on the $35000 Stutz v8 Wagonmobile you have your eye on. . Good luck --jjf ok, here is what really happened. i was on my way to work after my lunch and my beater died in the middle of a busy street. i bought it 2 weeks ago! it stopped in the middle of the road right in front of the hyundai/vw dealer. what a coincidence! now let's get a new car! lol
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Replying to: wolverinejoe80 (Apr 23, 2008 7:07 pm) At some point, you're going to have to choose to (mentally) let it go, and just enjoy the car. Stewing over it won't do a thing at this point, other than raising your blood pressure and preventing you from enjoying something that you otherwise would. While it certainly is no fun to find out what you did, best to just consider it a lesson learned. Given your apparent level of new car pricing/dealing awareness (by no means an insult; that puts you in the large majority of car buyers), I'd be willing to wager you've left a few grand on the table on every new car you've ever purchased -- the only difference is that this time you found out. Finding out hasn't been fun, as is plain from your posts, but I bet it will save you some serious bucks on every new car you buy from here on out...look at it that way.  And, as the other poster mentioned, use it as a cautionary experience for the upcoming house-buying. You don't want to feel like you got a bad deal on something that costs ten times what a car does. Good luck! |
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Replying to: jfritsch (Apr 24, 2008 4:25 am) It's very common where I live (Twin Cities). Maybe not the case everywhere though. |
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i will remember the day i got ripped off. i'll never forget about it. i'll learn from this mistake and i will never buy a car from a dealer ever again unless i do extensive 2-3 months of research even if was a budget car like elantra. print the edmunds pages out, print out dealers quotes and be prepared. or i will just pay cash to a private party and get a decent used car from now on. my pop did that for last 20 years. dealers make me puke. i'm going to trade this car within next few months for something. i just don't think i can live with it. i don't care if i'm losing money. money isn't even issue here. and you bet i will never go near to that dealer. bunch of douchebags and immoral human beings. when i bought my santa fe 3 weeks ago, there were 2 couple screaming at the one of the financing guy. they were so angry and they screamed and yelled at them for 5 minutes. i thought he was about to punch the guy in his face. i'm not making this up. i was right there watching the whole scene. maybe they found out they got ripped off just like me. lol |
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Replying to: wolverinejoe80 (Apr 24, 2008 8:00 am) |
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Replying to: wolverinejoe80 (Apr 24, 2008 8:00 am) You've gotten lots of good answers, info, and advice, yet you're still ranting. You're acting as reasonable and rational as my 5yo boy does when he's pitching a fit. I'm kind of getting skeptical about the story, too, but at this point it doesn't much matter. You've done your venting, which is all you seem interested in...what more do you want from us? "i don't care if i'm losing money. money isn't even issue here." Uh.. OK. If you say so. However, everything you've written thus far says it's the ONLY issue here.
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Replying to: mort4371 (Apr 24, 2008 9:00 am)
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Replying to: wolverinejoe80 (Apr 24, 2008 9:12 am) Thanks! kyfdx Host-Prices Paid Forums |
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| I know this dealer is mentioned frequently. Their pricing works as advertised. We drove two hours from PA to pick up our car. The buying process was straight forward. While completing the paperwork my salesman (he must be sean to be believed) found a $50 error in my favor from his telephone quote. My only quibble is that they charge to etch the windows of every vehicle. The utility and value of which is in the eye of the beholder. Towne handled the out-of-state registration and sales tax. I left with a full tank of gas and as a very happy customer. | |
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Replying to: veerasam (Apr 20, 2008 10:29 pm) This is a GLS with popular equipment package w/o sunroof.This is automatic , everything power and Hyundai's road side assistance for free. I was able to bring home my elantra for $13400/- |
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