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hi guys, i just bought a elantra GLS 2 days ago here in Gurnee, Illinois. i've posted this message in elantra board and didn't really get any response yet. so here i go again. i bought the car from only local dealer here in gurnee, illinois. i think i got screwed big time. i haven't been this board for awhile, and i didn't know people are buying GLS for under 15k. i didn't have a time to research and i really needed to buy a car because my beater stopped in the middle of the road. i was sick of it, so i decided to be smart and buy a hyundai. i loved the fact that i don't have to worry about a thing for 10 years, and i loved the car when i rented few months ago. 2008 white elentra GLS auto popular option pkg + mats + mudguard purchase price: $16789 trade in : $700(1990 civic lx wagon) Sales tax 7%: $1138.48 P.T.A tax: $5 Registration (inc/title/lien/plate fee): $80.00 Doc: $150 electronic filing fee: $25.00 Total Out-the-door: $17482.48 no rebates instead I got 4.5% on 72 months basically i bought it for 17.5k OTD for GLS! i didn't get any rebates because i got 4.5% for 72 months. My credit score was 611 my wife’s(primary) was 650, but she is a grad student with no income. even if i didn't get the rebate, i still feel like i paid too much for the car. For that money i feel like i should be driving a sonata or at least SE with the ESC. i went back to the dealer today and showed this forum and how much people are paying and they wouldn't believe any of posts here. i got angry and i almost raised my voice, but i calmed down and told them that i will find out if it is true or not. they said it's impossible to buy elantra that cheap. they are(2 salesman plus the manager) basically saying that this board is full of liars. they laughed at the posts that i showed them. and they basically said to located any dealers where people can get the deal like that, so they can buy cars from them. they would be millionaires if they can buy cars so cheap like that. they even told me that even the used ones don't go low like that. from reading this board, people are buying gls for under 15k, and under 16.5k for SE. and that's a generous number. well, i'm here to ask you guys for a help. i don't know what to do, so please give me some advise. at this point, i don't even care about the money anymore. i just want to prove them wrong. I just want to do something because If I don’t, then I’m just settling for it. car buying should be fun, but i'm having no fun at all. My pride won’t allow it, but I don’t even mind trading this car tomorrow even if I’m losing 4000 bucks in negative equity. i paid almost 2500-3000 dollars more. most likely i'm gonna feel really bad about for a long long time. here is things i'm thinkin about going to do. 1. could you any of you guys email me a copy of the sales receipt? I’ll post my email address if it’s ok to post my email or phone number. i want to show the reciept to the dealer. 2.i'm thinkin about writing to hyundai. I don’t know what to say yet, but I want to let them hear my story. Yes, there are plenty of car buyers paid 500-1000 more than what others are paying. I can live with that. But it seems like I paid 3 grand more. 3. i'm going to go to another hyundai and will try if i can buy a GLS 14.5k OTD. 4. what would you guys do if you were in my situation? 5. doesn't hyundai have any return policy? car only has 60 miles on it.. wish they had 7 day return policy like carmax.. Yes, it’s all my fault that I didn’t do any research. i was too busy and i needed car, so i didn’t even think about it. maybe i should not have came to this board at all.. lol I did stay there for 7 hours to test drive every one of hyundai's and negotiate the price and payments, etc. by the way, i bought a santa fe from them 3 weeks ago. Yes, I bought 2 cars from them. lol |
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Replying to: wolverinejoe80 (Apr 23, 2008 10:26 am) What I would do is chalk this up to buying a car unprepared and paying the same thing as 50-70% of American buyers do. You didn't get screwed. There is absolutely no legal recourse for you either and trading it in at this point would just be throwing good money after bad. Be upset with yourself. I know this dealer you are referring to and it is one of those dealers that has a seperate sticker on the windows adding junk add-ons for crazy prices. One look at those extras should have sent you packing. There are probably 5 Hyundai dealers within 30 miles. I've also had dealers tell me that "nobody can sell these for that price---tell me who and we'll buy from em". Well, even if you did have an sales doc from someone---they still wouldn't match it. A lot of them just know somebody else will pay more. |
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Replying to: wolverinejoe80 (Apr 23, 2008 10:26 am) The best thing you should do is drive the car, enjoy the car and pay it off early. By my calcs your payment is $277 prox.....pay $300 a month and pay it a few weeks early you'll save money that way. A good way to hurt the selling dealer is tell all your friends about this and they should shop elsewhere. BTW don't go back and confront them again this just gives them something to talk about. Save your energy for saving the whales or something. |
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Replying to: wolverinejoe80 (Apr 23, 2008 10:26 am) If you are really hell bent on taking up the sales receipt and shoving it up their $%#, I can provide my 2008 Sonata Limited V6 receipt (not sure whether it will help you as I don't have an Elantra) with all the personal info blackened out. Btw, if you go to http://www.fitzmall.com/, what price does it quote for the Elantra with your exact specs? Probably, you can show them that site and tell them how much you got screwed! I didn't do any research on Elantras but 2008 Sonatas are selling for so less and these dealers scam the not-so-rich-but-really-hard-working-people - how can they even sleep at night? Mind boggling!
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Replying to: wolverinejoe80 (Apr 23, 2008 10:26 am) Maybe, you can show the dealer this site and tell them that they can become millionaires buying cars from them - sick jacks!
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Replying to: sonata4life (Apr 23, 2008 5:50 pm) If a dealer senses that you are in a jamb or a hurry for a new car it is like blood in the water.
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Replying to: m6user (Apr 23, 2008 6:21 pm)
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any illinois sonata buyers here?
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Replying to: wolverinejoe80 (Apr 24, 2008 6:38 am)
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