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Was looking at Hyundai's with my wife and daughter tonight ... looking for a car for daughter. Drove the following: '05 Elantra GT w/ auto & pkg 8 (sunroof + ABS/TC) '05 Tucson GLS V6 AWD '06 Sonata GL 2.4 w/ auto Daughter liked the Sonata best .. however, salesman told me that there is are very few Sonata 4 cylinders due to a strike in Korea. Any truth to that? They also had a GLS V6 w/ no options with an $18,8xx tag hanging from the mirror .. in looking at Edmunds TMV (which, BTW, doesn't show the extra $500 rebate), it seems available for $18,548 ($1000 rebate + $1000 HMFC incentive). Hard to believe that I'm considering a 235HP car for my 17 year old, but its only $1400 more than the 4 banger. Thoughts?
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Replying to: michaell (Oct 28, 2005 5:43 pm) If it is indeed going to be your daughters car, I would recommend the 4cyl Sonata. It's got all the safety equipment out there, and we all know how young drivers have a tendency to be a little less than safe from time to time. Forget the airbags for a minute. Stability control will assure that there is a much lower possibility of needing the airbags. If you decide on the GL in the next 2 days, $16,500 if you finance w/HMFC should get it done for you. Its been a very slow month in the car business, and I'm certain that your dealer would love to get one more on the board this month. That should be about a net deal for them. |
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Replying to: tyguy (Oct 26, 2005 8:47 am) and avoiding hassle of getting down to Md. and transferring title, etc. Price I got on a GLS V6, was a little over invoice, with 2000 in rebates, came to 3495 off sticker. It was a tossup for 4 vs. 6 for me, until dealer said they wouldn't discount the 4 as much, only a 500 dollar diff. I thought the five speed auto, special tint on windows, dual exhaust, not to mention the extra horsepower made the 6 much more attractive for 500 bucks. And I was tired, didn't want the hassle of haggling over price of 4. Now if I could just find a way to get comfortable in the driver seat.... but that is for another forum.
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Thanks for the information. A little more investigation turned up 10 GL automatics at another dealer here in Denver, including 2 in Silver, a preferred color (the one we drove last night was the Dark Cinnamon, which was nice but not exactly what we were looking for). My Saturn is loaded w/ leather, heated seats and sunroof, so I'd kinda like it back. While I could envision an LX w/ all the goodies parked in my driveway, I promised my wife that I'd keep the Saturn a good, long time when I bought it 3 years ago - only 25 payments left. The payments on the Sonata should be pretty close to those I'm making on the Focus. I'm assuming that the $16,500 number is after all the rebates (500 + 1000 HMFC). I'll give this other dealer a call and see what they have to say. Will also have to negotiate the trade in value of the Focus. We'll see what happens.
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Replying to: michaell (Oct 29, 2005 7:41 am) |
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Got a quote from dealer #2 -- $17165, which breaks down as follows: invoice from Edmunds 18015 regional ad fee 500 *not shown on Edmunds website subtotal #1 18515 financing rebate (1000) consumer rebate (500) subtotal #2 17015 profit 150 final total 17165 plus taxes and adjustment for trade in and down payment So, basically $150 over invoice, which I can live with. I'll probably go in later today and have them take a look at my trade ... if those numbers are OK, then we'll probably have a deal. If not, then I'll look into selling the Focus myself and see what kind of incentives Hyundai offers in November. |
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Got several phone calls from dealer #1. Bottom line is that they will sell me a GLS V6 for $18,165 (after rebates) and will give me $8500 for my Focus, sight unseen. Seems like a great deal. BUT..... My daughter just called, and is thinking of going in a different direction than the Sonata. Her perspective is that if she is going to have this car for 3/5/7 years, she should get want she wants rather than the first car that 'goes fast enough'. So, she wants to take a look at the Saturn ION, perhaps with the optional 2.4L engine (170HP). Stay tuned.
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Replying to: michaell (Oct 29, 2005 12:00 pm) Who is paying for the car plus taxes plus insurance? Any 17 year old kid should be happier than a pig in mud to have any brand new car. I think most families would give the used car to the kid and either mom or dad would take the new car. (your used cars aren't exactly old clunkers, the oldest being a 2003). Oh yeah, my kids, both grown up fine now, were boys. I forgot about the Daddy's little girl thing.
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Replying to: bhmr59 (Oct 29, 2005 12:22 pm)
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Replying to: godeacs (Oct 29, 2005 12:37 pm) In late '65 I was almost 17 years old and my parents bought me a 1960 Ford Falcon. 3 speed manual shift on the column (talk about sloppy shifting), heater and radio (tubes had to warm up before the radio played--remember that?). The car had no tach, but it was wound so tight at 55 mph that I think the fastest I ever drove it was 65 for a short stretch. The car was pretty much maxxed at 55. No power anything, including steering or brakes. Cars had such things then, but my Falcon didn't. Anyway as a young kid, I was happy to have a car. The cars I gave my kids were always older cars (with decent equipment for the mid-90's) so I didn't have to pay for collison coverage. If they smashed it up and the car was ony worth $1,000 to $2,000 I was ahead as compared to a higher priced car and paying hundreds for collision coverage. |
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