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Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Chrysler Pacifica Prices Paid and Buying Experience
816 messages, Last post on May 23, 2008 at 2:38 PM
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Years ago, when I got my Volvo, we did just that. No money for a downpayment, but knew we'd end up keeping the car. We had a reasonable lease payment, and since it was a Volvo (great reputation for longevity), we leased for 72 months. At the end, we had gone over miles (but not by much), and our residual ended up being $4,000 LESS than the KBB value of the car. For us, it worked out great. |
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Replying to: KarenS (May 27, 2003 6:30 am) thanks |
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I believe the earlier production model had several recalls (Fuel System and Power Train). You can search the recalls at http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/recalls/recallsearch.cfm. I would also recommend getting the VIN of the vehicle you're interested and run a search at Chrysler site for recalls at http://www.chrysler.com/webselfservice/chrysler/index.jsp?screenName=recall&country=us&emailUrl=goToEmailForm%28%27R%27%29. I'm not sure if this was the best deal but we were able to purchase a Pac last week at 1% below invoice before the rebate ($3000 cash or $2000 cash/0% financing) with the DaimlerChrylser Affiliate Rewards program. We went with an 04 due to the incentives. Hope this helps! |
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Don't know if all dealers want you to know this but mine has been very forthcoming. I have not bought my Pacifica yet but via email and phone calls I already have a deal worked out that is 3% below invoice BEFORE the rebates. And I won't be paying any dealer fees either. So the full deal is you get employee pricing, no dealer fee, and the incentives. The incentives are $3000 or 0% financing or $2000 with 0.9% financing. My salesman has told me that all Chrysler dealers have been authorized by the manufacturer to offer "green sheets" for any customer. This is on 2004s only I believe. The Green Sheet is the Chrysler employee price. The only catch is that your dealer must go get a green sheet from an factory employee. The dealer I am working with has had no problems doing this. I also talked to another dealer about 100 miles away to see if they could match. They told me they had their manager working on getting a "green sheet" for me. So see, it can be done if you ask! And the money you save is well worth it. And it also automatically gets rid of the $99 "dealer processing fee" as well. If you want to mention specifics, tell your dealer that Reuthers in St Louis is advertising (and they have ads in the paper every weekend that states this), that they will give Green Sheet pricing to all customers. I will end up paying $32,700 for a fully loaded 2004 AWD that retails for $40,400. Good luck! |
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...Chrysler's EP price is actually 6.0% under invoice. I know this because I have a freind that is an accountant for DCC and I may be using one of his vouchers to purchase an '04 Pac. Nevertheless, youre still getting an excellent price on your fully loaded Pac! Congrats! Regards... Vikd |
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| Thank you for that info. I will ask my dealer once the Pacifica actually arrives on the lot. (its lost somewhere in Canada but thats another story!). Maybe because they are offering the green sheet to an off-the-street customer that is all they can offer. Either way, I am still not complaining but if I can get the 6% I'll take it! | |
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I'm sure others have received better deals, but I wanted to pass along a nice buying experience. After studying Edmunds, I decided to make inquiries through internet sales departments, rather than going to the lot directly. I live in the Minneapolis area. I received many replies, about half were actual price quotes, the rest were an invite to call or visit the lot. I'd been pretty specific about the vehicle and options I wanted, so there would be no reason not to just give me a price. One dealership, Walser in Hopkins touted it's no-negotiation "we just give you the lowest price" way of prices. After talking with some other dealerships and comparing what they actually could get in stock, Walser did, in fact, turn out to have the lowest price on the vehicle with options I wanted. The internet sale manager did not try to sell me options I didn't want, or talk me into a higher priced vehicle. He treated me with respect, and did not say anything dumb like "you really look good in that car". (Being female, that has happened in the past, to which I reply, I really don't care how I look in the car, I care about the car). I decided to buy the vehicle at a bit more than $6000 below MSRP. It was a few hundred below what Edmunds TMV pricing was for the Pacifica with the options I wanted. They played no games with my trade-in... their appraiser looked it over while I was test driving the new car. The price they offered was a few hundred above what Edmunds site estimated, and about what I thought a dealership would offer me based on Kelly Blue Book and condition of the car. They explained their offer, and what they would be doing to my trade in to sell it. Everything they said was exactly what I would have done to the car had I kept it. Their offer was separate from the deal on the new Pacifica. That is, even if I didn't buy the new car, they would write me a check and buy my old car if I wanted to sell it to them. The finance manager was cordial, no pressure. I asked him about extended warranty. (I brought it up.. not him. I've had horrible experiences with guys practically trying to bully me into buying the extended warranty). He gave the price, a brochure, and said I could purchase it now, if I wanted, or anytime within the 3 yr regular warranty time frame. I apologize for the lengthy posting, but this was the most no pressure, pleasant car buying experience I've ever had. The internet salesperson (I know I'm not supposed to mention names) and the finance person were professional, straightforward and a pleasure to deal with. I was expecting this to be an ordeal, and it was great. If my experience with the car and servicing is just as great, I'll be one happy camper! |
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We recently went to Carmax in Atlanta (about 7 hours from us) to purchase our '04 Pacifica in midnight blue with the following: 17" Chrome Clad Aluminum Alloy Wheels Navigation System w/GPS Power Glass Sunroof Rear Seat Video System Leather Seats Infinity Intermezzo Surround Sound System 6-Disc In-Dash CD/DVD Player Heated Seats Group Power Liftgate Quick Order Package MSRP of $38,410 ... our price was $30,569 (with $3k rebate). We shopped at local dealerships for weeks, and ended up completely frustrated at the time we wasted there. We sold our van at a used Carmax dealership near our hometown, flew to Atlanta the next morning, signed the papers and drove our new car home. It was a breeze. When I told the local dealers about the deal we were going to get, they practically made fun of me for believing it ... they said it was too good to be true. I'm so tempted to drive my new car into one of their lots along with my buyers invoice just to show them! Does anyone else have a Carmax buying experience? |
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| just show your dealholes the CarMax website. | |
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Looking at AWD Pacifica. This Pacifica has leather seats, power moonroof, power liftgate, Infinity Intermezzo sound system, 6 disc cd changer and chrome, alloy wheels. This was the owners demo and should have about 4-5,000 miles on it. List is $37,310, invoice is $34,586 and dealership's first offeris $29,995 after rebate, plus taxes and fees. |
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