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Subaru Forester Prices Paid and Buying Experience

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Re: Price Paid for 2.5XT Limited w/Nav [bclements] by jeffmc
May 26, 2008 (9:16 pm)
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Replying to: bclements (May 26, 2008 8:39 pm)

Congrats, bclements! Will you share with us which dealership this was? Sounds like they deserve some good publicity. I know they've got a newer flagship store in Plano, TX, and are/were planning ones in CA & I think GA was the other.
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Re: Price Paid for 2.5XT Limited w/Nav [jeffmc] by bclements
May 26, 2008 (9:58 pm)
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Replying to: jeffmc (May 26, 2008 9:16 pm)

Thanks jeffmc! The dealership was called "Puente Hills" located in City of Industry, CA (los angeles area, about 25 minutes from disneyland)
 
Thanks,
 
-Bill
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Took the Plunge by tinycadon
May 27, 2008 (7:04 am)
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After test driving the X Premium I was impressed with the vehicle but not the engine power. After telling myself I didn't need a Turbo I went and test drove the XT and spent the extra 3k and got it. Talk about night and day, I still can't believe it's a 4cyl car and there's no noticable turbo spool/lag time, it launches pretty quickly. Got it for $100 over invoice and the 4.5% financing through Subaru, was better rate than my credit union believe it or not. Breaking it in by taking my 400mi trip up north, got 23.8mpg driving between 65-75mph, so it's hitting the 24mpg rating right out of the block. And the extra $0.20 per gallon for premium, so what, instead of shelling out $60 for a tankful I know spend $63.
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Re: Took the Plunge [tinycadon] by rsholland
May 27, 2008 (7:11 am)
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Replying to: tinycadon (May 27, 2008 7:04 am)

Congrats. Hang around and keep us posted with your experiences with the car.
 
Bob
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They're selling like hotcakes by ateixeira
May 27, 2008 (8:41 am)
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Wow, let's see....
 
Congrats to Lindsey, nice deal too.
 
Congrats to Bill. Wow, you got the top model and loaded it up. I'm a bit envious. Under $29k ain't bad, given a few compact SUVs get in to the $30s and aren't any better than yours.
 
Finally, congrats to Tiny. You drove the turbo, you bought the turbo. See? That was your mistake. The base engine is fine, but you sampled the turbo and that was that!
 
willy: maybe next time. I was going to say, prices are unlikely to go up, so not having the deal in writing wasn't a big deal.
 
If you're shopping again a year from now, who knows? Perhaps some small incentives will appear by then.
 
I'm not holding my breath, though. Demand is hot. Period. Up 49% in April and does anyone really think May was any slower? Look at all the congrats going around.
 
Someone asked, well we ordered a Limited model (replaced the LL Bean) with mud guards, cargo liner, cargo cover, 2 cargo nets, bumper guard, and a few other minor things.
 
We paid a couple hundred extra for the PZEV, which makes 175hp instead of 170hp, plus it's cleaner.
 
Newport Blue Pearl over Titanium leather.
 
SoA says it's been built (I have a VIN) and it en route, should arrive on the East Coast the first week of January. They have to install all the accessories we ordered at the port, then ship it down to Fitzgerald Subaru.
 
Funny thing is we don't even have a final price yet. We will be getting VIP pricing, so basically 2% under invoice. If any incentives appear by the time it arrives, we get 'em. I wanted it that way, though I'm not that lucky, I doubt incentives will appear.
 
Price came in right around $25k with the options/accessories and freight included. Subtract $1600 Subaru Bucks, and it will be around $23.4k or so. Plus 6% MD tax, tags, etc.
 
I looked and the left over 2008 LL Bean models are only about $500-600 cheaper, that's why I do not expect incentives. With a $500 rebate the price would be flat from 2008 to 2009, so I doubt that.
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Re: They're selling like hotcakes [ateixeira] by rsholland
May 27, 2008 (8:56 am)
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Replying to: ateixeira (May 27, 2008 8:41 am)

SoA says it's been built (I have a VIN) and it en route, should arrive on the East Coast the first week of January.
 
Hmmm...
 
Bob
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Re: They're selling like hotcakes [rsholland] by kyfdx HOST
May 27, 2008 (9:04 am)
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Replying to: rsholland (May 27, 2008 8:56 am)

That is one slow boat...
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Re: They're selling like hotcakes [kyfdx] by jeffmc
May 27, 2008 (9:19 am)
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Replying to: kyfdx (May 27, 2008 9:04 am)

That's why it's taking so long... it's not on a boat at all! They're driving it over from Japan instead. Let me tell ya, Siberia's slow going.
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Re: They're selling like hotcakes [rsholland] by bigfrank3
May 27, 2008 (9:33 am)
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Replying to: rsholland (May 27, 2008 8:56 am)

I bet it was the wrong J and he meant to say Jaugust.
 
Either that or he told them to row slow to increase his chance of getting an incentive.
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Re: They're selling like hotcakes [bigfrank3] by ateixeira
May 27, 2008 (11:41 am)
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Replying to: bigfrank3 (May 27, 2008 9:33 am)


 
No, I meant June 2. That's the date SoA said the boat would arrive.
 
Maybe they added a turbocharger to the boat's engine.

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