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Hi, I purchased a Blue '04 X Auto no options for $17,500 including the NE rebate. I have driven it since september put 14,000 miles on it and I find same mileage forester X's for sale at cars.com for more than $17,000. I e-mailed tri-city subaru at Dover, NH and asked the internet manager if he would take my offer. He called back and said yes only if I gave a $1000 deposit. I picked it up the same day. |
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Replying to: suydam (Jan 15, 2005 8:10 am) Would asking $20,800 be out of the question? I don't want to get laughed out of there. I have not gone to see either dealership yet, as I have been negotiating via email. Thanks for the help.
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Paid $19,800 delivered plus tax and tags for an 05 champagne gold automatic X with the following: after market leather (looks terrific; side arms rests too) splash guards arm rest extension full set of nets side and back cargo tray liner I think I got a fair deal. Ths included the rebate. What do you think? Thanks. |
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Replying to: mai (Jan 16, 2005 9:30 pm) The one dealership is offering me my first year of maintenance free. I will see if I can get some options in lieu of the maintenance. Wish me luck! I'll keep you all posted when I finally get the car... |
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Mai: Honestly, it sounds to me that you need to research the pricing a bit better. Check out the consumer reports guide. It costs $12 and is worth every penny b/c it arms you with the pricing for every option, kickback/holdback, rebates, etc. As you mentioned the "advertising fee" is totally bogus...pure profit for them. What I have found in Los Angeles is that everybody is willing to beat the other guys price. Don't let them make you feel bad as if you are cutting into their profits. Obviously the won't sell under what they pay for the vehicle and they have to eat. However, I paid for my 05 XT w/ PP and leather only $500 buck above invoice (this included the dealer kickback from Subaru). Trust me the dealers will make money from the servicing of the cars. And any respectible dealer will never make you feel bad, even if you offer them a price below the invoice. They will kindly remind you of the fact. Of note, this is for only the AUTOMATIC xs $23,086 (dealer's invoice) holdback is $735 bring the total to $22,351 rebate $1300 finally $21,051 so for a manual transmission, not too bad of a deal. Best of luck.
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Replying to: etomidate (Jan 22, 2005 5:58 am) thanks for responding. I am going this tuesday and wednesday to test drive the car at the two different dealerships. Would you suggest that I take $727 off that above price? That is the difference between the manual invoice and automatic invoice. If so, should the xs 5 spd. asking price be roughly $20,324? ($21,051 - $727 for a 5 spd.) Any help is greatly appreciated. If this is a more realistic asking price (instead of the $20,800 I was considering) then it is a big relief to read your post. Thanks for your help and suggestions! |
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| The prices you're considering offering are only a couple of hundred dollars apart, so I wouldn't sweat it. Also, you may not have as much negotiating room in Columbus, Ohio as you would in a larger urban area with more dealerships and competition. Sounds like you're doing everything right. Hope you get the car you want. Be careful about letting a year's free maintenance swing the deal, though. Subaru Dealer service is a problem in Columbus and you might not like the service where you buy the car and want to get dealer service somewhere else. | |
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This is my first quote from a NJ dealer for a 2005 XT with manual....from an email I just received. "....The vehicle that I am quoting you on is a Subaru Forester XT, premium package. The package includes: cargo tray, bumper cover, splash guards, auto dimming mirror/compass, security system upgrade, and cargo net. $23,499.00 that is with the $1500 Rebate already taken off instead of the finance special......" Should I try to do better. thanks
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Use Edmunds' TMV tool. If you're below that and they don't tack on fees when you buy it, I think you did fine. -juice |
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Ok, I know in previous posts I said I was going to buy the xs forester. Well, since I was not able to get the price I wanted, I decided to go back to my original choice of the x 5spd. Here is what I got: -'05 forester x 5spd. in green (woodland green?) -cargo tray -all weather mats Price paid $20,100 (not including tax, title etc), so with the $2,000 rebate, the price was $18,100. Not bad for my first car. I'm so excited because there was some snow in columbus yesterday (not much) so I get to test out the AWD! Overall, it was a good buying experience, I went with Byers Subaru instead of Hatfield Subaru, b/c the Hatfield people were a bit pushy. They fed me the "you must come in by tonigt or the price is no longer good" line. The internet sales guy at Byers was much nicer and the people were not pushy in the F&I dept. This is my first new car purchase ever, I just graduated from college and this is a great first car for me I think. Thanks to all who gave me their two cents worth on this forum, it was extremely helpful when it came time to negotiate.
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