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Replying to: rickyriver (Dec 21, 2007 11:55 am) More importantly is that you are not entirely sold on the car at this point. Yes, the car will be a tight fit for 5 adults and an infant. You would all fit, but not comfortably, so the trips would need to be of relatively short duration. At only 1 month, though, that part is not all that important. With only one child, the Outback works well. We had an older Outback before and after our first child and it was a very comfortable car. After the second one, however, the car is full with 4 of us. There is no opportunity to take along a friend or family member of any size. Fate intervened and destroyed our car, so we ended up with a minivan. The van is in a whole different league when it comes to family comfort, even if the driving experience is extremely mundane. If it is about safety and durability in a car comfortable for commuting long distances, though, the Outback should fit the bill. Take a look at my carspace page, there are a couple shots of an '08 Outback fully loaded. After 5500 miles in three weeks with a 3-year-old and a 3-week-old, I still found it comfortable. 
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Replying to: dules (Dec 11, 2007 8:43 am) Got the 08 Outback 2.5i Limited w/VDC, PZEV engine, in the color of our choice (blue) today at the dealer I referenced in my original post, for 23,499 + sales tax and doc fee (don't have paperwork in front of me but it was under/right around $200 for registry, inspection, new plates, etc.). The original price (24,200) was so good that no one wanted to match it, then a south shore dealer ran an ad for 23,499 which I asked them to match. They matched it no questions asked, but when we were leaving they told us that the other dealer is notorious for tacking on fees at the end (true or not, I have no idea - they ran a nice ad though!). All contact was handled over the Internet and this sales person was incredibly nice, professional, not pushy, knew his product, responded promptly, etc. This was Cityside Subaru in Belmont, MA, and I highly recommend checking with them if you're in the market for a new Subaru. Thanks to everyone here and on all the Subaru forums - we now have an 03 Forester and 08 Outback - an all-Subaru family. lol. ---M
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Replying to: dules (Dec 22, 2007 3:34 pm) 
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First, a couple of comments on the recent posts above: - for the buyer who walked out on the $22,000 price after offering $21,500, I would revisit that delaer this wekend. I bet they are looking to move extra cars before the end of the year. - for the MA buyer who purchasd from Cityside, nice job. I have heard generally good things abut that dealership. As for me, I just ordered a 2008 Outback XT 5-speed from Manchester (NH) Subaru. I wanted a manual transmission car in Quartz Silver and there are none to be had anywhere so I decided to order. Manchester priced the car at invoice minus $325 minus the applicable rebate at the time of delivery (probably in February). They also offered me a pretty good value for my truck in trade but with 6-8 weeks to kill I'll probably have it sold on my own. Merry Christmas to me! 
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I'm interested in purchasing an 08 outback and would like some input. We really like the leather seats but don't really want all the other extras on the limited. Today found a dealer (in Pennsylvania) with a 2.5(i) with dealer added leather seats in the showroom. Only other extra on the 2.5(i) was the dimming mirrors. They gave us a price of $23,800 ($1000 extra for the leather seats). Based on what I've seen it looks like we should be able to get the price down more. Thoughts? Also, any thoughts on dealer added leather seats? Would it be better to pay more and get the limited if all we really care about is the seats? What about the VDC? Is that worth it? They gave us a price on the 2.5(i) limited with no additional options of $25,400. Finally, they offered us $5,500 for our 2001 Outback with 95,000 miles. It is in good, not perfect condition. Based on the KBB site I think we should be able to get at least $500 more for the car. Any thoughts?
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| You guys in the north are getting some amazing deals. I was quoted $26,100 for a 2.5 i Limited w/ VDC and $27,800 for the same with the LL Bean package at my 2 local dealers here in Los Angeles (both prices after the rebates). They don't really sell a lot of OBs in So Cal so I understand the added cost ... but a few grand seems like a lot. | |
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Replying to: paula191 (Dec 29, 2007 3:51 pm) When I traded a nice condition Civic for my (then new) 03 Forester I brought the KBB and Edmunds evaluations with me. The car was pristine (pre-kids, lol!) and I argued for the "good" condition price, since they offered me the "fair" condition price and I figured they prob. never gave "excellent" condition trade in. We had already worked out the price of the new car, though, so it was just a matter of bargaining a few $ less out of my pocket. Last word, I promise! Having bought 2 Subarus now in the past 5 years, I had fantastic experiences going with competitive Internet pricing; e.g. make it clear to the dealers exactly what you want and that the best, out the door price, gets the deal. As long as you are a serious buyer, this is probably a good place to start, at least. Good luck!!! M
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Replying to: gf2020 (Dec 28, 2007 8:31 pm) Do you live in NH or MA? I had wondered about the Manchester dealers as I'm in the Boston area, but was unsure how taxes would work. No complaints about Cityside though. Enjoy your new wheels!
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Replying to: dules (Dec 30, 2007 3:28 pm) |
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Dec. 30th and I currently have a price down to $21,400 for a 2008 Outback 2.5i.(from MSRP of $25,440, invoice $24,192 I just started this process and wouldn't really do this so fast but we know we want this car. Is this price really low in terms of the end of the month/year? |
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