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Re: post #41 - more info on my purchase: I bought the '04 subaru outback at dealer in Redwood City, CA. Deal was quick due to new year's eve. Dealer just handed me a copy of his invoice including options and said price is $100 below invoice, plus you get $1000 rebate. We double checked data with our printout from Edmunds and invoice number is correct to the dollar. We didn't bargain, just negotiate to have $2000 put on credit card (their "policy" was $500 max). The dealer was also nice in that when we told him we may not get insurance in time, he said we can leave the car in the lot and take delivery later. He didn't try to sell 1 or 2-day car insurance like other dealers. (Anyways, we managed to get insurance the same day by calling them right away.) Then, the finance lady tried to sell us extended warranty, maintenance plans and extras. But I guess she, too, was waiting to go to a new year's eve party, so not much pressure from her. We took so long to think about the warranty that she said OK, call me within 30 days if you want extended warranty (gold plus). She didn't even go to the coating / extras part - just asked us to think about it the next few days. We did buy the maintenance plan, however. Thinking back, I think that is also negotiable. overall experience at redwood city seems better than at sunnyvale / san jose where we also test drove the subaru. Dealers there asked a lot of questions, i.e. getting to know you, asking your budget, your employment, saying things like "we can get you a good deal if you work with us..." etc. This is my 2nd time buying a new car. Much better prepared this time round. 1st time round, I got cheated into buying a car alarm for my honda civic. Like #43, my advice is to watch out for the finance dept. Finding out invoice price and negotiating with dealer is only HALF the game. If I were to buy a new car a 3rd time, I would NOT add or buy anything at the finance stage (except the financing part, of course. But you should also make sure things like rebate is applied towards the down payment). If you aren't sure (their argument is always soooooo convincing), just say no no no. And if you really want additional plans, you can usually add them on later. good luck, y'all! |
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We are considering buying a 2004 Subaru Outback VDC 3.0L Sd Auto sedan. The lowest price we have been able to get is $28,331.00 after rebate. I have seen posted on this site, go for under invoice...I have talked to 3 dealerships and have yet to get under the invoice. What am I doing wrong. Does this $28,331 price seem way to high? |
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| The invoice is $28,928 including destination on a 2004. | |
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Price seems fair to me. Most of the ones I see cost around $29k after discounts. -juice |
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| I'm showing $1000 rebate and $500 dealer cash if you don't take the low rate financing. If you take the rate you lose the $1000, but that price is too high in the current market. | |
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OKay, raybear I will keep working on getting the price lower. We are paying cash and have only been offerered the $1000.00 rebate at 2 of the dealers and 2 others only mention the $500. I really hate this game. Wish me luck! |
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You may want to consider the financing in lieu of rebate, it's 1.9% on 60 months now. The easiest way to get pricing is right here on Edmunds; just submit a request to those dealers in your area and let them come back with a reply. Perhaps the market in your area is higher than it is here; maybe the dealers have low doc fees, I don't know. |
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Thats were I have gotten three of the prices and one I actually visited a dealership to see the car. Haven't driven it yet. Spoke to one on the phone and have gone back and forth via internet with the other two. They all have been pretty nice to deal with so far. We definately are not going to have payments, will go the cash route. At the one dealership I went to we could get the $500. rebate if we financed and they were offering 0.0 financing. They did not however offer the $1000.00 rebate. I'm located in the Sacramento, California area. Actaully I'm closer to Lake Tahoe. Anyway, thanks for the advise and I'm going to try and drive one this week-end. Does this car only take high octane gas? thanks again for you time raybear |
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