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Re: Picked up my van last night [caseybea] by navyair
May 19, 2006 (12:58 pm)
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Replying to: caseybea (May 13, 2006 10:59 am)

Congrats on the new 2006!
 
Concur with the "no" to 2 cans of 3m carpet protector ($5 each) sold for hundreds or thousand $ mark up. I haven't been under a 2006, but my 2003 EX came with factory installed rust proofing that was more thorough and thicker than anything I had seen installed as an aftermarket. Deadens road noise, too. I'll bet if you look underneath yours you will find it also has the factory installed stuff...I don't know what they were trying to sell you.
 
Oh,yeah, about your wheels...they are probably unsealed mags which will pit or corrode with road salt. I take mine off during the winter and run my snow tires on steel rims. Take a look at my previous posts for sources/cost if you are interested.
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Re: Picked up my van last night [navyair] by caseybea
May 19, 2006 (3:14 pm)
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Replying to: navyair (May 19, 2006 12:58 pm)

Actually, I did look underneath my van the other night (sadly, I'm now 1800 miles away from my new van- for a week- whimper..) and was surprised to find that yes, it looks like nice thick rustproofing already done. Impressive. Way better than my "bare" 2000 Voyager that DID get quite rusty.....
 
Switch wheels? I've never had time to bother doing that-- my wife's PT Cruiser has alloy mag wheels that have held up VERY well throughout several midwest winters. I guess I'll see how my Kia wheels hold up. Milwaukee gets snow, but not enough lately in the past 5 years to warrant snow tires. 10 years ago or so? Yes. Global warming. Bah.
 
Anyway, my van is at home, and I told my family NOBODY is allowed to drive it until I get back and have time to Scotchgard it.. I left town ONE day after buying the van. I made sure the dealer left the plastic on top of the carpet. WOrked well, since the day I picked up the van it was raining terribly.....
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Re: About to buy Sedona EX [bluedevils] by tofumommy
May 19, 2006 (6:08 pm)
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Replying to: bluedevils (May 19, 2006 7:36 am)

There'd be nothing worse than getting up there and having them pull a switcheroo and telling you they couldn't/wouldn't give you the deal you thought you had agreed to.
 
My concern exactly. I've printed out every email documenting the negotiations--Do you think that will be enough?
 
Here is the latest: I got an email last night from one of the two out-of-area dealers saying they would come down to 23,800. as a final offer, and we would cover DMV fees. We were leaning towards the other place (where the final offer was 23,840 and they would pay DMV) because it's a little closer to home and the sales guy wasn't quite as obnoxious. I just got an email from the manager of the place we had decided against, offering to come down to $23,669. AND pay DMV after all.
 
The local dealer never responded when I confronted them about quoting me an inflated invoice price. They suggested initially that they couldn't come near the original $23944 offer I'd gotten, and we never got to the point of discussing whether they would eat any of the other customary fees. If everything is on the up and up, it sounds as though we could be saving closer to $1000. by going out of town.
 
I'll keep you posted!
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Price Paid by b9driver
May 23, 2006 (5:01 am)
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We bought a 2006 Kia Sedona from Major in NY. Fully loaded with leather, luxury package, DVD/infinity stereo, power doors package, remote start and passive alarm.
We paid 29'400 then subtracted 1000 for the rebate and another 400 because my wife is a recent nursing school graduate for a final price of 28K. Color is Glacier Blue with gray leather interior. I suggest that interior color as the tan carpet will not wear well.
Good luck!
 
Capt RB
NY
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Re: Picked up my van last night [caseybea] by navyair
May 25, 2006 (8:43 am)
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Replying to: caseybea (May 19, 2006 3:14 pm)

I'm in the Twin Cities. I drive a commuter car (Chrysler Cirrus) my father-in-law had before me. The alloys are all pitted and eaten from the salt...he lives in Milwaukee.
 
When I drove my 2003 first time on salted roads on the East Coast, my Sedona wheels had marks on them from the salt, and the start of some pitting. It took me several hours to polish most of the marks out. That is when I went on-line to buy the steel wheels. I already knew I was going to buy all season snow tires. Now the tire place does free rotations at change of season.
 
Good luck with your plan on running the alloys year around. Frequent washing will help. Might recommend that you coat the alloys with a good metal polish before the start of winter to give yourself a fighting chance come spring.
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2006 EX Pricing by motogeek
May 26, 2006 (5:12 am)
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Hi, folks, I just found this forum and we're about to spring for a new 2006 Sedona EX with Power Package (PK) in Glacier Blue. We're getting Costco pricing from Kiefer Kia in Eugene, Oregon, which is supposedly $500 over "invoice." We're paying cash for all but $5000, which we plan on financing through Kia at their 3.9% APR rate.
 
Here's the deal we are getting, which after reading some of the recent posts here, may not be so much of one as others are getting:
 
$26,265 MSRP for base EX
$ 1,000 MSRP for Power Package (PK) - power doors, hatch
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$27,265 MSRP total
 
Kiefer Kia claimed "invoice" for above model:
 
 $25,752
 $ 500 Costco price
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 $26,252
($ 1,000) Kia incentive
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 $25,252
 $ 218 DMV fees
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 $25,470 OTD price, all fees
 
I thought this was a good deal and gave the dealer a $500 deposit over the phone to hold it, since this is the exact model and color we want, and there's no other ones around like this in the area.
 
Questions:
1. Is this a good deal, or could we have done better?
 
2. Now that I've given them a deposit, is it too late to negotiate further?
 
TIA.
 
- MG
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Re: 2006 EX Pricing [motogeek] by ohiodad
May 26, 2006 (9:14 am)
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Replying to: motogeek (May 26, 2006 5:12 am)

I was just offered a 2006 Sedona with Luxury Package and Power Package MSRP of $29,665 in Ohio for
 
$27,700
-1000 Kia Incentive + 3.9 financing if I want it.
$26,700
 
Plus I can get the 2K off for competitive rebate..
 
That was just a note to the internet person asking what I could get one for. I think I can do much better yet..
 
Deal seems pretty similar to yours..
Good luck!
SB
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Re: 2006 EX Pricing [motogeek] by tofumommy
May 26, 2006 (10:59 pm)
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Replying to: motogeek (May 26, 2006 5:12 am)

I have an interesting story for you.
 
We just paid $23699. out the door for the base Sedona EX in red, and we didn't get any of their rebates, incentives or advertised 3.9% financing. We originally test drove this model at Keifer Kia in Eugene, Oregon last week, and then started putting out feelers over the Internet for competitive pricing. To make a long story short, our salesman at Keifer checked with the "big boss" and couldn't or wouldn't come close to any of the offers we received from out of town. He lied about the invoice price, I suppose assuming we didn't know any better, and when I confronted him about it he stopped responding to my emails altogether.
 
Meanwhile, two Internet dealers in the Portland area starting playing hardball with each other for our business, which got really exciting. A particular saleswoman at Weston Kia in Gresham won us over and made our buying experience truly enjoyable.
 
HOWEVER, there is an ironic addendum to this tale. My husband wanted to know why the car we were buying had 161 miles on it, and it turns out Weston Kia had to do a dealer trade with Keifer Kia to get the exact model and color we wanted. They had to drive it from Eugene to Portland, and we had to drive from Eugene to Portland to pick it up and bring it back! And yes, you guessed it folks.. We ended up with the exact car we had test driven in Eugene a week earlier!
 
For convenience sake, we would much rather have bought the car through Keifer, but we feel that in our case they were deceptive and not people we wanted to deal with. In your situation, I believe you could probably shave a few hundred dollars off your final price if you were willing to go to Portland, but you would have to weigh the potential savings against the cost of your time, gas, and aggravation to get there. I don't know about negotiations once you've made a deposit, but you can get your deposit back if you change your mind.
 
Good luck!
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EX Pricing Post by mwwestiii
May 27, 2006 (2:51 pm)
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Great to find this forum as a new 2006 KIA Sedona owner!
 
Price paid for an EX with luxury and power options from Ryan dealership just outside Philadelphia:
 
$27,750 less $2,000 competitive rebate less $1,000 financing rebate (3.9%) for a total of $24,750 not including the usual taxes and tags, etc.
 
We internet shopped two local dealers, maybe could have done better? But Ryan had the color (olive gray) and leather (tan) combo we wanted. Excellent buying experience from start to finish with this dealership and would recommend highly.
 
Compared to Odyssey EXL this new Sedona seemed like a bargain to us and after a few days behind the wheel very pleased with performance, features, finish and styling.
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Price paid by iraalerner
May 28, 2006 (8:30 am)
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Just purchased a Kia Sedona EX with Luxury and Power Packages - msrp 29665
 
Paid 27430 less 2000 competitor rebate (I also own a Plymouth Voyager) and 1000 kia financing rebate (3.9%)
 
So, 24,430 plus tax and also dmv fees of $158
 
We used the Brown Daub Kia dealer in Easton, PA, and the experience was a pleasure.

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