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Hello, I am looking at buying a 2005 Automatic LX 4x4 w/ Sports package. The Kia website price is $25,170 before any rebates or dealing. It looks like about $1,000 markup over invoice. I would really like to get this for around $22,200 plus tax (I guess)has anyone recently purchased a 2005 LX Automatic recently, I see a lot of prices on this forum for between 19,700 and 22,300 OTD but I don't know if these are automatic or not. Any help is appreciated. Thanks |
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Replying to: tima (Feb 28, 2005 5:49 pm)
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Replying to: riobravo (Apr 12, 2005 3:03 pm) Thanks for the reply. So I guess that you negotiated about $1400 off of sticker after the rebates then. That isn't too bad, I was only shooting for about $1000 or so though. (But that is on an LX ), so I don't think $1000 or so after rebates is too bad. I never overpay for cars, the only reason I am having any debate at all is I usually buy my cars from one salesman at one dealership, but they don't have Kia and the Sorento is the only vehicle I like right now. I don't know where you live, but Pittsburgh is a bad place to buy cars. Especially lower cost 4WD, everyone here needs 4WD for the snow, but since there is prolific unemployment here, no one has any money to spend, so Kia is doing great sales numbers here Thanks again. |
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Replying to: ra_moen (Mar 07, 2005 9:58 am) I would strongly recommend the Weston dealerships in the Portland, OR area based on our experience. |
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I've done this on the last two new vehicles we've purchased and it takes a few weeks but the results have been nearly unbelievable. We start by going to the local dealership (in Austin--60 miles away) to do some test driving. My wife was wanting a small SUV, something with enough room to haul our grandbaby with baby seat, and our dog around, with all the stuff that goes with hauling around a 2 year old baby! Her back was getting strained getting the child in and out of her grand am so she wanted something higher off the ground. We drove jeep libertys, hyundai santa fe's, and kia sorento's. We ended up between the kia and hyundai because of the outstanding warranty and prices. She finally (with some effort on my part--I just think the Kia looks so much better, and the suspension is no comparison) chose the sorento because of it's size and feel on the road. She chose a 5 sp and liked the sport package with the roof rack, nice rims, spoiler and side bars, and blacked out headlights, leather steering wheel and shifter, and the metal highlights in the interior. The two dealerships in Austin of course tried to sell us one, but we were just figuring out what we wanted and had a plan. (one of the dealerships had an advertisement on tv that said they would beat any price on a new kia in the state of Texas, so you'll see how that played out) I got on the computer at home and searched for every kia dealership I could find in Texas, and sent an email to every one of them. We've used Capitol One auto finance on several vehicles, and had gone online and gotten a loan ahead of time. They send you a blank check for the max amount you applied for (in this case $25,000) and you fill in the final amount, as long as it is for the maximum amount or less, and give it to the dealership when finalizing the purchase. My email to the dealerships said something to the effect of "We are looking for a Kia Sorento, sport package, silver, green or gold, 5 speed, and will drive to any dealership in the state of Texas to buy this car. We have cash in hand and are ready to make a deal. Please let us know if you have this vehicle and what the drive out price after tax title and license is. Thank you." Then we waited. In a few days replies started to come in, from Dallas, Houston, Granbury, San Antonio, etc. Once I got a price, I would forward it to everyone else and the bidding began. I believe the list on this vehicle was $21,400 or there abouts, plus TTL. As I would get a better bid, I'd forward it to everyone, including the Austin dealership that said they would beat any price, and they would always respond that they would beat it. In about a weeks time, the price was as low as anyone said they could go and even had several dealerships say they couldn't possibly sell us one at that price or they'd be losing money! We took the last quote printed off of email and bought the kia at the Austin dealership for $16,500 drive out! Zero hassle! You could tell they were eating their words as the pale expressions were everywhere, but they stood behind their word. So I filled out my Capitol One check for $16,500 and handed it to them and they gave us the keys. She got the SUV she wanted and we didn't have to drive back and fourth and play games with salespeople and feel uncomfortable--which I hate! Luckily, we didn't have to drive too far to finalize the deal this time, although last time we bought the new vehicle in Dallas. I highly recommend dealing this way, if at all possible! Side note: We just got back from a 1500 mile road trip to the Ozarks in Missouri and I have to say, I was very impressed with the performance of the Sorento. I was amazed that in 5th gear, with cruise set at 65 or 70, going up those long mountain climbs, the Sorento stayed right at 65 or 70, which ever I had it set at, never lugged, and I could tell that other vehicles were struggling up those hills, as we would pass them up the hills and they would pass us going down the other side. (how this thing maintains it's speed going down such a long hill without speeding up to 80 is beyond me!) Plus, 20 mpg average on this trip was quite pleasant for a vehicle of this size with that kind of power. It made for a super comfortable trip! Plus, there's lots of power left when you need to pass someone on one of the 2 lane highways! We couldn't be happier! |
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Replying to: fergy (Apr 22, 2005 7:41 am) |
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Replying to: michaels2 (Apr 22, 2005 10:10 am) |
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Replying to: michaels2 (Apr 22, 2005 10:10 am) |
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Replying to: michaels2 (Apr 22, 2005 10:10 am) I believe it is a base model with the sport package, V6 standard 5sp. The sport package included all the add on's we wanted (nice cd cassette radio with bunch of speakers, metal trim interior, padded steering wheel and shift knob, alloy wheels, side step bars, roof rack, fog lights, and blacked out headlights) |
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| Bought a 05 EX this weekend, drive out price was $23,900. EX with cloth interior, towing, remote start, anti-lock brakes, first aid kit and cargo tray. It took about 4 hours to get everything done, pretty good experience overall. | |
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