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Replying to: blueyonder (Jul 14, 2005 8:22 pm) We had looked in April for a Touring with trailer tow, leather, adjustable pedals, and side curtain airbags. We would have had to order and the balance after trade in would have been almost 11 grand including tax, tags, and dealer fee. Yesterday we bought a Touring with trailer tow, leather group, and luxury group. The luxury group had some stuff I didn't really need, but at least the car wasn't loaded up with DVD, satellite radio, sunroof, etc. The quoted price before trade and less TT&DF was $27,960. This is $680 BELOW today's Edmunds TMV of $28,640! The side curtain airbags option was the most expendable of our original wants and the backup sensor system included in the luxury group will probably prove to be more useful in the long run. I really don't know how good a deal I got on my trade in because it was also a 2005 model (Subaru Forester I had for a year to the day) and I can't find any online book values for a 2005. But the price the dealer offered was right in line with my best uneducated estimate for trade in value, so at least I won't wake up in the middle of the night wondering why in h--l I bought on such impulse. my total difference was $11,917 everything included. Not bad considering I had just been noodling around on the internet in the morning and learned that the best dealer around still had this one car left. I called, we drove the 30 miles to see the car in person early in the afternoon. and were home again before 5 PM with a car my wife and I both agree should see us out, considering our ages and driving habits.
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Replying to: veritasusa (Jul 15, 2005 7:26 am) Ours also had the adjustable pedals and the removable console. We didn't want either.... but are quite pleased with the console out of the van. MSRP was around $30K for the van. We bought over July 4th weekend to beat the employee discount for all.... but only because we already had the employee discount coming to us. So we ended up paying Employee price - $4000 in rebates ($2500 + $1000 trade cash + $500 end of model year bonus). Our final price (not counting tax and trade in) was somewhere around $22K. Oh, and for added fluff, this is good if you bought a 2005 before August 1st: Chrysler/United 70,000 miles |
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I posted this message under another topic in Edmunds forums. The T&C is an SWB. I bought it on June 20 with Chrysler employee discount and all other cash rebates. I think the employee discount dropped the price to mid 18K. The cash rebates includes $2,500 for everyone, $1,000 for trade-in or financing through Chrysler, $500 for AARP member. I wasn't an AARP member before I bought the van, but the dealer applied it for me to let me take the discount. With all above deals, the price dropped to $14,300 or so. Then add tax, doc fee, title transfer fee, etc. That brought the price to $15,450 or so. I know several other guys bought this way at almost the same price in June.
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Replying to: hyyz (Jul 15, 2005 10:51 am)
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Replying to: charlotte7 (Jul 15, 2005 11:08 am) |
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Thanks for the advice on negotiating. Only car I've ever bought was a Saturn, so I never had to deal with that stuff. Someone mentioned a $500 year end bonus on 2005 models...was that only good until the end of June? If AARP has a discount, does AAA members get discounts too?
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Replying to: antelope1 (Jul 15, 2005 11:21 am) Mine came as a "coupon" in the mail, addressed specifically to me. It was actually presented as a Jeep discount (but good on all dodge, chrysler, etc... minus the 300c and other in demand vehicles). It was transferable only to other family members at the same address.... The one piece of junk mail that actually was worth something. |
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Replying to: charlotte7 (Jul 15, 2005 11:08 am) Now it seems my offering was more than reasonable. Thanks for your post. |
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Not sure if I should be pissed or not about this. We bought a T&C LX on June 16. We purchased from Fitzmall and paid the delivered value price in order to get the .9% financing. This was a better deal then getting the $2500 rebate w/ conventional financing. We still paid below invoice/TMV. Then I get an email last week from the dealership about the employee pricing. I haven't run the numbers yet but should I be pissed off about this? I'm thinking that I could have gotten a T&C Touring w/ leather and DVD for about the same price that I paid for the LX. I don't suppose there is anything I can do about it now. This my was third car and my first new and at the time I got a good deal but I'm still pissed about this. lol C
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Replying to: cnew21 (Jul 15, 2005 7:40 pm)  since the GC SXT costs LESS than a T&C LX if you add some of the options. The GC SXT is a clone of the T&C Touring minus the power lift gate and costs $760 less than the T&C Touring. The GC SXT has power sliding doors both sides, cast wheels, 3.8L V6 instead of 3.3L V6, fog lights, plus a few others goodies and will cost LESS than either the T&C LX or GC SE Plus if the overhead console and separately controlled temperature for driver and front passenger is added to the T&C LX or GC SE Plus.  DaimlerChrysler has so many different discount and rebate programs that it makes a buyer wonder when to buy. The original owner of my 2002 T&C LX was not pleased when DC added an additional $1,000 rebate a few months after the minivan was purchased in 2002. |
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