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Replying to: tdbrph (Feb 01, 2005 3:45 pm) I went with 39 months with 12K/yr. Today I got a call from the dealer I bought it from and he said the lease papers were wrong. It should be 20 cents/mile instead of 15/mile on the lease I signed. I told him I'd consider 15k/yr, but I'd be hard pressed to accept 20c/mile when he quoted and I signed 15/ml. I know I'll go over 12/yr, but I'm not taking 20/mile. I hate buying cars. I'm a mortgage broker and it's a lot easier to shop for mortgages than cars. The headphones do come with the van. |
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| Just bought a new GC SXT Special Edition to replace an 03 GC EX. It is great so far. These Special Editions are hard to find, at least in Denver. Went to a no haggle dealer and since it was the end of the month they were haggling. They knocked $2500 off MSRP of 32780 instead of their $1200 plus $3500 rebate. They also threw in an extra pair of head sets for the DVD and Permaplate coating on the paint, leather and carpet | |
I am looking at a 2005 Touring Signiture series in Linen Gold. My research says that the invoice price is $29333. The dealer says that it is $29881. Can I check the actual invoice price for a given vin?
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Replying to: rp-knight (Feb 05, 2005 4:23 pm)
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March 2005 issue where the written portion is a flagrantly distorted, biased opinion that is not supported by the CR test results. CR also paid MSRP for their new 2005 GC SXT instead of the normal lower price most people pay for a DC minivan with rebates and dealer discounts. GC SXT has 4 Excellent and Sienna XLE has 3 Excellent and 1 Very Good NHTSA crash test ratings while GC SXT has Acceptable and Sienna XLE has Good rating in IIHS frontal offset crash test. However, the biased written portion omits the 4 Excellent results for the GC but lavishes praise on the Sienna..."crash test results are outstanding". 2nd Example: GC had max speed of 49.5 mph in Avoidance maneuver test while Sienna had a lower 49.0 mph. The distorted, biased written portion "(GC) was secure and forgiving but felt lumbering at its limits". (Sienna)..."reached a commendable speed in our avoidance manuever". For me, Consumer Reports is rated NOT ACCEPTABLE and NOT Recommended for purchase. CR is an expensive source of biased information while Edmunds provides more accurate information FREE of charge. CR sells data on new cars for $12 whereas Edmunds provides more detailed information FREE. Why doesn't CR use their pricing data when CR purchases a new vehicle? Why did they pay MSRP for a fully loaded GC SXT? Edmunds is smart enough to negotiate a lower price for their test cars used in long term tests.
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Replying to: hansienna (Feb 06, 2005 4:56 am)
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After yet another dealer in my area tried to sucker me yesterday evening by coming back with a $1000 "mistake in figuring" AFTER I had put down a deposit to order a new T&C Touring with just the useful options, I hereby swear off forever trying to buy a new car. Other dealers around had already tried to lowball me or else said they had found a car with just what I wanted, leading me to drive many miles only to find that the car had a lot of useless (to me) rubbish like hands-free cell phone gadgetry, satellite radio, chrome-plated robocarbles, etc. So . . . I will just drive my car another couple of years and battle only the used car people without having to worry about rebates, holdbacks, "mandatory advertising fees," dealer administrative fees (or similar wording), dealer window stickers wanting hundreds more for paint sealer or a bug deflector and all the other cons used today by all the dealers within any convenient range of my humble abode. I know that my Subaru will depreciate more slowly than any new DC minivan and in two years I will probably be able to pick up a 2005 Limited with reasonable mileage for many thousands less than a 2005 Touring model today. I sure slept better last night after arriving at this non-reversible decision.
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Replying to: veritasusa (Feb 06, 2005 2:41 pm) |
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Replying to: hansienna (Feb 06, 2005 7:15 am) Yeah, the thing about the prices ticked me off as well. Made it look like it was the pricest, when we all know it would cost thousands less than the sticker
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Replying to: rp-knight (Feb 06, 2005 1:50 pm) |
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