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| I finally made a deal on a Fully Loaded '08 CTS DI in White Diamond with cashmere interior this past week. I have been waiting for the best deal and looking for this exact car, and I think I finally got it. They purchased quite a few CTS models from other dealerships, and mine was part of that deal. I saw it on their website the week after Christmas, and I knew it was the one. I had a supplier discount code, but I wasn't for sure if I could use it because it was in my stepdads name. Anyway, I went up to the dealership just to look on New Year's Day even though I knew they were closed. A guy pulled up next to us and asked us if he could answer any questions for us. He was a sales man for Moore, and he was there meeting a customer after hours. I told him that I wanted this car, and I had a discount code. He said I could put down a deposit on it right then, and he would take it off the for sale list. I agreed because I knew that this was hard to find in this color fully loaded. As soon as I did that, another couple came up and said that it was the exact car they were looking for as well, and I told them I had just put a deposit on it. The told the salesman that they would pay $1000 over what I was paying if he would give it to them!!! He told them that it was sold, but he had other fully loaded ones in stock. Fastforward to the next day...the salesman called me at 9:15 just like he promised, and we went over numbers. I was told that since the car was a brokered car and they paid invoice for it, they couldn't give me the discount code. He did agree to give me $1000 over invoice plus $500 more off for military. Since we register our vehicles in Oregon due to my husband being military, we do not pay sales tax and only had to pay a plate transfer fee. They agreed to waive the doc fee as well since we were taking care of all the paperwork for that and already had financing lined up. I did have to pay their "advertising fees" that was part of the invoice and business license fee tax, but I am ok with that because I still got a fantastic deal! MSRP was $49235, and my OTD price was $46203. My husband went in to pick the car up, and the salesman told him that 3 other salesman had "sold" the car as well at FULL PRICE, but I was the only one that put down a deposit. We were also told that there were only 2 models like this on the entire East Coast! I knew where the other one was as well because I had already had their agreement on price as well because I had another discount price I had received through USAA, but I didn't want to drive 4 hours to get the car. I guess I was the lucky one, and I got a fantastic discount with Moore, and I have a GORGEOUS car! We had talked to Moore early on in the month, and they did not want to move more than $500 off MSRP plus our $500 military rebate. I was very surprised that I got the deal I did. I also got 4.5% financing for 72 months at a local credit union, so I couldn't be more pleased! I just had to share my story! | |
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Replying to: ivfmommee (Jan 06, 2008 6:39 am)
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Replying to: schwemmy (Jan 06, 2008 12:58 pm) |
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Replying to: ivfmommee (Jan 06, 2008 6:39 am) I paid $42,465, or $1 below invoice - total OTD price was $43,309. Downside I guess is I have to wait a couple of months, which makes it perfect since I'm deployed here in Iraq and won't get home until mid-Feb anyway! Perfect timing! Oh well, I'm sure we're ALL gonna enjoy our new CTSs. My mother said they had about 4 CTS commercials aired during the Giants/Bucs game last night. Enjoy all!!!
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Replying to: clarkster (Jan 06, 2008 10:41 pm)
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Replying to: ivfmommee (Jan 06, 2008 6:39 am) |
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Replying to: ivfmommee (Jan 07, 2008 4:07 am)  Lived in the south all my life. Thanks for "clue'ing" me in. And WOW...takes a strong woman to deal with those deployments...good on you! This is my 3rd and I'll be home this time next month (hopefully a week or so before my new baby gets there. Thanks again...and enjoy your beautiful new ride.
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Replying to: adnanz (Jan 03, 2008 8:15 pm)
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Replying to: cruzer42 (Jan 16, 2008 11:27 am) Car is great, I hope and pray the car hold up as I am married to it for 5 years, Grand Prize have been really good to me. The only think I forgot to ask when picking up the car was for them to throw in a free oil change and detail...other than that, go for it. I also went to Grand Prize as they are local for me...it can help. Hope I didn't ramble on and on and this post helped. 
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| Hi Folks, what are people's opinions on the best time of year to purchase or lease a new CTS? For example, are there specific holidays when dealers typically add more incentives? I'm dying to buy the 2008 CTS DI, but am willing to wait if it will save me some dollars. Thanks in advance for any advice. I haven't bought a new car in almost 20 years, so pardon my ignorance. | |
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