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Just bought the following: 2007 A3 2.0 AT S-line Leather Open Sky Navigation 23K Miles $26K Love the car. Was looking at leasing new but the money factor was awful. Good luck all.
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Replying to: cubcub (Jun 22, 2008 2:48 pm) |
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New 2008 A3 2.0T - 6S Manual Ice Silver Metallic S Line package Convenience package iPod Interface Bluetooth $25500
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It seems that the prices on leftover 2008s are getting pretty serious... New 2008 A3 - Ocean Blue 2.0T FWD Automatic Premium Pkg Open Sky Convenience Pkg Heated Seats iPod Bluetooth BOSE/Sirius satellite MSRP = $34070 1st Offer from Dealer: $31600 (Claimed as "$500 below Invoice"; Edmunds lists Invoice at $31,739 ) 2nd Offer from dealer: $29,750. Expect to pick it up tmorrow. Onto some other factors.... Also asked about adding a 3M "Invisible Bra"; dealer claimed MSRP of $995, but would discount to $795 - - no thanks. The DIY kit is $150, so that's asking more than $600 for the 2-3 hours of labor. There's a local guy that does it for the dealerships that asks only $450; will probably it with him next week. Something that is a good deal is Audi financing: if you qualify (credit score over 740), its 2.9% interest for up to 72 months. Since we can earn 4% on a 7-month CD (and rates are likely to continue to go up), its worth taking advantage of. -hh |
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Replying to: huntzinger (Jun 23, 2008 6:58 am) |
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Replying to: blugekko (Jun 24, 2008 10:29 pm)
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Replying to: jxbst15 (Jun 25, 2008 9:33 am) |
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Replying to: jxbst15 (Jun 25, 2008 9:33 am) |
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Replying to: blugekko (Jun 24, 2008 10:29 pm) Ah, that might explain another piece that came out at closing. It turns out that there was some sort of giveback in the price that hadn't been mentioned and the issue was that the 2.9% financing that we had been offered wasn't technically eligible to be combined with it. Our salesman apologized for the error, then made good with a $858 refund on the spot. This is the difference in the payments between 2.9% and 3.9% times 60 months...makes me now wish we had taken 72 months instead  Since we didn't need the financing (the 2.9% rate was too good to pass up - it let us leave our money invested, earning a higher rate), the numbers work out less favorably at 3.9%, so we'll probably look at paying off the loan within a year or so. Insofar as design details of the timing belt -vs- timing chain, it doesn't really concern me that much. Afterall, if its like the A4 that this A3 replaces, we'll only need to replace it once while we own the car, at roughly 75,000 miles. Plus having the "last of a design" means that most of the bugs have been worked out, as opposed to having to be the Beta tester of any "first year" teething pains. While VW-Audi isn't as notoriously problematic about this sort of deal as GM historically was, they've not been immune to it either, as modern automobiles these days are pretty complex products. -hh |
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