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Mazda5 Prices Paid and Buying Experience

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Re: decisions decisions (airconditioning, the continuing saga) by pagetuner
Aug 23, 2005 (10:44 am)
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Replying to: bobw3 (Aug 22, 2005 12:33 pm)

If the airco is the ONLY thing that keeps the Mazda5 from being the car for you, consider two things before you give up on it.
 
(1) Most of the full-sized vans these days are delivered with window tint standard, to reduce the greenhouse effect of all that glass. The Mazda5 can be tinted to match for $200 or so. See http://pagetuner.com/mazda5/mazda5sizecompare.html and http://pagetuner.com/mazda5/windowtint.html
 
(2) Make sure you have tried with the vent system set with arrows pointing to the little person's face AND FEET. There are ducts (and storage spots for options my Sport doesn't have) under the front buckets that move air directly to the second row. (Yes I know hot air rises, but you're going to use the fan, not just convection.)
 
We have been comfortable in 96oF. driving in full sun in a dark grey 5, and if the system were not adequate, my family would not hesitate to let me know.
 
pagetuner
http://pagetuner.com/mazda5/
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US Mazda5 Promotion! by smaria
Aug 25, 2005 (8:46 am)
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I just found this on the web today: free $25 super certificate (redeemable for a $25 gift certificate to a store of your choice) just for test driving a Mazda5:
 
http://www.mazda5testdrive.com/
 
I already test drove and bought a Mazda5...too bad the offer isn't retroactive.
 
Steve
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Re: US Mazda5 Promotion! [smaria] by bwaters
Aug 25, 2005 (1:50 pm)
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Replying to: smaria (Aug 25, 2005 8:46 am)

I signed up earlier this week for the super certificate and have not yet heard from Mazda as of today. I'll post when I get the certificate. We plunked down $100 for a "first right of refusal" on a Cardinal Red Sport with a moonroof and wheel locks. It should be at the dealer in early September. I contacted Gerber about the $500 certificate and they responded yesterday with "it's in the mail." I still have yet to test drive a Mazda5 though, so I still qualify for the $25 certificate. I'm crossing my fingers...
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$16,300 for a 5spd w/o options by flyonthewall
Sep 02, 2005 (12:15 pm)
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I'm on my way to pick up a platinum silver 5sp with no options. Through the internet department at the dealer in Orem, Utah I'm paying $16,300 ($16,800 minus $500 Zoom Zoom rebate from Mazda). There is a $380 dealer document fee tacked on, and tax, title, and license. The dealer doc fee is $20 to 80 higher than other area dealers, but the tax rate is lower in their county (Utah County) and makes up for the increased fee.
 
I think I'm doing good.
 
By the way, the price I got through Costco was $17,221. That is more than the first offer I got just by walking in the door at a different dealer.
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Re: $16,300 for a 5spd w/o options [flyonthewall] by smaria
Sep 02, 2005 (12:22 pm)
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Replying to: flyonthewall (Sep 02, 2005 12:15 pm)

Congrats on buying a Mazda5!
 
$16,800? Wow, that's lower than the invoice of $16,864!
How'd you manage that, did it take a lot of haggling?
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Just got ours today! by elzi121
Sep 03, 2005 (4:42 pm)
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Carbon Gray Mazda5 Touring automatic no nav. We got the Gerber discount- I just printed the confirmation page from the Mazda site that says they are sending the certificate and the dealer took that- didn't even need the certificate. Final cost (with some additional neg.) was $19,200 + TTL.
 
Just one quick trip to the grocery store, but so far I am thrilled!
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Re: $16,300 for a 5spd w/o options [smaria] by flyonthewall
Sep 06, 2005 (5:42 am)
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Replying to: smaria (Sep 02, 2005 12:22 pm)

Not really any haggling at all for the $16,800 price. I was given a price of $16,999 right off the bat after a test drive. Then I emailed the 3 other dealers that are within 50 miles of me. One of them called me back with the $16,800 offer. I called the first place where I took the test drive to see if they'd match or beat the price and they told me know way (and they weren't very nice about it). So I drove about 40 miles and bought the car for $16,800. I assume they made their money on the hold back and dealer fee.
 
Here is a page about dealer hold back:
http://www.car-prices-costs.com/dealer-cost.html
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Re: $16,300 for a 5spd w/o options [flyonthewall] by bobw3
Sep 06, 2005 (8:32 am)
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Replying to: flyonthewall (Sep 06, 2005 5:42 am)

Did you have any trade-in?
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Re: $16,300 for a 5spd w/o options [bobw3] by flyonthewall
Sep 07, 2005 (9:17 am)
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Replying to: bobw3 (Sep 06, 2005 8:32 am)

No trade in. (last week I was driving a 15 year old truck with a lot of missing paint. It isn't worth much)
I did not finance through the dealer and I did not buy an extended warranty or anything else.

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