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Cadillac CTS Prices Paid & Buying Experience

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#345 of 379 Re: Dwayne [cdfinney] by pao

Mar 23, 2009 (4:43 am)

Replying to: cdfinney (Mar 20, 2009 11:41 am)
national incentives Im sure...but the dealer is the one who ultimately sells the car for the $$....did you pass the same information to the dealer..........got mine during their employee pricing offer back in Sept....and got $7500 off an MSRP of over $49K....

#346 of 379 Re: Dwayne [cdfinney] by waffleman

Mar 23, 2009 (9:49 am)

Replying to: cdfinney (Mar 20, 2009 11:41 am)
I agree. I am in the market as well - but I can't swallow spending so much $$ when I know that others are paying $4000 less for the same car than I would - nothing fair about that. Then, I see that the Lexus 350 and Audi A4 (though this one is smaller than the CTS) are WAY cheaper than the CTS. I'm going to check those out and see if they are any good.

#347 of 379 Re: Dwayne [waffleman] by pao

Mar 24, 2009 (4:37 am)

Replying to: waffleman (Mar 23, 2009 9:49 am)
so why not challenge the dealership to match the price....if they are eager to sale....they certainly might negotiate....when comparing the A4 and the 350...depends on the options you put on them when comparing to the CTS....looked at the A4, but the GM drive train warranty and the price optioned out the way I wanted the CTS couldnt be matched.....
 
also didnt want the sky high maintenance prices Audi and Lexus charges either....

#348 of 379 Re: Dealer located a car at another dealer? Added cost? [twain809] by temj12

Mar 25, 2009 (6:55 pm)

Replying to: twain809 (Mar 16, 2009 7:12 pm)
When a dealer gets a car from another dealer, the dealer with the car gets to keep the hold-back. The hold-back is about 3% (I believe) of the msrp. It stands to reason that they can't make the deal with you that they could if they had the car in stock. In addition, there is the transport charge that they incur with a driver to bring the car to them. The hold-back is a fee that the corporation pays the dealer for each car sold. Incidentally when you look at the invoice, this is a hidden profit that does not show

#349 of 379 Great experience from upstate NY dealer by twain809

Mar 30, 2009 (1:59 pm)

I recently purchased a CTS and wanted to pass on the info for the dealer where I got it:
 
Valley Cadillac
3100 Winton Rd South
Rochester, NY 14623
http://www.valleycadillachummer.com/
 
I live in NYC and contacted a number of dealers via the internet. One of the larger dealers in NJ just across the river did not respond to emails, and when I called him, he sounded like the stereo-typical New Jersey salesman. He offered to sell a car to me at invoice.
 
After contacting Cadillac (faqcadillac.com) to ask where I might find the CTS with the specs that I wanted, they sent me a list that included Valley Cadillac. Instead of firing off an email to them, I called and was put through to a salesperson. I don't know if she is the only salesperson on their team, but she was good. Ask for her and tell her the guy from NYC sent you.
 
In fact, the price was good enough that I still saved $$ even after accounting for the cost of my one-way flight from NYC to Rochester to pick up the car. The drive back to NYC (5 hours or so) was a perfect way to break in the CTS!

#350 of 379 Re: Great experience from upstate NY dealer [twain809] by temj12

Mar 30, 2009 (11:20 pm)

Replying to: twain809 (Mar 30, 2009 1:59 pm)
You did not mention the discounts that you got. When I bought mine in January, there was a credit union discount, loyalty cash, bonus cash and, in my case, credit from my GM Mastercard.

#351 of 379 Re: Great experience from upstate NY dealer [temj12] by twain809

Mar 31, 2009 (4:05 pm)

Replying to: temj12 (Mar 30, 2009 11:20 pm)
While there were a number of discounts out there at the time, I did not qualify for them all. For example, I am not a member of a credit union, so while this discount was available, I could not take advantage of it. Neither did I have a family or friend who worked at GM, otherwise I might have gotten the employee pricing. Similarly, I couldn't take advantage of the $4,000 discount for terminating a lease as I was not leasing a car.
 
In the end, it was the $2,500 cash discount plus a $1,000 private offer that GM made to me.

#352 of 379 follow up by cdfinney

Apr 22, 2009 (5:29 pm)

I did talk to 5 dealers in my area and none did anything about the $4000 difference that i wanted too. the owner of Mataga in Stockton did plead my case to a rep, but to no avail. I also called Cadillac that did not work either, but they did send me email w/ a 1k coupon. anyone thinking of buying should call and complain. I did find a dealer in LA that has some w/ 9k off. that puts me at 10k off only 500 short. it is my wife's dream car, so i may pull this trigger.

#353 of 379 Re: follow up [cdfinney] by bingoman

Apr 22, 2009 (5:42 pm)

Replying to: cdfinney (Apr 22, 2009 5:29 pm)
who did you talk to in LA and what part of town?

#354 of 379 Re: follow up [cdfinney] by temj12

Apr 25, 2009 (9:22 am)

Replying to: cdfinney (Apr 22, 2009 5:29 pm)
You can become a member of a credit union. My two credit unions open membership to anyone who wants to buy a share. The cost is just $25 for that share and that opens your membership. Become a member of a credit union. Some may be for employees only of a certain company, but some are open to anyone. It was a 2,000 discount for me, but I belonged to two. I never showed any proof; I just told them that I was a member of a credit union. Maybe they just trusted me for some reason.

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