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Replying to: mrpushrod (Dec 21, 2008 5:40 pm) Regards, OW |
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Replying to: paisan (Dec 21, 2008 6:01 pm) You are one of them. You should get a job as a UAW so you can afford the G8. All this talk about the American car dealers not giving you a fair deal. I HOPE EVERYONE READS PAISAN'S previous posts and realizes his foolishness. AGAIN, PAISON IS TRYING TO PURCHASE A 33K dealer invoice RWD V8 vehicle for 26K (7K LOSS) and he is blaming the dealership for not being reasonable. I DON"T THINK I CAN SAY THIS ANY LOUDER. PLEASE READ PAISAN'S PREVIOUS POSTS SO HE IS DISCREDITED ON HIS NEGATIVE WORDS ABOUT THE AMERICAN DEALERS AND CAR COMPANIES. EDMUNDS --- G8 List, dealer invoice, TMV Total with Options $34,990 $32,787 $33,587 I think I am done here. PAISAN, I thought it would be fun sparing with you but now I realize you are just out of touch. You should really rethink your profession too. I invested in GOLD years ago. Gold has trailed just about every other investment you could have made for the last 30 years. And I have the 30 year old coins to prove it. Maybe I can put in a word to the UAW union to get you in.
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Replying to: mrpushrod (Dec 21, 2008 7:00 pm) The G8 is fine but it's still an American car whose value will deteriorate $7k as you drive it off the lot. Here's the RTS price. Mr.P, I'll bet you paid more! 2008 Pontiac G8 Sedan MSRP: $29,995.00 Red Tag Price: $29,044.46 Total Cash Back: $4,000.00 Your Price: $25,044.46* |
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Replying to: mrpushrod (Dec 21, 2008 7:00 pm) You obviously haven't read my posts carefully. In the current market conditions, where most dealers are giving the cars away to move inventory and make a sale. Now if this were a "regular" car market, then yes, my $26k offer on a $30k car would seem odd. However, a low offer in a bad market, where as OW pointed out will lose it's value at a much greater rate than any of it's contemporaries. Not to mention what good is a warranty if the company is bancrupt to begin with? Even if GM survives which it will, Pontiac will be just like Oldsmobile, long gone within a few years. So as a trader and investor, I would be pretty dumb to invest into a company/brand/etc that is on the verge of going out of business! On a side note, you have also not read my posts because no where do I ever mention anything about a FWD car. I've never owned a FWD car (ok, well that one Ford Escort for 2 months in 1994) so you won't see me over on the Honda/Toyota lot. On the same day that I entered the Pontiac dealers, I also visited Infiniti, Subaru and a few other makes. Each of those I have given a "low ball" offer to, but the way in which it was received was far different, each of those came back with a reasonable counter offer, and have subsequently(sp?) called me up to try to reach a deal. That is professionalism, not the arrogance that I was met with from several Pontiac Dealers. -mike Subaru Guru and Track Instructor |
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.. I am happy with my G8 GT. I am happy with the Deal. - Ray Happy, happy, happy.....
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Replying to: rayainsw (Dec 22, 2008 6:32 am) I was miles ahead of him when he thought he could take on my C5 on the highway. I am sure the G8 would produce similar results. So you are happy because you bought a V8 RWD vehicle for around 30k that is built and drives more like a BMW & Mercedes than a cheap economy car with a 4 CYL turbo. Seriously, there is such a difference in feel between the two cars. It is like night and day. Only one of the vehicles delivers consistent pull at any speed which is what you get when you opt for the V8. Bottom line, I would have given GM an extra 10k to not have to settle for a 4 CYL that drinks gas like an 8. I think Paisan has been writing GM and recommending they put a 4 CYL tubo in the GXP and Z06 and also to increase the stopping distances so he can pay 26k for it. The G8 is an excellent value for the money. In my opinion it competes with cars costing 10k more. Just one more comment. The prices Paisan quoted for a fully loaded g8 are plain wrong. Loaded a 2008 lists for about 33k and the 2009 lists for about 35k. I purchased both an 08 and a 09. the 30k price for the 09 is stripped. I priced it on several websites and I have my original window stickers. Some people are masters of missinformation. And he is doing it so he can drive the country into the ground. |
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I was going to move a lot of the posts from this past weekend over to Auto News Do you favor a government loan to the Big 3?, but decided that one is going off the charts with postings and adding the off topic posts from here would be too confusing. However, if you wish to contemplate the future of America's auto industry, it should be in the Auto News forum and not here. Happy hoidays and thanks for your future cooperation!
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Clearly, one can choose whatever one would like to spend your $$s on. For whatever reasons make sense to you. The Impreza WRX STi seems rather a stretch to compare with a G8 GT, but whatever . . . [ G8 wheelbase is almost a foot longer! Length almost 2 feet longer !! G8 is approx. 500 pounds heavier. Etc. These are enormous differences! ] And if you really want AWD and a manual trans, clearly the G8 is a non-starter. Even if the acceleration numbers ( with comparable launch techniques ) are reasonably close – the character of the driving experience is likely very different than a G8 GT. I am just really surprised that if either one really appeals to you – the other one does, too. Seems very odd, to me. [ I do not want or need the complexity of AWD, and I have no desire for a manual trans – so the Subaru never was even on my radar. ] If that is what you want – best of luck! - Ray Enjoy!
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Replying to: rayainsw (Dec 22, 2008 10:07 am) And you want a deal??? Unbelievable. If you want a deal, buy a used g8 gt. with 15,000 to 17,000 miles; they are going for about 23k.
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Replying to: KarenS (Dec 22, 2008 9:16 am) The above three occupations were always so self centered, self important, and always knew my product better than I, or so they thought. They took the most of my time, but after I sold them on my product, they stayed with me for years and we have become friends and are now labled as "good stewards of their Christian tithe". Previous posts subjects: Pontiac and Subaru Subaru spelled backwards= You are a bus and P O N T I A C = "Poor old Norwegian thinks its a Cadillac" 
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