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I am a new user in Edmunds. I am planning to buy a Mercedes C - Class. and my budget is $25000 (Max). I am looking in Dallas area and am immediately moving to SanDiego. Which one is better place to buy the car. And also abt the dealers and offers. I am awaiting your replies.
LESSON: NEVER PAY OVER INVOICE! I feel sorry I got along with TMV.
2005 C230 Sedan
Black Opal paint
Heated seats
Auto transmission
Sunroof Package
COMMAND Navigation
6 CD Changer
Dealer Installed Sirius Sat Radio
Trunk Cargo Tray
Sticker: $38,498
Invoice: $35,551
Price: $35,006 Before Coupon
Love Coupon: -$1500
Final Price: $33,506
This comes out to $2045 below invoice, and $4991 below sticker.
No lighting package on this deal. It's only has the options that I am getting.
Which dealer did u buy from?
How did you get the price down from $37,460 to $31,500. What kind of price did you start your bargaining at? Did you start even lower? I would never have imagined I could go so low! Carsdirect.com shows the price around $33,273 without any options added for my area (NJ). How were you able to get it so low with options included too? Really good deal indeed!!
Thanks
raj
I am getting $4500 off MSRP (which equates to ~2,000 below invoice) on a C320 or C230 with few additional options that I don't need, discounted price is creeping up to little over 29,000. Is this a good deal? I can wait couple of weeks but want to cut a deal in next day or two if there are any manufacturer-to-dealer incentives expiring soon.
Impressed by landsteam's deal of ~$6000 off MSRP so wondering if what I am getting is reasonable.
That is indeed a terrific price, but misleading to most of us. The car you bought is a Demo (or as Mercedes would call it, a 'Alt Trans Car") which the dealer has punched and is not supposed to sell until after 6 months demo service. You can easily check this by having the dealer show you the warranty start date. The invoice on this car is $34888 plus IRG, so you got lucky and the dealer is playing games. The rest of us will generally pay a small amount over invoice.
Earlier in the quarter, MB had a deal where if a dealer can punch in the car, i.e. show it sold, they would get $1000 flat from MB. Many dealers chose to do so while leaving the car in the lot, i.e. not putting in as demo/service car.
So yes the warranty would have started but as long as duration is short (weeks), it makes little difference to the buyer.
Inspired by landsteam, I am negotiating C230 couple deal in Bay area with 2 dealers and they both are willing to offer $5500 off MSRP WITHOUT having punched the car. So there is room there if one is willing to negotiate hard.
So I would essentially purchase the car "remotely". Any word of advise on what I need to be careful of in this situation?
The dealer also needs to be careful 'cause MBUSA might pull the program if they find out it's being abused....so don't name the dealer! The problem I see is other folks will think they can do as well but they won't, unless it's a car with miles.
Brilliant Silver w/Black Int.
Pwr. Driver Seat & Steering Col w/Memory
Split Fold Down Rear Seat
Entertainment Pkg.
Sunroof Pkg.
Automatic Transmission
MSRP $35,690
Invoice $33,245
Dealer will sell me the car for $33,600 (I assume this is excluding any dealer fee's as that wasn't discussed). The salesman won't go any lower and says there is "no more room to work" on the car. At this price it's lower than Edmunds TMV, but higher than some of the other deals mentioned here previously...so I'm wondering if this is considered a "good deal" or should I look elsewhere?
Also, I intend to buy the Mercedes extended warranty (we keep our cars for a long time) and was told by the salesman that the price on this is non-negotiable per Mercedes Benz??? Any truth to this and/or is it possible to receive a discount on a MB extended warranty? Thanks!
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Please sound off your newbie alert because this is my third posting. Hope I don't sound to stupid with some of my questions
I just wanted to ask everyone if the Leasing special for the C230 sport sedan is good or not.
This is from the website:
http://www.mbusa.com/brand/models/C230WZ.jsp but I'll try and summarize.
Montly payment $349. (10,000miles/month)
MSRP of $32,180.
Total gross capitalized cost of $31,046.94.
Capitalized cost reduction $2,255
Acquisition fee $795
Total payments equal $16,661
Purchase option at lease end for $19,308
$0.25/mile over 32,500 miles
Now first off the terminology is throwing me off and after looking them up is Cap cost reduction just a down payment? is the Gross capitalized cost the agreed upon sale price of vehicle? I know I should be asking these basic questions in the leasing forum but hope you'll forgive me since I am trying to see if this is indeed a good deal.
Last question is about the First Class lease credit card, where you don't pay for anything smaller then a credit card. Sounds awesome on paper but how is it in practice? Anyone experience gotchas or is this just as it states?
Thank you in advance!!!
Looks like a 39 month lease..
The gross cap cost looks like the sale price..Just $1100 off MSRP
The cap cost reduction is a downpayment..
Did it say anywhere in the ad, what the total due at signing is? Looks like it could be downpayment + acq.fee + 1st payment Total of about $3400...
Not a great lease deal for a car that only stickers for $32K.. Make the typical $400 upfront payment and this lease would be about $430/mo. for only 10K/yr.. and 39 months..
Not sure how the equipment levels match up... But, the BMW 325i at the same price level is a better lease deal, right now..
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C230 sedan - automatic, sunroof package, entertainment package, power seats.
MSRP $35,400
Invoice $33,500
Gross Cap Cost (sale price) $30,800
12K miles/year
39 month lease
$425/month
The best part of the deal was that it was $0 down. No doc fee, taxes, or registration fees. The $795 acquisition fee was rolled over though. Only 1st month out of pocket = $425. MANY dealers tried to get me to put the "regular" drive off of $1500-$1900. I'm glad I didn't.
So how'd I do? Did I get a good deal?
If you look at the post just above mine, you'll see that the member has a monthly lease cost of $425, with ZERO down, more miles, and more features (so it seems). With a lease, you want to get out the door with as little out of pocket as possible.
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M.S.R.P.* $29,970.00
Exterior Color Brilliant Silver Metallic $680.00
Interior Color Black Leather Inserts1 $0.00
5-Speed Driver-Adaptive Automatic Transmission $1,390.00
Factory Installed 6-Disc CD Changer $420.00
Heated Front Seats $680.00
Packages
319 Lighting Package $790.00
324 Sunroof Package $1,790.00
Total $35,720
Out the door - $33,000. Basically, I got the car for $31,700. $4000 off MSRP is pretty good.
I have until 2/21 to decide on color. Right now, I'm sticking with the silver, but the Capri Blue is soooo nice. It looks a little purple however in the sun. Any opinions on color?
Having said all this, I'm going to recommend two dealerships. Euro Motorcars of Bethesda is where I purchased the car. However, originally they were not the best offer, but quickly matched my best offer and were willing to order the car with my specifications.
I would also like to recommend Herb Gordon of Silver Spring. The Internet Sales Manager was very friendly and a joy to correspond with.
Thanks all!
As for color, I'm going with Pewter. Silver is just too common.
I'm not sure I have seen the Pewter on the road in the 2005 model. I agree that silver is very common, but it looks really good.
I'm heading to the dealership tomorrow to look at colors and decide finally on which one. I hope they have a pewter.
Where are you located? I'm in northern VA. You could always buy from around here and then ship it. I ordered my car because the only other car they could find with my options was in Florida.
I actually asked why the price was so low... and the response was that it was where I lived, Fairfax County. Fairfax County is in the top 10 for household income across the country. The salesperson stated that the manager 'bought' my business.
Let me know if you want specifics around salespeople and email me @ lccalvert_1999@yahoo.com.
Lee