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Asking price in August was $55k. We got it for $48k. No negotiations..plus they gave us $1k off for their own incentive bonus programs that they get kicked-down for.
Know nothing about the leases. Just know how long it took me to find a new 2007. I don't care for the 2008's interior at all.
good luck
Later
Who was your contact person at the Md dealership?
I bought a 2004 Chevy Corvette (C-5) in June of 2007 form the Carmax in Orlando, FL. :lemon:
The salesman said all the right things (e.g. we're different, we'll fix anything within 30 days etc.) Now bear in mind I'm not a stupid person, I hate buying a new car but my SUV was coughing up blood and I had no choice.
I had my own financing - no prob. They added the warranty, but after the low-key pitch it sound like a good deal (beside my last Vette was one mechanical disaster after another - when it was in shape it was a joy, but that was infrequent - sort of a love-hate relationship)
They offered me $150.00 for my SUV and I was happy. Bluebook was $450 but I was fine with it, one less hassle.
The Vette ran great, a few noises here and there, some pulsation with the brakes - but the overall styling had changed so much since my last Vette (13 years ago) I just figured things had changed.
My wife stared telling me about the brakes pulsating and we both noticed clunking and grinding from the rear with high-angle low speed turns.
Before the 30 day "all inclusive warranty" was up I took it in to be looked at by the Carmax "mechanics" in Orlando. I had five (5) problem areas I wanted them to check:
1. Cosmetic defect in the driver's seat fitting into the seat pan (actually identified by the salesman when I bought it who had said "bring it in and we'll fix it - no problem!"
2. Pulsating brakes that pull to left or right - worse with rapid deceleration.
3. Problem with center console opening
4. Problem with "clunking" noise and "grinding" noise with turns
5. Tire pressure sensors inaccurate need re-calibrating.
When I picked it back up later that day I was told nothing was wrong, everything was “within normal limits” and they had lubricated the center console hinge.
Went home – the read end noise got worse.
Finally, on 27 August, I took it to Courtesy Chevrolet across the street from Carmax, also in Orlando. Turns out t he rear noise was a problem Chevy knew about, a service bulletin HAD been issues, the car was still under Chevy warranty (by one day no less) and they fixed it – FREE.
Went home happy.
Pulsating brakes started getting worse and the rear end noise came back. Took it back to Courtesy Chevrolet. – Then the bad part started.
Rear end – under warranty from previous repair – taken care of.
Brakes – disc rotors AND calipers shot x 4 – uneven wear. So bad it would have been clearly visible during the “under warranty” inspection at Carmax earlier when they had written “ checked front brakes for uneven wear – ok checked front brake pistons and caliper slides for binding – none. No repair required at this time.(sic)”
The icing on the cake was rotors, calipers etc. are not covered by the Carmax warranty.
Contacted the local Carmax head of maintenance department (whose name I cannot mention but if you were to call Carmax Orlando and ask for the direct of maintenance, it would be him. To do him justice, he DID call back and proceeded to try to ream ME for everything being MY fault. I took his verbal harassment and humiliation as I figured it would be a small price to pay for them to pay for the repairs UNTIL I told him I was concerned about my wife driving a unsafe care for two months that should have been fixed when I first brought it in to Carmax. This “gentleman” began to laugh, yes LAUGHED at my concern for my wife’s safety.
I that point I lost my “turn the other cheek” attitude and told him basically to shove Carmax up an opening in his lower body.
Two days later I went to pick up my car (Chevy had to get certain parts mailed in).
The Chevy repair person, God bless his naiveté,, had still been talking with this director of maintenance at Carmax and gleefully informed me Carmax WAS going to pay the bill. The bill was $1053.19 plus the cost of a rent a car for two days. He said he wasn’t sure if Carmax was going to send Courtesy Chevrolet the check or have me pay and then refund me.
The next day, the Chevy repair person, called to say Carmax would be sending me a check and Chevy would charge my credit card.
That was fine. I was happy. I was even reconsidering my evaluation of Carmax – i.e. maybe I had been wrong and they were stepping up to the bat to “do the right thing.”
Today, Saturday, it has been thirteen (13) days since I took my car in for the repairs. Still no check (there never will be) still no apologies, in fact no communication except from the Carmax salesman who apparently naively believes Carmax will “do the right thing”.
Again my experiences may be different from yours, (as my attorney reminded me to write) you might get treated right. The message is BE CAREFUL! Carmax is still just another used car dealership; packed differently, owned by Circuit City (really – look it up) but it’s still the scorpion and frog story.
My suggestion, if you didn’t read the above and still choose to buy a car at Carmax. Choose the car, skip the extended warranty, and – no matter how hard it might be to do this – when you drive the car off the Carmax lot drive it directly to your prearranged service checkup with a local dealership. It may cost a dollar or two but you will know right away what’s wrong and be able to return the car to Carmax within 5 days and get your money back or at least force them to fix your car.
Be careful, don’t make my mistakes. Personally speaking, based solely on my experiences (my attorney talking again) I would/will NEVER buy a car from Carmax again, in fact I would not buy a $10 bill from them if they only wanted $5.
Final Scorecard:
Courtesy Chevrolet Orlando = A+
Carmax Orlando = F-
Of course your experiences my be different from mine . . .
So what are your experiences?
Michael
I have had similar experiences in different areas, however your Carmax experience could be resolved ( since we are talking about $1100 here not $11,000) and basically not much different than other $1100 expenditures, clothes , TV sets etc. It may sound NUTS!! But take a weekend day off , go down to the Carmax sales office and sit down in front of the door with a sign that says " Before dealing with Carmax, see me first " They can't stop you from doing this as long as you are on public property...you are within your rights let them call the police, and don't threaten them. It's not a negative statement, just a statement. Carmax will be out the front door with your check within 15 minutes of your arrival. I've done this twice with results and threatened to do it to a VERY large furniture compnay and they begged me not to, all to my pleasure with quick results. Not many people will do this, it may be a little nutzoid and your family members will kid you... but I got great results. It drives merchants nuts because they can't afford to loose ANY sales. They screwed you, they knew it and not it's time to return the favor.. I'd ask them for $100 more just for your trouble.. They will come around....If you are willing to look a little " nutzoid " Good luck. I'm not an attorney and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn, but it worked for me. I was at a BMW dealership and the dealership tried to play " dumb ", with a problem that they caused me. I opened the truck and showed them my sign and they got smart very quickly.....
Good luck
Chromedome
The dealer in So. MD. is "Jack Winegardner Chevrolet", Indian Head Hwy. MD. This was arranged by Maxi Price of Loganville, GA by Steve T. and I only paid the floor manager a courtesy delivery of $200, as arranged. I was also given a tour of their customizing/detailing shop.
Keep in mind the '07 will be 2 years old in 3-4 months when the '09's hit.
If you posted some numbers on the MSRP of the '07, I suspect others here would give their opinions also.
Good luck.
What do you think an '01 convertible with 5K miles is worth?
The new ( Crystal ? ) red is not "close enough" for you?
Another thing to keep in mind is that both the manual & automatic received sugstantial upgrades for '08.
As opposed to the '06 to '07 - where there were only the smallest detail changes...
Your $$s, your call, of course...
Good luck!
- Ray
'07 MR to be for sale this Fall.....
I was very close to pulling the trigger on the new Crystal but it just didn't do it for me when I saw it in real life. It sat next to an Atomic Orange so that became my choice. I'd had 2 previous Yellow Z06's so it was time for a change.
Obviously the '07 you are looking at is a vert and I agree 10k off is not enough.
Just saw where Kerbeck is going 9k off on '08 Verts and 8k off on coupes.
Tough choice for you because of color and if your '01 has only 5k on the clock you will not be putting a ton of miles on the new one so whether it's an '07 or '08 may not be that big of a deal, providing you can buy the '07 for the right price.
As so value of your '01, I would check some "for sale" sites such as Cars.com or Autotrader.com
That may at least give you some guidelines.
Good luck, and keep us posted on your hunt.
I see their advertisements in the Houston Newspaper all of the time.
Thanks!
I can't remember seeing as many prior model year cars still at dealers this late in the next model year as I've seen this spring, although it appears they're selling several of them lately.
In fairness, perhaps you've found a different breed of company. IF they will accept payment IF/when the deal closes with no other obligation on your part, then why not go with it?
I always drive the speed limit! Well, 165 is the speed limit somewhere... right? :shades:
I wasn't able to pull the trigger before 30 September and figured I'd fall back on the Military Discount pricing (for which I qualify), but lo and behold the Military pricing shot up on 2 OCT right along with the regular pricing...
Probably the best you can hope for is a GM Employee discount if you can get someone to share with one with you - I bought my 07 at Les Daniels, and they honored it!!
Good luck!
Seems like they aren't moving the cars as much as you might think. Employee pricing was a good deal; "Red Tag" supplier pricing not so much...
BTW, I just visited Rick Daniels' website, and there is a message there that says he's unemployed....(hope that's not really true).
It is true.
I'm not concerned about the purchasing experience because my brother works for a GM dealer, so I'm covered.
Are people thinking you've got money if you're driving one?
Where don't you drive your Vette because of other drivers (I'm thinking parking lots).
Do people cut you slack or not because of the car?
Just want some real world do's and don'ts about having one. Thanks.
Options include Auto trans, magnetic red, dual mode exhaust, navi, perf axle, F55 magnetic selective ride (get this!).
I paid $41,000.
Car was an absolute blast to drive. Only reservation with the Z06 vs. the coupe is the lack of the removable roof.
There are still a few new, 2008 1LT manuals at dealers. $4K factory to dealer cash, too. Found that out on the the gm.ebay.com site where California dealers are selling GM cars.
BTW, this car comes with the dual roof package, and i was wondering if both roof panels store in the car, or do you have to keep one in the garage? I figured both wouldnt fit; but i forgot to ask....
Including the Edmunds 'Current Incentives' page ....
But the volume dealers [ see Kerbeck ad link below ]
will sell a 2009 for $10K off MSRP or more...
Good luck!
- Ray
Ex-Vette driver...
http://www.kerbeck.com/kerbeck/kerbeck.nsf/corvette_special_offers
This was the first year for the A6.
I bought an 07 w/A6 –
And I had a rather significant issue.
Although the designation for 06, 07, 08 & 09
was & remains 6L80, evidence from postings
on Corvette forums strongly suggest that
both hardware & software changes [ improvements ]
have been made to this trans. each model year.
Not suggesting that you buy a newer Corvette,
[ assuming this 2006 represents what you can afford ]
just that you may want to pay particular attention
to the A6 performance in test drives –
and question any repairs done to the trans.
that show up on CarFax or other records.
Good luck!
- Ray
Reformed Corvette driver . . .
Just a thought...if any of the new Corvettes are returned at the end of the 60 day money back guarantee program, and as the selling dealer is required to re-purchase them at 67% of MSRP for the 09's and 74% for the 2010 models, that may be a really good purchasing opportunity, don't you agree?