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This seems to be an excellent deal to me. What do you experts think?
So, 1) good deal, and 2) good color?
Thanks
If someone wants the silver SE at $15,000, the dealer is Weisner Hyundai in Conroe, TX.
Makes no sense to get a 2008 unless you get a really great deal on it.
Not quite--the GLS went up only $450. Is that too much to pay for the 5AT, much nicer interior, more power, better front seats, and improved ride and handling? I think it's pretty reasonable, since inflation alone went up about 3% in the past year--which would be a $600 increase on a $20k car. That means the much improved GLS actually increased in price less than the rate of inflation.
There's also a $500 loyalty rebate on the 2009 Sonatas now, so if someone qualifies for that it's about a $2000 difference compared to the 2008s. I agree that it is a big difference, more than I would be willing to pay. But I think we'll see incentives increase on the 2009s after the 2008s are depleted. Sonata sales are off (while Elantras' are shooting up) and it's a tough market and tough economy, so I don't think we'll have to wait for next year for bigger incentives.
i just bought a elantra GLS 2 days ago here in Gurnee, Illinois. i've posted this message in elantra board and didn't really get any response yet. so here i go again.
i bought the car from only local dealer here in gurnee, illinois. i think i got screwed big time. i haven't been this board for awhile, and i didn't know people are buying GLS for under 15k. i didn't have a time to research and i really needed to buy a car because my beater stopped in the middle of the road. i was sick of it, so i decided to be smart and buy a hyundai. i loved the fact that i don't have to worry about a thing for 10 years, and i loved the car when i rented few months ago.
2008 white elentra GLS auto popular option pkg + mats + mudguard
purchase price: $16789
trade in : $700(1990 civic lx wagon)
Sales tax 7%: $1138.48
P.T.A tax: $5
Registration (inc/title/lien/plate fee): $80.00
Doc: $150
electronic filing fee: $25.00
Total Out-the-door: $17482.48
no rebates instead I got 4.5% on 72 months
basically i bought it for 17.5k OTD for GLS! i didn't get any rebates because i got 4.5% for 72 months. My credit score was 611 my wife’s(primary) was 650, but she is a grad student with no income. even if i didn't get the rebate, i still feel like i paid too much for the car. For that money i feel like i should be driving a sonata or at least SE with the ESC.
i went back to the dealer today and showed this forum and how much people are paying and they wouldn't believe any of posts here. i got angry and i almost raised my voice, but i calmed down and told them that i will find out if it is true or not. they said it's impossible to buy elantra that cheap. they are(2 salesman plus the manager) basically saying that this board is full of liars. they laughed at the posts that i showed them. and they basically said to located any dealers where people can get the deal like that, so they can buy cars from them. they would be millionaires if they can buy cars so cheap like that. they even told me that even the used ones don't go low like that.
from reading this board, people are buying gls for under 15k, and under 16.5k for SE. and that's a generous number.
well, i'm here to ask you guys for a help. i don't know what to do, so please give me some advise. at this point, i don't even care about the money anymore. i just want to prove them wrong. I just want to do something because If I don’t, then I’m just settling for it. car buying should be fun, but i'm having no fun at all. My pride won’t allow it, but I don’t even mind trading this car tomorrow even if I’m losing 4000 bucks in negative equity. i paid almost 2500-3000 dollars more. most likely i'm gonna feel really bad about for a long long time.
here is things i'm thinkin about going to do.
1. could you any of you guys email me a copy of the sales receipt? I’ll post my email address if it’s ok to post my email or phone number. i want to show the reciept to the dealer.
2.i'm thinkin about writing to hyundai. I don’t know what to say yet, but I want to let them hear my story. Yes, there are plenty of car buyers paid 500-1000 more than what others are paying. I can live with that. But it seems like I paid 3 grand more.
3. i'm going to go to another hyundai and will try if i can buy a GLS 14.5k OTD.
4. what would you guys do if you were in my situation?
5. doesn't hyundai have any return policy? car only has 60 miles on it.. wish they had 7 day return policy like carmax..
Yes, it’s all my fault that I didn’t do any research. i was too busy and i needed car, so i didn’t even think about it. maybe i should not have came to this board at all.. lol I did stay there for 7 hours to test drive every one of hyundai's and negotiate the price and payments, etc.
by the way, i bought a santa fe from them 3 weeks ago. Yes, I bought 2 cars from them. lol
What I would do is chalk this up to buying a car unprepared and paying the same thing as 50-70% of American buyers do. You didn't get screwed. There is absolutely no legal recourse for you either and trading it in at this point would just be throwing good money after bad. Be upset with yourself. I know this dealer you are referring to and it is one of those dealers that has a seperate sticker on the windows adding junk add-ons for crazy prices. One look at those extras should have sent you packing. There are probably 5 Hyundai dealers within 30 miles.
I've also had dealers tell me that "nobody can sell these for that price---tell me who and we'll buy from em". Well, even if you did have an sales doc from someone---they still wouldn't match it. A lot of them just know somebody else will pay more.
The best thing you should do is drive the car, enjoy the car and pay it off early. By my calcs your payment is $277 prox.....pay $300 a month and pay it a few weeks early you'll save money that way.
A good way to hurt the selling dealer is tell all your friends about this and they should shop elsewhere. BTW don't go back and confront them again this just gives them something to talk about. Save your energy for saving the whales or something.
If you are really hell bent on taking up the sales receipt and shoving it up their $%#, I can provide my 2008 Sonata Limited V6 receipt (not sure whether it will help you as I don't have an Elantra) with all the personal info blackened out.
Btw, if you go to http://www.fitzmall.com/, what price does it quote for the Elantra with your exact specs? Probably, you can show them that site and tell them how much you got screwed! I didn't do any research on Elantras but 2008 Sonatas are selling for so less and these dealers scam the not-so-rich-but-really-hard-working-people - how can they even sleep at night? Mind boggling!
Maybe, you can show the dealer this site and tell them that they can become millionaires buying cars from them - sick jacks!
If a dealer senses that you are in a jamb or a hurry for a new car it is like blood in the water.
almost 18500 after tax and all the fee plus my trade in. (1000 for the trade)
There's only a $1000 general rebate on the 2009 Sonata (and $500 loyalty), so great deals will be hard to come by on them right now. They're not at the fire-sale prices of the 2008s.
Ｉ keep seeing people on this forum got 08 sonata at a much cheaper price sometime even the SE edition. so i am not sure if my deal is good. I just hope i got it for average price.
I bought the car less than 2 hour from the moment i saw the 09 model.
and Ｉ keep seeing people on this forum got 08 sonata at a much cheaper price sometime even the SE edition. so i am not sure if my deal is good. I just hope i got it for average price.
I bought the car less than 2 hour from the moment i saw the 09 model.
Unless you are a pro, at some point on some deal you are going to get screwed. And in reality, you didn't really get screwed. Try to buy any other car on the market with the equipment level of an Elantra, or any Hyundai for that matter. You'll never get a Cobalt to that level at any price, the Sentra i looked at was similar but was a $20K car, the Focus was $19K and not nearly as comfortable for me as the elantra, or for that matter the old Focus, a similar Corolla is going to run about $19K, so you paid more than you like, maybe more than you needed to but it's only money and letting it eat at you won't put a single dime back in your pocket. Enjoy the car!
you have my deepest sympathies.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Here's my recent purchase: I live in Chicago and this weekend I bought a 2007 Sonata with all the fixin's except sunroof (woodtrim, steering wheel controls, cruise etc...). Purchase price was $14,300 before TTL - car has 6400 miles.
I love it and feel like I got a good deal, however the dealership, like most, was trying to grind me down for every extra penny they could get.
I bought the car from Patrick Hyundai in Schaumburg, IL. All these places play games - after we settled on price they told me that they only had one set of keys. If I wanted a second set (of course I did) it would cost $6 for the key and an additional $212 for the keyless entry remote (100 for remote and 112 for the programming of the remote). I almost walked out - I threw a fit and basically called them out on that B.S. tactic although I ended up paying $56 for the extra key (guy said he would give me the remote for free and 'split the cost' of the programming). I know this was all B.S. and I could have probably got it all for free but at that point I just wanted to close the deal up. Their whole mission is to wear you down, grinding you out for every penny.
So that's my story - I love the car it drives like a dream. I hate dealing with salesmen though, it's the only part that makes buying a car a bit painful.
To some degree but there are those that are a lot better than others. One thing is to try to grind out every dollar(isn't that the same thing the customer is trying to do) and the other is to outright lie. When you read about all the lies that customers tell on these forums to get that last $50 to $100 off and then get downright indignant when a dealer tries to get that last $50 to $100 in profit, it seems a little hypocritical sometimes. What other major item do we buy where we know the invoice price and even demand that we also get the dealer's hold back.(I never have but I have seen posts that do)
When we buy a house do we call the builder a shyster because we don't know his exact cost and what his margins are. I know it's a two way street and dealers didn't get their reputations for nothing but it seems with the advent of the internet that we really expect a lot sometimes.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Dealer said I could get a better deal on 2008 Sonota AT. Automatic 4 cyl.and perfered pkg. MSRP of $ 19,680 will sell for $ 15,454. Plus TT&L This included mudflaps, truck net and matts. You guys think I can get it down to $ 15k even?
I'd imagine (based on some posts here) that both experiences could be had at the same dealership.
As I related earlier this month, I fell into the latter category this time around. Yes, I typically research prospective major purchases to the nth degree, but frankly hadn't done much research on Hyundai's per se since I was more 'checking the box' of a test drive and establishing a baseline before moving onto more mainstream choices (Honda and Toyota). Three hours of test drives ('08 vs '09, I4 vs V6) later I appeared to have lucked into a 'too good to be true' deal on an '09 Sonata Limited V6 (priced $500 less than an '09 LImited 4 cylinder!) I went home and asked the Costco buyer's service for a quote which came in over $2500 higher, and thus rather than testing other makes (which at best would have been 'as good' but for waaay more money) went back to the dealership the next afternoon to seal the deal before that particular vehicle (the showroom demo) disappeared. Noticed that the "Internet price" (this was at Fitzgerald Auto mall) price on the car's sticker was $400 more than the current price on the Internet for the vehicle, and expected to be told the sticker was correct. Was told instead that 'of course' they'd go with the current 'Net price. Encountered only one half-hearted and almost perfunctory attempt to interest me in gap insurance or an extended warranty during closing, and then was out the door in the new car. (Going late in the day-- such that the mechanics of the purchase processed dragged beyond closing time-- may have accounted for some of the staff's eagerness to finish the deal and go home!)
I guess that as in the rest of life you can be 'good' or 'lucky', but that doesn't make the experience any less frustrating.
Karma probably dictates that I'll pay more that MSRP for my next car, so I'd better make this Sonata last!
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