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Re; the dealer demo. I took it to my trusted mechanic & had them check it out. Most mechanics offer an inspection for around $99 & mine was willing to do a mini-inspection for approx $50, but b/c I'm such a good customer, they gave me a brief but thorough inspection for free & took it on a quick test ride & then gave me their opinion. I was mainly looking for signs that someone had drove it really hard for those 6K miles or had done a bunch of off-roading. The body condition already told me that serious off-roading was unlikely. The mechanic was able to quickly & easily show me that it had most likely been driven the way the dealer claimed - by a sales manager as a commuting vehicle. If I'd had concerns, i'd have spent $99 for the full checkout, worth it to save a few thousand $$. And of course it is still under the remainder of the warranty.
The leather is nicer, but is vehicle safe? I am confused as to why dealers would be doing it if GM recalled other ones. Would you still put aftermarket leather in?
Do all trim levels come with side airbags? and do all come with Dual climate control? My wife likes it hot and I need it cold in the car .
I wish this board had quicker responses.
3 row passenger,3rd row seat
electric sliding sunroof
heated washer fluid system
sensing wipers
power lift gate with lift glass
2nd row heated seats
rear seat entertainment system
MSRP: 46775
dealer asking 36775 + TTL
Both come with LT3 options (Heated leather seats etc)
Plus:
Remote start
Rear parking assist
Electric sliding sunroof
Bose Speaker system
Both vehciles come with the standard 17" wheels
Car #1 Is Dark Blue Mettalic with Titanium/Grey leather interior.
Car #2 Is Silver Birch with Ebony/Black leather interior
How popular is either choice here?
Also, A buddy told me he knows a dealer who can get me the 20" wheels for 500 bucks. Are they worth it????
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This is the way to go.....great color combo. If you can get four 20" wheels for $500 go for it.
I think the other poster was aluding to the fact that its personal preference as you lose a seat.
I would be hard pressed to buy captains with a baby, but i would prefer them as it seems like its easier to access the rear seats./
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The cost is determinded by how many miles you want to cover and a what point in the vehicle's age you buy the warranty. GM has a good warranty that you can use at any GM dealer anywhere. Be careful when buying a warranty from and indie type company. Many of these small guys come and go and you could be left with no coverage.
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I never stated that having a baby makes it difficult to have the captains chairs. In terms of safety, the middle seat in the second row is the safest in terms of impact zones for infants. Also, if you have side curtain airbags, its not the best to put a baby in the captains chairs next to the rear doors.
This is all information provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Admin.
They dont say you cant do it, just recommend a middle seat for infant seats. My Volvo XC90 has side curtains, thus i put my child in the middle (which totally blows as I have to reach farther). But then heer seat wouldnt fit behind my drivers seat since im 6'1"
For $30,900 plus TTL
The vehicle has 240 miles becuase it was a dealer trade.
The only things that would have been nice but this one doesn't have are the navigation system and DVD and rear parking camera. I figure rear parking assist should be good enough.
Good deal?
To the guy that got an offer for 32 or 30K for that LT3, thats a rediculous deal - if it is 4wd even better. If I was offered that with the financing rates, I would lock it up this evening.
Now here is the dilema:
They can send a driver to my local dealer to pickup the Tahoe and then drive it to my house and do the deal here.
Or for 400 bucks more they will take the Tahoe back to the new dealer (250 miles away) and replace the stock 17" wheels with 20" painted aluminum premium wheels.
The catch is that I would then have to fly down or drive down 250 miles to the new dealer and pickup the Tahoe as opposed to having it delivered to my house.
Are 20" painted alumnimum/premuim wheels worth the hassle of a short flight (117 bucks) followed by a 5-6 hr drive back home in the new tahoe if I'm getting the wheels for 400 bucks?
The new dealer should find out today if my local dealer will make the trade.
GMAC is offering something like 10.4% right now. I went through Capital One Auto and got 6.6% and approval for up to $17,500. We plan to put 18 or 19k down and finance around 15k.
Not to knock you but why would you ever put 18K down on a car that you can finance at 0%? You can put that money in a bank and make 5% easily on it in an index savings account. If you total that car, you will surely lose money..
Now here is the dilema:
They can send a driver to my local dealer to pickup the Tahoe and then drive it to my house and do the deal here.
Or for 400 bucks more they will take the Tahoe back to the new dealer (250 miles away) and replace the stock 17" wheels with 20" painted aluminum premium wheels.
The catch is that I would then have to fly down or drive down 250 miles to the new dealer and pickup the Tahoe as opposed to having it delivered to my house.
Are 20" painted alumnimum/premuim wheels worth the hassle of a short flight (117 bucks) followed by a 5-6 hr drive back home in the new tahoe if I'm getting the wheels for 400 bucks?
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If the guy is going to drive down to dealer trade in your area, tell him to toss the 20's in the car he drives down and you can go have them installed later. Saves you the flight, plus the 2 hour drive.
My wife and I don't want a monthly payment too much over 300 bucks. If the final price of the car with ttl and everything is 33k and we put 18k down then we would only have to finance 15k and at 6.6% that comes to about $309 a month.
Actually its more like a 5hr drive if traffic and weather are good..
I don't think they have a local shop around here and I'm sure the dealer they are trading from won't let them use that shop would they??
I will still ask what you suggested though. I will also see how much they would charge to drive the Tahoe back to my house after putting the new wheels on at the new dealership. I mean, if the charge would be the same as the cost of a flight, and gas back or even just slightly more then its worth not going through the hassle and have them bring it to me..
37k purchase price financed at 0% over 60 months is $655.21
Assuming sales tax rate in Texas is 6.25% on new cars.
37k + tax at 0% AND 4k rebate would bring the monthly payment to $588.00
I'm getting GMS of 37k minus 8k in rebates/Dealer cash.
Assuming I Take the 0% and convince the dealer to give me 4k out of the 8k in rebates/dealer cash. The payment should be 621 a month. If I take the 8k in rebates and put 18k down then my monthly payment should be about $309. Thats a difference of $312.00 per month.
$312 times 60 is $18,720
Man, This really has me thinking.
Either way, my initial calculations were way off...I don't know where I got 500 a month from.
Either way, if the payments are the same whether you put 18 down or use it to pay the diff in the payments, if you do the later you are not paying someone interest on your purchase.
Scenario 2 - 309 a month with 18K down. (no idea how many months you are doing this for) - at 6.6% you will pay over 1600 bucks in interest in the first two years of this deal (go to bankrate and use the auto calc and look at the amort table).
I guess with all the rebates and that it offsets the depreciation and interest.
I wish you could gift the GMS program - I know wholesale/manager fleet manager at one of the local yukon dealers - i wonder if he can best the gmc program.
Just wondering what I should expect from dealerships on 07 Tahoes....
My wife really wants white and it seems the only white with leather interior left are white with ebony. I've had 3 dealerships tell me that all they have in white exterior in LT2/3 trim is with ebony interior. I assume that's not a popular combination.
#1 Find out if you have a friend or family member who gets the GMS Discount. They can assign you a number so you get the discount as well. It's supposed to just be immediate family members but I know for a fact that it doesn't really matter. They just mark you down as child etc when they request the number.
If you get the GMS Discount then I'm guessing the price drops to about $35,000
There are 5,000 in advertised rebates going on..
That drops you to 30,000
The Dealers receive all kinds of bonuses and incentives from the manufactuer. They also receive what are called dealer bonus certificates. These are certificates the manufacturer gives the dealer for having inventory.
Request the dealer apply 2k of those certificates to drop the price an additional 2k. If he says he doesn't know what a DBC is then he is lying. It is possible that particular dealer has already used their DBC but another dealer might still have some they can use.
When the dealer starts talking about invoice price and how they need to charge a few hundred above invoice to make a profit. Consider this..
I have a friend who gave me the REAL invoice for the Tahoe I'm looking at. The MSRP of my Tahoe is 42k. If the dealer sells the Tahoe to me at $30,000 they will still make a profit of $3,200 due to hold back and other GM dealer incentives.
Dealers can sell cars for below invoice and still make a few thousand in profit.
Just remember that 99% of dealers lie becuase the less you know the about rebates and dealer incentives from the manufacturer, the more they can pocket. They assume the only info you have is the info they give you.
If you find a dealer who won't play ball, just shop around until you find one who will. That's what I did.