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I'm curious as to how other new Santa Fe's are doing on gas mileage.
I just filled my tank last night with regularly blended gas and will be watching this next week to see the gas mileage. In the city where I live, the only regularly blended gas stations are Chevron.
Otherwise I love the car and spent many months shopping around and checking out the competition (RAV4, CRV, Outlander, etc.). Since I only put $2000 down and have a 4 year loan, I'm stuck with it since all cars depreciate in value the second you drive them off the lot... so I'll just keep driving my little Silver Blue Santa Fe and hope gas prices go down.
Keep me posted how yours is doing on mileage... good luck!
I live in Maryland near Wash. DC and usually buy my gas at Shell or Citgo.
All the gas stations in our area use the ethanol blended except for Chevron. The local refinery makes their gas to their specs without ethanol. I know this because my husband works there. The only way you will find out if your gas station has ethanol is to just look at the pumps to see if they've posted a sticker stating it.
I drove my car today with the Chevron regular gas in it and the gas mileage reading showed I was getting 17+ mpg. With the ethanol blend it never got above 14. And the Chevron gas was only 0.03 more than the ethanol at the Super Walmart but that station is also in a ritzier part of town so that may be why they were charging more.
Just want to get everybody's opinion on what price should be reasonable given the market right now and what they're seeing from dealers. This dealership had around 50 Santa Fe's on the lot, so there definitely should be some incentive to get rid of them.
Thanks for all the input on the pricing!
I purchase the car through Lester Glenn Hyundai the number three Hyundai dealership in the country and the number one Hyundai dealership in NJ. Lester Glenn does not play games like other dealerships and always give their best deal. My family has purchased three cars from Lester Glenn in the past five years and I recommend them to anyone.
Steel Gray Black Leather
$20,999 + $99.00 Dealer Processing Charge =$21,098
Of course tack on tax and tags.
I live in South Florida and purchased the vehicle from Fitzmall in Maryland. The price was so good I'm paying a freight fee of $550.00 to get the SUV to my home. Fitzmall does not offer all 2008 Limited's at this price. the Sales Guy (Cool Guy not pushy at all) stated that the only reason they were able to offer this vehicle at this cost was because it was on there lot for a longer period than the other limited's. They do have one left at this cost, it is a Platnum Sage with Beige leather. here is the link.
http://www.fitzmall.com/fitzway/carfind/RESULTSB.ASP?V_XREFID=LFOH148375:2008-07- - -20T01:05:40.447
Good Luck!
Florida:Vehicle must be purchased in FL.
Maryland: Vehicle must be registered in MD.
I am also thinking of purchasing from Fitamall in MD as they have AWD models in stock. I do not want to loose the protection of the lemon law. It looks like a vehicle purchased in MD and registered in FL will not be protected by either state.
Price from dealer is $23,312, OTD ($22K car + TTL), with full new-car factory warranty; the loaner has not been titled before. Checked Carfax for lemon law/manufacturer recall report - both clean.
I haven't mentioned our trade-in yet; wanted to see what dealer's lowest price was first.
We will be trading in a 2006 silver Camry LE, cloth seats, no sunroof, with 13,500 miles that we own outright; will not be financing the difference between the trade-in and the Santa Fe.
Edmunds/KBB lists Camry trade in at about $14K ...
Santa Fe OTD price: $23,312
Camry trade in: $14,000
Current difference: $ 9,312
Anyone have thoughts on the lowest difference we might could get the dealer down to? My husband wants to offer "around $8K" and see how low the dealer will go.
Much appreciated!
My thoughts are insist on a brand new Santa Fe with less than 100 miles and yes, you can do better on price. Go to another dealer if you have to. Do more research and read previous posts here.
FYI, I just checked the website for the dealer I bought from (www.fairfaxhyundai.com) and they have 08 SF Ltd FWD around $21900 or so. Like I said before, you should do better than the deal on the table.
Enjoy the vehicle. We're in our 9th month of ownership with no issues to date!
bob
I assume they were taking a bath on the residuals...
There are plenty of makes that are still leasing, just not Hyundai...
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2008 Santa Fe Limited FWD
Options:
Group 15 (Touring & Navigation)
C7 (carpet for 7 seats)
$25,000 (plus title, license & doc fee)
Purchased 09/30/08
What dealers have you look at ? I stopped by Global but was not happy and walked
2250 off INVOICE
3500 dealer incentive
1000 rebate
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6750 Total off INVOICE
Or you can skip the $3500 off and take 0% financing. You still get the other $3250 off.
This was on Monday. I was going to pull the trigger, but I can wait another month. I want to make them sweat it and hope for even more discount.
If you get different number from them, please let me know.
Every 23 seconds a vehicle is stolen in the United States!
Statistics as shown by numerous police departments and insurance companies reveal that this can be the most effective anti-theft device for your car.
Many car insurance companies offer vin window etching to customers at cost because it has proven to be an effective auto theft deterrent.
Read on to find out how this extremely effective method of auto theft protection can be a scam.
To way to avoid the VIN etching car scam is easy and it involves having all the glass in your car etched with your cars Vehicle Identification Number (also known as your VIN).
Thieves will pass up a car with VIN etched glass. Why? Because it seriously diminishes the value of your vehicle because it can cost your sleezy thief boy as much as $2000 or more to replace your cars glass.
So even your most idiotic car thief will just move on to the next car to steal instead of yours.
So at what point does vin window etching become the vin etching car scam? Well, that happens at your car dealer because...
Car dealers will charge you from $150 to $500 to VIN etch your car's glass!
They love to add this to your car as an "option" figuring that you won't know any better and you will just bend over and pay for it. Most do, but now YOU know better!
If its already on your cars glass, then just refuse to pay their exorbitant charge for it.
By the way, you may be able to reduce your car insurance bill from 3% to as much as 15% when you avoid the VIN etching car scam.
So to avoid this vin etching car scam just do it yourself! Its easy!
Thats right, because with the right VIN etching kit, it will only cost you about $20 and a few minutes of your time.
BTW I absolutely love it! Even with gas being crazy I dont regret buying it at all. With every tank of gas my mpg is improving.
Dealer trades mostly, plus Hyundai warehouse lots, are probably what causes some cars to age in inventory more than others.
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If you like how you were treated by the dealer and got the color and options you wanted, enjoy your new car (we love ours)! Ignore anyone who tells you they bought the same car for $8,000 less (I've seen similar exaggerations). Dan
Thanks for taking the time to reply my post. I can understand that some people do come here to brag and the actual amount of discount will vary. The car has been great so far, only 3 days and 260 miles so I guess the jury is still out on how it will hold up in the long run.
This is a total impulse buy. We were lured in by the 0% financing and I had to replace my rapidly deteriorating '98 Honda CR-V with another AWD vehicle. The test drive went great. The ride was nice, acceleration decent and fit and finish wasn't bad either. Not top tier Japanese car great but very impressive nonetheless. Because we were at the dealership late, the salesman really came after us and wanted to make a deal. So base on the sticker and what I remember of the invoice prices (which check out with what the dealer showed me), I thought I was getting a pretty decent price since it was about $500 less then invoice including 7% tax and all the other fees OTD.
However, the doubt and the panic about our decision started to creep in as soon as we drove the car off the lot. The turn signal did not work the whole way home! And this was right off the lot. The turn signal would not return to the off position even if I turn the wheel 1 to 1-1/2 revolution. Bought the car back to the dealership next day and the problem seems to go away when the service person drove it. But since then the problem comes and goes like a ghost. Very frustrating.
Then I found this site last night. Saw the thread on pricing and transmission issues posted here and just about had a panic attack! Also, when we brought the car back to the dealer to look at the turn signal issue we had experienced the same unfriendly service described by some other posters. Which seems to suggest Hyundai has a culture of stonewalling the customers and that's not good to hear.
I just hope that my first Hyundai experience won't also be my last either. Thanks all for listing to my ranting.
Which dealer did you use?