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College Park Hyundai
LIARS!! THIEVES!!! BAIT and SWITCH!!!
Have you heard these terms before? You get THAT and much more if you "deal" with these people! $9900 Elantra? "As advertised in the Washington Post"?
Buyer don't believe it! Does this "advertised" vehicle have a radio, floor mats, for that matter, tires and rims?
Stay clear of these guys!!!!! $9900 plus oh they didn't tell you, $2450 dealer prep extras plus tax, tags & title approx. $540 and any other thing they'll jack you for!!!
Looked at an Elantra on Thursday afternoon for $13000.00 and by Friday morning the same car was magically priced at almost $18,000. Come on now, the car "appreciated" five thousand dollars over night in the dealers lot?
Bought my Elantra from another local area dealer instead. Unless you enjoy being lied to and just want to "GIVE" you're money away, STAY CLEAR OF THIS DEALERSHIP!!!!!
Model: Elantra GT 2.OL 4-cylinder 5-speed Manual
Color: Black Obsidian
Year: 2005
Trim: GT 5-door
Option Package: 7
Our current price is 13, 495
Dealers Notes:Thank you for choosing Hyundai of Manhattan, the vehicle you are interested in is available and ready to be tet [sic] driven.
*Price show reflects all rebates and internet discounts.
When I went in, they informed me that the quote was a mistake, they had forgotten to add the Package 7 (invoice $653). The price then somehow jumped to $15,500. AND they didn't actually have ANY 5-speeds or ANY GTs with option package 7 "in the tri-state area" (which is false).
Final offer was a GLS with package 5 for $13,695 (AT)
My question is, to what extent is a quote binding? I'm close to reporting them to the BBB.
You could report them to the BBB (or the New York Attorney General). First you might take the email to the sales manager and explain that you expect them to honor their offer.
As for roaddog's interesting post, aside from the dollar figures, most of us here can assure you that an Elantra does, in fact, come with radio, tires and rims as standard. Incidentally, 18 grand seems to be more than any Elantra would cost, and any buyer has MSRP to cross-reference.
Usually they will lowball your trade-in to make up the "Don't worry about it " part!!!
There is an old Welsh saying..."If it sound sto good to be true...It is too good to be true"!!!!!!! (Well, maybe it's not Welsh)......but beings I am Welsh, it sounds good.-
Roaddog...How about telling us what dealer you finally purchased from and give us the deal!!!
I'm going in tomorrow to take a look at the car. I've got a loan in line, but figured I'd see what they might offer.
My salesman seemed pretty young, so I would have felt a bit bad walking away from such a good deal over a deposit. Aside for the "we made a mistake on the quote" the dealership ended up being a pretty good place to buy a car. (Now I just have to deal with driving out of Manhattan ...)
:shades:
We got back, told her to find out what the best deal they could give us would be - told her we had no trade-in and no financing (we had already arranged our financing through our credit union). She said great and came back with an offer that was far better than the emailed quote we had with us! (quote was for the exact same car minus the mats and mud guards and was $14110.00 - so basically MSRP with free cruise and stereo upgrade.)
Here is the breakdown:
05 Elantra GLS 4 door MSRP $14149.00
Cruise Control $250.00
AM/FM/CD upgrade $350.00
Mats $75.00
Mud Guards $60.00
Freight $545.00
TOTAL MSRP 15429.00
She came back with an offer of $13,095.
Not bad, but we told her that we had no desire for the mats or the mud guards, and that they could just take them off.
She took off $135.00 and presented us with $12,960.00
We told her to make it an even $12900, she said OK, we said OK and signed on the dotted line.
They took the car to the back, washed her up nice and clean, filled her up with gas and sent us on our way! (OK, there was a bit more than that - took about an hour to sign all of the paperwork, verify our insurance, and go over all of the manuals, but not bad at all.)
She brought the car to us, handed us the keys, and said, "they may have forgotten to take the floor mats out and mud guards off, but Im sure you won't mind".
Hee hee.
Maybe we didn't get the best deal out there, but we are in the chicago market, and the fact that the transaction went so smoothly was worth it! No haggling, No problems, and they were all very nice to us, and never pushy.
Woo Hoo, I love it when things go well!
Out the door price was just under $13900 with taxes and title and registration fees.
I talked and emailed several dealers and they said this car does not exist. Burn's was the only dealer that found 4 for dealer trade. The dealership was great, no game playing or add on's.
I have had this car about 2 weeks and 800 miles and love the car. I am averaging about 31mpg so far. My last hyundai was a 98 elantra wagon. It was never in for anything but normal maintenance. I just gave it to my son with 148000 running and looking great.
I bought a 2005 Elantra GLS Sunday and decided to take the zero percent financing for 60 months (vs $1500.00 rebate). Unfortunately I did not have time to do adequate research and I needed a car to get to work on Monday. I am not sure what I a good deal would be. Car has CD player, cruise controll. Final cost including tax, tags, and freight was $260 a month with no money down. How badly did I do?
$260 x 60 = $15,600
Edmund's predicts the average sales price for an automatic Elantra package 3 is $14,340 before any rebates.
So your difference (if my assumed option is correct) from the average sales price is:
$15,600 - (taxes and reasonable fees) - $14,340
Thanks
i bought my elantra gt after a lot of comparison between others that had the same size, and the elantra came out on top in comparisons.
i bought a 2005 elantra gt. basic gt, has no moon roof or abs or tcs. 5 speed. had floor mats, cargo net, dash board cover and tinted windows. its color is blue. i paid $15450 out the door with 0% and thus did not get the $1700 discount. reading the deals that others are getting, i think i paid too much. i paid 1300 extra for bumper to bumper extended warrenty for 10yrs & 100000 (it comes with bumper to bumper for 60000). i dont know if i did the right thing with that?
since you know a lot about cars, at about speeds higher than 65mph, the stering wheel has a slight viberation in it. is it suppose to be perfectly still? my other car's sterring is perfectly still (its a gmc safari).
the other two problems that i had with it are:
1- seat adjustment knob is jammed
2- eyeglass case doesnt open by simply clicking it, it gets jammed while opening, but in the afternoon when its boiling outside, it opens without jamming.
let me know what you think
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I've taken the plunge and bought a Hyundai. Read so many good reviews in Car and Driver, Road & Track, etc. I just had to take a look at the Elantra. Went to Bentley Hyundai in Madison, Ala. Didn't intend to buy a car that day. But, I've been doing my homework, researching prices, options, etc. of the Honda Civic, Mazda3, and the Elantra. I was ready to buy, at the right dealer for the right price!
First impressions of the car were very favorable, and it was the first time I'd really looked at one up close. Fit and finish are comparable with anything on the market, IMHO.
When I drove the car, a base GLS 5 speed, I was sold! Excellent power, great low end torque, manageable understeer with just a bit of "wander & stutter" in the bumpy curves, body roll not excessive for an economy car. It blew away the comparable Civic LX in power and handling, and was $5,000 less than the Mazda3 (as well as the Civic), which has somewhat better road manners.
The dealer got to the bottom line quickly, and we agreed on $10,750 for an "electric red" four door, manual trans, with floor mats and mud flaps as the only options. Would have been happier to have had cruise control also, but there were very few 5 spd. models available in any model on the entire lot. Are manual trans cars on their way out? I certainly hope not.
Anyway, I think the deal was OK. I probably could have shaved the price down a bit more. But I was not in the mood to pinch the last penny out of the deal, simply because it is such a competent car at a bargain price already!
Those 5-speeds can be hard to find sometimes. Most people prefer auto trannies, and the automakers cater to that.
I have cruise on both of my Elantras and I use it maybe once a year because nearly all of my driving is around-town. It was indispensable on the minivans I used to own, though, because we sometimes took long trips in those.
Enjoy your new red Elantra!
1. How rare on these things? I've called a couple of dealerships, neither had any in stock. One had two 5 drs, for example, but neither with ABS/traction control.
2. I'm in SE VA, the Norfolk/Virginia Beach area. I see above that someone in Northern VA got a GT with package 8 for 13800 OTD. That sounds like an incredible deal. Anyone want to hazard a guess about how close I can get to that in my area?
Thanks!
I got my GT 5 sp w/ ABS and moonroof for 12,900 (b4 tax and license). I've looked over these posts and our price seems like a good deal.
You are going to love this car.
Good luck,
Tim
05 GLS 4 door
AM/FM/CD Upgrade
Automatic
Sunroof
Cruise
Mats
Out the door including tax, tags and title and additional 5yrs on bumper to bumper
$12,400 - I was pleased. What do you think?
Go to post #2999 (Dealer's tricks Bait and Switch) at the Smart Shopper forum and read same. A post by audi8 is very interesting. What have you heard?????
Lets stay on topic: They will cost more than an Elantra.