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Why wouldn't you just get an LX?
Ang
its funny that you can get an LX with third row and camera and fog lights, but the EX to get the camera and fog lights you got to get leather package.
With the leather package, the car comes out just a thousand cheaper than Honda Pilot, which I rather get unless the price diff is worth getting a Kia.
Good luck!
Did your price of $34,000 include any rebates, or was this after rebates were subtracted? Just checking...
The Costco dealer in this area is willing to sell either vehicle for $700 below invoice before any rebates. Their doc fee is close to $600 - then again most in this area have a similar doc fee.
Any thoughts?
I've started pricing around for a 2012 KIA Sorento LX/auto with the convenience pkg. in the NYC/NH/Conn. area and wanted to see if anyone has purchased this model with these trimmings as well as the final number you ended paying before TTL.
Also, I met with a KIA dealer in NJ where there doc fees for this vehicle was a total of $389. Below is the breakdown of doc fees:
$229 is documentary clerical expense.
$79 is for the document delivery service.
$81 is for the administrative fee.
Does anyone know if all of these fees legit? Are they negotiable? I read somewhere in Edmunds that the average doc fees in NJ is approximately $100 and anything above that is considered very high. Any thoughts?
Any info would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks!
-Al
Still waffling between the SX and loaded up EX. Unfortunately nobody has them (both V6 AWD) that I can drive back-to-back. If they offered the SX with a tan interior it would be a no-brainer! I even looked at the black/dove interior, but that is VERY scarce - I think the closest one is 500 miles from here.
Can anyone tell me if they can really tell the difference between the way the SX and EX drive/handle? I know they are supposed to have different suspensions, but the salespeople are telling me they can't tell the difference. Hard to know for sure myself if I can never drive them back to back.
Thanks!
I agree with the tan interior, that's the only "wish" I had for the SX. I can't tell you the difference between the drives, but I can say this: the SX model does sit lower than the EX and the SX has a "sport handling" package (stiffer). My wife loves how it drives where she can zip around without issues. Me: I love the turning radius, very small.
I did finally drive both an EX and SX back to back, and could definitely tell a difference when on an exit ramp cloverleaf from the interstate. The EX had a little more body roll, and the SX seemed to take the curve at speed better. I hope I can live with the black inside and am not kicking myself later on.
We are getting the SX for $700 below invoice plus another $2000 in rebates (customer and competitive). We are getting some tax savings from our trade in. It would have been nice to have that b2b warranty. We'll see what they say when we go in to sit with the finance guy. We're pre-approved at the bank, so maybe he'll throw that one in to get us to finance with him. Can't hurt to ask, right?
Thanks for your reply/insight!
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2012 Sorento, EX, V6, AWD
Options: cargo net, black back bumper protector, auto dimming rearview mirror with homelink, and black cross bars.
MSRP (prior to rebates) = $31,110
Negotiated Price (prior to rebates) = $28,929 + TTL & doc fee
Less Rebates = $2,000
Total = $26,929 + TTL & doc fee
thank you so much i found the perfect car in the price i can afford
strongly recommended
Long time reader of the forum....now set on purchasing a 2012 Sorento LX Convenience Package w/3rd row. I have a price price from Fred Beans OTD $25,495 (7% New Jersey resident tax).
Does this seem like a good price?
MSRP: 26,400
Discounted price: 24,500
Rebates: 1,500
Net: 23,000 + TTL + $386 doc fee
I live in DC. This was a better price than a competing dealer quoted me.
Got the car at invoice minus $2000 in rebates, I was previously leasing a rav 4 so I qualified for the competetive invoice.
Paid $225 total out of pocket and have a $475 a month payment including tax.
They took my Rav4 and made the last lease payment. Saved me the lease $300 disposition fee as well.
Currently working on another deal for my friend on an EX AWD with premium.
I tried using that new site truecar.com Seems like dealers in the tri state area are using it to bait and switch buyers. they quote a super low price, basically below dealer cost, sometimes several hundred dollars below including the holdback to make you want to come in. When you get there they don't have the vehicle and try to get you into something else or tell you that the car was just sold.
2012 Sorento SX w/ Panoramic Sunroof, Cargo Net, Tow hitch and cross rails (I added the crossrails & tow hitch to my needs)
32,870 which includes all rebates & incentives.
They did show me the invoice. However I have no idea if it is "the invoice". Invoice shows msrp 37,200 (without my two additions) and invoice shows dealer cost of :confuse: 34,900. Please help me and tell me if I can do better?
This deal would have been the same no matter which model we picked ($700 under less any applicable rebates).
Good luck!
What would be a good starting amount for an offer? Does anyone know what the market value of the used one might be?
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I looked everywhere in the Southeast. I ended up paying $28,450 plus tax title. At the time, it seemed like a good deal. Now looking at this thread it seems as though I may have grossly overpaid.
Anyone purchase a similar trim that I can better compare it to?
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It has the panoramic sun roof, 3rd row, backup camera, navigation, and leather (standard for SX). They are currently quoting me $32,860 (before NJ sales tax), but looking at TrueCar and Consumer Reports I feel like I could get the same car with 0 miles for that price. With the 5k miles on there I would like to be in the $30-31k range.
Anyone who's willing to share their opinion/experience -- is this a good price? When people are talking about prices on here, are they before sales tax?
Good luck.
If those numbers are reliable then we're close to dealer cost. I'm guessing 5k miles is worth about $1500 or so, so the price should probably be in the $30-31k range. But *full* price, do you really think I'm that far away from a good price?
I got an SX FWD with the premium package including most extras: side steps, crossbars,cargo cover and net. Didn't get the interior lighting or tow hitch.
42 month lease, 15K miles a year, at $425 a month with $3000 down. I got them to throw in an Oil Change package that they sell at the dealership that is good for 5 oil changes. This is the first car I've leased and seems like a fair deal to me although I've been trying to find out what other people have been paying for a lease with no luck, so I'm not really sure. I talked them down from around like $512 a month, and it seemed like they really wanted to make the deal since it was the last day of the month. Something about they needed to sell just a couple more cars for some quota, but I figured that was probably just BS, who knows?
All in all I'm happy as I really like the car and am comfortable with my payment, however I'm still curious as to what kind of deals everyone else is getting. If you have leased a Sorento please post the deal you ended up with. It's good for people are still shopping and looking to get a good deal plus like I said I'm just really curious.
This is the first car I've ever bought, new or used, so hopefully I did ok.
Purchase price was still $31,800 before tax/title/extended warranty though, that's the number I was focused on the whole time.
Two things that might have helped me-- I walked in there with an offer from another dealership in hand, so I got to cut out a lot of the usual bs. Also, I was there on May 31st (end of the month) and they seemed particularly motivated to make one more sale before the end of the month. They closed at 9pm that day and I was getting calls right up until 9pm with additional price drops.