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I have been hearing on this forum to wait until mid or end of may to get really good deal.Do you think I should wait or go for it now.Thanks in advance for your feedbacks.
So yeah- I'd say you got about as good of a deal as can be had. I'm not sure how dealers make any money. Thanks for reporting and enjoy your new Subie.
and with gas prices I am sure just avoiding holding stock on a dealer lot is worth something.
There isn't a $3K markup over invoice. "
Depending what you click off on the options for a 7pass Nav, with a few goodies, here is what I got from Edmunds:
Total with Options MSRP $37,409 Invoice $34,591
You're right, it's not quite $3K. But close.
Or maybe Edmunds isn't correct? What do you know that we don't. Please share-
6/3/2006 3:34:21 PM
Ship / Allocation: ***/1035
Load Number: 10667 Massachusetts\Connecticut - OK
Delivery Date: 5/8/2006
Vehicle Description
Vehicle Identification Number: 4S4-WX85C5 64000000
Model Code: 6HO
Model Description: 2006 B9 Tribeca - 7S-LTRAUD/DVD/NAV - GRA Int
Transmission: AWD
Exterior Color: BLK Obsidian Black Pearl
Factory Accessory: AC 7 Seats/Leather Seat/Hi Grade Audio/Spk/DVD/NAV
Body Type:
Ignition Key:
Engine Number: 0
Port Accessories
Dealer Cost Suggested List
Base Price 35994.00 37695.00
HB7540000
MSU 31.00 WHEEL LOCKS 48.00
Suggested Retail Price 37743.00
Transportation and Handling 655.00
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Total Dealer Cost 36025.00 Total Suggested List 38398.00
I wonder what the difference is?
Does anyone know where the “dealer discount” originates from? Is it truly from the dealer or is it a Subaru incentive given to the dealers that doesn’t come out of the dealer’s pockets?
Depending on that, is it reasonable to negotiate these discounts from a number lower than the MSRP (such as Edmonds true market value). Doing so would bring an ‘06 7 passenger to around $27,600. Does that sound like a reasonable price?
-Brian
This all depends on where you are, but I believe the incentive is $2000 for 5 passenger models and $2500 for 7 passenger models. These incentives can be applied to low APR purchases AND their special lease program.
I'm looking to lease either a B9 or a Pilot. The Pilot is slightly cheaper to lease, but I'm leaning towards the B9. I just started collecting quotes, but I probably would not pay more than invoice minus whatever the incentive is. One dealer offered me better than invoice minus $2000 for the 5 passenger, but I need to call them and double-check the numbers. They look a little too good. I'll definitely pass their name along if it turns out to be legit.
Peter
My 3 year/36,000 mile lease deal is only 193 due at signing and then 386.89 per month for the remaining 35 months.
Money factor and residual are 0.0012 and 54%.
Acqusition fee is 595.
0 security.
95 doc fee.
DMV was 342.
7.50 tire tax.
Everything was rolled into the monthly payment. The actuall selling price is a little fuzzy since only 193 was due at signing. The original quote was 385.99 per month with only 385.99 due at signing. Backing all the fees out leads me to a selling price of 28,084 including tax.
The only stipulation was that I had to buy on Saturday. My current lease isn't due until 7/25, so I was hesitant to throw away a month's payment.
I was willing to lose half, so they said they would cut the first payment in half to 193 (my current lease payment is about 400).
The only thing that annoyed me is that the final lease contract was printed up with 386.89 per month. So, I guess that's an extra $35 over three years, but I think I still got a pretty good deal.
There was some miscommunication between my salesguy and the finance guy. The salesguy apologized. And, he said he'd give me a free oil change if I gave him all good marks on the survey (which I would have done anyway). So, the extra 35 evens out with the free oil change.
The internet manager at Pine Belt Subaru is a really good guy. Everything was done over email and phone. My wife and I just went to the dealership to do a quick test drive and had to wait about 30 mins for the contracts to be drawn up.
It was a pretty painless process. Pine Belt Subaru is in Lakewood, New Jersey.
Thanks,
Peter
Their selling price on an MSRP of 33,451 was 27,752. This is more aggressive than the Pine Belt selling price, but the higher money factor and acquisition fee raise the final monthly number.
Anyone from the NYC area thinking about taking a drive down there should get all the final numbers in writing so there are no surprises when you get there.
Peter
-juice
Thanks,
Chintan Talati
I wasn't too excited about getting an SUV, but I am definitely happy to be a Subaru owner.
Undecided whether to wait a bit longer or take the leap. Very concerned about gas mileage--most of what I have read on the message boards indicates the vehicle will certainly get no better than the 18 city 23 highway listed on the sticker, and probably less than that. Any comments on pricing and gas mileage would be very much appreciated.
Also I believe 91 octane is "recommended", but not "required" Any one out there with experiences on running 89 I would appreciate comments.
Lastly, I have XM Commander radio. I have it installed in my 05 Outback now with no problem. Anyone out there hooked one, or another model without any problem?
Carsdirect.com has the invoice at 32,591. Taking away the 2500 incentive gets you to 30,000. So, it looks like they're willing to offer the car 15-1800 lower.
I think my deal was around 1500 lower than invoice before the 2000 incentive. I didn't ask for a lower price because I only had one dealer being this aggressive. All the others were higher.
If you have a couple of aggressive sellers, you should be able to get one of them to step up and improve their price. If not, you can always buy it for 28,200 which is still a pretty good price.
Good luck and make sure to take the doc fees from the competing dealers into account. The lowest priced dealer could have the highest doc fee.
Peter
Just concerned about the darn gas mileage & do I really need to, and/or will gas mileage or performance suffer if I use 91 or 89.
I travel around 32,500 miles per year & probably average just about 25 mpg in Outback. That's 1300 gallons say at $290 = $3770 per year. If I average 20 mpg in Tribeca, that's 1625 gallons, say at $3.10 that's $5040. If I made to with 91 octane, say at $3.00 that's $4875 still $1000 per year additional.
Is the Tribeca worth it??? If gas is $4 per gallon, that's another $1600 per year. Maybe I should get a Prius???
Consider a Highlander Hybrid, sure, if you've got the $40 grand. But it would take you probably 17 years to recover $12,000 plus interest in gas costs, so get the Tribeca!
-juice
I had one for a week, and noticed a big discrepancy - city was as low as 13 mpg, but highway was good, up to 25 mpg.
-juice
But, that is just my take on it..
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Consider a Legacy 2.5i wagon, 23/30 mpg is great for a roomy AWD like that.
-juice
:P
However, there were to many "minor" things about the 06 I did not like. No electrical outlet on dash. Two in the center console storage box, but none on the dash. My Garmin portable nav system would not reach the outlet. Not a good spot for control for my satellite radio either. Lastly, not a good place for cradle for hands free phone on the dash.
Most of all, afraid of stinky gas mileage, I will stick with my Outback 2.5 ltd. Gets great gas mileage & no problems at all with it, 49,000 miles in 18 months. I still have around 50,000 miles on extended warranty. Will wait another year, probably be a similar situation with Tribeca's this time next year when the 08's will be coming out.
Apparently, the incentives have been extended to July 5
Any comments???
We are very excited, and even more so to have recently discovered this active forum. I'll definitely post some pictures and more information once we get our hands on the vehicle. It should be here on Friday the 14th.
Anyone have any suggestions, or tips? I've been very stern with the dealer, that it is not to be test driven by anyone save the dealer tech, which I understand is required as part of the "pre-delivery process". Im considering having them changeout the factory oil and instead use Mobil oil (not synthetic for the first 1K miles, supposedly) and then do Mobil 1 at the 1K mark.
MSRP was $39,612, our price $37,066.
-juice
We looked at the 06's because they were discounting them so much, but we settled on the 07 due to color/features. I hadn't seen much pricing info yet on the 07's (and we really needed a new car), so I'm not sure we got that good of a price (oh well).