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It is a small world, wow, all the way from Redondo! I know what you mean about the cold, we are in Northern Cal now and there is more rain and fog than I care to have! I have saved your e-mail and will definitely be in touch to chat.
I am glad that I could be of help; as soon as I heard you had a carseat, I thought maybe the accessories would prove useful, as Mercedes hasn't come up with solutions for this. I had the Britax in an ML 350 that I was leasing, and was embarrassed by the seat indentations in an otherwise pristine car when I turned it in for the GL.
Yes, Kragen is an autoparts store, and the cover is a vinyl, clear cover with little nubs for grips on the floor side, the other side is smooth, but holds cargo in place. It was rolled up in plastic and cost about $20.00, cheap and good. I went for this because a lot of online companies advertise expensive cargo mats with hexagons that can custom fit your cargo area, but the price, measuring and ordering online, not for me.
Now you're really going to think I'm nuts, but I also thought of another product that might be of use. We take long trips, and with a preschooler, a travel potty was a must for us. I searched the net like crazy, and found the Fisher Price Potty on the Go. This is great, because it is a camp style potty, sanitary, and even comes with a bag for supplies: hand wash, sanitizer, Clorox wipes, etc:
http://www3.shopping.com/xPO-Fisher-Price-Fisher-Price-Fisher-Price-Potty-On-The- -Go
We'll be in touch! All the best to you and yours.
Thanks again for the tips! Will look into the potty - my preschooler is a boy so usually the woods will do! The other 2 are older, so they can hold it!
Does Kragen sell online? I couldn't find a site -
Look forward to chatting soon!
Oy
I tried the e-mail, but it wouldn't go through.
Best,
Tracy
Talk soon!
Oy
P.S. mistakenly posted this question as a reply to a old message before.
premium package 2
full leather seats
rear seat entertainment
3-zone climate control
running boards (I do not like the looks of these but need the feature)
heated rear seats
heated/ventilated front seats
trailer hitch
MSRP is 75,355; invoice is 69,267. Have been offered 69,000 - can we do better? Anything to watch out for with a factory-ordered vehicle?
Not trying to gouge the dealer, just trying to get a good price for us and give salesman/dealer a decent profit.
Thank you for your input!
Thanks in advance for advice!
Dealer is asking for a refundable deposit of $2,000 before he can show us the invoice on a car he may ship from upstate. I can understand if he wants an invoice for us to order a car, but do I really need to give him a deposit to just to know what the invoice is on the car?
We'll most likely be using the USAA Car Buying Service if it gives us the best price.
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
the offer that I was given.
premium package 2
full leather seats
rear seat entertainment
running boards
lighting package
heated rear seats
heated/ventilated front seats
trailer hitch
parktronic
MSRP $75985
Offered: $69228
I think it is a pretty good deal. Granted I was hoping for some dealer incentives to kick in because it would help a lot, but I think it is a great deal.
What do you all think? Dealers were also willing to go to $3090 for the extended warranty for 84mths/75k or $4095 for 84mths/100k. Any thoughts. We used the extended warranty extensively on the last benz we bought, but were happy with the service and relatively moderate issues overall. Definitely less problems than my friend's Audi which was the other brand in consideration with the Q7 TDI.
2010 GL 450, P2, full leather, DVD, appearance, parktronic, lighting, trailer hitch for $68,268 ($2,500 under invoice and 8,000 under MSRP)
Thanks to this post for the information that helped me negotiate this deal.
I was told by the sales guy that it would have been $2,500 under for the GL 350 also.
For the extended warranty try Chico Mercedes... I found them from a couple of MB forums as on of the least expensive places to get the pricing. Most of the dealers locally were willing to match as long as I bought the vehicle from them. Chico didn't require it. Pricing varied a TON, this took a lot of leg work to get dealers to commit pricing without going in.
We were thinking to wait until August as well, but as I was doing the leg work one theme that was constant was that MB was limiting production on the GLs because of demand. Very low production of Bluetec and 550, and moderate production of 450s. 3 dealers told me that production has pretty much ended for 2010 GLs and retooling for 2011. Two dealers went so far as saying if they couldn't secure the vehicle we wanted it would be worth our while to just wait till end of July to custom order a vehicle to our exact specifications since wasn't looking good.
My uncle told me that when MB did incentives the dealerships typically didn't sell the car for less than invoice before incentive since the manufacturer was kicking the money. Since we were looking only at the 350, the most we saw for incentives toward the end last year was $5,000.. $10,000 was for I think only a month and we weren't ready yet at the time. Overall selection of options was more important although the savings would have been nice.
I appreciate the information
hafaf1
Dealer didn't want to match my extended warranty price from Chico, but was within $100 bucks so I just went ahead and bought it from my dealer. So $220 above cost.
Anyone research into buying the prepaid maintenance plan or if anyone has taken the chance to NOT buy the run flats which are extremely expensive for a set of tires. Like almost double the non run flats.It didn't seem like we were saving that much by going with the prepaid maintenance.
I have been unable to get a dealer to sell a car to me at that price. Could you share with me some tips and/or refer me to your dealer so I can get this price?
Also does it make sense to wait until July/August before buying...I am hearing that there might be heavy discounts starting August 1, similar to what happened last year. Any confirmation on this?
Thank you.
Then the bidding war began. I was very up front with each dealership that I was shopping for the best possible price, but level or service, honest communication and no overselling additional items were keys for me as well. It eventually came down to two dealerships with exact configurations we were looking for with difference being color of exterior and interior. Both were stuck at offering $500 below invoice until a different dealer contacted me saying they were willing to sell me a GL450 in my configuration for $2500 below invoice. I used it a leverage with both dealers and only one made the move to go lower. I think it helped that we wanted the extended warranty & floor mats as long as price was good.
If you live in the Bay Area... Smythe European (Glenn) or Autobahn Motors or San Francisco Mercedes all were willing to make a move below invoice... well at least when I contacted them. I heard from my sales guy that inventory is really tight to the point where if you want a P2 good luck. There are P1 cars out there, but even that is tight.
We wanted incentives, but we learned a few things. With very tight inventory to begin with on GL350s the incentives will not be very rich... rumors are no more than 2500 to 5000 if even that. Second... dealers will not budge too far from invoice then less incentives. We decided to pull the purchase trigger because we got it for $2k below invoice while also getting the exact vehicle we wanted. That combination was enough for us to say yes. I would definitely think for GL450s there will be very nice incentives... since inventory is very high, but not for the GL350. That's my 10 cents.
I just bought a new GL350 from Husker Mercedes Nebraska. I stay in Overland park, Kansas. I was shopping for the car and the dealer in Kansas were not ready to go below $500 off invoice. Plus I they were not giving a good price on my trade-in. I contacted this dealership dept. through internet and they called me next day to confirm that they are willing to go down to $2000 below invoice.
I wanted to keep my trade in separate as with my experience with other dealers was they try to offer bad deals on trade-in to compensate the money they lose on new car. But I was firm on the trade-in value knowing the condition of the vehicle and how it drives. So finally managed to get everything done the way I wanted. No over selling by the dealer and very nice people to work with. I would recommend to talk to them. I did get extended warranty from them. I went with MPP warranty and not Mercedes as MPP offered more benefits like universal coverage,less deductible, also ding/ scratch repair, tire warranty by paying around $400 more from mercedes limited warranty. The finance guy Greg was very nice to explain all the benefits and honest.
If anyone looking to buy Mercedes or BMW, I would recommend this dealership and rate them 9/10 on my experience in buying cars. Talk to Jeff Martz and give him my reference.
Thanks again sawjai
Thank you.
During the sales process it was asked, but I told them most likely cash, but would be open to financing if the rate was crazy good and if it gave me a better deal. In the end I was happy with the deal. Shop the rates with the CUs, seems to be better rates than the regular banks. Use that to your advantage when going into the dealership. They will find you the best rate thru their financial networks. In the end we paid cash... we'll be keeping this car a LONG time, 7-10 yrs at minimum.
I would figure MB will do the following based on my research:
$5-10,000 Dealer Incentives for GL450 and GL550
$0 - $5,000 Dealer Incentive for GL350 (pretty tight supply)
Your issue will be are you going to get the vehicle you want. P1 car probably much easier than a P2 car. Almost every dealer.... NO MATTER WHAT COLOR MB made said it was next to impossible to get my config on a GL350 "unless" I wanted to pay SERIOUS transportation costs for a few available on the East Coast. Not sure what config you want. If P1, I'd think you'd be ok.... after driving my car the last 2 weeks I am glad I got P2.
If you are looking to lease - 2011 may lease better, because it will have much better residual value. If you are thinking to purchase/finance 2010 is the way to go, while it's still available.
In any case, you can use this info while negotiating the deal. Dealers have to give you a good reason to go for 2010 model (big discount) instead of waiting and getting newer 2011 model.
When do you think MBUSA will announce incentives for 2010 GL450s? What would be the effective date/period for the incentives?
What do you estimate the amount of the incentives?
Thanks for your help.
The fleet mgr we're working with says the residuals will not be any better for the 2011. This doesn't make sense to me, though I know the car is not changing all that much.
Can you shed some insight on this?
Thanks!
I now have most of the price increases on the options I want, but not the MSRP. Even with the price increases, I would lease a 2011 for about the same if not less than the 2010.
Thanks for the tip, Storm. It really made all the difference.
Let's make it happen!!!
Thank you!
Are the above mentioned rebates expected in July or August?
Thanks in advance.
Seems to me that many folks are purchasing at about $2K under invoice right now and a good price at the beginning of August would perhaps be Invoice less $2k less whatever rebate number is offered.
Dragongz, I am also in Los Angeles.
Current Summer event runs through Aug. 2.
But I don't think it will help a lot with leasing, as I expect residuals of 2010's to drop even further. However, it will help a lot, if somebody wants to purchase/finance and even take advantage of the low APR.
The MSRP on my configuration is $74,615, invoice. I negotiated the price $69,522.
Lease works out to $1106 per month,
One issue I have is the car is wired for the rear seat entertainment and they are going to install it at the dealer -- they tell me it will be the same as the factory kit, under options on Edmunds and not the one under accessories on Edmunds.
This is not one they have on lot, they must bring it in.
How much more room do they have in the car? Should i try fora few more dollars or will i be spinning my wheels.
Send me an email on kanley1@yahoo.com let work together for new gl450
thanks!!