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Delivery date 12/28/07. FABULOUS and BEAUTIFUL vehicle. Quiet, Comfortable, Smooooth, Nice handling, Good Turn Radius, Great 3-row seating with unexpected leg room and reclining adjustments for 2nd row.
Dealer has been fantastic - friendly, accomodating, and responsive - Bezema Motors in Norwood, MA.
It was well worth the 3 month wait to get the fabulous paint job - white diamond tricoat.
Recently owned vehicles: Suburban 1500 LT, Saab 9-3 Aero, Infinity G35X.
My wife, who is never impressed by cars, immediately fell in love with the Enclave. We bought it to "share". But she wasn't interested in driving it for the first week. This weekend she was "forced" to drive the Enclave because our other cars were being used. She has now "claimed" the Enclave as her primary car.
We also took friends out last night in the Enclave. They own the big Lexus crossover and a new Mercedes 500 CLS (replaced a BMW 740i). They were very impressed and "didn't know GM made such a beautiful, quiet, smooth, well appointed vehicle".
I worked for EDS when it was owned by GM and a good friend ran IT for the GM truck division. I learned from him that when GM puts priority and design effort on a vehicle they do a great job (ex: Sierra Truck platform for Sierra, Tahoe, Suburban, Denali, Escalade, etc.). This new Lambda platform (Outlook, Acadia, Enclave - for now) seems to be one of these critical platforms for GM where they have gotten it right!
Time will tell how well the Enclave maintains such a quiet smooth ride and whether it will be as reliable as our other vehicles (all three have been superb and the Suburban has over 100,000 miles).
Hats off to GM/Buick for now!
Simply put, I give the new Enclave rave reviews.
Sorry, i digressed. I searched for the deals that were mentioned in the postings but could not find any for the Enclave. My dealer said that they did not know of any such deals for the Enclave but would honor any I found. The only words of advice I can offer is to report their "practices" to either the BBB or to your local news stations. I know that our Houston news station has exposed a local dealership with the bait and switch game on financing causing many to loose their cars and money. I will say that our dealer made a mistake with my bank on my financing that increased my loan a point but they made good on it (had it corrected) and gave me a loaner on top of it since our car was delayed so long. That is service the way it should be... :shades:
One last item, our salesman did say that a lady who was ordering an Enclave changed her order to be identical to ours after seeing our car before we picked it up. That was a nice complement at the end of a long car buying experience
Dealer contract usually (don't have a copy of one handy) notes that you will receive the rebate/incentive that the manufacturer has at the time of delivery. If the incentives go up you will benefit, if they go down you will not. This really should have been made clear and emphasied when you signed the deal for future delivery. I doubt the contract wording would leave them open to honoring a manufacturer's rebate that has expired.
I ordered mine on Nov. 1, 2007 and haven't heard anything yet?
We're generally pleased with the vehicle except for the mileage: 13.8mpg (mostly around town). Wondering if this is a signal that there is something wrong.
Hope your experience is better than ours. Cheers.
I can honestly tell you that while driving around between Houston/Dallas/San Antonio I only saw 4 Enclaves between Sept and Jan; and I was looking! It seemed like forever to get the car but the pain is mostly forgotten. This is kinda like the Wii... over a year later and people are still standing in line waiting for them. Unlike the Enclave; we got lucky and found one without any trouble and when we wanted it.
Hang in there and call the dealer once a week... Hope it comes in very soon!
Don't blame GM, blame the dealer. They know what production schedules are, they know what their allotments are. They do a horrible job managing expectations.
Why not just go to Buick's website and do a search of dealer inventory in your area and buy a car off of someone's lot? Poking around on Buick's website in your area, it appears there are cars available, and according to certain websites which I can't mention here, you should be able to buy one in your area for at least $1000 under sticker.
On Jan. 14 I got the order number from the dealer and then called Buick. I was told that my Enclave was built and it should ship in about a week and I should get it in 2-3 weeks. Buick also advised me they do not have the $500 rebate that "Edmonds" was showing.
The car is wonderful (except for abysmal gas mileage - but that seems to be improving as we drive it more).
Hoping you'll be happy with your purchase when you get it!
K
Got a quote on an Enclave and need opinions please:
Carbon Black CX with 8 seats, driver confidence pkg, dvd player, Bose upgrade, Sunroof package for 35,460 total.
(MSRP is 38,300 give or take)
Any help would be appreciated!!
MSRP $46,654
With Employee Discount (thank you in-laws!!) $41,000.
$500 down
36 month lease 15k/year
$623/mo
They originally wanted $684/mo with $1000 down. Thoughts? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!!
Chris
Sounds like your deal is very good! I wouldn't get too greedy when GM is down. They deserve kudos for this particular vehicle. Pay what its worth.
Cheers.
GM is ripping Canadians off ! Why???
Why should I spend $ 10,000 more to buy the exact same car in Canada?
The American government and Canadian government have all the import / export rules online and help to facilitate the process. I'm trying to support the economy by purchasing an North American Car; however, I don't want to be unfairly penalized because I'm Canadian.
The vast majority of cars produced by GM in Canada are exported into American. The prices of these Canadian made cars are much lower in American. The dollar has been at par for a few months now. There is no valid reason that I can see why this practise is occurring.
2008 CXL FWD
Power Moonroof w/ Sunroof in Rear
19" Chrome Wheel Pkg
Luxury Pkg
Driver Confidence Pkg
Entertainment Group #4 (with NAV and DVD)
Cargo Shade
Cargo Net
Metallic Paint ($95 charge)
Including Destination Charge ($735)
$1,250 total money at start to dealer (includes first payment) , 15K miles annually, 39 month lease with 38 remaining payments of $630 + tax.
Is this a competitive deal???
I will seriously consider purchasing my Enclave in the US. By the time I get it here Canadianized and such I will have saved around 10 grand total taxes in and everything. I know its not the dealers because they do not set the prices, so GM has to smarten up or go broke here in Canada.
I know they have lowered some prices (cash purchases only) here in Canada and even then only by 6 grand were is the extra break for the consumer, not enough in my books.
Just my thoughts
JP