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Good luck!
Dealers are really competitive in my area (around Washington DC) so I think that helped. I shopped 6 different dealers & kept sending the quotes back and forth between dealers getting them lower and lower. Also got free oil changes, inspections & tires for two years. They all started with asking prices at $16,999.
Good luck in your purchase!
This was for the touring (wagon) correct? Manual or automatic?
That's about 3 grand less than my dealer in Indiana is telling me. Maybe I need to take a road trip to DC to pick one up. :mad:
1) smoothness of ride
2) cabin noise
I had a hatchback Elantra which I traded in for a 2007 Sonata. IMHO the Sonata had a much smoother ride and a much quieter ride.
Or, how much smoother and quieter is the Touring than the Elantra Hatchback?
Thanks!
Berto
I think it's interesting though that the NHTSA has apparently applied their crash test results from the sedan to the Touring. I base that on the fact that the results, and weight of the test cars, are exactly the same. Given the differences between the sedan and Touring, I don't think that was very smart on the part of the NHTSA.
The Touring does have six airbags and standard ESC and ABS, which are excellent safety features.
Right now, we like the Touring very much, but this is our main concern.
You might also look up the European (NCAP) test scores on the i30. They are not done in the same way as the IIHS tests but they are better than nothing:
http://www.euroncap.com/tests/hyundai_i30_2008/331.aspx
Thanks again.
Liz
None of them will go below $18K "Out the Door". If I knew for sure I could save $3K+, I'd drive to DC tomorrow.
Elantra Touring Base with mud guards and mats: MSRP $19,475
Paid $15,650, this price included freight, all dealer fees, and a $1500 rebate, but did not include TTT, which I will handle myself in NC.
Dealer: West Broad Hyundai, Richmond, Va.
1) How is the stock audio system?
2) Are you getting the stated MPG?
3) Are the seats comfortable, especially for longer drives?
4) Is the fit and finish holding up (no rattles)?
5) Does the engine feel powerful enough?
6) Are the headlights bright enough at night?
7) Any complaints?
Thanks!
1. I like it a lot- best I've ever had, but I'm no audio fanatic. Kids love the I Pod cable
2. Yes, 26-27 in town.
3. Yes, but I've only done a short road trip
4. Yes
5. Ok, but when merging I often wish I would've gotten the 5sp manual
6. yes
7. I'm not a fan of the black interior,but that's because I have 3 kids and a white dog who's never even been in the car but her fur is all over the floor mats.It looks great when it's clean, but it's hard for me to keep clean.
overall i highly recommend. This is my second Elantra and the other one was great too, but I wanted a hatchback. Love the versatility .
I bought my wife a 2008 Black Elantra last year. I never thought I buy another black car, but I thought the Touring Edition looked great in black.
Marlene, you would not have gotten more for your trade if you waited. Cash for Clunkers is only helpful if your trade-in is worth less than $4500. One of the provisions of the C4C law is that the trade-in must be destroyed--so you don't get C4C plus trade-in value, you get C4C instead of trade-in value.
If you had, say, a '98 Sienna instead of the '04, then it still wouldn't make sense to go the C4C route, because even the '98 Sienna is worth more than $4500, unless it's totally trashed.
My problem is that it was really tough simply to find a manual to test drive and if we want the premium package or a specific color the local inventory (Pacific Northwest) is incredibly limited according to internet searches.
Any suggestions on how to get the car we want? Should we try and arrange a purchase at a local dealer and see if they can arrange a trade to get the vehicle with the specs we want or would we be better off just waiting for the 2010s to show up and getting one of those when they will likely have more options. Thanks!
I did get a salesman to offer me $16K for a Touring with A/T, but I wasn't ready to buy at the time. I am in the Portland area.
We aren't sure we want another wagon (still leaning toward an xD OTD for ~$12.7, but that's another story), but the Elantra drove nicely and shifted good. I thought 2nd gear was a bit flat but it's hard to say on a short test drive. The 17" tires and alloys don't interest me, but maybe they could be craigslisted. The dealer wasn't interested in swapping them out. Tire Rack has a recommended replacement 16" tire for $71, vs about $110 for the cheapest replacement all season 17" to fit the Touring. Most seem to run more like $170 each. Did I mention that I'm cheap?
The sunroof was nice and the heated seats are high up on my wish list. I also like being able to use a USB stick since I don't have a decent mp3 player. I can't think of any other bells and whistles it doesn't have that I'd want. One minor sticking point is that Yakima doesn't have clips for it yet, so my roof rack wouldn't fit and Hyundai doesn't have an OEM rack yet either, although one is in the pipeline supposedly.
The dealer could get the color we like (gray) but I think they are about $2,000 too high when I read the deals here and look at Fitzmall (I have a sister in VA so in theory I could fly there on a free pass and drive one back....).
Pretty good showing by Hyundai and the salesperson was knowledgeable and easy going.
Steve, visiting host
Of course, I could have pretty much any GLS I want...tons of them sitting around without A/C don'tcha know.
First, I really liked the look of the Elantra Touring. The car I drove had the Carbon Grey color. AC was strong and cold. Plenty of space with the rear seats down. Acceptable stereo. Easy to get the right driving position. Good driving visibility. Turning radius good. Car tracked well.
I found the seats fit well but a little too firm to my liking. The engine sounded very tinny, with engine power lacking but since reported mileage has been good I suspect its geared for mpg. The ride is firm, with bumps being felt (17" tires). Overall I liked it but decided not to purchase one. If the seats were more comfortable and Hyundai had designed a more powerful engine I would have bought it. Hyundai did a great job in overall design, especially for the price!
I stopped by a local Scion dealership after my Elantra Touring test drive and drove the XB. Overall exterior styling was good. Preferred the dash layout of the Elantra Touring over the XB which instrument gauge is centered. The model I drove had the Pioneer Stereo with Navagation. It sounded better than the Elantra but not by very much. Forgot to test the ac (will have to do another test drive in the future). I felt the engine was a big improvement over the Elantra Touring. Seats were more comfortable for me. Turning radius good. Better storage space with the rear seats down. A much more improved ride over the Elantra Touring.
The XB driving experience feels very odd to me. Driving feels like a mini van due to the front window and dash extended further from the drivers position, and squared off. I was unable to hang my arm out the drivers window due to it being too far from me. The folding arm rest is a joke. But I liked it better than the Elantra Touring, although I'm not sure I will purchase one (need one more test drive to decide).
I used to own a Mitsubishi Sportback (station wagon) and foolishly traded it in when I bought my Lexus IS300 to keep my car payments down. Now looking for an inexpensive wagon type car as a replacement and will trade in my beloved Lexus. Next test drive is the Subaru Forester.
Just signed the deal on a 2009 Elantra Touring base automatic. OTD 15,750. subtract the cash for clunkers (4500) to that, and the price OTD was 11,250. This was from a MD dealer, but the car is registered in VA so tax was only 3%.
Here's the detailed breakdown:
$14,371 car price
+$695 Freight
+$100 Documentation/Processing fee
= $15,066
+$84 State fees
+$500 VA tax
=$15,750 final price.
-$4,500 cash for clunkers
= $11,250
financing was 4.39% over 60 months.
Ed