Purchase of a Sonata - Did we get a good deal?
 

We just purchased a 2004 Sonata from Dennis Hyundai in Columbus, OH. This
is the base model, 4cyl Automatic. The sticker was $17,400. After several
times back and forth between the sales rep and the manager, and finally
showing them the Edmunds.com printout I had that showed $16,208 as the "true
market value", we ended up with a purchase price of $15,732. After taking
off $2000 for rebates and $1000 for Hyundai customer loyalty (we have a
Santa Fe), we were looking at $12,732 + tax & title, ($13,815, total).

Does this sound like as good of a deal as I think it is? I guess I don't
trust my reading of the papers; I figure if they went that far below the
sticker, they're making it up somewhere. We didn't have a trade in, and
didn't buy any of the extra stuff (insurance, etc.) the dealer offered, so
if they did make it up somewhere else, I can't figure out where.

Any comments would be appreciated.

Mike O.

Re: Purchase of a Sonata - Did we get a good deal?
 

If you hit the www.edmunds.com price, then subtracted the rebates, you did
fine.

"Mike O." <msodonnell@that-smile.com> wrote in message
news:10ag98ds7l9j67e@corp.supernews.com...
> We just purchased a 2004 Sonata from Dennis Hyundai in Columbus, OH. This
> is the base model, 4cyl Automatic. The sticker was $17,400. After
several
> times back and forth between the sales rep and the manager, and finally
> showing them the Edmunds.com printout I had that showed $16,208 as the
"true
> market value", we ended up with a purchase price of $15,732. After taking
> off $2000 for rebates and $1000 for Hyundai customer loyalty (we have a
> Santa Fe), we were looking at $12,732 + tax & title, ($13,815, total).
>
> Does this sound like as good of a deal as I think it is? I guess I don't
> trust my reading of the papers; I figure if they went that far below the
> sticker, they're making it up somewhere. We didn't have a trade in, and
> didn't buy any of the extra stuff (insurance, etc.) the dealer offered, so
> if they did make it up somewhere else, I can't figure out where.
>
> Any comments would be appreciated.
>
> Mike O.
>
>
>

Re: Purchase of a Sonata - Did we get a good deal?
 

After I showed them the Edmunds sheet, they came back with about $500 below.
THEN subtracted the $3000 in rebates off of that.

This is the first time I've purchased a car using this kind of info, I'm
just suprised it seemed to work so well.

- Mike O.

"Cathy De Viney" <NOSPAM.cdeviney@cox-internet.com> wrote in message
news:10ahci8n2jmg912@corp.supernews.com...
> If you hit the www.edmunds.com price, then subtracted the rebates, you did
> fine.
>
> "Mike O." <msodonnell@that-smile.com> wrote in message
> news:10ag98ds7l9j67e@corp.supernews.com...
> > We just purchased a 2004 Sonata from Dennis Hyundai in Columbus, OH.
This
> > is the base model, 4cyl Automatic. The sticker was $17,400. After
> several
> > times back and forth between the sales rep and the manager, and finally
> > showing them the Edmunds.com printout I had that showed $16,208 as the
> "true
> > market value", we ended up with a purchase price of $15,732. After
taking
> > off $2000 for rebates and $1000 for Hyundai customer loyalty (we have a
> > Santa Fe), we were looking at $12,732 + tax & title, ($13,815, total).
> >
> > Does this sound like as good of a deal as I think it is? I guess I
don't
> > trust my reading of the papers; I figure if they went that far below the
> > sticker, they're making it up somewhere. We didn't have a trade in, and
> > didn't buy any of the extra stuff (insurance, etc.) the dealer offered,
so
> > if they did make it up somewhere else, I can't figure out where.
> >
> > Any comments would be appreciated.
> >
> > Mike O.
> >
> >
> >
>
>

Re: Purchase of a Sonata - Did we get a good deal?
 

Ka -Ching ! You did great , you ,must have spent time in a Turkish
bazaar like I did in order to learn how to haggle .


Mortech @ www.elantraxd.com

Re: Purchase of a Sonata - Did we get a good deal?
 

I bought a new, base model 2004 Sonata on April24th of this year. The
MSRP was $17,500 with automatic transmission, a cargo net and front
mud guards.

After the $3,000 in rebates and $1,300 dealer discount was deducted
the purchase price came to $13,200. I had to pay 6% sales tax plus
$125 in license and clerical fees for a driveaway price of $14,117.



On Mon, 17 May 2004 07:38:28 -0500, "Cathy De Viney"
<NOSPAM.cdeviney@cox-internet.com> wrote:

>If you hit the www.edmunds.com price, then subtracted the rebates, you did
>fine.
>
>"Mike O." <msodonnell@that-smile.com> wrote in message
>news:10ag98ds7l9j67e@corp.supernews.com...
>> We just purchased a 2004 Sonata from Dennis Hyundai in Columbus, OH. This
>> is the base model, 4cyl Automatic. The sticker was $17,400. After
>several
>> times back and forth between the sales rep and the manager, and finally
>> showing them the Edmunds.com printout I had that showed $16,208 as the
>"true
>> market value", we ended up with a purchase price of $15,732. After taking
>> off $2000 for rebates and $1000 for Hyundai customer loyalty (we have a
>> Santa Fe), we were looking at $12,732 + tax & title, ($13,815, total).
>>
>> Does this sound like as good of a deal as I think it is? I guess I don't
>> trust my reading of the papers; I figure if they went that far below the
>> sticker, they're making it up somewhere. We didn't have a trade in, and
>> didn't buy any of the extra stuff (insurance, etc.) the dealer offered, so
>> if they did make it up somewhere else, I can't figure out where.
>>
>> Any comments would be appreciated.
>>
>> Mike O.
>>
>>
>>
>