Two Hyundai Family
I guess we're serious Hyundai believers now, after having a previously
mentioned '02 bare bones Sonata and accumulating nearly 80,000 trouble-free miles on it in a year and a half, we went out and got the Missus what she's been wanting for some time now. Yesterday we traded in her '02 Saturn L300 and got an '04 Santa Fe LX 3.5 AWD with pretty much all the toys. Only things missing from the option list, I think, would be running boards and ..... well, that might be it. Color is new for '04 moonlit blue and, for a station wagon, it is steenkin gorgeous. I'm not crazy about SUVs but she's pined over a Santa Fe since we saw one in the showroom when we got the Sonata, there wasn't any changing her mind. And if she's happy, I'm happy. Dealership was Fitzgerald Auto Mall in Gaithersburg, MD and the buying process was pretty painless. We were there longer than we wanted, but only had to have a couple numbers explained to us and everything was good. Fitz posts their delivered price that's under MSRP and on less high-demand models is usually a couple grand below MSRP, but on Santa Fes isn't a monstrous discount. Still, we got this one, stickered at 26,949, for 24,765 and then we got another 1K off for being an existing Hyundai owner. They built the negative equity from the Saturn trade into the loan and got us out the door for payments that we're pretty happy about. The Missus is in absolute orbit over her new ride, says she'll hang onto it for quite some time, I don't find it terriby offensive even though it's not my kind of ride (I spent a lot of time ogling 6-speed Tiburons), and we're happy with the dealership and our salesman. If you want a car from there and want a recommendation for a salesman, email me off the list and I'll hook you up. Now if I could only get that Tiburon, also in moonlit blue, we'd probably get a mention in the Hyundai owner's magazine, get rich and famous, have the company provide us with free cars for life, and live happily ever after. -- 02 Hyundai Sonata 02 Saturn L300^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H04 Hyundai Santa Fe 3.5 LX AWD 92 Mazda MX3GS 71 MGB http://www.claff.net/claff/cars (which now needs updating) |
Re: Two Hyundai Family
Glad to know how much you like your Hyundai's!
We are a three Hyundai family! Got the older daughter the Elantra GLS (black) in 2001. Got the younger daughter the Elantra GT 5-door (lt. grey) for graduation May, 2003....and I just got the XG350L (dk grey) a couple of months ago. Outstanding value for the money. Highly recommended! "Alan J. Claffie" <aclaffie@rocketmail.com> wrote in message news:bsmkje$e1nmp$1@ID-216673.news.uni-berlin.de... > I guess we're serious Hyundai believers now, after having a previously > mentioned '02 bare bones Sonata and accumulating nearly 80,000 trouble-free > miles on it in a year and a half, we went out and got the Missus what she's > been wanting for some time now. Yesterday we traded in her '02 Saturn L300 > and got an '04 Santa Fe LX 3.5 AWD with pretty much all the toys. Only > things missing from the option list, I think, would be running boards and > .... well, that might be it. > > Color is new for '04 moonlit blue and, for a station wagon, it is steenkin > gorgeous. I'm not crazy about SUVs but she's pined over a Santa Fe since we > saw one in the showroom when we got the Sonata, there wasn't any changing > her mind. And if she's happy, I'm happy. > > Dealership was Fitzgerald Auto Mall in Gaithersburg, MD and the buying > process was pretty painless. We were there longer than we wanted, but only > had to have a couple numbers explained to us and everything was good. Fitz > posts their delivered price that's under MSRP and on less high-demand models > is usually a couple grand below MSRP, but on Santa Fes isn't a monstrous > discount. Still, we got this one, stickered at 26,949, for 24,765 and then > we got another 1K off for being an existing Hyundai owner. They built the > negative equity from the Saturn trade into the loan and got us out the door > for payments that we're pretty happy about. > > The Missus is in absolute orbit over her new ride, says she'll hang onto it > for quite some time, I don't find it terriby offensive even though it's not > my kind of ride (I spent a lot of time ogling 6-speed Tiburons), and we're > happy with the dealership and our salesman. If you want a car from there and > want a recommendation for a salesman, email me off the list and I'll hook > you up. > > Now if I could only get that Tiburon, also in moonlit blue, we'd probably > get a mention in the Hyundai owner's magazine, get rich and famous, have the > company provide us with free cars for life, and live happily ever after. > > -- > 02 Hyundai Sonata > 02 Saturn L300^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H04 Hyundai Santa Fe 3.5 LX AWD > 92 Mazda MX3GS > 71 MGB > http://www.claff.net/claff/cars (which now needs updating) > > |
Re: Two Hyundai Family
>I'm not crazy about SUVs but she's pined over a Santa Fe since we
> saw one in the showroom when we got the Sonata, there wasn't any changing > her mind. And if she's happy, I'm happy. Yeah, my wife too... we're on our third Hyundai and when she gets her Santa Fe, that will bring us to four. '93 Excel (died) '99 Elantra (hers) '02 Elantra GT (MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, ALL MINE) btw, I like the "^H", I haven't seen those in a while.... --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.555 / Virus Database: 347 - Release Date: 12/23/2003 |
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hehe sup Claf!?! :) I bought my 03 Tiburon V6 there back in July. I
went looking at the Santa Fe, test drove a base model and didn't really like it. I walked by the Tiburon on the way back to the sales floor and saw the ticket price was the same, though it had many more options on it, plus it looked pretty sweet. I test drove the 6 speed, and ended up settling on a 5 speed that came with everything but ABS (which I don't like anyway). THe sales process there was great, and the service dept. is awesome due to Hyundai's surveys putting pressure on the dealership to perform. I get treated like a king in there sometimes. lol "Alan J. Claffie" <aclaffie@rocketmail.com> wrote in message news:bsmkje$e1nmp$1@ID-216673.news.uni-berlin.de... > I guess we're serious Hyundai believers now, after having a previously > mentioned '02 bare bones Sonata and accumulating nearly 80,000 trouble-free > miles on it in a year and a half, we went out and got the Missus what she's > been wanting for some time now. Yesterday we traded in her '02 Saturn L300 > and got an '04 Santa Fe LX 3.5 AWD with pretty much all the toys. Only > things missing from the option list, I think, would be running boards and > .... well, that might be it. > > Color is new for '04 moonlit blue and, for a station wagon, it is steenkin > gorgeous. I'm not crazy about SUVs but she's pined over a Santa Fe since we > saw one in the showroom when we got the Sonata, there wasn't any changing > her mind. And if she's happy, I'm happy. > > Dealership was Fitzgerald Auto Mall in Gaithersburg, MD and the buying > process was pretty painless. We were there longer than we wanted, but only > had to have a couple numbers explained to us and everything was good. Fitz > posts their delivered price that's under MSRP and on less high-demand models > is usually a couple grand below MSRP, but on Santa Fes isn't a monstrous > discount. Still, we got this one, stickered at 26,949, for 24,765 and then > we got another 1K off for being an existing Hyundai owner. They built the > negative equity from the Saturn trade into the loan and got us out the door > for payments that we're pretty happy about. > > The Missus is in absolute orbit over her new ride, says she'll hang onto it > for quite some time, I don't find it terriby offensive even though it's not > my kind of ride (I spent a lot of time ogling 6-speed Tiburons), and we're > happy with the dealership and our salesman. If you want a car from there and > want a recommendation for a salesman, email me off the list and I'll hook > you up. > > Now if I could only get that Tiburon, also in moonlit blue, we'd probably > get a mention in the Hyundai owner's magazine, get rich and famous, have the > company provide us with free cars for life, and live happily ever after. > > -- > 02 Hyundai Sonata > 02 Saturn L300^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H04 Hyundai Santa Fe 3.5 LX AWD > 92 Mazda MX3GS > 71 MGB > http://www.claff.net/claff/cars (which now needs updating) > > |
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