Chris can and will give you a trade in quote....keeping in mind they make money off used cars....dont expect what they need to sell the car for!
Please show me where i asked for a recommendation? I have just been sharing my dealer experience. I dont mean to be curt with you or anyone else but i dont need people to keep recommending something that i clearly said i was not interested in. Driving 17+ hours to PA just isnt right for my situation.
do your homework, go to a big city, find dealers that have what you want, and get bids from all of them. Adjust their expectations from the start about your idea of price being at or 300,400, 500, whatever, under invoice, and have the money and the time and the balls to make it happen. Sell your other vehicle privately, and then come in with just money into the deal. Money talks, everything else walks. You have 8 days right now until end of the month to make it happen, get on the phone to the dealers that have what you want, deal with internet managers, leave your name and your number, and hint that you would like to get it done this weekend. They'll call you back, don't worry. Explain you are on a tight budget, it is more a want than a need. One of them out there will be hungry enough for a smoking deal. If you want to grind them, low ball them with an offer from you that is good today only. Cold rainy Weekdays, when no one is looking at cars, are better for this than Sunny weekends. You have to make it happen, not them. What color are you looking for? 6 speed manuals are the holy grail of PIA to buy passat TDI's currently, you have to be willing to travel. Hint: if they can make money on financing a portion the car, the price may be better, but you need to get in writing that you can pay off the loan early. That would give you some time to sell the other car yourself. Gotta have a lot of dealers playing against each other to get the best deal. More dealers to do this in big cities.
thats a fair deal. I understand everyone has to make money. enjoy!
They are making money, for certain. Mine went for $26765 MSRP, and I paid $24,900, plus tax and license and a $25 doc fee. Find a dealer with 2 3 or 4 SE TDI's in stock, feign like you want a DSG, test drive the DSG first, always, then act like you have to settle for a 6 manual, or you can't do the deal, can't afford it. I doubt choice of color will be much of an option for you at this time. You get what you get, and you get lucky if you can get into one of these in the first place.
Oh no you didn't...Traitor....
Korean? Really?
Hey the Grin emoticon does not show up on the post after the traitor... comment!Oh no you didn't...
I still have my passat, which is probably eating its cam and followers every time it is driven based on my 90k mile inspection and the new sound I am hearing since 98k. I dodged one bullet by getting the BSM done under warranty and look forward to tranny problems. So yes, no more VWs and yes, Korean.
I also can now fix the passat on my terms while driving a new and reliable car for 100k miles without fear of more vw design problems (HPFP anyone?) If my passat had a 100k warranty, we would not be talking about this...
I hope this does not turn into a flame/bash topic and will only respond to reasonable replies to prevent that.
My local dealership gave me the run around, told me they couldn't order me the car I wanted. Day before they told me they could get me any color and combo I wanted if I ordered. Said something that I was shopping for price, not for what was in inventory. Solved their attitude the same day, 15 minutes later, made a deal over the phone, got a comp price very close to that Cars.com ad in Fall Rivers, MA. Dealerships are getting greedy over these passat TDI's. Do your homework, be willing to travel for big savings, even if it means burning a few vacation days to save almost a couple of thousand or more.
You wouldn't know it by the amount of participation here in the B7 section of TDIclub.