R
Robin
I considered very carefully all the advice you gave me over the last 24
hrs. Because of it, I came very near holding off for another 30-45 days
closer to when my lease terminates. In the end, I decided to purchase
now because I would have to install new rear breaks before I turned my
leased car back in (because of scheduled drive up in mountains, 7000'
elevation, in 3 wks) and the maintenance light had been on for a couple
of weeks because it was time for 45,000 mile maintence. That and this
deal contributed toward my decision:
$21,015 (includes $2000 bonus), plus $45 document prep fee, $211 license
fees, and tax. I'm to make my two remaining lease payments @ $322 each
(one due this Wed, the next and last one due March 25). My first new
car pymt will be due 4/7, so there will be some overlap on last payment.
I got the car in pearl (the white one) with beige seats. Didnt want or
need the 8CD changer but that's all they had in inventory if I wanted
beige seats rather than black. Sales Mgr claims he threw it in.
They were trying to convince me to accept Hyundai's 5.25% interest rate
without a reasonable explanation why I should agree to that, and gave
that up quickly when I was firm about applying for the Capitol One 3.9
rate for 4 yrs. When I was in the finance office, the guy tried to sell
me all the stuff (which I said no to), he was just about thru and then
asked if I would like him to finance it for me through one of the banks
he has a relationship with (Chase Bank) for 3.9. I asked why he didn't
offer that to begin with, he answered he was trying to make money on the
deal. No prepayment penalty.
For those of you in Calif, I purchased it at Santa Ana Hyundai/Izusu,
not the closest dealership to me but not too far, about 18 miles.
I can't tell you what it meant to me to have you there, I don't know
what I would have done without you. It was because of you, if you
remember, that completely turned me around from my original perception
about Hyundai.
Side Note: There was a torrential downpour tonight on the way home
from the dealership, could barely see the road. Here I am in a new and
unfamiliar car and can barely see on the freeway. I looked like a deer
caught in someone's headlights. I was praying I would not have this
really interesting story to tell about the night I purchased my new car,
and it was totalled on the way home in a rain-related accident.
Second side note - I may already have a problem with the car, the seat
belt sticks or pulls, it's difficult to get it to fully roll open to the
length I want it. What a day. sigh.
hrs. Because of it, I came very near holding off for another 30-45 days
closer to when my lease terminates. In the end, I decided to purchase
now because I would have to install new rear breaks before I turned my
leased car back in (because of scheduled drive up in mountains, 7000'
elevation, in 3 wks) and the maintenance light had been on for a couple
of weeks because it was time for 45,000 mile maintence. That and this
deal contributed toward my decision:
$21,015 (includes $2000 bonus), plus $45 document prep fee, $211 license
fees, and tax. I'm to make my two remaining lease payments @ $322 each
(one due this Wed, the next and last one due March 25). My first new
car pymt will be due 4/7, so there will be some overlap on last payment.
I got the car in pearl (the white one) with beige seats. Didnt want or
need the 8CD changer but that's all they had in inventory if I wanted
beige seats rather than black. Sales Mgr claims he threw it in.
They were trying to convince me to accept Hyundai's 5.25% interest rate
without a reasonable explanation why I should agree to that, and gave
that up quickly when I was firm about applying for the Capitol One 3.9
rate for 4 yrs. When I was in the finance office, the guy tried to sell
me all the stuff (which I said no to), he was just about thru and then
asked if I would like him to finance it for me through one of the banks
he has a relationship with (Chase Bank) for 3.9. I asked why he didn't
offer that to begin with, he answered he was trying to make money on the
deal. No prepayment penalty.
For those of you in Calif, I purchased it at Santa Ana Hyundai/Izusu,
not the closest dealership to me but not too far, about 18 miles.
I can't tell you what it meant to me to have you there, I don't know
what I would have done without you. It was because of you, if you
remember, that completely turned me around from my original perception
about Hyundai.
Side Note: There was a torrential downpour tonight on the way home
from the dealership, could barely see the road. Here I am in a new and
unfamiliar car and can barely see on the freeway. I looked like a deer
caught in someone's headlights. I was praying I would not have this
really interesting story to tell about the night I purchased my new car,
and it was totalled on the way home in a rain-related accident.
Second side note - I may already have a problem with the car, the seat
belt sticks or pulls, it's difficult to get it to fully roll open to the
length I want it. What a day. sigh.
