Alan J. Claffie
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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.
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.
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