That's your best move yet. Do not back off $48K. You are going after a fully loaded Telluride and those have higher margins and more room to move. Hold the line on $48K. Give them no more information and let them stew for awhile. They will call you back and tell them not to call unless they can do $48K.
Legally speaking the only fee you have to pay are sale tax, title and license. Anything that is not taxable at the end of the sale is a junk fee. A car dealership would be out of business or heavily fined by a state if they tried to fudge sale tax, title and license fees. When a dealer tells you that the doc fee is standard. Lower your offer the cost of the doc fee accordingly. You have a family to feed. Remind them of that.
Yeah.... That's almost certainly not going to work. I doubt a dealership wants to deal in physical cash.
Exactly…but by calling DMV, the OP will know the licensing fees. I’ve never bought a car, new or used, where I didn’t get a refund check for “licensing fees overpayment” from the dealership a few weeks later.
"YMMV" but the Soul is a lot better than 23 MPG highway across all variants:
www.fueleconomy.gov
Sorry, I wasn’t clear…the Telluride has the 23 mpg EPA rating. Fixed it."YMMV" but the Soul is a lot better than 23 MPG highway across all variants:
Gas Mileage of 2012 Kia Soul
Search by Model. Search by make for fuel efficient new and used cars and trucks
The higher price the vehicle is MSRP the more margin is on it. There is room. On a 50k vehicle, they are probably at under 40k dealer cost. KIA came into the country with 10k cars that none of the domestics were able to offer.
Yeah I didn't do anything today at all with the car stuff I just chilled out.
They are comfortable and there is a lot of space in the 2nd row of seats. I sat in the seat right behind the driver seat when I had it set to where I would drive, and I had plenty of leg room with some to spare. My kids will have more than enough room.
Don’t forget to reinforce your price limits…let them know that if they can’t meet your price…or less, you’re not going to buy from them.
This isn't surprising at all. The Telluride is a 3-row SUV and HMG's ICE drivetrains have never been fuel efficient (compared to Toyota or Honda).
Yeah I haven't called dealership A back but told B thanks but it's still more than I want to spend. She wanted me to come into the dealership today but I just told them there is no point for me to come in when it's not something I am going to buy.
I own an Elantra Hybrid and it's been pretty solid for the 2 years we've had it. Great gas mileage, nice set of features for the base hybrid trim, plenty of room for what my wife and I want and need a car for, and the general performance is fine for everyday driving. Plus, it was under $30k and doesn't cost a ton to insure it.
Yeah I believe your Elantra is best in its class, and I wasn't referring to just the impressive fuel economy.
Hey, man, $2k could buy a sit-down Hydro Thunder machine!
By that same mindset, if it's only 2 grand on a 50k car, why can't the dealer eat it and go down 2k?
4% savings is 4% savings regardless if it is an SUV, a house, or an item at a dollar store.
I'm not sure that I can agree with you regarding Toyota hybrid only in basic trim levels. The Corolla Hybrid comes in 3 trims, up to their XLE which is far from their basic trim. https://www.toyota.com/corollahybrid/
@Brainonska511 and I were referring to car purchases from two years ago. I don't think the 2022 Corolla Hybrid even had named trim levels but if it did, only the lower LE was available. Sorry I didn't mean to imply this is still the case, which you've corrected. Looks like they added the trim levels in MY2023.
