Louisiana Buick Car Dealers

Car Man, could you post the most recent 2 and 3 year lease rates on the La Crosse?

After weeks of searching I finally found a 2009 Cocoa Enclave CX about a few hours drive from my home. I submitted an online offer and we agreed on a price. I was feeling pretty good about the deal I got on my Enclave CX until the last minute. The only factory options were a sunroof, rear console, powerlift gate and spare tire. MSRP was $37,580, supplier pricing $36,028 (everyone gets this don't think you have to be a member of a credit union or something). After rebate it was $34,278. Dealer invoice was $35,806. So, I felt pretty good about getting $1528 below invoice. (This was on par with some of the data I read from Consumer Reports and Edmunds TMV.) They said the price on the tag was the price you pay and there was no room for negotiation. (Did anyone else hear that?) At the last minute, I changed my mind and declined the factory rebate of 1750 in favor of the 0% financing. It was more savings in the long run but of course it took the price of the vehicle slightly over invoice. So, I wondered if I should have tried a little harder to reduce the sale price in the beginning, but C'est la vie. I do encourage everyone to pull out the calculator and crunch numbers with the accounting office. The final rate of payment was greater than the interest and principal combined. It left me thinking they were padding for extra profit. I also did Cash for Clunkers. At first they tried to tell me that my "clunker" was not one of the accepted vehicles. I had been to the Cars website and GM's website and both said that it was. I even printed out a copy of the voucher and presented it to the salesman. I held my ground and after leaving for a few minutes the salesman came back with a different answer. I believe they didn't want to do the clunker and were hoping that I didn't know better. They did refuse to give the salvage/scrap value of the vehicle. I called to report them to CARS for that. They are supposed to add that also. The final thing that annoyed me was that the dealership offered me a gift card or free gas to return a "completely satisfied" evaluation. In order to get this, I must return the evaluation directly to the dealership, I can't mail the form straight to the factory. What a scam! I bet that no evaluations are forwarded unless they are completely satisfied. When I get mine I will mail it directly to the factory. It kills me they are so forthright with this. I asked him why should I mail it to them, instead of the return address on the envelope. He said because they get their bonuses based on receiving completely satisfied evaluations. Translation: If you have any comments to make that are less than glowing, mail them direct if you really want the factory to receive the comments. All in all though, I absolutely love the car. No problems yet, but then I've only owned it for about a week. Another tip, I'm going to take my car to Best Buy or something. I can have the navigation system, rear cam and DVD player installed for about $600. A far cry from the price the 5K the factory wants for all of those upgrades.

Funny, I just did the same thing with Audi. I am coming up on the end of my 2nd Audi A6 lease. You would think maybe they would care about some retention of previous customers..NO. I called to schedule my lease turn in check up where they inspect the vehicle (pre turn in inspection) and told her I am getting my new car on Saturday. She asked if it was another Audi...I kindly explained my frustration with Audi and their high pricing of options and she told me there is a whold thing going on with Audi concerning that exact suject. They price the options in pkgs that are too expensive instead of just offering the ones I want a la carte like years before. As it turns out, I am very excited about getting the new Enclave and it does feel good to support our country and buy a USA made car...I just hope they don't screw it up for me and sell me a lemon. Fingers crossed!!!!