Maine GMC Car Dealers

Is this a good deal? by mig42 on Thu Apr 10 09:18:47 PDT 2008

2008 Acadia SLE with a few extras(see below) I've yet to get the invoice from the dealership but here's what I have so far.. MSRP $33,850.00 Selling Price $32,005.63 (this is what they emailed me, I haven't negotiated further yet until I see the invoice price) With $0 down, 36 month lease/12000 miles Fees due at lease signing are... 1st months payment, $362 MV fee, $299 Doc fee, $7.50 tire tax, and $450 refundable security deposit. $435 monthly payment incl NJ sales tax here's the vehicle spec... PEG: 3SA - SLE-1 Pkg Primary Color: 80U - Red Jewel Tintcoat Trim: 19C - Ebony Cloth Engine: LY7 - Engine, 6 Cyl. 3.6L Transmission: MY9 - Transmission, Auto. 6-Spd (FWD) Options: ABB : Seating, 7-Pass. 2,2,3 PZ3 : Wheel, 18" X 7.5" Aluminum Painted AP3 : Remote Keyless Entry With Remote Start QLW : Tires, P255/65R18 BW-ALS AQ4 : Seat, 2nd Row Captains Chairs U2K : XM-Radio Digital Audio System-S-Band AR9 : Seats, Frt. Bucket, Deluxe U42 : DVD Entertainment Pkg. Rear Seat ARN : Seat, Rear, 3rd Row, 60/40 Bench, Manual UD7 : Ultrasonic Rear Park Assist AY0 : Restraint System, Inf. Driver & Pass & Head Curtain UE1 : OnStar CJ2 : HVAC System, Frt. Tri-Zone UH8 : Cluster Inst.-Cool Temp, Trip OD, Tach E69 : Liftgate, Rear Manual UK6 : Rear Seat Audio Controls & Headphone Jacks FE2 : Suspension System, Ride & Handling UQS : Audio Pkg, Advanced Bose 10-Speaker w/ Surround Sound NC7 : Emissions Override, Federal UVA : Radio, DVD, CD, AM/FM Stereo, MP3, RDS NE1 : Northeast Emissions (CT/MA/ME/NY/PA/RI/VT) VK3 : License Plate Frt, Mounting Pkg. NK5 : Steering Wheel, Std. Z88 : Market Brand-GMC PDD : Convenience Pkg So what do you guys think? how much below the offered selling price should I negotiate?

2008 GMC Sierra 1500 WT by mknight on Fri Mar 21 09:12:17 PDT 2008

Dec 31, 2007 I bought a 2008 GMC Sierra 1500 WT Reg cab, 8' bed 4.3 V6 4x4, no options except for $0 cloth seats, for $15,990. I didn't want to buy new and was shopping used plow trucks, but almost everything on the dealer lots was in $22k to $24k range for 2002-2004 model year trucks. I'd found a 2002 Dodge 2500 for $15,900 but it had no powertrain warrantee and my son-in-law has almost the same truck and is on his 3rd transmission. KBB was listing a price for the Dodge that was grand or so less, and when they wouldn't move down on the price of the Dodge I balked and went to the GMC dealer as I'd seen this price advertised. I think the 4.3L V6 is plenty big for me. I just plow my own driveway and make a couple runs to the landfill and Home Depot once a month. I don't own a trailer. The dealer installed a new Fisher MinuteMount2 plow for me, 7.5ft RD for around $4100, which is probably where they made any profit on the deal. There was a $2000 rebate that month, but even allowing for that it was below dealer invoice according to Edmunds. Edmunds shows $21,965 MSRP including destination, and $20,808 dealer invoice, minus the $2000 rebate gives a 'real' dealer invoice of $18,808, so I figure my $15.990 price was a very good deal. My son-in-law says I stole this truck! I'm still amazed at what's standard on this WT. ABS brakes, tire pressure monitoring, OnStar, XM radio with CD/MP3 and iPod jack. Low washer fluid warning light. Automatic headlights. No AC and crank window though. No power windows. I had to explain to the OnStar rep that the emergency lockout (door unlock) wouldn't work without having power door locks. No AC isn't too much of a problem most of the year here in Maine. I got the truck in Silver Birch so the light color should cut down on summer heat. I've been very happy with my deal. Just getting up to 700 miles on the ODO after almost 3 months. 3 month XM radio runs out in a few days; I can't justfy it on a vehicle I plan to drive so little. Average fuel mileage so far is 10.5 to 11 mpg, but most has been snow plowing and travel with the plow on during storms. I know I probably got the advertised special they use to get the customer to come in and be up-sold. They did say they had 3 other trucks on the lot that the deal was good on (WT V6 Reg cab 4x4) so I could have had a few other colors but went with the light colored truck because no AC.