Heckuva Deal!!

[ab2cmiller]

As of today, I am a Newbie. I just bought my Vibe and I'm so excited to not only have a new Vibe but I'm just as excited about the deal I got.The dealer sold it to me for $50 under invoice less the $2,000 regular rebate and less my $3,500 GM Card Rebate. That means I paid $12,270 plus tax for a vehicle with a sticker of $19,010. I don't think I'm going to be able to sleep tonight.I just had to share with some folks who can appreciate this deal.

[zionzr2]

Thats an Awesome deal!!! Congrats!!And Most of all...WELCOME!!! be sure to post pics as soon as you can....

[bull77]

Congrats on the good deal and welcome

[jmpnjoe86]

That was an awesome deal! Welcome from another newbie…

[BlueCrush]

Awesome! Congrats! And Welcome to GenVibe!!!

[ZubenElGenubi]

Welcome to GenVibe!...and Congratulations!Who cares about depreciation when you're knocking off over $6K from the MSRP?

[MRCN RCE]

welcome to the family. that is almost the same amount i saved on the sticker price of my GT. congrats, and enjoy your new baby

[waveresponder]

Welcome......and awesome deal man..mine had a sticker price of 21,700 and after taxes/rebates/dealer fees, a 3,500 gm card total price was 17,300, and of course......post pics as soon as ya can..lol.

[djb383]

Yep, that's a pretty good deal alright but do you carry a balance on the card? Welcome to the fun.

[ab2cmiller]

I pay the balance off each month on my card. I'm not sure if I will continue to use the GM card in the future. Even though I got a good deal this time, it was only because of a "perfect storm" of circumstances. I may just look to buy used next time.Anyone have any thoughts on the GM card???

[jimincalif]

Good job, I did the same when I bought my 03 GT. Sticker 21,000, GM card 3500, GM rebate 2,000, dealer discount from sticker, $2,500, total $8K off, for net price of $13K before taxes.Congratulations!

[ab2cmiller]

Holy Crap Jim. That's an even better deal then mine. NICE!!!!

[jake75]

A $2,500 discount on a 2003 with MSRP of $21,000 was about $1,000 under invoice. How did you do that? Have pictures of the dealer romancing a goat or something?

[jimincalif]

No goat pictures!I was not in a hurry to buy, I wanted a GT with the power package. This was not a popular combination for some reason, I found like 2 in all SoCal over a couple of months. But because it was not popular it wasn't selling. I found this car online on GM buypower and followed it for a few months. The car had been built in July 02 and was still on a dealer lot in June 03. It had about 200 miles on it, had been lent out on the GM 24 hr test drive (or so they say), but never registered, so was still brand new for warranty purposes. It was also an 03 at the end of the model year, and it was the last Sunday of the month - do or die for sales quotas.I found it in April, in May I made an online offer of $19K before rebates, they rejected. 3 weeks later I went up there checkbook in hand, offered $18,500 before rebates, cash deal. Sat there for a couple hours while they tried for more. Eventually they decided they wanted my cash more than their Vibe. I was lucky and would not expect to get that kind of deal again. I did not need to buy that day, that gives the buyer a lot of power.

[jake75]

Quote, originally posted by ab2cmiller »As of today, I am a Newbie. I just bought my Vibe and I'm so excited to not only have a new Vibe but I'm just as excited about the deal I got.The dealer sold it to me for $50 under invoice less the $2,000 regular rebate and less my $3,500 GM Card Rebate. That means I paid $12,270 plus tax for a vehicle with a sticker of $19,010. I don't think I'm going to be able to sleep tonight.I just had to share with some folks who can appreciate this deal.Congratulations. That GM card is really a sweet deal on top of rebates and a good discount.These things vary by location but there are usually items on the invoice (that the dealer has to pay) that you don't see on KBB or Edmunds. On my 2001 PT cruiser the invoice included--Advertising fee $415-Gasoline $18 -Recall notice fee $20-Administration fee $60Just curious -did you happen to see the actual invoice - remember what misc. fees are now being added?My 2003 Vibe bought at $49 OVER invoice had a total of about $180 in such fees - I think $140 of it was advertising but the dealer was in an rural area where the ad fees were less than a big city dealer.

[jake75]

AND a classic 1993 Lexus LS400 - sweet!

[Mathias]

Pulled the trigger today.'07 Vibe 5sp/pwr/mono/abs/side bags, in shadow, sticker $19,8 for $17,5 OTD.$550 GM Card -- I bled my account last year on a Silverado work truck -- and $2k in rebates. Boy, if I could ever hold out for the full $3,500! That was a sweet deal that started this thread!Thought I'd let y'all know.And I still have all the Yakima stuff to put a couple canoes on it, too...Cheers, -Mathias

[mjbsb69]

I paid $12998 for an '06 two tone abyss Vibe base fwd auto with 20K miles on Labor Day 2007. That new car deal rocks!

[ColonelPanic]

Hi, Indiana newbie. That's a GREAT deal you got there! Woo hoo! Probably one of the best new car deals I've heard about in a while. Welcome aboard and have fun here, tis a great place with great folks.

[ab2cmiller]

Quote, originally posted by jake75 »These things vary by location but there are usually items on the invoice (that the dealer has to pay) that you don't see on KBB or Edmunds. On my 2001 PT cruiser the invoice included--Advertising fee $415-Gasoline $18 -Recall notice fee $20-Administration fee $60Just curious -did you happen to see the actual invoice - remember what misc. fees are now being added?Sorry, I didn't see the actual invoice to give any insight on the various fees that appear on the dealer invoice. I looked at the invoice information off edmunds and kbb and saw that it looked like he was $50 under invoice and he later told me the same thing.

[jwalcik]

Congrats, and welcome aboard!

[ajflan]

Congrats and welcome!

[Kamikaze]

Nice job! way to stick it to the man.

[jake75]

I just looked at KKB and I think you were $50 under invoice plus the dealer ate the added fees. A even better deal than you thought.