So who wants to hear some BS????? - NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds

CamaroGirlie · 05-20-2008, 11:54 AM

So for all of you who don't know, last month I was planning on buying a 2008 Pontiac G8 GT. Well when I went to Coleman Buick Pontiac GMC in Lawrence, they gave me the price and it had a $2,000 mark up becuase it was a "rare" car. He also told me, that even with $3,000 down I would be paying $850 per month. So yea for obvious reason I went down the road to Dick Greenfiel Dodge and leased a 2008 Dodge Charger RT at $34,000. Which was the same price as the G8 before the $2,000 mark up. I put $5,000 down on the charger and only pay mid 6's per month for it. So the douchebag from coleman called me and told me that they would drop the markup and get me the payment I wanted......all this 3 weeks after I bought the charger. All this AFTER he swore up and down he couldn't do anything for me.......go figure.
---Christine

Mike · 05-20-2008, 12:02 PM

thats a big lease payment.......roll a lot into it?

alamantia · 05-20-2008, 12:03 PM

There will be a G8 GXP next year i would have waited for that anyway. Charger looks better anyway.

ChevyQueen · 05-20-2008, 12:11 PM

Someone at my work just told me that yesterday. She went to look at one and the dealer was adding like $5000 to the car because it is one of the first 888 cars of the line. Needless to say, she left the dealership without the car too. I told her to wait until the GXP comes out.

CamaroGirlie · 05-20-2008, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by cbrrmike

thats a big lease payment.......roll a lot into it?

Yea I traded in my 02 gtp and 02 z28.....I owed 11 on the z and they gave me 10 and I owed 12 on the gtp and they gave me 4 but at least now after a 3 year lease ill be free and clear

Iroc-z86 · 05-20-2008, 12:58 PM

damn, i wish you were looking to get rid of that 02 gtp a few months ago, i would have taken it off your hands...my gp at the time had a bad trans and didnt want to fix it, so i screwed over a dealer and traded it in on my jeep. somehow i still got raped...ugh.

foff667 · 05-20-2008, 01:00 PM

Yeah GM dealers did the same thing with the GTO which im sure you all remember. The dealers are fing themselves & GM over.

CamaroGirlie · 05-20-2008, 01:23 PM

As of right now I'm happy with my decision....I absolutely refused to pay that $2000 mark up especially when blackbirdws6 told me they didn't have one on the g8 he bought. The charger is a decent car and since I bought the rt its pretty quick. Plus It gets better gas mileage then the z did.

DaSkinnyGuy · 05-20-2008, 01:34 PM

This is what happens when you do some homework. I have learned that delaware state dealerships have better deals. So if this makes you feel any better heres what a dealership has to offer. Depending on where you live it could be a 3 hour drive to save a few grand.

http://www.unionparkgmc.com/VehicleDetails/1005182644

79CamaroDiva · 05-20-2008, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by CamaroGirlie

Plus It gets better gas mileage then the z did.

really? whats your mpg?

98tadriver · 05-20-2008, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by 79CamaroDiva

really? whats your mpg?

im intrigued as well. with me driving my 98 t/a M6 with 411 gears id get 18/24

79CamaroDiva · 05-20-2008, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by 98tadriver

im intrigued as well. with me driving my 98 t/a M6 with 411 gears id get 18/24

yeah, i've gotten up to 28-29 cruising in 6th gear at 80 mph all the way back from carlisle

CamaroGirlie · 05-20-2008, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by 79CamaroDiva

really? whats your mpg?

Its 15 city 23 highway but I notice on average I get 20 I usually can go 300 miles on one tank when in the z I could only go 250 - 275. Plus with the charger I can put midgrade when I had to put premium in the z. Which I don't thinbk is too bad for a 5.7l engine with 340 horses lol

98tadriver · 05-20-2008, 02:32 PM

does that have the displacement on demand feature, where it shuts down a couple cylinders?

i also noticed the charger has a 19 gallon tank, as opposed the Z's 16.8 gallons, you would see a lil more range with the charger, since the tank is bigger.

SteveR · 05-20-2008, 02:41 PM

you paid sticker price?

CamaroGirlie · 05-20-2008, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by 98tadriver

does that have the displacement on demand feature, where it shuts down a couple cylinders?

i also noticed the charger has a 19 gallon tank, as opposed the Z's 16.8 gallons, you would see a lil more range with the charger, since the tank is bigger.

Yea it goes from 8 to 4 cylinders. Yea and the tank is bigger.....I can tell by the $58 a week I put in for gas. Lol

CamaroGirlie · 05-20-2008, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveR

you paid sticker price?

The sticker price was $34 and some change.....I'm paying $28652 cuz I leased it and I was under in my trade ins by $9k

Demonicbird00 · 05-20-2008, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by CamaroGirlie

So for all of you who don't know, last month I was planning on buying a 2008 Pontiac G8 GT. Well when I went to Coleman Buick Pontiac GMC in Lawrence, they gave me the price and it had a $2,000 mark up becuase it was a "rare" car. He also told me, that even with $3,000 down I would be paying $850 per month. So yea for obvious reason I went down the road to Dick Greenfiel Dodge and leased a 2008 Dodge Charger RT at $34,000. Which was the same price as the G8 before the $2,000 mark up. I put $5,000 down on the charger and only pay mid 6's per month for it. So the douchebag from coleman called me and told me that they would drop the markup and get me the payment I wanted......all this 3 weeks after I bought the charger. All this AFTER he swore up and down he couldn't do anything for me.......go figure.
---Christine

wow that sux to hear. down in woodbury they are 28k and 30 w/ th markup. be glad its only 2k mark up and not close to 10k like the gto was.

on a side note, why lease a car? mid 6s ugh

-brandon

CamaroGirlie · 05-20-2008, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Demonicbird00

wow that sux to hear. down in woodbury they are 28k and 30 w/ th markup. be glad its only 2k mark up and not close to 10k like the gto was.

on a side note, why lease a car? mid 6s ugh

-brandon

I have owned 7 cars in the last 8 years.....I don't keep cars long enough to actually buy them.....THAT'S why I lease lol

Tru2Chevy · 05-20-2008, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by CamaroGirlie

I have owned 7 cars in the last 8 years.....I don't keep cars long enough to actually buy them.....THAT'S why I lease lol

It's still cheaper to buy and resell than to lease most of the time....

- Justin

jims69camaro · 05-20-2008, 05:53 PM

all that really matter is that you are happy with your car.

procamaroz28 · 05-20-2008, 05:57 PM

new month so dealership needs to push some #s and programs change, they do that

CamaroGirlie · 05-20-2008, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Tru2Chevy

It's still cheaper to buy and resell than to lease most of the time....

- Justin

I tried selling the camaro for a year and no one was interested.....lot easier to just trade em in.....I won't keep a car long enough to finish the finance term to pay it off and sell it

Tru2Chevy · 05-20-2008, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by CamaroGirlie

I tried selling the camaro for a year and no one was interested.....lot easier to just trade em in.....I won't keep a car long enough to finish the finance term to pay it off and sell it

You never posted it in the Classifieds here.....

BTW - I'm just playing Devil's Advocate here....glad you are happy with your car and all.

- Justin

BigAls87Z28 · 05-20-2008, 07:53 PM

G8 will suffer like the Solstice and GTO did before it. Pontiac dealers are dying for a good product, and they will rape and pillage to get what they can.

600 for a lease?