So we bought a 2006 Jeep Commander brand new in...wait for it...2006 :facepalm:. couldn't resist...lol. so the wife absolutely loved that vehicle but i have been bugging her for the last few years to upgrade. finally she started looking a few months ago and we made the decision to do it. She had 3 in mind that she liked, Subaru Crosstrek, Honda HR-V and Mazda CX6. had a beautiful day yesterday so decided to go look at a few and test drive. purposely left the title at home so we wouldn'y buy yesterday. went to a local Subaru dealer as they had one there with all the options we/she wanted. test drove it and liked it. went back and they printed a kelley blue book instant cash price and i said absolutely not. they said well they are still assessing your vehicle and this is a starting point. they came back with an offer double the KBB price. pretty happy but not sold yet. subaru does not come with factory remote (at least this dealer doesn't order them in with it) start but can be added. i told them i'm not agreeing yet but that if we did agree i wanted them to throw in the remote starter ($481 option). the salesperson said i don't think they will go for that since they already doubled the KBB offer. just then the sales manager comes out and says if we do it today he will add the remote start free. we told them we would go to lunch and discuss it. we talked it over at lunch and decided we both liked the Subaru and it had every option we wanted and probably wouldn't get a better deal anywhere else. so we head back to the dealership and sit back down. without much said the sales manager comes back over and says if you buy today i will add another $1000 and remote starter. so we agreed!
got a 2017 Subaru Crosstrek AWD limited. leather, sunroof, navigation, trailer hitch, desert khaki, and have to go back tomorrow to take our jeep title and spare key and have them install the remote starter. the jeep had 124,*** miles on it and was probably the best and most reliable vehicle we have ever owned but it was time. the Subaru had 4 miles on it when we test drove it and now has a little over 200 (in one day...lol).
one of the selling points was this dealer still does loaners (not many around here do that anymore so if your car is in the shop you are on your own). being this dealer is about 20 miles away that will be nice but hopefully we never need to use that service. overall i am happy with the car, happy with the deal, and happy with the dealer
we went to the Pittsburgh auto show today (already planned on it beforehand) and wasn't thrilled with the looks of the Honda HR-V interior so that would have came off our list. the Mazda was nice and from an aesthetic standpoint i'd say a coin toss with the Subaru. even after seeing those vehicles i have no regrets with our decision. i am even considering trading my 2013 Ram for an Impreza and just borrow a truck twice a year to launch and retrieve the boat. besides, hopefully next year we will be stepping up to a 30-31 footer and my truck won't pull it anyway so may just pay the local marina to do it instead so i won't need my truck anyway.
got a 2017 Subaru Crosstrek AWD limited. leather, sunroof, navigation, trailer hitch, desert khaki, and have to go back tomorrow to take our jeep title and spare key and have them install the remote starter. the jeep had 124,*** miles on it and was probably the best and most reliable vehicle we have ever owned but it was time. the Subaru had 4 miles on it when we test drove it and now has a little over 200 (in one day...lol).
one of the selling points was this dealer still does loaners (not many around here do that anymore so if your car is in the shop you are on your own). being this dealer is about 20 miles away that will be nice but hopefully we never need to use that service. overall i am happy with the car, happy with the deal, and happy with the dealer
we went to the Pittsburgh auto show today (already planned on it beforehand) and wasn't thrilled with the looks of the Honda HR-V interior so that would have came off our list. the Mazda was nice and from an aesthetic standpoint i'd say a coin toss with the Subaru. even after seeing those vehicles i have no regrets with our decision. i am even considering trading my 2013 Ram for an Impreza and just borrow a truck twice a year to launch and retrieve the boat. besides, hopefully next year we will be stepping up to a 30-31 footer and my truck won't pull it anyway so may just pay the local marina to do it instead so i won't need my truck anyway.