On Buying a 2007 Suburban
After several weeks of research and having to decide between a GMC Yukon XL or a 2007 Chevrolet Suburban, I decided to go with the 2007 Chevrolet Suburban. We recently bought a new suburban — 2007, Gray Metallic Color, 4WD, and it’s really nice and — it fits my whole family.
I don’t really care for cars much, but I’m really happy that we got this one — no, not because it’s fancy or anything like that, but because it has 9 seat belts and has leg room. Yes, 9 seat belts and leg room. That’s what I cared about the most. With a family of 6 kids and a wife, seat belts and leg room is pretty much a premium for me.
A few tips on buying a new General Motors Vehicle:
- Get a supplier discount — my buddy’s dad is a head honcho at GM and hooked me up with a supplier discount — that means that I got $3,000 on top of any other rebates going on. For our car, there was already a $4,000 rebate and free season lift tickets to Park City Utah for skiing. That mean a total of $7,000 off of our new car.
- Buy your car through CarsDirect.com — this was a very easy car purchase and no annoying haggling or greasy-esque acts by car sales people.
- While it is true that buying a new vehicle means that it depreciates almost the second you drive it off the lot, I got a great deal on this one AND, I learned from the folks at the dealership that sales person’s don’t make hardly any commission off of new cars because there is not much of a mark-up on them; instead, sales people make “a killing” on used cars because the dealer buys them for “cents on the dollar” and “marked-up like crazy”.
So far, I’m very happy with this purchase. The deal comes with XM Radio free for 1 year and also onStar free for 1 year. I’m not impressed with XM Radio — we’ve only listened to Radio Disney and they play Lil’ BowWow a few times every hour, it seems, which gets annoying. Plus, he’s not so “lil” anymore — isn’t he, like, 25 years old or something? Anyway, the onStar feature is pretty nice and brings some level of comfort knowing that my wife and 6 kids are reasonably taken care of in case of emergencies. The FlexFuel thing is cool, and so is the Stabilitrack, which I hope to never have to use. Soon, we’ll install a DVD player for the car; that will be after Christmas, I think.
I’m giving my car to charity and I’ll be enheriting the Van from my wife and, she’ll be driving the new 2007 Chevrolet Suburban. I’m glad we got this car; I’m glad we all fit now.
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@Tristan,
I wrote my friend to see if his dad can get you a discount. To anyone else interested, please leave a comment and I’ll see if I can also get you a discount.
Pete
Does this mean the escort wagon has been replaced? What a sad day. I hope you at least kept the U of Chicago and BYU window stickers for that shiny new ride?!
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Since you are giving tips, how can I get a supplier discount?
I will take a look at CarsDirect.com.
Tristan