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Re: Advice on 2009 GL450 [alo2]

by tracy_socal on Thu Nov 06 16:03:51 PST 2008

I would like to know more about how one can purchase a new car below MSRP, especially an 09 GL. Perhaps if you're not fussy about the color and options, they may be willing to make a deal. I agree, high-volume dealerships are the place to start. Fletcher-Jones are known for great deals. There are three MBZ dealers in So Cal known for offering better prices: Walter's Mercedes Benz in Riverside, South Bay Mercedes in Torrance, and of course Fletcher-Jones, as you have mentioned. I might suggest obtaining quotes from all three at the beginning of Dec, then perhaps approaching Laguna Niguel and asking if they can offer a better price. With the Winter Event, hopefully they'll be offering factory to dealer incentives at get us below that MSRP. I'm planning on purchasing the GL 320 at that time. I would like to hear your views and experience on this topic. Thanks again and best of luck!

I'd hate

by dhamilton on Sat Oct 25 09:36:09 PDT 2008

to see this thread get shut down............................. Laguna Seca was beautiful. Audi qualified 9,10 and still finished 1, and 2. Their domination of motor sports is breathtaking. So the wife get's a new car in a week or so. She has gone back and forth about a million times over what she wants. Funny, I'm in the car business and my wife is a customer I dread, uninterested in the process until the last minute, wants the best car for 0 money. Hilarious... I've put my foot down. Their will be no Lexus in my driveway. She's free to look at anything else. If it must be Japanese, it's going to be Acura. I'm not comfortable with the Lexus safety record, or lack there off. Stirs up hornets nest, runs for cover............................

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by nobodyspecial on Thu Oct 16 19:15:41 PDT 2008

........Christ.......touche' It becomes a shade more painfully obvious that I am outclassed here. Although I have no idea what the 4th dimension (time) or how Stephen Hawking and Michio Kaku are relevant to the situation other than to be a jab. Although if you want a summation of their theories and thinking (minus the mathematics involved) feel free to read Steven Kings "Dark Tower" series it's a great deal more entertaining and doesnt require a Doctors of Philosophy degree to understand the implied ideas contained therein and at least doesnt make you sound like an idiot to every sober person at a cocktail party when you start spouting off about it. Sorry, I know the history of the Skyline, but I don't think that has any bearing upon the issues facing the GTR in the U.S. The Skyline seems to have taken so many forms over the years (sedan, coupe, GT, but never a real sports car) that it would take a Nissan fanatic or forensic scientist to trace any DNA connection betwen the Skyline and the Nissan GTR. You're kidding me here right? I dont mean to sound like a spastic Nissan fan here but...... "Between 1969 and 1974, and again between 1989 and 2002, Nissan produced a high performance version of its Skyline range, called the Nissan Skyline GT-R. This car proved to be iconic for Nissan[6][7] and achieved much fame and success on road and track. The Nissan GT-R, although no longer carrying the "Skyline" badge, has heritage in the Nissan Skyline GT-R. Like the Skyline GT-Rs R32 through R34, the Nissan GT-R is all-wheel drive with a twin-turbo 6 cylinder engine; however, the evolutionary, incremental changes between Skyline models R32 through R34 have been done away with. The four-wheel-steering HICAS system has been removed, and the traditional straight-6 RB26DETT engine has been replaced with a new V6 VR38DETT.[8] Because of the GT-R's heritage, the chassis code for the all-new version has been called CBA-R35,[9] or 'R35' for short, carrying on the naming trend from previous Skyline GT-R generations. The GT-R has also retained its Skyline predecessor's nickname Godzilla.[10][11]" Oh my god, I'm not an engineering student! I'm a Forensic Scientist!!! Who would have guessed at that! ............Unless heritage means something other than inherited traits?.....Wait thats it! Maybe I'm wrong here, maybe it actually means something along the lines of "It once split the rent on an apartment for a month with your third cousin." .......and with that I return your forum and solitary square of control in the universe or at least that denoted by "String" or "Universe on the Brane" theory unto you so that you may once again collapse back into semantics over which car you would never own because it has such and such problem when in reality none of us would post in ANY x vs. y forum if we truly had the money to freely purchase either car x or y, all the while (usually) anonymously singing the praises of car Z which is indeed the one that we own in real life be it an S2000 a tubby bitch 350z or even a 90's civic si hatch (oops guess I'm guilty too) Now as for the dude who said the driver makes the car. You're right SCCA and Laguna Seca for life kids. By the way for what it's worth and from what I have found the transmission is not actually of nissan manufacture, its from a company called B&W and they are the same company that did the tranny for the Bugatti Veryron (which apparently had a shitload of problems initially as well) ........thats all the effort I'm putting into this.

Re: 2008 GL450 clearance [adat]

by dkla76 on Wed Sep 03 10:24:51 PDT 2008

wow i cant believe he got that deal. seriously i am a very tough negotiator and also done enough research but no one was able to get more than 15000 off msrp. i wonder if this guy dksung bought a company demo with few thousand miles on it. mine was brand new with 8 miles. anyways best place to get at least 14k off is Laguna and Southbay in socal.

Re: Hyundai Does It Again! [jlbl]

by lexusguy on Tue Aug 12 12:21:59 PDT 2008

Ah! I was once upon a time a Citroen admirer. Peugeot and Renault have never been attractive to me. Opel has good medium level cars (i.e., 'D Segment' Vectra). I do not like SUVs. French cars have never done much for me either, but I have to admit I find Peugeot's 308 RCZ coupe to be very interesting, especially with that wild roof line. It makes the Audi TT seem a bit boring. The new Renault Laguna coupe looks good from the rear (which is basically a blatant copy of Aston Martin) but the front isn't great with that too large grill that gives it an angry looking face.

2000 Acura 3.2 TL & 2001 Lexus RX300 AWD

by satforn on Tue Jul 15 07:53:22 PDT 2008

Location: Southeast Pennsylvania - Philly Suburb 2000 Acura 3.2 TL 4 door sedan 3.2 L V6 FWD Miles: 120K Color: Laguna Green (greyish-light green) No major options added (only option you could add at the time was NAV) Condition: 1st owner; body in great shape; no dents, rust, garage kept and paint properly waxed/washed; brand new tires @ 110K; will need brakes in ~5-10K 2001 Lexus RX300 4 dr SUV 3.0L AWD Miles: 110,000 Color: Light Grey Options: moon roof, cross rails, wood interior bits, CD Changer Condition: Same as the TL...body in great shape Tires: will need new tires in about 10K Brakes: new @ 100K Maintenance: have followed manf suggested intervals to the "t" Would be curious to find out what trade-in and/or auction price would be... how bad is the market for SUVs like the RX these days??? *gulp*