Official prices paid VW Jetta and Golf TDI - buying experience thread

[tom@bwalk]

Originally Posted by Chunk Male

I am curious as to which dealer in the Bay Area this is. We have been talking for many months to about half of the 16 different dealers in the SF Bay Area about buying/ordering a salsa red JSW with manual transmission and sunroof. We had our closest dealer locate one and negotiated him down to about $600 over MSRP. Just before 12/31 his manager pulled the plug, claiming he will get $3000 over sticker. For a salsa red JSW with M/T? Good luck.

There is a dealer in LA who said that he will order anything for MSRP, it's just that it is harder to deal with someone 400 miles away, then financing, pickup and pre-purchase inspections, etc. If we have some of the recently mentioned problems (engine light, etc.), I can't afford to spend a week in LA waiting for these problems to be fixed.

We are in the fortunate position that we are not in a hurry to buy, but already missed the 2009 tax break and the next one is slowly fading away as well.

If the dealer is in Newark, that Salsa Red is still there. Try again.

[philcollison]

Paid $23,884 against $24,264 MSRP, so $380 under MSRP. Plus $100 for processing. 2-dr with DSG, heated seats and bluetooth. Purchased 12/18/2009 from Dover (DE) VW.

[feormadrigal]

I paid Chapman VW in Scottsdale, AZ $24,325 ($833 under sticker) on 11/27/09 for my UGM 4 door, 6M, sunroof, cold weather pkg., bluetooth, rubber mats. My inadvertent bargaining chip? VW Credit wanted more down the week after I bought it, so the dealer cut the price to make it work. I only wish I made them keep the mats ($224), and got them separately ($99).

[Chunk Male]

Originally Posted by tom@bwalk

If the dealer is in Newark, that Salsa Red is still there. Try again.

Now it's gone. We bought it.

Instead of paying the requested $3-4k over MSRP, we were able to negotiate ~$300 over, with a few additional perks with regard to financing and down payment.

[philcollison]

I purchased a 2dr, DSG, BT, Winter ($24,264 MSRP) for $23,880 + $100 processing on 12/18/2009. I live in Baltimore and had to buy from Dover, DE which is a 2 hour drive. I would have preferred a 4-door with HID lights, but felt some urgency to buy after having a 4 door closer to me sold out from under me. The nearest dealer (2 miles away) would not budge off of $1000 over MSRP and didn't even have a car in stock. Special orders were not being accepted at the time by VWoA, so you get what's out there.

[gjr2007]

I'm curious which dealer you contacted. I live in east bay and Dirrito Walnut Creek and Broadway Oakland seem to have no interest in selling a tdi for less than about $2K over MSRP. Too high in my view. Any info on who to talk to would be much appreciated.

[Chunk Male]

Originally Posted by gjr2007

I'm curious which dealer you contacted. I live in east bay and Dirrito Walnut Creek and Broadway Oakland seem to have no interest in selling a tdi for less than about $2K over MSRP. Too high in my view. Any info on who to talk to would be much appreciated.

We talked to Michael Gonzalez from Winn VW. We were not in a rush to buy, so it took a few good months, but they finally located the one we wanted and then spent some more time to agree on the price. We missed the 2009 tax break and prices went up this January too ...

We were in contact with a few others in the Bay Area (Santa Cruz, Sunnyvale, ...), but they weren't very responsive, maybe because they didn't have in stock what we wanted.

[balocco211]

Paid MSRP on a 2010 sportwagen with roof and rear airbags; 6spd manual; Salsa red with black pleather. No waiting, purchased site unseen - must have been delivered during the Christmas rush when others weren't looking.

580 miles first tank of diesel - no complaints other that the stupid bluetooth non-sense.

[jejohns1]

Look at http://www.vw.com/golf/pricelist/en/us/ and it has different base prices for the 2010 Golf TDI than you have posted at http://www.myturbodiesel.com/1000q_h...schecklist.htm. Does your page need to be updated? Also, on your Jetta page you list prices for floor mats, could you add that to the Golf page?

[dieseltoyz]

I second the recommendation for Chris Farnam of Vw of Langhorne. Paid invoice for a 2010 Jetta tdi w/ 6spd manual with ipod, heavy duty mats, and 17" alloy wheels. Im in Texas so ordered the vehicle over the phone, it showed up exactly as promised and couldnt be happier. Chris is a real standup guy to deal with and gives great deals on tdi's.