Tow years worth of gas
5 year/60K Full Mechanical Limited Warranty
2 Year/24K Scheduled Maintenance.

http://www.chrysler.com/freedom/

I have yet to read the fine print but check for yourselves.

I am still waiting for more attractive incentives (cash) before pursuing
either the 300C/Charger or Magnum.

Oh, well. Maybe in a few months?

Ken

"NJ Vike" <ErieLackawanna (AT) Scranton (DOT) com> wrote

Oh, then your just the customer they are looking for.

If you had read the fine print ON THE WEB PAGE you linked to you
would have seen:

"Maximum amount $2,367.00. See dealer for details of scheduled maintenance
and a copy of the 5 year or 60,000 mile limited warranty. Not available on
Charger, Magnum, 300, Viper, Sprinter, and SRT8 models"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Historically, the best deals are towards the end of the model year.

Ted

If I openly admitted I didn't read the fine print *yet*, but would later on,
why would Chrysler be interested in customers like me? I wanted to get the
information out to the group but had to run. That didn't imply that I would
go to the dealer and just purchase a new vehicle without first reading the
fine print.

I will just keep an eye on the Chrysler and Dodge websites for now.

Ken


"Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm (AT) toybox (DOT) placo.com> wrote

i'm dam glad i left the dealer

NJ Vike wrote:

You are better off with a straight cash discount and buy your own gas.

If you don't drive enough miles, the free gas gimmick expires and you lose.

These moronic auto executives keep dreaming up the most assinine schemes.

"NJ Vike" <ErieLackawanna (AT) Scranton (DOT) com> wrote

Simple, because you responded to their advertising without stopping
to read the fine print. Someone like myself would have seen it and
gone "eh, there must be a catch" and gone about
their business, and 5 minutes later completely forgotten it. If we had
been interested enough for it to register we would have stopped what
we were doing to read it fully.

I think you need to keep an eye on the local dealers. The website seems
pretty worthless. They don't even have the complete text of the warrranty
offer up on it - to get it you have to visit the dealership.

It's the old "we giveth with the big print and taketh with the small print"

Ted

"Nomen Nescio" <nobody (AT) dizum (DOT) com> wrote

Correct but not for the reason you claim

The max amount for 2 years is $2367, assuming the cost of gas over the next
2
years averages $2.50 gallon, that's 473 gallons a year. assume an average
mpg of 20mpg and that's 9,468 miles a year. The vast majority of new car
buyers will drive more than that and so won't "lose in that way.

The real problem is by failing to take the cash discount, if you finance
the
car then you are in effect borrowing the $2,367 and paying interest on it
until you
spend it on gas.

It's a scheme that got your attention, didn't it?

I still think we are not on the same page. All I did was post the link and
told everyone to read the fine print as I didn't have the time to research
it at the moment. Normally, I would have read the fine print and commented
on the article accordingly.

As far as the dealers are concerned, yes, they try their best to get the
most out of the uneducated consumer. I had one Toyota dealer quote me on a
lease for an Avalon and then ended it with "Gap Insurance" is extra. I said
okay and walked out. Heck, after test driving their car, I didn't see
anything special about it anyway, including "their special price"

I have since looked at the Buick Lucerne, Acura RL and TL and the Charger,
300C and Magnum. I even tried the Lexus. So far, the Mopars provide the most
headroom and legroom. Now, which one to purchase?

Ken





"Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm (AT) toybox (DOT) placo.com> wrote

I always wait in hopes of a nice cash or APR program. Haven't seen it yet
with the exception of the 2005 vehicles left over. Unfortunately, DC is not
offering much on the vehicles I'm looking for. If you want a Durango,
Minivan or Pacifica, now's the time to buy.

Ken



"Nomen Nescio" <nobody (AT) dizum (DOT) com> wrote

NJ Vike: "I still think we are not on the same page. All I did was post the
link and told everyone to read the fine print as I didn't have the time to
research it at the moment. Normally, I would have read the fine print and
commented on the article accordingly.

As far as the dealers are concerned, yes, they try their best to get the
most out of the uneducated consumer. I had one Toyota dealer quote me on a
lease for an Avalon and then ended it with "Gap Insurance" is extra. I said
okay and walked out. Heck, after test driving their car, I didn't see
anything special about it anyway, including "their special price"

I have since looked at the Buick Lucerne, Acura RL and TL and the Charger,
300C and Magnum. I even tried the Lexus. So far, the Mopars provide the most
headroom and legroom. Now, which one to purchase?"

Before I every buy a new vehicle, I talk to my credit union and usually get
preapproved for a certain price range. I then go to the dealership and
negotiate below my preapproved limit. I then let them offer me financing and
sometimes you get an extra rebate by financing through them. I then leave
there and go back to my credit union where I refinance the vehicle thus
taking advantage of the extra rebate. Credit Unions offer simple interest
loans so you don't pay nothing but interest up front. Dealerships hate when
you have your own financing. They can't make money on you on the back end.

Sarge