bondrey

Color: black
Mileage: 2,700
Options: none other than standard SS/SC options.
Price: $17,500

Will drive it to any location between Key West and Orlando/Tampa/Melbourne FL.

philco_3

damn that didnt take long for some one to put it up for sale.

plyboy-illest

why u seeling it man?

bondrey

I'm not overly eager to get rid of it since it's a well done car, but also have a '01 SS Camaro 6sp w/ 40k mi so just going to drive it. Not really sure which to sell since Cobalt drives nice, has better driving position, and has quality feel over the camaro hands down, but 320hp v8 is just too much fun and if cobalt sells might supercharge the camaro Gas isn't greatest concern since I drive about 6k mi/yr.

If anyone in south or central fl is interested send your email and I'll forward pics. I've taken off all badging except the SS emblems.

2006ArrivalBlueSS

Buddy, sorry to inform you of this...but you can pick up a brand new one for just under $16K USD with the employee discount. You may have to rethink your price. The car depreciates at least 15% as soon as you drive it off the lot.

MarcS

I don't think you can get a brand new SS/SC for under $16k

mcz34man

your nutz the lowest your gonna get an SS/SC at it around 18900 and thats no sunroof, xm, onstar, pretty much as stock as you can get an SS

ssstraub

Heh, 16k. Show me that dealer and I'm on my way!

2006ArrivalBlueSS

Hey bro, just telling it how I read it. Ask her if you don't believe me:

Originally Posted by alleycat58
I got my 2005 SS/SC for right around $16,000 USD before taxes, title, and license, fully loaded (the only thing missing was the Recaro/Quaife package). It all depends on whether the dealer is willing to give you the available incentives on top of the employee discount price or not.

silverSS

16k????

skoshi130

I am getting one for around that much but I had to put something down on it. But if she got it for that low well good on her

2006ArrivalBlueSS

That's exactly what I thought when I read that.

wesmanw02

lol Alleycat58 must know someting everyone else doesn't. If thats true, I'm going down to the dealership to pick one up for 16K right now

alleycat58

Nope, just find a dealer that's letting you keep incentives on top of the employee discount, that's what I did. Found a dealership offering all incentives and the car was $14,700 the other dealership said they'd match it minus the incentives that I didn't qualify for. My down payment was my trade in plus $3000 GM points, which took care of TT&L on the car plus a little off the sticker. Overall the car ended up being $16,323. Fully loaded, the only thing missing is the Recaro/LSD package, which I wanted but was more than willing to do without to get it for that price.

Two tricks:

1) SCOUR the car ads in your paper. If someone has a can't-beat-it deal either go there or make another dealer match it.

2) you have to be willing to take what's on the lot, so search inventory online Chevy's website has a feature that lets you view the window sticker of the cars so you can see what options are on them. If you don't take delivery from dealer stock you lose the incentives.

JonyyB

I sell my cars on www.autotrader.com
They sell in no tme on there!

$16K for a new SS? I got the cash! Where can I buy it?

alleycat58

I got mine from Century III Chevy near Pittsburgh

MarcS

I'm not sure they'll sell it again at that price, they probably know how high the demand is by now.

alleycat58

Depends on the dealer, C3 is still offering all incentives on top of the Employee Discount price, so unless GM has yanked a bunch of their incentives it should still be available at that price. I only bought it a month ago and demand was pretty high then as well. It just depends a lot on what you can find where. I doubt they'll be as generous with the '06 SS/SCs but there are probably a few dealers still looking to move out their '05s.

bondrey

So is what you're saying that it was $16,323 AFTER your $3k GM points and trade-in?

Mine was $20,035 with the GMS price. Also, as stated earlier, I'm not in a hurry so if no one wants it at that price it's not going to hurt me any. I'm torn which SS to sell, the '01 CamaroSS or '05CobaltSS, they both have their good points. Might put both up and see what goes first.

2006ArrivalBlueSS

Demand might be high but the buying audience is very narrowly focused. I thought these cars would go like hotcakes but in my area alone (GTA Toronto), there are 25 SS/SC's sitting on dealer lots...25?? WTF??? I always ask myself, why aren't these cars being sold. I think I figured it out. I don't know about the US, but in Canada the car buying audience is 80% compact and sub $30K price tags (that would be under $22K USD). So when a compact priced at $28K before tax hits the lot, most people are skeptical. They'd rather go up to the next level at $30K and above where there is a lot of value for the money as well. It's a mindset I think but one car manufacturers are going to have to cater to in the future. I spent good money on the SS because of the postive research on it.

alleycat58

Yep, but the $3k and $800 trade-in BARELY covered the finance charges, taxes, title, and license. Taxes were $1200, finance charges were $2500, title and license was right around $50. So in reality the price of the vehicle was closer to $16,400.

ssstraub

You keep saying "incentives." What incentives are you talking about? The incentive right now IS employee pricing--as in, that's it! All past incentives that I know of have expired, especially on the SS, Corvette, GTO, etc...

Now if you are counting your own personal GM card points, that doesn't really mean you got it for 16k, since that only applies to you, and you spent money to earn those points. They weren't "free" by any means of the word.

And to have a trade-in basically means you didn't get it for 16k. If I trade in a BMW M3 and get a Cobalt SS, do I say they paid me 10k to take the car? No, they paid me 10k PLUS trade in of my old car. I don't mean to be offensive, but this is FAR FROM getting the car for 16k!!!

alleycat58

As of last month there was Olds loyalty, active military, SmartBuy/Smart Lease, plus one other one. The dealership I bought it from is still advertising that you "keep all incentives" so apparantly there's something still being offered on '05 models.

So I don't know what you'd consider "trade-in" but I got $850 for a car that in its current condition at trade-in did not run (alternator shot, no battery, A/C system leaking). What started out as a repair trip turned into just saying "screw it" and getting the new car. So they took the value of the car ($1500) minus what the GM estimate was for fixing the car would be.

If you're talking everything included, no I didn't get just the vehicle for $16,323. I got the vehicle, the taxes, the title, the license, and the financing for $16,323. The GM points and trade-in value took care of all the additional charges.

ssstraub

Ok, so correct me if I'm wrong.

vehicle and TTL: $16,323.
trade in: $1,500.
GM points: $3,000.
+olds discount: ?

Total: $20,862 + whatever the olds discount was.

This is still a good deal for a new SS when including TTL, but I'm just showing that it's a far cry from 16.5k and not at all like you said:

What you meant was you can get one for just over 16k assuming you get all of:
-employee discount
-trade-in worth around a grand
-military discount (which does not apply to the majority here)
-previous olds ownership (which does not apply to the majority here)
-GM card points (which does not apply to the majority here, and especially not 3k worth)


Also "Smart Buy/Smart Lease" aren't incentives, just two types of leases you can get. They aren't a factor if you are financing (buying).

Again, I'm not trying to insult you, but you did kind of thread crap on this for sale ad and weren't even correct in what you said.

shuasage

lol wut a salesman