Hi,

My name is Peter. I'm new to the forum. I've been looking to buy a 2004 TL for the past couple of weeks. Well, I came across a used 04 TL w/ navigation and 2500miles on the odometer for $33k. I offered $32k to the person and they accepted my offer. So did I get a good deal? The car is leased from an Acura dealer in Carlsbad, CA. The current owner would like to use my $32k to payoff the car and transfer ownership. What do you think?

Peter

 

Doesn't seem too bad if the car has a clear title. Significant discounts on new TLs in your part of the country are reportedly harder to come by than in some other spots.

 

Not bad.... no sales tax to pay. i ended with 35,5K with navi brand new... not to mention the sales tax..

 

Won't he have to pay sales tax on the purchase price when he plates the vehicle? At least that's how it's down here I believe.

 

I will have to pay sales tax. I'm thinking with registration and tax i'll end up paying $35,200. Tax in my county is 7.75%. I priced it at edmunds.com and got $32,120 for inv. and $33,762 for what others are paying. In So Cal. TL's with nav are hard to come by. Most people are paying close to MSRP. I got a couple of quotes and they avg. around $34,725. Maybe with some wheeling and dealing I might be able to get it a bit lower.

 

Oh by the way, I ran a carfax report and has a clean title. Car was leased in Feb. 04.

 

no in Georgia if you buy from an individual then you pay tag and title fees. If you buy from a dealer then you pay tax, tag, and title fees.

 

Just curious, why is he/she selling the car? I would try to get the VIN and then have the dealership print off a service history for the car....just to ensure you aren't getting yourself a lemon or something that has been serviced a million times for a million different problems.

 

So you only pay sales tax once in GA on the same car.....I learn something every day! Thanks man!!

 

Did not pay last car I bought from a individual.

 

You need to REALLY understand why such a new, in demand car is for sale. I'm assuming that you got the service reports from the dealership prior to making your offer, right? If not, then you need to get those in your hands and go over them with a fine tooth comb to best understand if the car is a potential Lemon. Remember that there is no such thing as lemon law protection on USED vehicles (even from the originating dealership). If they took back the car due to numereous service issues it could well be a problem car... BE CAREFULL!!!!

 

Wonder how hard it would be to get the TMV price of $33.8k in so cal.

 

It's also very possible that the original owner discovered s/he could not make the payments, or some life event occurred to change his/her personal situation. Early sale does not always mean lemon. But please be careful!

 

I was going to think up a bunch of one-liners to this one, but I deicided to spare us all... suffice it to say, it would prove very difficult, if not imposible, to get such a price in SoCal before the '05 hit the lots.

 

Thanks everyone for all the good pts. The seller gave me the dealer name and contact for the car. I will contact them promptly to get the service records. I asked why she wanted to get rid of the car and the story goes like this. She got the car for her husband thats driving a jeep. she didn't think the jeep was safe so she go him the car. well it turns out he wants the jeep and the car, but wants to sell her audi tt. she won't sell the tt and since he doesnt want to get rid of the jeep, she's decided to sell the car.
she was pretty quick on accepting the offer so i was wondering if i got a good deal. i did asks her if it was a lemon and of course she says no.

 

I wish my wife bought me my TL.... must be nice...

 

What's the VIN #? If it's one of the earlier builds it might have some of the typical "issues."

 

Ask if they post on TT talk on the West Coast Audi TT Owners Club. I can let you know if they are honest and respectable than for sure. Doug

 

Here's the vin#19UUA66294A030027. Carfax reports that it arrived in Feb. 04 with something like 6miles on the odometer. Would that be considered an early model?

I haven't asked but I highly doubt she's visits any forumboards. She's probably your typical So Cal babe. She'd rather have fun in the sun than sit in front of the computer typing away. I know, I shouldn't pass judgement on someone I never met.

 

My VIN is 28,XXX and I got my TL delivered the last part of January/early February and have had little or no problems with mine.

This is BEFORE they started putting the new, retooled EL42's on the car but I don't have any problem with my old EL42's.