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There is nothing in the contract about this. The lease source is the financial arm of the manufacturer who makes what your username refers to. Do you think writing a letter would make any difference, rather than just calls? |
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Sorry to hear who the source is...generally they are pretty good. A letter certainy can't hurt. I would make sure it's addressed to somebody specific and I would send it either overnight (signature reguired) or return receipt...I also would call every couple of days and ask for the supervisors, boss... if being reasonable dosnt work, being a big pain in the A** can sometimes do the trick. Of course, if they are being held up on the lost title, then they could be at the mercy of the state..waiting for the duplicate. That isnt your fault. Rich |
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| I am planning on buying a new car in the next few weeks and I am wondering if I should do any repairs to my trade-in ( replace muffler, replace shocks, fix cracked windshield ) before I bring it in? Worth it cost wise? I know the best way to go is to sell on open market, but too much hassle. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. | |
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| I'm planning to trade in my car soon. Here is some detail. 1998 Honda Accord EX V6. Color: Black Cherry, about 53500 miles, good to excellent condition, (Need to wash a coffee stain on a carpet.) Clean title, Philly area. I'm thinking $14000 to $16000 would do reasonable. What do you guys think? | |
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I see the finance rates/rebates, following that is dealer incentives. Can we use this # to negotiate a better deal? |
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Hello, I have question on above subject. How much of above incentive usually get passed to the customer? I asked quote from several local dealers for BMW Z 3.0 which currently has $3,000 such incentive however, none of the quote reflected the incentive. One dealer quote me straight MSRP!? and one other dealer quote me $1,000 off of MSRP. I didn't tell them that I know about this incentive but this makes me question their business practice.... Thanks. |
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why does it make you question their business practice? i'm curious. the incentive doesn't belong to the consumer... it belongs to the dealer... -Chris |
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| One of the reason I posted the note was to find out what is the standard business practice on dealer incentive. If it's standard business practice to not pass those incentive, then like you posted, I have no problem with that, however, I would think that most dealers would pass that incentive to buyers? | |
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| Looks like I never directly answered your question. First dealer quoted me $3,600 off MSRP, basically passing all the incentive plus $600 off. This made me think that passing the incentive to the buyer was the "standard business" practice and when I received those other quotes....well you know the story... I guess that dealer which passed the incentive is the "exception" rather than norm... | |
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ok, now i understand what you meant. i think it's completely up to the dealer and the type of car, from what i've been able to figure out from the various dealer posts... it all comes down to, how bad does the dealer want to move that car on that day, and how bad to you want to buy that car on that day.... come to think of it, that kinda describes the whole buyer/seller relationship... -Chris |
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