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157 messages, Last post on Jun 06, 2008 at 7:44 AM
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Replying to: townboy325 (Aug 13, 2007 2:11 pm) The only reason why I contacted Clay was the suggestion on this site.
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Replying to: emgr (Aug 13, 2007 2:54 pm) |
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Replying to: emgr (Aug 13, 2007 12:10 pm) 
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I am sure you are correct. However, I am not driving 1,000 miles round trip to pay list for a 2007 car. A dealer has to do better than that. Since there is such a demand for that particular model with tech package, they should no trouble selling it locally. I'll wait a month for 2008 and get my few grand discount and only have to drive one hour from my home. |
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Replying to: hiwayman (Aug 20, 2007 7:05 am) I'm in the South Bay Area; I got my Tech package NAH (MSRP $32,975) for $31,020 through Carsdirect about a month ago. Maybe I got lucky, but they had no problem finding the exact car I wanted... |
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I guess to Californians, the world begins and ends there but I am in Pennsylvania. However, I wish I had tried Car's Direct although I thought they just matched up customers with dealers. In that case, it wouldn't have helped as all the tech packages practially all went to California. But that would have been a try.
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Replying to: emgr (Aug 20, 2007 2:27 pm)  I realize you're in PA. Carsdirect does generally just match up customers with dealers, but they might also have a more effective search ability than what might be publicly available. You never know. |
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Replying to: emgr (Aug 20, 2007 2:27 pm)  I was making an observation about prices out this way, and how dealerships operate. I think you'll find the dealership behaviors are pretty much universal. At the end of the day, dealerships are BUSINESSES. They need to make money. They'll try to cut you slack on vehicles that they'd like to move, but for vehicles they know they can sell to the next guy walking in the door for full price, they won't show you much love. At the end of the day, everything, and I mean EVERYTHING they do is for the bottom line. There's nothing wrong with that. It's just what it is. I'm in Northern California, just north of San Francisco. I was lucky, too. We got our NAH for 1000 over invoice. Immediately after we took delivery, the dealership we purchased from said, "MSRP only." We were the last ones to get a 2007 at a discount, at least at this dealership. We checked around and several dealerships in this area are putting "dealer premiums" on the NAH's, usually to the tune of about 1000 over MSRP. Of course they'll come down to MSRP without much arm twisting I would guess, but still, that means you're getting the car for MSRP. If I'd gotten jerked around by Clay, I would have done the same thing. The power of the wallet is a good thing. I hear there are some upgrades in 2008 that we 2007 owners will be jealous of (HID headlights, LED taillights, etc). |
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I have been to California many times in the last 30 years. Oddly, Northern Cal is far more to my liking but the cost of living doesn't fit my wallet just yet. Actually, I'd rather be in Albuquerque. |
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Looking at the messages. FYI. 2007 NAHs are selling at our below invoice except for the technology package in the Bay Area. While the dealers in the Bay Area negotiate tough because they know that those going for the tech package have fat wallets and stock is generally limited to just a few dealers, I was able to do $450 over invoice a month ago.
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