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#24 of 48 Re: IF your smart you'd wait a year [sweendogy] by grunt Oct 09, 2008 (12:58 pm)
Replying to: sweendogy (Oct 06, 2008 4:27 pm) Well I finally saw a new Challenger RT sitting on a dealers lot in San Diego. Having owned a 71 Cuda back in the 80’s I am really drawn to this vehicle. What I am not drawn to is the $9.000.00 mark up on the vehicle. The MSRP was around $38k and with the mark up it was $47k. I did not even bother speaking to a salesperson.   Hopefully the quality of the Challenger is better then the Charger. I drive one at work (law enforcement) and granted we drive our vehicles hard but we only get around 6,000 miles before the brakes need to be replaced compared to 12,000 on the Crown Vic. We have had the vehicle for the past 1.5 years and it has around 30k on the odometer. The car is not faring well compared to older Ford’s we have in our fleet. Replies to this message: retail102 (Oct 10, 2008 11:28 am) sweendogy (Oct 22, 2008 7:34 pm) hjones1971 (Nov 19, 2008 8:25 am)
#25 of 48 Re: PREMIUM GAS!! ?? [pyew] by retail102 Oct 10, 2008 (11:26 am)
Replying to: pyew (Oct 06, 2008 8:22 am) plus the 5.7 gives ya the LIFETIME warranty not a 6.1. and its easy to tweak the 5.7 via factory add on for more HP
#26 of 48 Re: IF your smart you'd wait a year [grunt] by retail102 Oct 10, 2008 (11:28 am)
Replying to: grunt (Oct 09, 2008 12:58 pm) great northern dodge in Ohio has a couple Zero over sticker. ext 125 The car is covered for life. and you can upgrade to cover EVerything mech. FOR life Replies to this message: sweendogy (Oct 22, 2008 7:34 pm) hjones1971 (Nov 19, 2008 8:25 am)
#27 of 48 Re: IF your smart you'd wait a year [retail102] by sweendogy Oct 22, 2008 (7:34 pm)
Replying to: retail102 (Oct 10, 2008 11:28 am) zero over sticker is way to much-- they are not selling these cars-- less then 2k sold in a month is laughable for a new car-"covered for life" --sure if your willing and have the time to keep bringing it to your local dodge--soon to be chevy dealer.. Replies to this message: hjones1971 (Nov 19, 2008 8:25 am)
#28 of 48 Re: IF your smart you'd wait a year [retail102] by hjones1971 Nov 18, 2008 (5:33 pm)
Replying to: retail102 (Sep 11, 2008 3:26 pm) Toyota has recalled more vehicles than they have sold since 2005. Its not so much that imports hold their value better than domestic. It appears that way because when blue book, edmunds, NADA etc. Use this information they normally use MSRP as their starting point..not the ACTUAL sale price. Domestics typically have more rebate in them than imports. Taking all that into consideration you actually loose LESS money in alot of domestics compared to imports when you take into consideration the actual sale price of the vehicle. a dodge truck may have an MSRP of $30,000 with a $5000 rebate and then whatever discount the dealer may give you, in this case we will say $5000. So you paid $10,000 less than MSRP. ...........$20,000 an import may list at $30,000 however the rebate may only be $2000 and they do not discount near as much as domestics but to be semi fair we will say $5000. A total discount of $7000.........................$23,000   kinda get where this is going? of course those numbers arent accurate but just a simple way to explain
#29 of 48 Re: IF your smart you'd wait a year [sweendogy] by hjones1971 Nov 18, 2008 (5:40 pm)
Replying to: sweendogy (Sep 28, 2008 11:50 am) Toyota also got thrashed at the last autoshow in Detroit due to them "living on thier past reputation for quality" and having issues with their current products. yes if you ask you average person about Toyota and quality they will go for it, yes they will say Toyota is more fuel efficient, yes they will say Toyota will last longer...and at one point in time that was true.... however not here, not now, not in 2008. A lot of people respond out of habit and because of what they have known of the past. Domestics (generally speaking as a whole) are just as reliable and just as fuel efficient, and will last just as long. with a more cost effective maintenance. Replies to this message: sweendogy (Nov 19, 2008 4:37 pm)
#30 of 48 Re: IF your smart you'd wait a year [sweendogy] by hjones1971 Nov 19, 2008 (8:25 am)
Replying to: sweendogy (Oct 22, 2008 7:34 pm) the challengers are selling as well as can be expected considering todays market for vehicles. its not ONLY challenger sales that are down or hurting, it is the entire market, taking everything into consideration they are doing pretty well.
#31 of 48 Re: IF your smart you'd wait a year [hjones1971] by sweendogy Nov 19, 2008 (4:37 pm)
Replying to: hjones1971 (Nov 18, 2008 5:40 pm) yep toyota really worried about the great quality cars coming out of dodge-- the journey and calliber should really put the fear into them.. I agree in 2008 you have better choices from detroit but the reason why dodge has to put a 10 year warrantee (non-transfer) on a car is because if they didn't they would not sell half of what they do now ..how bad is that.. Read consumer reports on all of this in the current month mag. no dodges to be found..
#32 of 48 Challenger Sales by sweendogy Nov 19, 2008 (4:44 pm)
http://www.motorauthority.com/dodge-challenger-srt8-not-selling-as-well-as-expec- ted.html   the above piece was from july when the car came out.. -- challengers are not the only car not selling --yes --but they are selling less then 1 challenger a month per dealer.. there is 2k dealers in the states-- that is pretty bad no matter what economy we are in. Pretty cool looking car--performance numbers great-- but i would have a hard time paying more then dealer invoice.
#33 of 48 09 Challenger R/T by drive_55_no Nov 26, 2008 (8:25 am)
I drove a basic R/T yesterday, Hemi Orange in color, only had the 20" wheel upgrade and the black stripping, That is a nice looking car. The seats are a little hard compared to our 02 Intrepid, but the performance is OOTW compared to the 08 Mustang GT I'm also pricing out. The GT is a manual, hte R/T an auto.   The dealer was actually offering 1000 off MSRP, (31K vs 32) I offered 28K Out the door as the Ford dealer down the road priced out the 08' GT for 23K (I offered him 20)   The ole' sales manager pulled the "these Challengers are holding their value and we're actually taking a LOSS selling BELOW MSRP" ... I told him, 28K Tax, title dealer prep and whatever else he wanted to add, No more.   He was pushing that R/T hard as he has four sitting there and there are at least 50 on dealer lots within 100miles Charlotte area. He also has a SRT8 priced at 48K. He was pointing me in that direction fairly hard also.   I'll check back in two weeks and see if he's ready to deal on the R/T. Replies to this message: drive_55_no (Jan 12, 2009 7:19 am) frankyg (Jan 24, 2009 10:07 am)

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