"Pistol Whipped Cream" (heynickhere)
09/28/2016 at 11:21 • Filed to: None
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"Pistol Whipped Cream" (heynickhere)
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Asking for a friend. He called one dealer that is expecting some and they want between $70-80k. OUCH
HammerheadFistpunch
> Pistol Whipped Cream
09/28/2016 at 11:27 |
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Hoping to pay MSRP for any first year high performance Ford?
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Pistol Whipped Cream
> HammerheadFistpunch
09/28/2016 at 11:31 |
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Yeah, that’s what I told him. I know some people got lucky with the Tacoma TRD PRO and Ordered it without dealer markup. However they aren’t really in the same league.
Alex Zapata
> Pistol Whipped Cream
09/28/2016 at 11:33 |
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I mean he could wait a couple of months for them to go back to normal...
Makes me think of the guys who bought the Challenger Hellcat at almost 100% markup, I giggle inside.
PS9
> Pistol Whipped Cream
09/28/2016 at 11:35 |
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“Insane markup you say? Wow that’s too bad. If only there were some way to evade that. Maybe Ford could sell it to you themselves?... Nah. That’s a dumb idea that would never work. It’s so dumb in fact that it should be illegal. Yeah. That’s smart.”
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Pistol Whipped Cream
> Alex Zapata
09/28/2016 at 11:39 |
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also a very viable option haha
AkursedX
> PS9
09/28/2016 at 11:51 |
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This.
Gerry197
> Pistol Whipped Cream
09/28/2016 at 11:56 |
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Note that the base MSRP is below $50,000, but fully optioned, they are approaching $70,000 + without markup.
Did you confirm the MSRP of those $70-80k prices quoted by the dealer?
Variance
> Pistol Whipped Cream
09/28/2016 at 11:58 |
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Where is your friend located? When I was searching for a GT350, I found a couple dealers that don’t charge markups on principle; if they’re close enough to him, or he’s willing to travel, I can pass them along.
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Pistol Whipped Cream
> Variance
09/28/2016 at 12:11 |
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We are in Phoenix. I told him to try and find a high volume dealer that just wants to deal and he might get away with a number closer to MSRP.
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Variance
> Pistol Whipped Cream
09/28/2016 at 12:26 |
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Ah, I’m not familiar with anything out west, unfortunately (the dealers I was speaking of are in NJ and AL). I do remember reading to stay away from Bell Ford in Phoenix, however.
I would recommend that he still keeps smaller dealers in mind. While larger dealers may be more willing to deal on regular cars, the prevailing attitude that I’ve encountered shows that they think that the specialty vehicles are the ones that they can make extra money on (one dealer local to me specifically said “We do enough giveaways here that we want to make money where we can.”). As a larger dealer, they can “afford” to let it sit in the showroom with a markup until it sells. Smaller dealers, on the other hand, don’t have the capital to maintain large inventories of vehicles, so they can be more willing to budge to get a vehicle sold quickly.
As always, YMMV, though it sucks for this to even be a problem in the first place.
jvirgs drives a Subaru
> Pistol Whipped Cream
09/28/2016 at 12:52 |
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But....but the dealership model is there to protect the consumer!
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Pistol Whipped Cream
> Variance
09/28/2016 at 14:22 |
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That is great advice on Bell Ford and that actually makes a lot of sense on the smaller dealer scale. I’ll tell him to try some dealers a little ways out of town too. Thanks!