The Art of buying a car

[rvillano8188]

Laziness is expensive...

I don't think this is laziness, I think it's weighing your options. I would venture to say traveling so far is mentally lazy (maybe physically demanding, but not having that negotiation first locally before running to another dealer hundreds of miles away seems counterintuitive if you're trying to save money). What's 20 hours of your time worth (Not including overnights)? Plus hotels, wear and tear on a vehicle you might be trading in, tolls, food, etc.

Thinking you're going to outsmart a guy by traveling 10 hours to get a car slightly cheaper is expensive. I literally logged onto this forum in a dealership on Long Island, told them I was gonna drive my a$$ to NC, and I had no issues doing so to save me even as little as 50 bucks. Guess who walked out with a deal equal to the ones on this forum.

There's all different ways to purchase. I don't necessarily blame you for giving up on the negotiation game if you're in a position to do so, but for me, that would be time off work, money to travel, etc. All that would come off my "cheaper" vehicle savings. So why not just prep yourself, go into the dealership fighting, and come out a winner? If you don't win, then so be it, but I'll be damned if I won't try to maximize my savings by attempting to beat down local dealerships first.

I'm in SoCal and will be driving through Vegas on the way back from picking mine up in ID. If you aren't willing to drive more than 10 minutes to a dealer your options are limited and you are going to be stuck haggling/negotiating. You have to run the numbers if it makes sense or not (including time wasted haggling with a dealer). A few hours of driving to save a lot makes sense to many of us.


For my LE, I'm around $7k under MSRP (which every SoCal dealer is charging). That's a lot of plane tickets.

And up until I walked into a dealer with a build sheet and armed with more information that a sales manager even knows what to do with, I would've agreed. Heck, I even reached out to Travis first. I guess the negotiator in me didn't want to back down from a fight and that negotiation took all of 30 minutes before they shook my hand.

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[Sorbs]

And up until I walked into a dealer with a build sheet and armed with more information that a sales manager even knows what to do with, I would've agreed. Heck, I even reached out to Travis first. I guess the negotiator in me didn't want to back down from a fight and that negotiation took all of 30 minutes before they shook my hand.

LOL...I saved almost $10k with an email but to each their own...

 

[DenverGladiator]

And up until I walked into a dealer with a build sheet and armed with more information that a sales manager even knows what to do with, I would've agreed. Heck, I even reached out to Travis first. I guess the negotiator in me didn't want to back down from a fight and that negotiation took all of 30 minutes before they shook my hand.

Same, except mine took 11 minutes via email. Local dealer emailed offer of MSRP, I emailed back said thanks but I have X offer with X fees, let me know if you have any flexibility. They emailed back, not kidding, 11 minutes later with that same offer (but they have lower fees) and attached the Purchase Agreement for me to sign. Not only did I save travel costs for a family of 4, I ended up with a lower OTD price and stayed local.

I feel bad for some of the nice sales people I had contacted at other dealers. Their customer service was amazing, but when they took an offer to their manager, the manager wouldn't budge an inch. I always sent them a follow-up email letting them know how much I appreciated their time and responsiveness, that I was sorry they could not come down to my price, and if their dealership would like to make the sale, to email me back in the next few days before I order with another dealer.

 

[DanOnTheCob]

I can't tell you how many dealers I emailed before and during the order dates for the gladiator, probably around 50 or so. It was very helpful to have offers from other dealers so I can ask for price match or better (I had Tri-City's offer to show). I only had 3 dealers willing to work with me on price on release day. 2 were doing what Tri-City had offered, 1 was 10 miles away. Soo, my advise if you don't wan't to travel far is to spend sometime and email a bunch of dealers.

Side note: Some dealers online reps were very offended for asking for price matching. It was kind of funny, but at least I didn't waste gas to go there.

 

[TheITGuy]

Guess I'm lucky @spenchey is only an hour and a half from my house and the second closest Jeep dealer .

 

[spenchey]

Guess I'm lucky @spenchey is only an hour and a half from my house and the second closest Jeep dealer .

More than happy to have the opportunity to earn your (plus any/everyone) business

 

[lucky7t]

This method really sounds like a shitload of time and having experience in the car business Im not real sure it makes a whole bunch of sense . I’ll stick to calling @spenchey if I need a Jeep again

 

[spenchey]

This method really sounds like a shitload of time and having experience in the car business Im not real sure it makes a whole bunch of sense . I’ll stick to calling @spenchey if I need a Jeep again

Every one needs more Jeep's, always more

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