Originally Posted by krusty_the_klown
Thanks, got all the answers. Amazing thing is that my dealer never pimped the Chrysler plan.
On a side note, I absolutely hate the car buying process. It took about an hour and a half to get into my Crossfire from the time I got there. The salesman glandhanding, the paperwork, the inevitable pimping from paperwork guy, etc.. Does anybody actually enjoy the experience? I think if the Marquis de Sade were alive today he would be proud of the new car delivery process.
krusty,
I've never enjoyed the car buying experience either, however I must say with the Xfire, it was not bad at all. It may have been the fact that I did my homework and knew how much I would pay. I wasn't buying a car because I needed it.
The night before we went to the dealer at Baseline and Rural. They lost the deal because we were $400 apart. They followed me out the door telling me to sleep on it and come back the next day. I did and showed him "my" new Crossfire when I went to pick up my Jeep at the service dept. You can imagine the reaction I got from them with #2815 sitting in the parking lot. :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
The next day before I went to pick up the Jeep I walked into Superstition Springs Chrysler-Jeep at 9:00 sharp. At 10:30 I drove off the lot.
When the salesman greeted me, I asked him to come along so he could get credit for the sale, but I wanted to go "straight" to the sales manager. I was not going to play the going back and forth game trying to agree on a price.
I politely but firmly told the sales manager I wanted to buy the only SSB Crossfire sitting his on lot and gave him my written offer which I prepared the night before. The offer included how much I wanted for my for my '98 Honda Prelude, which was paid for. I told him there were three other dealers within 30 miles that I wanted to visit if he did not want to accept my offer. I gave him 15 minutes to come back with a yea or nay.
He came back a few minutes later with his hand out and accepted my offer. I thought it to be a good deal. I offered him $22,000 plus the $12,000 credit for my Prelude. The total came to $34,000 which was right at MSRP minus the transportation charges. The deal was $900 less than the other dealer wanted.
Needless to say... I've been smiling ever since.
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PS: Sorry about the OT post.