Re: Once again, Chevy has a great deal -
"Dealer invoices" can be made to say anything they want them to say, and do not necessarily reflect what the dealer paid the factory, no matter what the salesman says.<br /><br />Everything works on supply and demand, and the dealers know pretty much how many units of a particular model they have, or are available, and how long it is going to take them to sell them at a given markup. They will often deal on a difficult to sell model, and not deal on a popular one.<br /><br />The tried and true best way is the old fashioned way--go to several dealers, tell them what you want, and at what price---even send some letters out to sales managers with the same info--and if they take it, fine, but if not, walk out. If several dealers allow you to walk out, chances are that if you want that vehicle, you are going to have to move your price up. Or change what you are looking for to one that is in greater supply and dealers are willing to deal more.<br /><br />I have a friend that is a Ford dealer, and the factories do lots of strange things to them. A while back, he could sell as many Mustang convertibles as he could get his hands on, so the factory made him take two Taurus' (which was a dog) for every Mustang they would ship him. You can bet he was willing to deal on those Tauruses, but he was going to get every last nickel on that Mustang. And he could print you up a factory invoice to tell you anything you wanted to see.
"Dealer invoices" can be made to say anything they want them to say, and do not necessarily reflect what the dealer paid the factory, no matter what the salesman says.<br /><br />Everything works on supply and demand, and the dealers know pretty much how many units of a particular model they have, or are available, and how long it is going to take them to sell them at a given markup. They will often deal on a difficult to sell model, and not deal on a popular one.<br /><br />The tried and true best way is the old fashioned way--go to several dealers, tell them what you want, and at what price---even send some letters out to sales managers with the same info--and if they take it, fine, but if not, walk out. If several dealers allow you to walk out, chances are that if you want that vehicle, you are going to have to move your price up. Or change what you are looking for to one that is in greater supply and dealers are willing to deal more.<br /><br />I have a friend that is a Ford dealer, and the factories do lots of strange things to them. A while back, he could sell as many Mustang convertibles as he could get his hands on, so the factory made him take two Taurus' (which was a dog) for every Mustang they would ship him. You can bet he was willing to deal on those Tauruses, but he was going to get every last nickel on that Mustang. And he could print you up a factory invoice to tell you anything you wanted to see.
so he has HIS commission in for the day, lol) - so if they are offering 13,700, and your truck is the SAME cept for the hitch and the chrome strip, add those on and youve got 14,150, dont tell me they have you guys on that tight a string that you arent making something on it, and you stop losing interest on it to boot.<br /><br />Otherwise, Ill go get my own hitch and have a molding put on for a hundred bucks, but I like the service you have given her car in your service department, its worth the fifty mile ride to me<br /><br />Ah the power of pure logic, I had him, apples to apples, the field was leveled<br /><br />As if I was tearing the food from his new borns babes mouth, well I suppose, well, let me go see ... he WAS the guy that the other guy was running to supposedly, but he went to someone too, and said well I guess your right, well we can do that then<br /><br />Minus all incentives, the 20,583 dollar truck is now just over 11 grand<br /><br />One thing I dont like ... last night when I fired the other truck up, I noticed the oil went to 80, cold oil, thicker<br /><br />(an aside - I drove the nucar truck and was quite pleased, beauty-ful - came back, and the lot boy came and headed down to the prep bay, wooo hooo, cleaning my truck up already!<br /><br />well no, that truck just got sold ... WHAT???<br />but they had a carbon copy TWIN, identical right to the penny, on the lot, which is the truck we are talking about right now)<br /><br />This truck, when I went for the test ride, was idling at just below indicated 40-45 pounds and running down the road at 80 pounds of pressure, so now I want to go check ANOTHER s 10 and see if it does this fluctuation (which I realize is normal, but even on a NEW one? shouldnt it be high pressure even at idle when new?<br /><br />That niggle aside, my stripper comes with tilt, cruise, blastingly cold AC, reclining seats and a radio that tells you what group is playing and compensates for road speed by automatically adjusting the volume 
