(05-04-2020, 09:44 AM)D_Eclipse9916 Wrote: From what I am hearing through the grapevine, dealers are holding pretty hard on pricing. I guess low interest rates + stimulus + factory delays means dealers would prefer to hold inventory at higher prices to get more per car since volume is low. We will see who breaks first. I haven't found any true deals yet.
Yeah I think you're pretty on target with your thinking. I'll let you all know if we start getting a flood of dealers reaching back out to us or the end of this month starts putting the pressure on. Mazda sales were down something like 44% YoY in April. I think when inventory from ports releases and everyone is returning leases (some manufacturers are doing crazy things to extend leases) those lots are gonna fill up quickly.
02' BMW 330i
20' CX-5 GTR
Audi has joined the 0% financing club (excluding RS models) and a couple of others have expanded their financing specials (even Porsche). Seems like used car market is softening here and there, but not a lot of fire sales that I've seen.
I agree that dealers are trying to hang tough for now, but the pressure is only going to keep ramping up.
Kinda surprised I haven't seen more aggressive bike deals. Might be because they don't have access to as much capital to get aggressive, or maybe they're waiting to see what spring sales numbers look like. I haven't seen any really out of the ordinary deals on bikes.
2018 Ducati Panigale V4
Past: 2018 Honda Civic Type-R, 2015 Yamaha R1, 2009 BMW M3, 2013 Aprilia RSV4R, 2006 Honda Ridgeline, 2006 Porsche Cayman S, 2012 Ducati 1199, 2009 Subaru WRX, 2008 CBR1000RR, 2009 Kawasaki ZX-6R, 2000 Toyota Tundra, 2005 Honda CBR600RR, 1996 Acura Integra GS-R, 1996 Acura Integra GS-R, 1997 Honda Civic EX
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Apparently trucks are selling like hotcakes. Saw an article the other day that nationwide inventory is like half where it was last year. Partly due to the GM strike, partly because with 0% 84 month financing and cheap gas, everyone needs one. Probably going to delay my search for a deal, or maybe force me to just put in an order on one with exactly the options I want.
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A friend of mine just bought a new Silverado. He took the rebate instead of 0%. Said the dealer had almost no truck inventory and the sales staff said they were flying off the lot.
2019 Accord Sport 2.0 A/T
2012 Civic Si - Sold
Ended up picking up a 2020 CX-5 GTR. Cars were held at port all summer and just released a couple weeks ago at the same time the 21' showed up. No buyers regret yet, if you happen to be in the market for one I'll let ya know exact pricing just DM me. Ended up buying it in NJ after making some dealers price beat each other. Got it out the door for a good bit under MSRP (which isn't bad considering crazy CT taxes).
FYI there's one "dealer driven" sitting at Safford in VA we didn't go with, that I know they have even more room on if you can ignore 1,500 miles on a "brand new" car.
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02' BMW 330i
20' CX-5 GTR
Need some thoughts on something. So, we have a two car garage and it’s tight but two cars are doable. I would have to get a storage building or somewhere to store my riding mower, which is an additional expense. It’s no secret I’ve been car shopping off, Corvette, Porsche, few other oddball ideas. So if I buy a fun car I keep my truck which has about 75k miles on it and would probably be worth sinking about $1,000 into it to get all the service up to date and good to go for the foreseeable future. One thing I’ve always missed in that truck is the technology. Keyless start, Bluetooth, etc etc. If I chose not to get a different fun car I could upgrade to probably a Raptor for no more money than we pay now. Which would ya’ll do? Car and buy a storage building or get a sweet truck/daily driver with all the tech and newness?
2010 Dodge Ram 1500
2019 Ford Mustang
11-03-2020, 08:46 PM
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(11-03-2020, 08:24 PM)Ryan T Wrote: Need some thoughts on something. So, we have a two car garage and it’s tight but two cars are doable. I would have to get a storage building or somewhere to store my riding mower, which is an additional expense. It’s no secret I’ve been car shopping off, Corvette, Porsche, few other oddball ideas. So if I buy a fun car I keep my truck which has about 75k miles on it and would probably be worth sinking about $1,000 into it to get all the service up to date and good to go for the foreseeable future. One thing I’ve always missed in that truck is the technology. Keyless start, Bluetooth, etc etc. If I chose not to get a different fun car I could upgrade to probably a Raptor for no more money than we pay now. Which would ya’ll do? Car and buy a storage building or get a sweet truck/daily driver with all the tech and newness? Bluetooth is a head unit away. I feel you on the key, but it's easy to buy a fun car and install a remote start on your truck.( Not worth it) I promise you'll drive the truck a lot less often than you think. My truck is the nicest place to be of any vehicle I've owned and I still daily drive it.
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My philosophy is be comfortable where you spend most of your time. If it's a fun car, great. If it's a better truck, great. How much you'd drive a fun car should dictate things. Don't hate 300 days so you can love 65 days.
The storage thing isn't a major factor IMO. Do what you gotta do depending on where you land above.
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
That’s my big predicament. I rarely drive Sams mustang on day to day errands, but it doesn’t really excite me. I don’t drive a lot, 50-60 miles a week maybe, and other than taking the trash off on Mondays, none of it really requires a truck. So I would probably be driving a fun car 3`4 days a week but only for like 10 miles at a time. Although, I imagine I might do some more extended cruises in the countryside in a fun car. Lord knows I’ve taken the Mustang out for some since we bought it.
2010 Dodge Ram 1500
2019 Ford Mustang
11-04-2020, 01:59 AM
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Who cares how much you drive it, what matters is what you drive the most. I drive 2000 miles a year and rarely more than 5 miles at a time. I still wanted a new GTI so I could enjoy when I did drive.
I daily drove the 911 for three months. I hated it.
I doubt any of this helps you, but they're data points nonetheless.
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
(11-03-2020, 11:26 PM)Apoc Wrote: My philosophy is be comfortable where you spend most of your time.
This.
This is why we've been bolstering up our house as of lately and why i pretty much sold the z3/parts for a nice bicycle. I don't drive much compared to what i used to, but having a nice/fun reliable daily that can do *most* of the things i want to do is what i figured out with the ridgeline debacle. FYI, great 'truck', but just not a great truck for me.
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