Crazy price for speed3

[Creatve]

Originally Posted by avance1209

... He said he'd give me msrp since i saw them before they marked them up...

lol

[Jaybus]

Ha! Local dealer here in Knoxville, TN had a $1700 markup and refused to let my wife test drive one. Can you believe it? She told the salesman to his face "This is B#@$ SH#$!" Love that woman. Next morning we drove to Nashville about an hour and a half away, took turns test driving it, then bought a red 2010 without tech for 23.1k. They were fantastic at that dealership. Very nice. We traded in her 2007 3s Touring, still worth $1000 more than we owed. Finance guy said he was just relieved to get a trade-in that they could actually sell. They have a parking lot full of clunkers the govt hasn't paid for yet. So the dealership can make a BIG difference. Don't let your local dealership bully you. A markup in this economy? You gotta be kidding me.

[mazspd3jase]

dealer i bought from in Salinas was awesome.....i literally stopped, "just to look" he said, 'lets take it for spin, just for shits and grins.....5 hours later i was driving off the lot in shell shock. Unbelievable money (a very good thing) for my 05 trade in. My payment stayed the same. i was there on the final day of the "cash for clunkers" crap...and while i was no part of that....all the stars musta been aligned or something cuz i still cant believe it! All of this happened by the way on the first day of a week vacation in the Monterey area. LOL

Here's to Destiny(happens to be her name now too)!

[twowings]

that is one SWEET ride....enjoy it !

[B-mtrd]

Originally Posted by mazspd3jase

dealer i bought from in Salinas was awesome.....i literally stopped, "just to look" he said, 'lets take it for spin, just for shits and grins.....5 hours later i was driving off the lot in shell shock. Unbelievable money (a very good thing) for my 05 trade in. My payment stayed the same. i was there on the final day of the "cash for clunkers" crap...and while i was no part of that....all the stars musta been aligned or something cuz i still cant believe it! All of this happened by the way on the first day of a week vacation in the Monterey area. LOL

Here's to Destiny(happens to be her name now too)!

The red calipers look amazing. ^^^^^^

[drewzilla1981]

one of the dealers i visited said it was b/c they're only getting like 7 of 'em a year. if that...so i guess we're supposed to believe since they're cheaper than evo's and sti's that we should pay a closer price?

[jankyboy]

Originally Posted by Jaybus

Ha! Local dealer here in Knoxville, TN had a $1700 markup and refused to let my wife test drive one. Can you believe it? She told the salesman to his face "This is B#@$ SH#$!" Love that woman. Next morning we drove to Nashville about an hour and a half away, took turns test driving it, then bought a red 2010 without tech for 23.1k. They were fantastic at that dealership. Very nice. We traded in her 2007 3s Touring, still worth $1000 more than we owed. Finance guy said he was just relieved to get a trade-in that they could actually sell. They have a parking lot full of clunkers the govt hasn't paid for yet. So the dealership can make a BIG difference. Don't let your local dealership bully you. A markup in this economy? You gotta be kidding me.

Would have been even better had you driven the new car by the local dealership to ask if they liked your new ride

[azasadny]

I got S-Plan pricing from my local dealer, so I'm not complaining...

[nuprin503]

That is pretty sad.... Always some shady dealership trying to rip off the consumer....

[grnstreak]

Originally Posted by nuprin503

That is pretty sad.... Always some shady dealership trying to rip off the consumer....

That's how the AlanWebb Mazda dealer was here in Vancouver, WA. They had "Northwest vehicle" markups ($2k+) and all kinds of other fees. They had no idea what they were even selling. They first tried to say the MS3 didn't come in Celestial Blue so if anything it was a special order. I tried to show them on their computer but the internet suddenly stopped working when we tried. I did get a hold of a brochure though and showed them it was a color option. There were a few other things that finally made me just leave.

I ended up getting a call from Ron Tonkin over there in Portland and I was surprised. They asked what I wanted to pay, and what I wanted my monthly payments to be. I told them expecting them to try and negotiate it back up a little, but they said, "We'll make it happen. If you can come down and put the $500 deposit, we'll give you those numbers." I couldn't get over there fast enough. It pays to shop around.

I'm surprised dealers are still that shady when business is so tight.