slate gray turbo in RL classifieds
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drool drool droool. i want that car soooo bad. love that color.
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Originally Posted by C.J. Ichiban
that's a cool color that you don't see on 993's too often
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Originally Posted by Only1Buck
Anyone know the car?
I saw it @ Cars & coffee show in Irvine Ca last weekend.
The featured marque was P-car.
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While the color was not to my taste, the body / paint / interior looked quite clean.
Yes it is in the hands of a dealer
but
Paul @ Auto Kennel is one of the few (if not only) dealers that i'd feel pretty good about paying the dealer / middleman price increase to.
IMO he is ethically log levels above the used car dealer stereotype .
give him a call.
no affiliation blah blah blah other than stopping in Auto Kennel occasionally to chat and check out the eye candy.
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Originally Posted by Tim Wasmer
Another fine example in the hands of a dealer. Damn they will make a ton on that.
Don't lose sight of the fact that dealers are subject to the same market forces as everyone else.
They usually have to pay a premium for a stunning car - to do the deal.
Owners are more than happy to drive down the road to trade a car with another dealer who will pay more for the trade-in...
Often a dealer will make less margin on a high priced "fine example",
because they are prepared to take the risk on a perfect car.
Food for thought....
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Originally Posted by Q
Don't lose sight of the fact that dealers are subject to the same market forces as everyone else.
Originally Posted by Q
They usually have to pay a premium for a stunning car - to do the deal.
Originally Posted by Q
Owners are more than happy to drive down the road to trade a car with another dealer who will pay more for the trade-in....
Originally Posted by Q
Often a dealer will make less margin on a high priced "fine example",
because they are prepared to take the risk on a perfect car.
because they are prepared to take the risk on a perfect car.
I'm not a dealer and may be way off. I'm basing my statements on common preception.
BTW, the slate gray looks great...but I'm bias
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Originally Posted by kimo964
I'm not a dealer and may be way off. I'm basing my statements on common preception.
After being in the industry, I now know these perceptions are wrong.
In response to your comments:
1. You misunderstood the first point I made.
Dealers are subject to market forces.
- there is no "fixed price" for trade-ins.
they have to pay more for a decent car, or miss out on owning it.
there are other dealers willing to pay a bit more to have a decent car in stock.
2. Yes, dealers are there to make an income. Fact of life.
Perception says that the difference between trade in price, and advertised price is the profit. Fundamentally wrong. [this is a new thread in its own right]
3. wrong.
MOST people trade their cars at the dealer that give them the best price.
You may not, I certainly didn't, but MOST people do.....
The cars are often traded at a different dealership....or at a different Marque.
a different Marque dealership usually sells it to the wholesaler, who then rings a number of [porsche] dealerships to see who who will pay the most for the car
Thus, dealers end up in a bidding war...
4. You misread what I said.
I said dealers will buy a"fine example" on a reduced margin
....why ?
- they then have good stock on the floor
- good cars will ALWAYS sell
THEREFORE they have to sit and wait for their price....particularly when there is not a lot of room to negotiate.
I am not taking a bite at you here, I am just trying to give you an insight into the realities of the industry vs the perceptions
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Originally Posted by Q
I am not taking a bite at you here, I am just trying to give you an insight into the realities of the industry vs the perceptions
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