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C7 Sales Dropping Further and Further
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<blockquote data-quote="Vette1993" data-source="post: 144471" data-attributes="member: 4304"><p>Very good idea guys! If you find one that you like, with the setup and equipment that you want, be realistic with yourself and the dealer with the price you would really like to pay, and <strong>stick with that price. </strong>Present the dealer with your offer on paper, including your name number, etc. Wait it out, keeping tabs as too how long the car is sitting there, watch how close you are towards springtime. If time has passed with no response, drop the dealer a line, a gentle push to show you are still interested. After financing that vehicle all winter, I'm sure that they want to get rid of it.</p><p> In my own experience, I had seen a really nice '86 Vette on line while I was shopping around, a little bit more than I wanted to pay at the time. In the interim,I found a '93 Dark Rose 6 speed with a rough interior for $6500. Subsequently, after owning this car for about three weeks, I decided that the restoration expense was going to be beyond my willingness to part with large monies. At that point, I went to the dealership that had the '86, checked it out to my satisfaction, and cut a "no money" swap deal for my '93, which also has a provenance as being one of only 50 C4 40th Anniversary coupes produced with the existing equipment, verified with documentation. The '86 was advertised at $10000, so I basically came out ahead in monetary value, as well as a vehicle in far superior condition, requiring minimal expense and work with regards to restoration. Note that the car had sat on the dealership lot for over 7 months unsold, and showing up with a shiny, newer Vette peaked the salesman's interest. He eventually sold it about a month and a half later, for how much I don't know. (on line for $10000) So it was a mutual "good for both" situation</p><p>in the end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vette1993, post: 144471, member: 4304"] Very good idea guys! If you find one that you like, with the setup and equipment that you want, be realistic with yourself and the dealer with the price you would really like to pay, and [B]stick with that price. [/B]Present the dealer with your offer on paper, including your name number, etc.[B] [/B]Wait it out, keeping tabs as too how long the car is sitting there, watch how close you are towards springtime. If time has passed with no response, drop the dealer a line, a gentle push to show you are still interested. After financing that vehicle all winter, I'm sure that they want to get rid of it. In my own experience, I had seen a really nice '86 Vette on line while I was shopping around, a little bit more than I wanted to pay at the time. In the interim,I found a '93 Dark Rose 6 speed with a rough interior for $6500. Subsequently, after owning this car for about three weeks, I decided that the restoration expense was going to be beyond my willingness to part with large monies. At that point, I went to the dealership that had the '86, checked it out to my satisfaction, and cut a "no money" swap deal for my '93, which also has a provenance as being one of only 50 C4 40th Anniversary coupes produced with the existing equipment, verified with documentation. The '86 was advertised at $10000, so I basically came out ahead in monetary value, as well as a vehicle in far superior condition, requiring minimal expense and work with regards to restoration. Note that the car had sat on the dealership lot for over 7 months unsold, and showing up with a shiny, newer Vette peaked the salesman's interest. He eventually sold it about a month and a half later, for how much I don't know. (on line for $10000) So it was a mutual "good for both" situation in the end. [/QUOTE]
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