R1DannyZX said:
I'm looking for a Blue/Blue 6 Speed and have found several but there all more than 3 hours away. I've been working with a local dealer who desperately wants to put me in a Yellow 6 Speed. He says he can't get me one of the Blues from another dealer without adding a significant amount to the deal.
I would just go up to the the dealer that has one but I'm afraid they won't get me the same deal or they'll want to dick me on my trade even harder than my local guy ($15,000/05 Civic Si/9000 miles)) and I will have to take it or accept that I wasted 6 hours od gas and mileage on my trade for nothing.
Did any of you guys have your GTO brought in from another dealer?? If so, did it affect the deal any?
Thanks!
Danny
Hi Danny.... don't know how your dealers to business there, but around here, IF the car you want is within a certain distance they can swap it out at NO cost to you.
What happened to me was, after waiting nearly 5 months for my order as it sat on the docks in California for 3 months held up by customs, I told my dealer to find me another because GM could not guarantee when it would be delivered, at that time in May I was told it could go in to August, or September, or longer, so I told my dealer to find me another, I wasn't going to wait 9 months....so, my dealer attempted to find me one like I ordered.
To make a long story short, I found one 4 hours away, but my local dealer would not swap with that dealer because according to my dealer... it was not cost effective for them to do that so they found one only 90 mins away. That dealer was willing to do a trade for another GTO, but my local dealer didn't have any GTO's to swap for. That dealer would not swap for anything other than a different GTO.
I was told then by my local dealer whom I placed the original order with, they came up empty. I called the dealer 90 mins away, and told them I was after the one they had, and if they could equal the deal my local dealer gave me, I'd be up to get it. They agreed, and I purchased that one, then canceled the original one. Needless to say the dealer who I placed the original order with was not happy, but it was GM's ordering, shipping process that cost them the sale. My patience ran out after 5 months of waiting. I was originally told 4-5 months after placed order. I expected to wait 5 months, not 8,9, or longer.
I would think that if there is another GTO within an hour or 2, your dealer should and could do a swap. If they won't, and you want a specific color choice, I would go get it. I did, and am glad I did.