Mdmorrissey
Member
- First Name
- Mike
- Joined
- May 13, 2019
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- Location
- Miami Beach and Denver
- Vehicle(s)
- 2019 Rubicon JLU
While I can't make any comments on where to go locally for a good deal, what I can tell you is that I would be shocked if you could get a great deal at Auto Nation West. Went there in Aug to take a look at an inbound 2019 JLU Rubicon (saw the car on their site in the color that I wanted and went to see a different colored one on their lot regarding the options that it would have). While there, they asked me if they wanted me to run some numbers on the in-bound car to look at, which I agreed to. When I got home I discovered that the quote they ran for me was actually several hundred higher than the price listed on their site! When I texted the salesman I dealt with about this, he told me that they would honor the on-line price. It still put a bad taste in my mouth - I knew that the games were beginning.
I decided to get a quote for a 2020 new build from Kent at Peterson's in Idaho, which was several thousand less than the Auto Nation number. About a week later, the Auto Nation salesman texted me to see if I was interested in moving forward. When I texted him back and asked how aggressive they could be on the price, he asked "how aggressive?" I texted him a copy of Kent's quote and the response back that I got was something to the effect that it "seems too good to be true" and then nothing further from him.
I just let things lie for about another week when I got one of those auto-generated emails from the Auto West GM asking me whether they could help me with the purchase. While auto-generated, I decided to reply back with the details that I am writing about above - basically said that I would like to keep the deal local, but that they hadn't seem too interested in working with me. To my shock, I did get an actual response from the GM, but it said something to the effect that "he dealt with the 'Idaho deal' all the time and that there are many restrictions that you have to go through to get that deal - such as the local financing - basically trying to tell me again that the deal was "too good to be true". Finally he stated something like "statistically, the car that I was looking at will sell in 21 days and the price is the price, so let us know if you are interested." Then to rub salt in the wound, a few days after all of this, the on-line price that I initially saw was raised $800! At that point I was so turned off that I had no intention of ever buying anything from them.
The car did in fact sell in about 21 days (removed from their site as sold), but that was fine with me. I ended up finding the same Wrangler on-line at Luther Chrysler Jeep in Brookdale (outside of Minneapolis) and got it for about $3,000 less than the Auto Nation number (about $1,500 less than a 2020 new build through Peterson's). True, it was out of state, but for $29 I flew direct to Minneapolis, took an Uber up to the dealership, was out the door in a couple of hours (deal was already negotiated) and made a small road trip out of the drive home - 850 miles and a couple of tanks of gas to Denver. I still saved thousands, enjoyed driving the new Jeep home and avoided giving a penny of my money to arrogant Auto Nation West.
I decided to get a quote for a 2020 new build from Kent at Peterson's in Idaho, which was several thousand less than the Auto Nation number. About a week later, the Auto Nation salesman texted me to see if I was interested in moving forward. When I texted him back and asked how aggressive they could be on the price, he asked "how aggressive?" I texted him a copy of Kent's quote and the response back that I got was something to the effect that it "seems too good to be true" and then nothing further from him.
I just let things lie for about another week when I got one of those auto-generated emails from the Auto West GM asking me whether they could help me with the purchase. While auto-generated, I decided to reply back with the details that I am writing about above - basically said that I would like to keep the deal local, but that they hadn't seem too interested in working with me. To my shock, I did get an actual response from the GM, but it said something to the effect that "he dealt with the 'Idaho deal' all the time and that there are many restrictions that you have to go through to get that deal - such as the local financing - basically trying to tell me again that the deal was "too good to be true". Finally he stated something like "statistically, the car that I was looking at will sell in 21 days and the price is the price, so let us know if you are interested." Then to rub salt in the wound, a few days after all of this, the on-line price that I initially saw was raised $800! At that point I was so turned off that I had no intention of ever buying anything from them.
The car did in fact sell in about 21 days (removed from their site as sold), but that was fine with me. I ended up finding the same Wrangler on-line at Luther Chrysler Jeep in Brookdale (outside of Minneapolis) and got it for about $3,000 less than the Auto Nation number (about $1,500 less than a 2020 new build through Peterson's). True, it was out of state, but for $29 I flew direct to Minneapolis, took an Uber up to the dealership, was out the door in a couple of hours (deal was already negotiated) and made a small road trip out of the drive home - 850 miles and a couple of tanks of gas to Denver. I still saved thousands, enjoyed driving the new Jeep home and avoided giving a penny of my money to arrogant Auto Nation West.
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