My Gupton Pickup Experience 9/30/21

[LuvHydro]

I just drove for about 6 hours straight headed back home so these are just my quick thoughts before I crash. I will post a full review over the weekend.

Bullet points
• Was a perfect day out
• Easiest, quickest & best new car buying experience I've ever had, period
• The staff that I met, Daniel (co-owner), Renee (Sales) & Walter (F&I) are as honest & down to earth as they come. I felt like I'd known them for years.
• The staggering number of sold Wranglers on their lot is simply mind-boggling & breathtaking.
I got to see virtually every trim level & color Wranglers come in, in-person.

Here is a short teaser video of just the middle row. There are many more rows. I'll post more pics later.
(Edit: Just noticed if you look really close in the video you can see a real purdy Hella right in front of the main dealership door. It's not there now. ?)

One note of caution if yours is there. Most of these came in all in one day.
As we suspected, the truckers were upset over FCA's business practices & wanted to make a point, causing the delays, then delivered them all at once. I hope FCA got the message.

This is a tiny dealership & they all are working a lot of hours, including their scheduled days off, taking care of buyers just as absolutely as fast as they can, in the order they came off the trucks. I gave them a week before I requested to show up & after seeing them all sitting there, that probably wasn't long enough.

Just saying we have a good thing going with these guys, let's give them ample time to prep the units lest they decide it's not worth the hassle anymore.

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[OffroadCalling77]

Damn Jeeps are selling well. That’s good to see

 

[LuvHydro]

Damn Jeeps are selling well. That’s good to see

After seeing empty lot after empty lot, it is surreal to see it in-person. Honestly I was in heaven walking around, but with major trim envy. There are some damn nice rigs there.

 

[Big_Lebowski]

I hope you got a pic of mine. It supposedly showed up Tuesday per Jeep Chat. White JLURD.

Mine hit KZ on the 24th and arrived at the dealer on the 28th per JC. 8 weeks and 1 day from order to delivery to Gupton.

 

[LuvHydro]

I hope you got a pic of mine. It supposedly showed up Tuesday per Jeep Chat. White JLURD.

Mine hit KZ on the 24th and arrived at the dealer on the 28th per JC. 8 weeks and 1 day from order to delivery to Gupton.

I'm sure I did. They had 80 come in all in one day. I wanted to take pics of all the stickers with everyone's name on them (that is super cool, btw) but it would have taken me forever. I did do it for the only other Yella there, cuz we gotta stick together. It was a Rubi and it was sharp AF.

 

[rcadden]

This was all basically my experience back in July, as well.

Same on the volume, too - mine was one of *FORTY FIVE* Jeeps that got delivered over a 2-day window. I was kinda floored by how tiny the dealership really is - pull it up on Google Maps to get an idea. It's barely there, which also really explains how they can offer such insane deals - Daniel's overhead is basically probably around 10 people, including the janitors/cleaning crew.

No need for a sales team - it's pretty obvious by their activity here and the area they're in that 95% of their business is pre-sold factory orders and fleet/farm vehicles.

 

[Beasty]

Seeing that many Wranglers is insane! I have no idea how they keep up with their order volume but major props to them!

 

[Lynchy77]

I'm sure I did. They had 80 come in all in one day. I wanted to take pics of all the stickers with everyone's name on them (that is super cool, btw) but it would have taken me forever. I did do it for the only other Yella there, cuz we gotta stick together. It was a Rubi and it was sharp AF.

Completely random but do you know if Gupton or Jeep made the personal signs? Jeep is in my name but for my wife so it would be cool to say her name since she picked all her options.
Congrats! Can’t wait to pick her up in a couple months at best

 

[rcadden]

Completely random but do you know if Gupton or Jeep made the personal signs? Jeep is in my name but for my wife so it would be cool to say her name since she picked all her options.
Congrats! Can’t wait to pick her up in a couple months at best

It comes from the factory that way, for whoever the order is in under.

 

[lclaborn]

As someone who is moderately interested in ordering a new Jeep I keep seeing Gupton pop up around the forums. It would be quite a drive from where I am but I see several people who are doing it. From what I have read their customer service is great and they are doing a really high volume. With that high volume are knocking some off of the MSRP? Is it that combined with the ease of ordering that draw so many to them?

Looking forward to seeing your review @LuvYella

 

[kumbaya]

nice! congrats on your jeep! woot woot.

 

[rcadden]

As someone who is moderately interested in ordering a new Jeep I keep seeing Gupton pop up around the forums. It would be quite a drive from where I am but I see several people who are doing it. From what I have read their customer service is great and they are doing a really high volume. With that high volume are knocking some off of the MSRP? Is it that combined with the ease of ordering that draw so many to them?

Looking forward to seeing your review @LuvYella

Gupton is one of a handful of "high-volume" dealerships across the country. These dealerships understand the value of a pre-sold factory order for folks like us, and have made changes to their business to better cater to us. They're adept at handling out-of-state purchases (taxes, fees, etc) and make the process as easy as possible by offering free airport pickup or coordinating to have your Jeep shipped to you.

They also tend to offer great discounts as a result of their high-volume, usually a % off the factory *invoice* price, which is usually ~4-5% below the sticker price. For instance, when I ordered my Wrangler from Gupton this summer, they were offering 8% off invoice (~10-12% off sticker) for custom orders (with dealer financing and Tread Lightly affiliate discount).

Their ability to offer these deep discounts changes periodically (for instance, it appears that Tread Lightly was ended by FCA as of today (10/1/21), etc, but overall, they're a much better place to place a custom order than your local dealership.

 

[Steel8083]

For Me it was pricing. It's a 7 hour drive for Me but in My opinion it's well worth it. Plus My wife wanted to go to Nasville anyway so I get brownie point there too lol

 

[galleywinter]

As someone who is moderately interested in ordering a new Jeep I keep seeing Gupton pop up around the forums. It would be quite a drive from where I am but I see several people who are doing it. From what I have read their customer service is great and they are doing a really high volume. With that high volume are knocking some off of the MSRP? Is it that combined with the ease of ordering that draw so many to them?

Looking forward to seeing your review @LuvYella

Not sure if you fly Allegiant down in God Bless Texas but from NW Arkansas it's $43 one way too Nashville. Now it's a 7+ hour drive for me back but worth it. We'll make it a long weekend, play in Nashville a couple days and slow roll back home.

 

[galleywinter]

For Me it was pricing. It's a 7 hour drive for Me but in My opinion it's well worth it. Plus My wife wanted to go to Nasville anyway so I get brownie point there too lol

Same, pricing, no sales tax hassle like some dealers/states and the wife and will take a 5 day weekend next weekend after pick up.

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