I am in Northern NJ, drove by a dealer in Ramsey on 17 North (Mazda/Subaru)...
Saw 2 STis (Blue - silver and White - gold) parked right in front of dealership.. WOW, really nice looking cars.. A young dealer saw me admiring the STis and rushed to help me.. His first words were: I drove one today and it's unbelievable.. His second words were: My friend has brand new M3 but this is better. His reputation was immediately diminished in my eyes.. I kept myself quiet and thought: this is gonna be entertaining.. He went on describing the car, blah blah, everything I knew for about 1/2 a year now thanks to forums, Subaru web site, etc..
Then he went on: We have about 6 people in line for this car, BUT we are only marking them UP $5000, as opposed to 2 other local dealers marking them $8k and $11k over, and he went on telling me the dealers names (yes, here in NJ, we are fortunate to have 3 Subaru dealerships within 10 mile radius)... I am like: Get outta here, but my mouth didnt move a bit and I thought: WOW, this guy is more entertaining than I originally thought...
When I inquired about choosing wheel color - he said: u cant pick that!!!! U can only pick the vehicle color and rushed me towards to windows sticket, where he pointed and read to me the wheel color listed, and tried to use this as a proof... I was lost for a bit there.. I know first few allocations are given/chosen by Subaru and simply given to dealers, but can someone confirm if this is true? I would definitely wanna be able to pick me wheel color..
Then the funny happened: He is like: This car is very sporty that it requires a huge wing in the back AND..... the wing FLEXES on PURPOSE... so does Aluminum hood. I looked at him in AWE (literally), as he rushed to the front of the white STi to open the hood and make me grab it in order for me to weigh in.. Hood and Wing flex as designed by Subaru for this super sport car, he repeated......... Go on already, I thought....
He let me sit inside one, it was nice, gauges were in nice red color and interior didnt feel as cramped as EVO (which I saw about 45 minutes previously)...
He went inside and took my info, as I carefully warned him:
I want silver with silver wheels, all 3 options (turbo gauge, Center armrest and wheel locks), not a penny more than MSRP and don't even attempt to call me if u can't give me that exact car for MRP or less...
He suddenly went into defense mode and said: If u can get me in writing the MSRP or lesses price from ANY subaru dealership, we will gladly MATCH it immediately.. I thought: not the dealer games again, I am too old for this, but my lips didn't move a bit again... After reading many many posts here how many ocol dealers (including Murley) sell @ MSRP only, made me think, oh well.. too bad I wont pay a penny over MSRP and I am not aobut to start racing around dealerships trying to get MSRP contracts in writing.. I do understand that I live in Northern NJ, where every 3rd house costs more than 1/2 a million bucks and there are TONS of rich corporate folks, including young adults with high paying tech jobs and fat wallets with money to burn... So I thought: I undertsand that dealer is trying to make that $5000 profit mark up and they probably will. and I am a potential customer but my name hsould go in the back of the list since I am not willing to pay over MSRP..
Surprisingly he didn't offer me to get in line for my MSRP Subaru, even though I clearly mentioned a few times that I would be happy to get on one..
About Mitsubishi dealership: Went right before Subaru Dealerhsip.. Holy moly.. There were 3 outside and 5 inside.. 2 outside were spoken for, or so the dealer said and so they looked, since they were locked and looked preped for delivery.. One outside was available for test drive (which I was denied, since he said: ONLY if u very serious about getting the car asap), but my mistake I mentioned that I wasnt planning on buying a car today or withing 30 days, for that matter.. So my TD was denied, and I dont miss it just yet.. So it looks like there are PLENTY of EVOs in dealerships, even with Movie kraze and everyone rushing to get the same one as our movie hero drove... I see the same trend coming up with STi, limited, but definitely availablle to every wingle "JOE" with $31k burning in their pockets.... $3000 market adjust on the Stickers, but I am sure they were easily moved @ MSRP if I was ready to make a deal...
Murley, how about writing me $500 over invoice written contract for STi please? I will pay u $300 for it as soon as my dealer will match/beat that contract (as they promised).
Saw 2 STis (Blue - silver and White - gold) parked right in front of dealership.. WOW, really nice looking cars.. A young dealer saw me admiring the STis and rushed to help me.. His first words were: I drove one today and it's unbelievable.. His second words were: My friend has brand new M3 but this is better. His reputation was immediately diminished in my eyes.. I kept myself quiet and thought: this is gonna be entertaining.. He went on describing the car, blah blah, everything I knew for about 1/2 a year now thanks to forums, Subaru web site, etc..
Then he went on: We have about 6 people in line for this car, BUT we are only marking them UP $5000, as opposed to 2 other local dealers marking them $8k and $11k over, and he went on telling me the dealers names (yes, here in NJ, we are fortunate to have 3 Subaru dealerships within 10 mile radius)... I am like: Get outta here, but my mouth didnt move a bit and I thought: WOW, this guy is more entertaining than I originally thought...
When I inquired about choosing wheel color - he said: u cant pick that!!!! U can only pick the vehicle color and rushed me towards to windows sticket, where he pointed and read to me the wheel color listed, and tried to use this as a proof... I was lost for a bit there.. I know first few allocations are given/chosen by Subaru and simply given to dealers, but can someone confirm if this is true? I would definitely wanna be able to pick me wheel color..
Then the funny happened: He is like: This car is very sporty that it requires a huge wing in the back AND..... the wing FLEXES on PURPOSE... so does Aluminum hood. I looked at him in AWE (literally), as he rushed to the front of the white STi to open the hood and make me grab it in order for me to weigh in.. Hood and Wing flex as designed by Subaru for this super sport car, he repeated......... Go on already, I thought....
He let me sit inside one, it was nice, gauges were in nice red color and interior didnt feel as cramped as EVO (which I saw about 45 minutes previously)...
He went inside and took my info, as I carefully warned him:
I want silver with silver wheels, all 3 options (turbo gauge, Center armrest and wheel locks), not a penny more than MSRP and don't even attempt to call me if u can't give me that exact car for MRP or less...
He suddenly went into defense mode and said: If u can get me in writing the MSRP or lesses price from ANY subaru dealership, we will gladly MATCH it immediately.. I thought: not the dealer games again, I am too old for this, but my lips didn't move a bit again... After reading many many posts here how many ocol dealers (including Murley) sell @ MSRP only, made me think, oh well.. too bad I wont pay a penny over MSRP and I am not aobut to start racing around dealerships trying to get MSRP contracts in writing.. I do understand that I live in Northern NJ, where every 3rd house costs more than 1/2 a million bucks and there are TONS of rich corporate folks, including young adults with high paying tech jobs and fat wallets with money to burn... So I thought: I undertsand that dealer is trying to make that $5000 profit mark up and they probably will. and I am a potential customer but my name hsould go in the back of the list since I am not willing to pay over MSRP..
Surprisingly he didn't offer me to get in line for my MSRP Subaru, even though I clearly mentioned a few times that I would be happy to get on one..
About Mitsubishi dealership: Went right before Subaru Dealerhsip.. Holy moly.. There were 3 outside and 5 inside.. 2 outside were spoken for, or so the dealer said and so they looked, since they were locked and looked preped for delivery.. One outside was available for test drive (which I was denied, since he said: ONLY if u very serious about getting the car asap), but my mistake I mentioned that I wasnt planning on buying a car today or withing 30 days, for that matter.. So my TD was denied, and I dont miss it just yet.. So it looks like there are PLENTY of EVOs in dealerships, even with Movie kraze and everyone rushing to get the same one as our movie hero drove... I see the same trend coming up with STi, limited, but definitely availablle to every wingle "JOE" with $31k burning in their pockets.... $3000 market adjust on the Stickers, but I am sure they were easily moved @ MSRP if I was ready to make a deal...
Murley, how about writing me $500 over invoice written contract for STi please? I will pay u $300 for it as soon as my dealer will match/beat that contract (as they promised).
