Aggravating_Foot_528

Aggravating_Foot_528 t1_j9w5253 wrote

Reply to comment by ocdcdo in new Subaru help, please by ssnhl

Data doesn't support that conclusion. Also economics doesn't either. They can't jack up the price of cars enough to make up for the millions of extra cars they could sell has there been enough supply.

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Aggravating_Foot_528 t1_j9uoh8t wrote

Reply to comment by GargantuanWitch in new Subaru help, please by ssnhl

I was able to head this off by going in on a random friday, meeting with a sales guy and telling him what I wanted, and then he "reserved" one for me. I brought in my DL, insurance card, etc. etc. They knew what was coming in so they printed me off the financial statement. I didn't have to put down a deposit, and I could still test drive it and say no. They called me 5 days later when it was ready and we went in and completed the sale.

so if you're really interest in something (for OP...) you may need to go into a dealer and talk to someone first and figure out what's coming in when, and put dibs on it.

The guy over the phone said I'd have to put down a $500 refundable deposit, but the salesguy said a handshake was good enough... I'm sure they do that for everyone, unless you seem extra shifty. Part of the "we think you're great!!" sales technique.

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Aggravating_Foot_528 t1_j9ufg9k wrote

Just bought a new car. No haggling. There were basically no new cars on the lot. You had to go in and reserve a spot. luckily they didn't need me to put down a deposit. Once the car came in we went out and test drove it and just bought it at MSRP. This was a Toyota dealer and this seemed to be what everybody was doing. We looked at other dealerships and nothing was any better. We wanted a specific Toyota.

In terms of used cars, there was really nothing on the lot either...

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