I have two dealerships near me. One has 8 Evo's now, the other has 3 coming in today or tomorrow because they can't keep them in stock. The colors I'm looking at are Silver or Red. The one with 8 has Red with Silver expected this week, the one with 3 has Silver, and could get a red if I wanted. Both have acknowledged 0% financing.

Is there any real advantage in having the dealerships compete against each other? I can't get a better rate.

On the initial call, the dealership with 3 coming said at 0%, he can sell one without SSL for $29,794. The other place said the non-SSL price at 0% is $31.5k - $32k. Should I play them against each other or just go with the more upfront/less expensive one?

 

That's why you check multiple dealerships. Play them against each other until you get the lowest price (or a price you are willing to pay.

I know with the last car I bought, I paid 500 more than another dealership was offering though. The dealership that wanted less was incredibly rude and unprofessional (in every way). That and I had heard nothing but horror stories from people who had gotten cars there....

 

Play em against eachother.


Then again saying something and showing you something are two different things. I used to sell cars .

 

You should obviously play them against each other. Unless you like spending money you don't need to.

 

I like that the one place was very upfront with what the price of the car would be for me. A $29.7 Non-SSL is not too bad. I guess I could always go test drive one at the other place, let them know the deal the other dealership is giving me, and see what they have to say.

 

Forgive my ignorance, but what's SSL?

 

I just learned yesterday.

SSL = Sound, Sun, and Leather package.

Upgraded stereo, sunroof, leather seats and other surfaces, and HID's.

 

SSL is the Sun, Sound, and Leather package (comes with HIDs as I recall). The quote of 29k sounds close to invoice from what I remember (28k maybe?).

 

going to multiple dealerships is one of the best tactics in price haggling