Any input on this price I've been quoted for a 2017 premium in SoCal?

[Ganthrithor]

Originally Posted by why?

travel. that dealership in colorada will probably go lower, and you get a nice trip out of the deal too.

Trips cost money.

[R_E_L]

It's within $100 of invoice +destination. I would take it, especially since they don't really go too low here on BRZs.

[why?]

Originally Posted by Ganthrithor

Trips cost money.

yup, but some of these places actually want to sell these cars, so you can save money even with the expenses of a trip.

[Ganthrithor]

Originally Posted by why?

yup, but some of these places actually want to sell these cars, so you can save money even with the expenses of a trip.

If invoice is a grand less, all I'm saying is you'd have to make it a very low-budget trip to actually save any money in the literal sense. Airfare, hotels for a couple of nights, etc all get expensive quickly. And that's before you account for the value of your time. IDK about other people's out-of-state buying experiences, but depending on where you live and where the dealer is, you can end up spending a shitload of time at various DMVs sorting out paperwork nightmares.

Example: buying a car in Mass while living in Colorado, I must have gone to the CO DMV like three or four times (and each visit took several hours) just to get a temporary registration to Fedex to Mass so they could allow my car to leave the dealer's lot.

IDK. I just think it would be super easy to eat up any regional price advantage on other costs. A grand over invoice doesn't exactly seem like a price that justifies going to the ends of the earth-- it's not like when these cars were new and CA dealers were charging $30k for $25k MSRP cars...

[why?]

Originally Posted by Ganthrithor

If invoice is a grand less, all I'm saying is you'd have to make it a very low-budget trip to actually save any money in the literal sense. Airfare, hotels for a couple of nights, etc all get expensive quickly. And that's before you account for the value of your time. IDK about other people's out-of-state buying experiences, but depending on where you live and where the dealer is, you can end up spending a shitload of time at various DMVs sorting out paperwork nightmares.

Example: buying a car in Mass while living in Colorado, I must have gone to the CO DMV like three or four times (and each visit took several hours) just to get a temporary registration to Fedex to Mass so they could allow my car to leave the dealer's lot.

IDK. I just think it would be super easy to eat up any regional price advantage on other costs. A grand over invoice doesn't exactly seem like a price that justifies going to the ends of the earth-- it's not like when these cars were new and CA dealers were charging $30k for $25k MSRP cars...

It depends how much you are going to save. If it is far enough away you might need to book a hotel then if might not be enough. But Co to CA isn't that far and that dealer will pick you up at the airport too. It cannot hurt to make a phone call. Some of these dealerships are selling below invoice just because they want the numbers.

[mav1178]

oh hey, it's like 2012-2013 all over again...