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Originally Posted by Dzmitry
Though I understand your theory a bit, I'm not sure I see your logic. You're saying you won't pay 40K for a GR86 because it's in another territory of better and pricier sports cars. But... those better and pricier sports cars are out of their own price territory and shooting for the next territory so to speak. So you could take a step back and say, well now I want a civic SI. But that's now creeping up to GR86 MSRP territory... So what exactly is your thought process then?
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Well thats why i wont pay over MSRP and i havnt this entire pandemic (bought a M2 Competition, A91 Supra, Veloster N and now this GR86). Its about not paying marked up costs for a car that isnt worth that much.
Sure 1-2k. ok fine i get it. But when a 30k car is now selling for 40k, well the car just isnt worth 40k for me. If i want a Civic SI? Well i'm not paying GR86 pricing for it.
And honestly its not that hard getting the pricing you want. And if anything GR86 was the easiest to get at MSRP. The hardest was the Veloster N and that only required about a weeks worth of negotiating and playing a bit dirty.
I probably didnt really explain my thought process as well as i thought i did. but basically it boils down to, do you think you're getting enough car for the money you are paying. I wont pay 40k for a GR86 because its just not enough car for the money i'm spending. I also wont pay 70k for a used M2 Competition because there are just better sports cars out there for the same money.
As long as dealers are willing to sell at MSRP theres really no reason at all to pay a bunch of markup. If 100% of dealers were marking up and that was just the new cost of ownership, well thats different and you dont really have a choice. But right now there is a choice. In northern California alone there are 7ish or so dealerships that are willing to sell the GR86 at MSRP without any need for negotiating.