Awful Dealer Experience in Hollywood

[denkigrve]

Originally Posted by Hawaiian

Yeah, the mustang was so iconic in the 90's.... Mmmmmmm rental car fleet.

The coyote saved the mustang in 2011, but the cheap getrag tranny almost sunk it. It has strong sales numbers because of the american power over performance mentality. Things are looking up however with the upcoming redesign and anniversary edition.

Another redesign? I really liked the last one when it was thin and sexy, it just lacked a lot of what was needed to make it truly great for me. Then they made it all beefy and bulky again, and went further in the wrong direction.

[denkigrve]

Originally Posted by Matt Andrews

a ton of people in LA want the newest toy, and want it right away.

This line right here sums up my MRFRSLA's managers chose to put leather in. It's LA. There is a TON of stupid money there. A TON. So they are trying to cash in on some of that money and hedging their bets. Can't blame them really when tons of big shots and wanna be big shots are dropping money like it's a bad habit around that area.

I'm going to also remind everyone that Carson is the ONLY dealer in our classifieds trying to sell us JDM parts right now.

[MF_DEUCE]

Why is everyone mad at a $3k mark up if they're getting leather?
My local stealership is asking $5k over msrp and it's COMPLETELY STOCK with no add-ons. They claim that it's the "current market value"

[Hawaiian]

Originally Posted by denkigrve

Another redesign? I really liked the last one when it was thin and sexy, it just lacked a lot of what was needed to make it truly great for me. Then they made it all beefy and bulky again, and went further in the wrong direction.

There are actually a few things on the drawing board. The entry stang will be a 4banger w/ eco boost that wil be lighter, the v6 gt, and the cobra wil be going all super car on us becoming a limited production 80k car (this is all on the drawing board). The main thing that will happen is a live rear axle delete for improved handling and a new body styling. The concept is quite sharp. It reminds me of a bentley a**f***ing a camero.

DI is also rumored... But I digress, I've been drinking and I derailed this thread filled with happiness and love. Please continue.

P.s. The rental car fleet comment was sarcasm. Mustangs after the mach 1 were balls.

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by MF_DEUCE

Why is everyone mad at a $3k mark up if they're getting leather?
My local stealership is asking $5k over msrp and it's COMPLETELY STOCK with no add-ons. They claim that it's the "current market value"

Hope you walked away laughing

[MF_DEUCE]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Hope you walked away laughing

I walked away disspaointed. I WAS friends with the sales men on facebook, when he stated $25k RIGHT BEFORE i arrived. Then when i went straight for the car it was marked at $30k, and then i asked what the REAL price was, he said, "it's what you see there." So, i went back home on his fb page and put him and his stealership on blast and warned everyone not to buy there or over msrp w/o options...he deleted me shortly after that. lol

[fistpoint]

Leather might be a nice option...but not for anything close to $3000. For a car this small and the minimal amount of leather wrap, $1400 tops. I can have it done by the same shop that does the local Scion/Toyota too, for about $200 less.

I suggest anyone wanting leather find out who your local dealer uses and shop the price. It's the one option we don't know the "invoice" on, and will vary for each dealership or city/area.

I know Cali is expensive, but $3k?

[MF_DEUCE]

Originally Posted by fistpoint

I know Cali is expensive, but $3k?

how about $5k?

[MrFRsLa]

Originally Posted by kyolml

Sorry, too many pages to go through if I missed anything.

As you said you are up front about it and don't ask them to put deposit, how did you sold the two in the post you posted couple weeks ago?

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6368

I had put peoples names on them. Both backed out a few weeks ago.

[MrFRsLa]

Originally Posted by Hawaiian

Yeah, the mustang was so iconic in the 90's.... Mmmmmmm rental car fleet.

The coyote saved the mustang in 2011, but the cheap getrag tranny almost sunk it. It has strong sales numbers because of the american power over performance mentality. Things are looking up however with the upcoming redesign and anniversary edition.

I almost bought Ford, when the stock was 50 cents in 2008

[Hanakuso]

You know if you guys at Carson Toyota HAD to add on a 3k option, why leather in a car that should have something that holds you better in the turns? Why not go over to Carson Toyota's part selection and get the 86 headlights? At least I think people on this forum would rather have some "JDM" parts then a leather option.

Seems like a win-win situation for the sales guys, parts guys and the customer would have some nice HIDs. Probably keeps the owner of Carson Toyota happy

[MrFRsLa]

Originally Posted by Hanakuso

You know if you guys at Carson Toyota HAD to add on a 3k option, why leather in a car that should have something that holds you better in the turns? Why not go over to Carson Toyota's part selection and get the 86 headlights? At least I think people on this forum would rather have some "JDM" parts then a leather option.

Seems like a win-win situation for the sales guys, parts guys and the customer would have some nice HIDs. Probably keeps the owner of Carson Toyota happy

I will mention it to the powers that be.

[Hanakuso]

Originally Posted by MrFRsLa

I will mention it to the powers that be.

Thank you for listen to our feedback/ranting. I think most salesmen would of stopped listening right after a little bit of bashing.

Anything performance oriented would be better then something that diminishes the purpose of this car, such as leather. I know there's other TRD parts in the 3k range like the coilovers that other enthusiast would might think about and not think of it as a rip off. Leather just isn't considered an upgrade around here.

I know Carson Toyota's parts department has a good reputation, at least with the MR2 Spyder crowd so capitalize off that if you really need to make a few more bucks.

[luxmn]

true that, considering i can have the ENTIRE Modellista body kit and then some for less than 3k, them bloody leather seats can't justify the price in any ways.