RE: RE: RE: Dakota Deal?

From: Jamy Klein (jamy@stti.iupui.edu)
Date: Thu Aug 17 2000 - 11:40:48 EDT


I just contacted one of their reps through the online chat... apparently
they can do trades...

here is what he said:

Marcus: The way to get the trade-in process started is
by placing an order for new vehicle you desire. When
your service advisor contacts you (typically prior to 48
hours) they will discuss the trade-in procedures with you
as well as advise you of where to go to have your
current vehicle appraised.
Marcus: We can coordinate a trade-in with a local
dealer, but encourage you to sell your vehicle on its
own. The resale value can be considerably more than
the trade-in value. We want to make sure you are
getting the most money you can out of your current
vehicle.

so my mistake, now I'm green with envy that I didn't use cars direct.

Jamy
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Alex Harris
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 9:51 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: RE: RE: Dakota Deal?

For excellent info, spend a few hours at www.carbuyingtips.com ... a
must-read site for anyone preparing to buy a new car.

I bought my Dak through www.CarsDirect.com and paid $12,939... which was
about $3,000 below MSRP and about $1,800 below invoice.

CarsDirect.com was frickin awesome to deal with. They have the best site
hands down to work with for playing with options for your car, and once I
decided to buy they worked really hard to find the truck I wanted -- for
some reason, there aren't many SLT's with a manual transmission out there.
The only thing I gave up was the LSD and the Intense Blue (which I wanted
Baaaaaaaaaad!). I got one in Dark Garnet Red Pearlcoat, which is really
nice, if more sedate. I even arranged my financing through them... best rate
I could find. This sounds like a plug, and I guess it is... I have not one
negative thing to say, it was AWESOME!

- Alex
00 RC SLT V6 5-Speed

> that's not the greatest deal, check out one of the online buying
> services to
> get the invoice price, than go back and offer them a couple hundred over
> invoice. That's what I did, I got my 4x4 sport cc 4.7 with iffroad
> suspension, tire handling group, cd player, tow package, HD alternator...
> basically everything but power seats, windows locks mirrors. for invoice +
> $450 which made it around $22000 and then they let me use the
> chrysler $1000
> rebate as my down payment. The service I used was www.autovantage.com
>
> Jamy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Stephen Dampier
> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 5:07 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: Dakota Deal?
>
>
> Here's the deal I can get on a 2000 Dakota 4x4 Ext Cab... Does this look
> like a reasonable deal to folks? 2001's will go up a bit to $27366 (with
> leather seats)....
>
> Price.... $23999.00
> Tax (8.5%) $ 2043.74
> Doc fee $ 45.00
> DMV: $ 434.00
> Subtotal $26521.74
> Rebate $ 1000.00
> TOTAL:................$25521.74
>
> The vehicle includes the following;
> Black clear coat, High-back bucket seats, heavy duty service group, sport
> plus group, trailer tow group, deluxe convenience group, power
> overheadconvenience group, ABS brakes, floor mats, auto trans., 3.92 axle
> ratio, anti spin differential, 4.7 magnum v8, rear sliding window, power
> windows, amfm/cassette/cd/equalizer, wheel mounted audio controls,
> leather steering wheel, and 7 additional gallons of gas .



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