This appears to not be the case with the '99 R/T's. I placed an
order for mine a few weeks ago and its in the system, hopefully they'll
actually build it....Won't know for sure until they start building '99's.
When I get a new car, I like to have with exactly the options I want, though
we specified just about every option available except the alarm.
BTW, there appears to be no changes for '99, at least according to
the order codes
Seth Bradley
Future owner (hopefully) '99 Blue R/T CC.
> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 20:35:08 -0400
> From: "W . Jack Hilton III" <hemi@mindspring.com>
> Subject: DML: Damn free enterprise ! Used to be: Dakota R/T vs. GMC
> Syclone
>
> You priced a '98 R/T lately ?
>
> On Motor Trend Television , they say the sticker for the Regular Cab R/T
> is
> just over $19K .
>
> My Club Cab R/T had a sticker of over $24K .
>
> Every one of the R/Ts I've seen have been optioned to the hilt . Mine has
> everything including the coffee maker and the vibrating cigar lighter
> (don't ask) , but I wish I could have first of all FOUND an R/T regular
> cab
> ( I had a two dealers try to find one on the locator and found ONE in the
> Southeast in Tennessee....needless to say , the dealer there was quite
> unwilling to part with it) and second of all , since I did have to get the
> CC , I wish I didn't have to get everything under the sun with it . Since
> you can't order them , only 1700 CCs and 300 RCs are being made which
> means
> that there are at least 400 Dodge dealers that won't get one at all , you
> kinda have to take what you can get . In addition to this , every dealer
> in
> the Southeast (with the exception of where I got mine , thank you God!) is
> either taking sealed bids on the R/Ts or they are demanding AT LEAST $2-3K
> OVER MSRP .
>
> Don't get me wrong , I love my R/T and I gave a limb to get it , thereby
> insuring that under no cicumstances will I be able to get married for at
> least another 5 years (another blessing by buying this truck) , but why is
> it that whenever a manufacturer comes out with a new Hi-Po model such as
> the R/T or the Prowler , the DEALERS are getting WAY over what they should
> for them so that the people they were intended for (the budget-minded
> speed-racer) can't even touch em ?!
>
> I know that you are free to get whatever youy can out of something , but
> sometimes this stuff kinda rubbs me the wrong way !
>
> Hell , when they first came out with those crappy "New" Bettles in this
> area , DEALERS were tacking on an "availability surcharge" of a couple
> grand and some idiots actually bought them which means that people that
> were hoping to be able to afford the perfect vehicle , are thrust back to
> the Neons and Cavaliers .
>
>
> OK OK , I guess I've gotten on a tangent , but I was just on a roll .
>
>
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