james,
As soon as I expressed interest in an R/T the dealer said "we already sold
ours, we cant get anymore til 99 and we are marking them up". I still had
to have one. They were nice and apologetic but inflexible. They called me
the next day and said they intercepted one "still on the truck" heading to
L.A and do I want it. That zombie feeling took over and the only thing out
of my mouth was yes. The dealers attitude saved me an entire day of
negotiating (put that "cost" at around 250.00$ for saving me a day of
hassling) what a SAVINGS...I did get it in a week (from the time of "must
have" syndrome onset) with only 6.5 miles on the odometer. The total gig
for the 98 R/T CC in amethyst with everything but the power seats, overhead
console and trailer hookup package (did they offer 4 wheel ABS? if so I dont
have that either) was 26,400.00. This included the dealer markup. I
couldnt find another one in SanDiego or Orange County. The dealer had
already generated a "non bogus" list of 4 people willing to pay that+ for
my truck if I backed out, and they said I could back out at any time. They
had no incetive to sell it to me, therfor no bargaining incentive at all.
Sport trucks are big in San Diego, and most people here seem to think a
truck is a car with a big trunk. Location Location Location.
BKB
At 11:05 AM 6/17/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I guess I got pretty lucky, my "Purple" RC R/T w/ all options except
overhead console and 4WABS it listed for $22.5K. After Much bickering and
negotiation (I spent the entire day negotiating) I was able to get the
dealer down to $20.5K and throw in a Mopar bedliner and bug shield. The bug
shield actually looks pretty cool w/ the mono-chromatic paint job.
>I also made them give me a free tank of gas. <g>
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>-james
>RC R/T
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>>>> "W . Jack Hilton III" <hemi@mindspring.com> 06/16 7:35 PM >>>
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>You priced a '98 R/T lately ?
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>On Motor Trend Television , they say the sticker for the Regular Cab R/T is
>just over $19K .
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>My Club Cab R/T had a sticker of over $24K .
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>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 .
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>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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>At 06:59 PM 6/16/98 -0500, you wrote:
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>>> Trust me when I say the stock dak has no chance against the syclone. I
>work
>>> with a dude who brings his syclone out on nice days. Just for fun we
>lined up
>>> and went for it. I was doing good for about 4 seconds, but once he got the
>>> turbo spinning full boost, first thing I saw was the rear window of his
>truck,
>>> then the rear tire, then the tailgate, and finally brake lights. This is a
>>> really tough truck and should be given the respect it deserves.
>>> George
>>> Still love my Dak, even though she lost
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>> Jim Miller says;
>>Thats right. I owned a Syclone for 7 years and it was real quick. However
>I was
>>too rough on it and broke the engine 3 times. (burnt piston, cracked
>piston, 3
>>bent rods.) I sold it and bought another Dak.
>>(had a Shelby Dak before the Sy). It will take some work to make a Dak
>beat the
>>Sy, but the Dak sells for a lot less and will last a lot longer.
>>Jim Miller
>>Waco, Tx
>>98 rc swb V8
>>3.92 sg Mopar headers
>>Pit Bull muffler
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>W . Jack Hilton III
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