Hell , mine is a black CC R/T with the same options . Everything but what
you described and my MSRP was right at $24,300 . If anyone is interested ,
I kept the window sticker for any that wanna take a look .
At 09:51 AM 6/17/98 -0700, you wrote:
>james,
>As soon as I expressed interest in an R/T the dealer said "we already sold
>ours, we cant get anymore til 99 and we are marking them up". I still had
>to have one. They were nice and apologetic but inflexible. They called me
>the next day and said they intercepted one "still on the truck" heading to
>L.A and do I want it. That zombie feeling took over and the only thing out
>of my mouth was yes. The dealers attitude saved me an entire day of
>negotiating (put that "cost" at around 250.00$ 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>
>>
>>-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
>>>
>>> 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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>>>
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>>W . Jack Hilton III
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>>HEMI@mindspring.com
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