I was shopping my Frontier around to some Mitsu dealerships looking to get an EVO X, and with the market for them the way it is, they wouldn't budge on price or their shitty trade offers.
I moved on to try and snag a leftover 13' F150 Ecoboost, but they were also wayyyy more than I wanted to pay. So I said F*** it, I'll keep the Fronty, and took it in for service at my local stealership (dealer A). While I was waiting for my truck to finish I ended up talking with the guy I bought my truck from about a midnight blue 370 on the lot. He ended up "persuading
" me to take it for a spin with him since he was bored. I loved it and got serious and asked a price. It was what I wanted the EVO for, and a hair less even. But after just deciding to keep my truck, I said no.
Fast forward a couple of weeks at the other Nissan dealer across town (Dealer B) and I see a Gun Metallic Base 6mt sitting on the lot. I proceeded to ask them about their price. I ended up getting a quote and trade offer from deealer B, and took it back to Dealer A. I ended up doing this at each dealership 2 or 3 times, each time getting them to beat each other and make more money on my truck offer. I ended up buying after Dealer A sent me a text with their rock bottom offer (while I was sitting at dealer B). I showed the the salesman, and he sighed, and said I'll see what I can do. I ended up signing shortly after, and ended up around 26.5 +TTL for my base 14'. The funny thing is the same person owns both dealerships, but because they wanted to make a buck, they fought for my business.
TL;DR: EVOs and F150s are 'spenive, dealers fight for my business, I win.
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Originally Posted by Duc_Z09
My story: Last year I was in the final stages of fully restoring/building a 1995 Mustang that had been my only car since I turned 16 back in 2000. I had a full Eibach suspension, Flowmaster 44s, custom paint, rims, Steeda shifter, etc. In my basement was a Ford 8.8 rear end with 3.73 gears, Steeda diff housing, J&M tube control arms, and braided lines. On a stand was a 302 newly bored 0.030 over and ready for SCAT forged 331 stroker internals and a Trick Flow kit that included heads, intake manifolds, cam, and timing set. My goal was 400 naturally aspirated RWHP.
Then winter happened and coming home from work one day turned into an icy, slippery, steel signpost disaster. Somehow I escaped uninjured, but my beloved Mustang was annihilated.
To start I had my heart set on a 2011+ Coyote 5.0. After driving a Scion FR-S (gutless) and Camaro SS (overweight, ugly and poor handling) I went to Hagerstown Nissan to drive a 370 and see what all the fuss was about. Only problem was, they didn't have one. Pathetic! So after finding a gunmetal gray 6MT 5.0 at a Chevrolet lot of all places, I was ready to pull the trigger until my wife said "let's look at Mustangs at the Ford dealership first." Ironically enough they didn't have anything I wanted (gunmetal gray or black, 6MT, leather, 3.73, Brembo) but there was a black 2009 370 NISMO that was a trade-in. I asked to drive it, and the rest is history.  |
Sorry about the 'Stang, but it sounds like you've moved on nicely lol.