I've posted earlier on my woes with the reservation system. I finally had a real talk with the sales rep at my dealer this morning, as my putting my name on the ice white with gray Limited headed their way did get their attention.
She called to tell me someone beat me to it, yes, the boss wants that one. So I hatched a potential plan.
He keeps vehicles for about 5k miles and puts them back on the lot for the next new toy. That will take about 5 months. In a non-crazy market, that would mean just a few months from now I could have the configuration I want with a big chunk of the depreciation hit taken by the dealer. And it's going to be one that has a responsible shakedown done on it already. If I know it's coming, I've got no problem with that wait, so patience isn't an issue.
Risks to me: the market is so crazy that depreciation doesn't exist 6 months from now. Or I lose something in warranty or some other benefit from new.
So here's my questions: What pitfalls am I setting myself up for? In general, what am I going to lose out on by buying lightly used vs new? And in this crazy economy, is it a dumb move to try to count on the price being reasonable? Any other holes I'm not thinking about? Should I set my course to this plan or keep trying to work the concierge to get a new one headed my way somehow?
She called to tell me someone beat me to it, yes, the boss wants that one. So I hatched a potential plan.
He keeps vehicles for about 5k miles and puts them back on the lot for the next new toy. That will take about 5 months. In a non-crazy market, that would mean just a few months from now I could have the configuration I want with a big chunk of the depreciation hit taken by the dealer. And it's going to be one that has a responsible shakedown done on it already. If I know it's coming, I've got no problem with that wait, so patience isn't an issue.
Risks to me: the market is so crazy that depreciation doesn't exist 6 months from now. Or I lose something in warranty or some other benefit from new.
So here's my questions: What pitfalls am I setting myself up for? In general, what am I going to lose out on by buying lightly used vs new? And in this crazy economy, is it a dumb move to try to count on the price being reasonable? Any other holes I'm not thinking about? Should I set my course to this plan or keep trying to work the concierge to get a new one headed my way somehow?