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[Fruit Pie the Magician]

205 WRX STi's at the dealer: $10,000 dealer markup.

I guess my quest for a cheap fast car will have to bypass this $43,000
anomaly. Even the non-STi WRX models were marked up $3,000. I think not.

 

[Byron]

205 WRX STi's at the dealer: $10,000 dealer markup.

I guess my quest for a cheap fast car will have to bypass this $43,000
anomaly. Even the non-STi WRX models were marked up $3,000. I think not.

E-Gads! I bought my '02 WRX wagon in New Hampshire right after the WRX
was introduced to the US and named to Car&Driver's 10Best list. I paid
~US$22000 including the 100,000mi extended warranty (~2k under sticker).
I just wanted the car, if I had waited longer or bargained harder, I
may have improved on that. New Hampshire and Vermont is one of the
parts of the country where Subaru is very popular, so they didn't have
to advertise an extra-low price just to get people to visit the dealership.
Do the '05 models have many changes compared to the '04s? I was under
the impression that they did not. What country (or part of the country)
are you in?
Maybe Subaru dealers, after seeing the prices of the new Legacy/Outback,
are now thinking that their Impreza based cars are grossly underpriced.
I think my car is worth what I paid, but if the sticker was 3 grand
higher, I think I'd head to my local Saab dealer and get a new WRX clone
9-2x Aero for the same $$$.

 

[Fruit Pie the Magician]

Do the '05 models have many changes compared to the '04s? I was under
the impression that they did not. What country (or part of the country)
are you in?
Maybe Subaru dealers, after seeing the prices of the new Legacy/Outback,
are now thinking that their Impreza based cars are grossly underpriced.
I think my car is worth what I paid, but if the sticker was 3 grand
higher, I think I'd head to my local Saab dealer and get a new WRX clone
9-2x Aero for the same $$$.

The 2005 WRX (non-STi) actually has an attractive spoiler for once. I
don't know how negotiable the stupid markup is (since I'm not ready to
buy yet).

By the way, I'm in the San Jose, California area.

-FPtM

 

[Ragnar]

The 2005 WRX (non-STi) actually has an attractive spoiler for once. I
don't know how negotiable the stupid markup is (since I'm not ready to
buy yet).

By the way, I'm in the San Jose, California area.

I'm getting my WRX at invoice. No bargaining, just sent the guy an e-mail
and told him what I want.

 

[CompUser]

I'm getting my WRX at invoice. No bargaining, just sent the guy an e-mail
and told him what I want.

Just make sure you gave him an "off the lot"
price. If you said you want a car "at invoice",
they'll gladly do that, and laugh all the way to
the bank with how much extra green they took from
ya.

RLTW

 

[Ragnar]

Just make sure you gave him an "off the lot"
price. If you said you want a car "at invoice",
they'll gladly do that, and laugh all the way to
the bank with how much extra green they took from
ya.

Yes, I'm soooooooo stupid I didn't have the price already . . . . not.

 

[Bobby]

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| | > In article <cctglo$nrq$(e-mail address removed)>,
| > (e-mail address removed) says...
| >
| > >
| > > I'm getting my WRX at invoice. No bargaining, just sent the guy an
| e-mail
| > > and told him what I want.
| > >
| >
| > Just make sure you gave him an "off the lot"
| > price. If you said you want a car "at invoice",
| > they'll gladly do that, and laugh all the way to
| > the bank with how much extra green they took from
| > ya.
|
| Yes, I'm soooooooo stupid I didn't have the price already . . . . not.
|

Pretty sure CompUser was just trying to be helpful. If you have a bit of
free time ( a minute will do) I highly recommend you read this page or
browse the site even.
http://experts.about.com/q/2570/3387336.htm
It might be stuff you already know, but I imagine that you might learn
something from it.