Hello, long time lurker, first time poster...I used search before posting this but couldn't find the answers I was after.
I'm looking to buy an '06 Ram here in a few months and had a few questions for folks who have bought new trucks in the past. This will be my first "new" truck/car purchase. Like many of you, I'm vary particular about what I want in my truck and have built and priced it out online. The problem is, I'm looking to get a black Laramie w/ most of the options included and, at least so far, none of the dealers in Texas that I've found are stocking these trucks. They're loaded w/ SLT's thou. So I may want to go the route of ordering, which is where my questions come in. :help:
On order vs. buying off the lot - how much leverage do you lose with the dealership? New vehicles are a commodity, so my hope was to have several dealers bid on my business and go with the best, but if an order is required will they come back with the same thing? How much of a premium do you add if you have to order? Has anyone here ordered, and how was that experience? Also, if you buy from a dealer in one city and live in another, are all dealerships required to honor Dodge warantee work or do you need to take it back to the dealer where you bought it (suspect the answer is yes but would like to be sure).
A few other questions also: in your experiences, how accurate are the trade-in values from Kelly's bluebook when you trade-in? In your experiences, how willing are dealers to "bid" on your purchase by the method described by the Motley Fool (fool. com/car/car12.htm)? Has anyone used this method w/ success (or failure)?
that's it for now, thanks in advance for your help. :rck:
I'm looking to buy an '06 Ram here in a few months and had a few questions for folks who have bought new trucks in the past. This will be my first "new" truck/car purchase. Like many of you, I'm vary particular about what I want in my truck and have built and priced it out online. The problem is, I'm looking to get a black Laramie w/ most of the options included and, at least so far, none of the dealers in Texas that I've found are stocking these trucks. They're loaded w/ SLT's thou. So I may want to go the route of ordering, which is where my questions come in. :help:
On order vs. buying off the lot - how much leverage do you lose with the dealership? New vehicles are a commodity, so my hope was to have several dealers bid on my business and go with the best, but if an order is required will they come back with the same thing? How much of a premium do you add if you have to order? Has anyone here ordered, and how was that experience? Also, if you buy from a dealer in one city and live in another, are all dealerships required to honor Dodge warantee work or do you need to take it back to the dealer where you bought it (suspect the answer is yes but would like to be sure).
A few other questions also: in your experiences, how accurate are the trade-in values from Kelly's bluebook when you trade-in? In your experiences, how willing are dealers to "bid" on your purchase by the method described by the Motley Fool (fool. com/car/car12.htm)? Has anyone used this method w/ success (or failure)?
that's it for now, thanks in advance for your help. :rck: