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Sal Ant (Ny308gtb)
New member
Username: Ny308gtb
Post Number: 17
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Monday, November 11, 2002 - 8:12 pm: | |
Wouldnt you want to buy from a dealer that is trustworthy? A list is a list. If you buy a new or used car from a respectable dealer, have a good relationship and service your car there, I am sure you will get asked fairly early when the new car list is formed if you are interested.
Right now, if you got bumped up in the list for a 360 spider, i would have second thoughts about dealing with the dealer. Is there service department all of the sudden going to be honest. yeah right.
My opinion on the initial question: buy a 512bb and drive the s;)t out of it until 2004 when you can spend through the nose to get your new 360 spider. |
magoo (Magoo)
Advanced Member
Username: Magoo
Post Number: 3480
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Monday, November 11, 2002 - 3:51 pm: | |
I agree with Ross. I have heard that once you get on the list you will wish you never got on. Frustrating experience. |
Dan (Bobafett)
Junior Member
Username: Bobafett
Post Number: 70
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Monday, November 11, 2002 - 2:12 pm: | |
Jeff,
If he's in the CA markets, my guess is that buying a car might have some impact, but minimal, as opposed to eventually buying a car (putting his name down now).
I am in a similar situation - bought the first car in Texas, serviced here. Decided that the wait isn't worth the 'priority' status I might have had. In all honesty, there are so many local one-car buyers that I don't think purchasing from the dealer would make a huge difference. Not initially.
However, for my second car, I've decided to try this route. I'm on a list, and hopefully that will move along steadily, however there really is no way to track their sales without explicit information, which we will never have.
My guess is, repeat customers are treated as such. If he makes the impression that this is the first in a long line, perhaps he might be in a better position than one who seems like he's reaching for this car, and won't be buying anymore.
I too, am curious.
--Dan |
Jeff Swearingen (Gazill)
New member
Username: Gazill
Post Number: 23
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Monday, November 11, 2002 - 2:02 pm: | |
Thanks for the feedback thus far. The buyer is in California, and I suspect that there are customers that have been loyal, non-negotiating buyers for years at the top of the list.
As much as we "normal" Ferrari buyers want to think that we're important to the dealer, they've probably got a long list of folks that buy a new car every 6 months and spend whatever they ask.
Thanks again, anyone with an opposing viewpoint?
-Jeff
[email protected] |
Nick Berry (Nickb)
New member
Username: Nickb
Post Number: 38
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Monday, November 11, 2002 - 12:19 pm: | |
Jeff it would depend on the location of the dealer. In CA they have a long priority customer list and though they may represent your buyer will go to the top of the list pressures from their existing customers will require adjusting the list.
If he is an area where the demand is not great then I suspect they may put him on top of the list though it can change depending on prior good customers wanting a new car.
Bottom line I would not rely on the representation unless he has a signed agreement from the dealer he will be at the top of the list and receive the first allocations. |
ross koller (Ross)
Member
Username: Ross
Post Number: 540
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Monday, November 11, 2002 - 11:03 am: | |
i don't have any specific experience in this area, but since you are asking for opinion i will give you mine for free....buy the lower priced car. dealers will play around with the list order regardless of what you do. |
Jeff Swearingen (Gazill)
New member
Username: Gazill
Post Number: 22
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Monday, November 11, 2002 - 10:56 am: | |
Thanks, but I'm really looking for an answer to the question: has anyone been moved up Ferrari's waiting list by having bought one or more used cars from them in the past???
I know you're out there, thanks.
-Jeff |
Jonathan Peck (Jonathanp)
New member
Username: Jonathanp
Post Number: 6
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Monday, November 11, 2002 - 10:36 am: | |
Jeff, F-dealers go for broke on pricing their cars. I recently left Exotic Car World and moved over to Advantage AutoLease in Plano.
I have a '99 US 360 F-1 Silver with Black (Silver piping), 3500 miles, RR Challenge grill, tubi exhaust, Cd Changer, Aluminum Calipers, and 3M Invisibra that I can sell for $155,000.00. The price is in the upper range for a '99, but the car is in near perfect condition with all Books, Tools, Records, and Covers...
How does that sounds for your buddy?
Jonathan Peck
214-289-8915
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Jeff Swearingen (Gazill)
New member
Username: Gazill
Post Number: 21
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, November 10, 2002 - 1:15 pm: | |
Does anyone have tangible experience of a Ferrari dealer's mystical customer waiting list? I'm trying to help a guy make the right decision in buying a 360 coupe and he's struggling with the decision to either:
a) knowingly pay too much money for a car at a Ferrari dealer hoping to get preferential treatment on their waiting list, thus being able to profit from the sale of a car purchased in the future at sticker price
or...
b) pay a lower price for a year newer car and not have any advantage from any other person on the waiting list at the dealership.
The specifics of this transaction are: a 1999 360 coupe, 8K miles at the dealership for $154,000 or the car that I can get for him, a 2000 360 coupe, 9K miles for $142,000.
Seems like a no-brainer to me, as he's getting a year newer car and enough cash in his pocket to make his deposit to get on the list. BUT... if buying from a dealer really means going to the top of the list, I'd advise him to buy from the dealer. Does anyone have any experience with what it takes to get to get up high on the list?
Thanks,
-Jeff
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