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03-04-2013, 07:13 AM | #1 |
Scooby Newbie
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Best way to buy/order new Subaru?
I've been wanting to buy a new Subaru since 2002 (specifically the WRX or STI models). I recall the VIP Discount being available for the WRX and STI models as late as about 3 years ago. I went to check, and apparently the VIP discount is no longer applicable to the WRX and STI.
So what is the best/easiest way of buying/ordering a new WRX or STI? I recall the STI being in extremely short supply all the time, and that I either had to be put on a waiting list for factory ordering one. My local Subaru dealership is probably the largest in the area, and the dealership is tiny. The dealership lot is about the size of a corner gas station parking lot. I hate haggling, even at American car dealerships. I typically factory order with an employee or friends/family discount, but those are hard to get for Japanese and German automobiles unless you work for them or a supplier directly. Any ideas?
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03-04-2013, 07:43 AM | #2 |
Scooby Guru
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Buying a car is rocket science now apparently.
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03-04-2013, 07:46 AM | #3 |
Medium Frank
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Vehicle:2020 Subaru Outback |
Why not call your local dealer? I mean, they sell the cars so why wouldn't they know? Or hell, maybe McDonalds or Hertz rent a car knows.
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03-04-2013, 07:50 AM | #4 |
Scooby Newbie
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I guess you guys missed the part about the Subaru VIP Discount and Domestic employee/friends/family discounts. Are you just haggling down from MSRP at Subaru for the WRX/STI? The dealership isn't going to help me save money, been there tried that. The most they will do is say something like, "I'll tell you what, I'll knock off $3000 from MSRP" which turns out to be like $1500 over invoice. The VIP Discount would have been around invoice, no haggling required - but they don't seem to offer the Subaru VIP Discount for WRX or STI's anymore according to the club/membership programs.
Buying a Ford using X-Plan or a GM with the employee/friends discount was easy, I was hoping to do the Subaru VIP Discount. |
03-04-2013, 07:52 AM | #5 |
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When I bought my sti I searched to see who had one in stock, walked in with a pile of money and walked out having paid $800 under "invoice".
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03-04-2013, 07:58 AM | #6 |
Scooby Newbie
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I'd like to factory order. My experience was that the STI's that come in are usually spoken for, or aren't ordered the way I want them.
So you're just haggling at the dealership? What about the Costco discount, is it worthwhile? |
03-04-2013, 08:12 AM | #7 |
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Double post
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03-04-2013, 08:19 AM | #8 |
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I thought I read where the WRX, STI and BRZ were going to be included again soon. You can always go on Edmunds, find out the invoice price, and call/email around to dealers in your area with the price you want to pay. That worked once for me.
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03-04-2013, 08:23 AM | #9 |
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Wait a few more months.
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03-04-2013, 08:28 AM | #10 | |
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Costco discount huh? How much is it? Step 1: call all the dealers and find out what their best price is. Step 2: pit them against each other. Step 3: Apply Costco discount. Seriously what is up with kids today!? This. It's not that hard. There's no secret handshake or "Hey dealer, I'm a friend of a friend of Joe-Bob wink wink nudge nudge." |
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03-04-2013, 08:37 AM | #11 |
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I walked into the dealer, found a car I really liked, paid a fair price and drove it off the lot. Or, you could haggle and stress over every cent, drive all over hells half acre calling every dealer and Costco in the land and then wait 6 months for your car to show up. Personal preference I guess.
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03-04-2013, 08:42 AM | #12 | |
Scooby Newbie
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I've had dealerships laugh at me for trying to buy cars at invoice without using some kind of OEM discount, and haggling is always a pain. I had to haggle a few times until I moved to Michigan and learned about Ford's A/D/X/Z Plans, GM's Employee and Supplier Discounts, Nissan's A/B/C plans, and Subaru's VIP Discount. The Subaru VIP Discount is easy to work with and I'd like to use that on a WRX STI factory order. |
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03-04-2013, 09:35 AM | #13 |
Medium Frank
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So you want the VIP discount that they do not offer for the car you want?
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03-04-2013, 09:40 AM | #14 |
Scooby Newbie
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They apparently are now offered on WRX STI models. I'll have to check with some of the participating clubs. I recall that the WRX STI was excluded when I checked a few months ago, although they typically were included in the program.
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03-04-2013, 09:44 AM | #15 |
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Cool story. Do you know how to get money from the bank, or do you need that explained as well?
Step 1: Get ski mask... |
03-04-2013, 09:46 AM | #16 |
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03-04-2013, 09:56 AM | #17 |
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email every subaru dealer within 300 miles. Tell them what you MUST have. If you don't care about color, tell them that (that's what I do). They all have internet sales and know that you're trolling every dealer in creation. Ask for their price for the car plus all of their bogus doc fees (they are simply their profit). Tell them that if they are the lowest, they win and you will come in with a deposit.
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03-04-2013, 10:34 AM | #18 | |
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Sign up with IMBA, wait six months and for the Subaru VIP benefit to kick in, and save yourself some money and a ton of aggravation. http://www.imba.com/membership/indiv...ru-vip-program |
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03-04-2013, 10:37 AM | #19 |
Scooby Guru
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Wait 6 months to save 1 hour of emailing.
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03-04-2013, 10:59 AM | #20 |
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Your 1 hour of emailing is just the start of a long process with lots of guaranteed dead-ends and disappointments.
While waiting, he might cheat a little and insure that his dealer will have ordered the model/color code of the car he wants so that it will be available when his 6 month probation expires. |
03-04-2013, 11:01 AM | #21 |
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IDK Why people make car buying so hard.
Once Ive decided what Ive wanted, its never taken more than a week to either get a firm order in or to bring the car home. Ive never paid more than invoice. |
03-04-2013, 11:28 AM | #22 | |
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Instead of wasting time haggling over the new car price, one could devote his efforts to getting the best price for his old car in a private sale unless, of course, he's also taking advantage of Subaru's Guaranteed Trade-in Program for an old Subaru. |
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03-04-2013, 02:57 PM | #23 |
Big Ron
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Last car I bought was the wife's Honda Pilot. Drove onto the lot with her old one, drove off in a new one. Total time on the lot was 2 hours with most of that being wait time due to process ladder climbing from sales to finance to options to signing. Not sure where all this car buying confusion occurs from as I've never spent more than 2 hours buying a vehicle and I always pay exactly what I want. I also sold a Honda CR-V on craigslist last week....from ad post to cash in hand took 45 minutes.
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03-04-2013, 03:11 PM | #24 |
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Emailed all the dealers I was willing to travel to. Got the best price and set up an appointment to go in and place order and deposit. Went in, test drove car, put down deposit. 2 months later new car. Didn't have to haggle at all.
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03-04-2013, 03:18 PM | #25 |
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read unabomber manifesto... has car sell/buy tips and faq
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