Price Check on Aisle '06

[Bob Z.]

The 3 closest dealers to me here in Florida were very cordial in dealing with me and were very prompt via email. I decided to go with Brumos, which has a good reputation in the Porsche community, not to mention price.

Back on topic - they are going to get stuck with that '06 and either they are playing games with you or are very stupid - offer them what you want to pay and if they say no ask them for their "best" price...walk away if it is not acceptable but give them your # in case they change their mind.

I am not condoning the poor practices that some (many) of the Porsche dealerships exhibit to potential and current customers, but the bottom line is that Porsche is a limited production car and the dealerships do work with a specific limited allocation.

So, I think some of them just figure the car will sell at some point and the buyer will be willing to pay close to MSRP.

If the dealership is only going to get 30-40 (pick a number) cars per year, they are going to try to sell them at the highest possible prices with a limited amount of effort. Sad, yes, and maybe true. I don’t know. Just my hunch.

I would bet a very high percentage of new car Porsche buyers do very little or no price negotiations with the dealership. They just pay MSRP.

[Bob Z.]

I think your thoughts are dead-on. Porsches are not like Chevys - when was the last time you saw rebates on Porsches?

When I first approached dealers about ordering my 2008 987 S I was told MSRP and when I asked if I could get a discount I was told 3% (2% on 911s). I suspect that many people (not me though) would stop there and take that % off.

Volume is low but then again, last years (or the year before that) model should not command the same price as a new car, especially when the warranty clock has started ticking.

[baseball]

Originally Posted by Bob Z.

Volume is low but then again, last years (or the year before that) model should not command the same price as a new car, especially when the warranty clock has started ticking.

Exactly, the car is not worth MSRP and it's not even worth the invoice anymore. Why the dealer is playing hard to get is beyond me - sometimes you have to cut your losses, which it seems they're not willing to do. The dealership has either been paying floorplan on the car for 2 years, or if they bought the car outright from Porsche, then everyday they don't sell the car is a day their money is tied up, when it could be working for them.

Pennywise and pound foolish.

[saaber]

It may be in your best interest to bypass the salesman also. If you have done your research and have a hard offer, just call and talk to the sales manager directly and don't let the secretary or anyone else divert you to a salesman. If the sales manager is not in, call back, don't leave a message.

Give the sales manager hard numbers and if he just won't listen to reason then there is nothing you can do. The sales manager may be more motivated than the salseman and he has been staring at that car forever and he may know their long term plans for new ones coming in. Plus these guys deal more with numbers and less with "salesmaneze" (I mean "salesmansleaze" in some cases).

[baseball]

Good point Saaber. The sales manager also has the authority to approve a slim/no profit deal. Salespeople usually don't.

[husker boxster]

The car still shows up on their website (update dated yesterday) and with the encouragement of posters, I decided to take one more swing. Wanted to deal with the Sales Mgr but he and the Finance Mgr were recently fired (no kidding! ). The receptionist was nice and connected me with the sister Mecedes Sales Mgr. Explained my situation. He took my VIN # and said he'd check it out. He called back a little over an hr later and said the car was sold last Sat.

As fate would have it, I received a letter today from the salesman in Plano, Tx who sold my 01 S to me. He just wanted to say hi. Thought I might be getting ready to change cars and wanted me to keep him in mind. Once again, Boardwalk Porsche gets it. I will be sending him a nice email tonight or tomorrow.

But the main reason for this post is to request some info. I've heard posters mention a Porsche website that allows you to view inventories of dealers throughout the nation. I haven't run across it when I've looked on Porsche's site. Would like to see if there's another option somewhere out there. Thanks in advance and thanks for all the previous responses.