Question about pricing on 2005 leftovers

[luxury1]

Originally Posted by bmussatti

One other thing to mention to this dealer, is that there are a lot of 2005's in the east coast (do a search on Porsch's web site, and you'll see) and that you are willing to buy a different left-over, even it it is out of state.

Yep, as bmussatti knows full well, I drove about 5 hours to pick my left over 2005 to obtain that 18% discount.

[TVC15]

Keep us posted. I'm interested to see how low they'll go.
My experience in Sept 05 of purchasing a new Box (not an S) was almost "do you want it or don't you? If not there are others who do."
This was probably part strategy and part reality of the LA market. I walked away from a Box, and returned the next weekend to find it gone.
I got the price marked down on the one i ultimately bought, but not 18%

Originally Posted by TVC15

Keep us posted. I'm interested to see how low they'll go.
My experience in Sept 05 of purchasing a new Box (not an S) was almost "do you want it or don't you? If not there are others who do."
This was probably part strategy and part reality of the LA market. I walked away from a Box, and returned the next weekend to find it gone.
I got the price marked down on the one i ultimately bought, but not 18%

TVC15, if I understand you correctly, that was back in September. Right? Well, it is now 6 months later. That will cause the dealership to be much-much more motivated to move the inventory. In another 5 months 2007's will be showing up!!

[pbadss]

What kind of discount do you think one might find now on a Base 2005 Boxster in socal. Browsing some of the dealer's inventory on the internet it seems like there are still a few available? 7 - 10k?

[coiguy]

I got $9100 off my car back in December in southern CA. the car had 50 miles. As others have said, the key is the power to walk away.

when i called around, most dealers where giving $5k off of ~50K MSRP. which is joke. couple of dealers gave 6k off. one gave 7k off. i offered a dealer $9,100 below msrp, he gives me the "we're losing money" mumbo jumbo so I walked out, staying firm with the offer. 1/2 hour later, he calls to haggle a higher price, i said no. we danced for a couple of phone calls and he caved within 1 hour after i walked out.

my style is that: with any one dealer, do your research, offer one price and stick with it, if they don't bite, you walk away. I don't want to incrementally increase my offer and sit in their office playing mind games, and waste time. they can do the "let me check with my manager" and "you won't buy the car for a few hundred dollars more?" or "how did you come up with this price?" games all they want, i'll walk if they don't come down to my price.

i wasn't in a rush to buy. it helps if you're flexible with the option/color.