For those still waiting...

[jjs]

I am actually starting to consider leaving the car on order (since June), not taking it when it shows up (unless VERY, VERY soon), and hanging in there a bit until the SRT-8 shows up and maybe even until the '06 comes out which hopefully will have more of the bugs worked out. That, and the fact that the longer this wait goes into the year, the more effective depreciation I am incurring without even having the freaking car. Anyone else in this boat?

And not to be rude, but if you already HAVE the car, please don't vote or leave comments...this is for those of us still waiting/deciding.

Thanks!

[22sOnThe300C]

I've been waiting since June...was tired of waiting and my dealership BS taht I called the other day to a dealer in Ok City and they had the exact car I wanted on its way to the dealership...within 4 hrs we made a deal to get my college grad program of 1% below invoice...hope to pick up car end of this week...

andrew

[jjs]

Thanks for both the inputs, but you didn't read my post, did you guys?

I want to hear from those WITHOUT the car.

Thanks again.

[TLwiz]

My vote is not one of your options, so here is my opinion:
(take it for what it is worth, since I am not waiting for an order)

Aggressively seek out the exact car somewhere else. Do a search on the main site for the car you want, and deal with that dealership directly. You wont have to pay much (if at all) for the delivery. I did this with my truck, and saved waiting for a build date. Got the thing in four days, cross country, and only had to pay $100 for that. It is worth it to do it.

Oh, then call your dealer and walk in for your deposit money back.

[jjs]

Originally Posted by TLwiz

My vote is not one of your options, so here is my opinion:
(take it for what it is worth, since I am not waiting for an order)

Aggressively seek out the exact car somewhere else. Do a search on the main site for the car you want, and deal with that dealership directly. You wont have to pay much (if at all) for the delivery. I did this with my truck, and saved waiting for a build date. Got the thing in four days, cross country, and only had to pay $100 for that. It is worth it to do it.

Oh, then call your dealer and walk in for your deposit money back.

Thing is, I have a specific set of options in mind I have not been able to find elsewhere AND if I want a specific car, I want a NEW car...not one that who knows how many people have sat it, touched, driven (easy enough to check by the odometer), etc. I want it off the truck, prepped, and under my butt, not a parade of others'.

At least when I ordered, they did not require a deposit.

[fatchance]

TLwiz
Good luck. That sounds good in theory, but won't happen. I've done exactly what you've said and not one dealer will sell. It also depends on what you feel is a good price. I'm paying invoice -1%, not one dealer I called that has the options I want will do a deal. I've called dealers all over the west coast and most of the centeral states, it makes no sense. If the average dealer marks the car up $5000, then that's about $8000 more than my price. Even if you paid MSRP that's still about $3000 more than my price. For $3000 or more I can do a lot of mods. I'll wait.