Good Surprise Surprise - Buy Offer on Vroom

[Ric 'Ochet]

Dang. What's making you say $36k? Is that what they offered you?

A few of us. Offered me 37k today.

 

[nhcowboy28]

Prices have normalized now.
My awd gt2 red with 18000 miles a few months ago was vroom as $39000. Today $31000.

 

[Stingin' Away]

A few of us. Offered me 37k today.

Gotcha. Was that with or without your mods? That'll drive down the price pretty quickly.

Prices have normalized now.
My awd gt2 red with 18000 miles a few months ago was vroom as $39000. Today $31000.

I've been thinking about it a lot lately and I keep finding myself having the same theory.

The dealerships lost truck loads of money the first year of COVID when the lockdown was initiated. Don't you think it's funny how the chip shortage came about and now used car prices are at all time highs? Where does a dealership make their money? Used cars. Trade ins have rose in price, but not as much as the car a consumer is buying.

Funny to think about the timing of all of this. Is there really a chip shortage? Is this just a worldwide phenomenon that is in place for dealerships to retrieve their lost profits from the past year? One must ponder...

 

[jthrelf]

Gotcha. Was that with or without your mods? That'll drive down the price pretty quickly.

I've been thinking about it a lot lately and I keep finding myself having the same theory.

The dealerships lost truck loads of money the first year of COVID when the lockdown was initiated. Don't you think it's funny how the chip shortage came about and now used car prices are at all time highs? Where does a dealership make their money? Used cars. Trade ins have rose in price, but not as much as the car a consumer is buying.

Funny to think about the timing of all of this. Is there really a chip shortage? Is this just a worldwide phenomenon that is in place for dealerships to retrieve their lost profits from the past year? One must ponder...

Has to be the shortage. Because there are too many dealerships for competition, they'd start undercutting each other just by a bit and soon the prices would fall down to fair market value. Unrealistic to think they all have an agreement together (a cartel, by definition).

Though some conspiracy theories don't even sound crazy these days...

 

[Ric 'Ochet]

Gotcha. Was that with or without your mods? That'll drive down the price pretty quickly.

I've been thinking about it a lot lately and I keep finding myself having the same theory.

The dealerships lost truck loads of money the first year of COVID when the lockdown was initiated. Don't you think it's funny how the chip shortage came about and now used car prices are at all time highs? Where does a dealership make their money? Used cars. Trade ins have rose in price, but not as much as the car a consumer is buying.

Funny to think about the timing of all of this. Is there really a chip shortage? Is this just a worldwide phenomenon that is in place for dealerships to retrieve their lost profits from the past year? One must ponder...

I marked as no mods as really the only thing is springs and exhaust which would be changed out prior to trade. Amazing it’s dropped that much though they’re still selling at a premium.
I also read that some of the domestic mfg are halting new car builds for a couple weeks due to the domestic shortage.

 

[nhcowboy28]

Gotcha. Was that with or without your mods? That'll drive down the price pretty quickly.

I've been thinking about it a lot lately and I keep finding myself having the same theory.

The dealerships lost truck loads of money the first year of COVID when the lockdown was initiated. Don't you think it's funny how the chip shortage came about and now used car prices are at all time highs? Where does a dealership make their money? Used cars. Trade ins have rose in price, but not as much as the car a consumer is buying.

Funny to think about the timing of all of this. Is there really a chip shortage? Is this just a worldwide phenomenon that is in place for dealerships to retrieve their lost profits from the past year? One must ponder...

So previously, the offered price didn’t matter if I selected mods or not.

I just ran it again with no mods, and got an additional $3500 for it.

definitely pull mods off. (Was going to anyway if I sold it).

 

[GPhenom]

I had a local dealer match the Vroom offer I got on my Honda CR-V last month. Their initial offer was $2K less.

I think more ppl are dealing with Vroom, CarMax, Carvana or at least they are eating into the number of used cars dealers get. So the local dealers are becoming more competitive. They agreed so quickly, it made me regret not asking for more.

Now I gotta find a Stinger quick and in a hurry. Probably gonna go used b/c I'm just not willing to fork over the $52K+ for an AWD GT2.

Maybe I'll circle back for a 2022 and the upgraded stereo head unit in a few years. That was really my only gripe on the pre-refresh models.

 

[Stingin' Away]

I had a local dealer match the Vroom offer I got on my Honda CR-V last month. Their initial offer was $2K less.

I think more ppl are dealing with Vroom, CarMax, Carvana or at least they are eating into the number of used cars dealers get. So the local dealers are becoming more competitive. They agreed so quickly, it made me regret not asking for more.

Now I gotta find a Stinger quick and in a hurry. Probably gonna go used b/c I'm just not willing to fork over the $52K+ for an AWD GT2.

Maybe I'll circle back for a 2022 and the upgraded stereo head unit in a few years. That was really my only gripe on the pre-refresh models.

I couldn't pay MSRP for a new car. I would check out some low mileage '19-'21 GT2s but you are still going to pay a premium at the moment. The cheapest one I found was a '18 GT RWD for $33k. Had 29k miles. That's not terrible and it is especially good with the current market.

There are new '22s out there for a good price. 6k under MSRP is what I paid for my GT RWD, looks like the GT2s below have a similar deal. Not bad.

 

[GPhenom]

Those low advertised prices are usually dealer shenanigans. I had inquired at Oakes. They had one marked up to $58K then gave "discounts" and "incentives" to bring it down.

There's currently a $5250 lease incentive on AWD GT2s but the markups are so much that I still can't seem to get the OTD under $50k....even with my state not collecting taxes at the point of sale.

Edit: clarify facts. Upon further review, the markup was there but not the add ons.

 

[stingLikeAee]

had inquired at Oakes. They had one marked up to $58K then gave "discounts" and "incentives" to bring it down. But then had dealer add ons that weren't included in the advertised price.

@GPhenom Oakes in Kansas City, MO? Asking because I'm considering a road trip to Oakes in Kansas City, MO.

 

[GPhenom]

@GPhenom Oakes in Kansas City, MO? Asking because I'm considering a road trip to Oakes in Kansas City, MO.

Yes KC. But I just edited my post. The mark up to $58K was legit. Then they offered a $2K down payment match, which basically brought the price back down around MSRP. But the dealer add ons were optional. So I removed that from my post.

 

[Ecobust]

I may be about to jump on this wagon too. They're offering me 29k for a GT2, even with 77k miles and an accident on the Carfax.

Should have jumped on this offer; 3 months later and they dropped it down to $25k.

 

[Stingin' Away]

Should have jumped on this offer; 3 months later and they dropped it down to $25k.

Ouch.

 

[falanger]

I was curious what a high mileage (85k), modified 2018 GT2 with one accident, but otherwise perfect condition would go for. Definitely shocked to see this number come back....

 

[nhcowboy28]

Ok. Checked carvana today and it’s now 4K higher than it was when I checked during the height of the craziness.

$43800 2018 gt2 awd HCR

This chip shortage is awesome!!

 

[stoopid]

This chip shortage is awesome!!

Not if you need to buy a car. Or much else electronic for that matter, I do IT work and everything from printers to servers are tough to find at a competitive price, if it can be found at all. Going back a few posts, the idea that this is a big conspiracy is frankly stupid and paranoid. Correlation does not imply causation. If someone doesn't understand what that means, they perhaps need to consider keeping their thoughts to themselves.

 

[n8hegr8]

only car id get rid my stinger for would be a gt2 awd scorpion stinger.
i was just looking at g70s; and everything is very similar to the stinger; weird.
those audi rs5s are sweet, though!
the stinger has everything i want in a car. anything more than that for me is gluttonous.

 

[JSolo]

An even exchange for a ct5 blackwing... I'm game.

 

[n8hegr8]

An even exchange for a ct5 blackwing... I'm game.

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[amehring1982]

Just did mine....$38,137 for my 2021 GT AWD with 6,000 miles....just over what I paid exactly one year ago.