I am picking my tc up finally in about 8 hours but i can't sleep

how long does the delivery process take, just gotta put a down payment and sign a loan contract, pretty much - right

what else happens at delivery ??

 

I am up 24/7. :D

 

they will try to make u get all kinds of BS, took me 1 hour with the finance guy because he wouldn't proceed witht he paper work even though we DID NOT want to finance. He couldn't get that into his head. Not only that he called my scion security junk and offered me lo jack and other forms of car alarms.

 

pretty much at delivery, you try to make sure your dealer didnt tack on any more extra stuff to increase the price. that happens like 70% of the time. so just be aware of what you ordered and what you didnt. and then you can do the paperwork.

 

all kinda of bs, like what extra insurance (warranties and ____e)??

o well, i just wanna give them my old POS car and drive outta there with my tC. i can't freakin wait

 

yeah the finance guy will try everything on you like stupid fabric protector to phantom "rust protection".. funny part is the car is already rust proofed through electroplating at the factory.. so it's ridiculous to add ANYTHING to the car..

but don't get so excited to not read EVERYTHING they are giving you.. take your time.. the first thing I'd do if I were you.. go take a test drive of the car you're about to sign for. Who knows what might be wrong, since you have bargaining power BEFORE you sign.. and make sure they haven't slipped "mysterious" charges into the paper work..

I know you want that tC and go out to enjoy it, the salespeople know this and that's why they try to rush you through it.. Once you've signed it, it's tough to get out of that signed document! So take your time..

When I went, the finance guy was slow in showing me everything that needed to be signed, like title transfer, Odometer statement, insurance transfer (was already taken car of before coming in, simple call to my insurance company), and of course the main paperwork..

I would get there early so that you aren't rushed.. that's the biggest advice i can give this late at night../early in the morning.. and remember if you don't like something, you DONT HAVE TO SIGN.. nothing says you have to.. thing should go alright but it's good to know what they MIGHT pull on you..

hey let us know how it goes today.. and congrats.. I know how it feels to get a new car plus one as much fun as the tC..

 

Its going to probably take you 3 hours to atleast to get it all done. I bought my car with cash, so I didn't have to go through financing. I had no trade in car, and I had no extra's on the car, so I didn't have to make sure they snuck anything on. It still took my 2 - 2.5 hours to get the hell out of there. The whole time thier just trying to make you add on Lo-Jack, or extended warrenties, or car mats etc.

 

Question about that ^^ see i put in a deposit on a flint mica tc a month ago and it finally came in last week and they took the past few days putting my options on it, so what really would i be going for a test drive, i mean i already put a deposit on this car a month ago, its just me picking it up.

 

your warnings remind me of this clip from Seinfeld...

http://www.geocities.com/txrinc/puddy.zip

 

There is really no point in going on a test drive. You have no bargaining power against the dealer, because of the Pure Pricing BS. I'd get in and out as fast as possible without handing over additional money.

 

deposits are just a good faith thing.. when i got mine they had installed some options as well, but i still took it for a ride to make sure everything was fine.. but that's just me.. my $0.02

so my comments remind you of seinfeld? cool.. a compliment

 

i wasn't talking bargaining in regards to price.. i'm talking bargaining in that if you don't like something they've slipped into the paperwork, there is nothing forcing you to sign.. that's what i meant.. bargaining power to have them remove something shady from the paperwork than after you sign it..

and no point in checking out the car before you sign the paperwork? i guess you blindly have faith in the dealership to tell you that "everything is ok".. i don't have that faith and i'd rather check things out for myself before i sign

 

good point i'll give it a good rundown, and check to make sure they put a full tank of gas in it to, cuz i remember about that thing in particular.

 

yeah i was just saying to double check things.. that's all tell us how it goes..

 

will do, i'll be back online here after it goes - guess i'll repost in this section, but i'm going to sleep now, c ya all after i get the car

 

I thought you meant bargaining price wise, I dont know what other shady things in the paper work your reffering to. I never said not to check out the car before you sign, I just said there is no point in test driving it. In fact, its mandatory for dealers to make sure you look over the car before you drive off with it, they make you sign a piece of paper stating that you looked over the car as directed by the dealer, and your satisfied with it.

 

oh i was saying that maybe they threw in one of those ridiculous "MVA- Market Value Adjustment" just a fancy word for profit.. something like that or saying that he had to pay for extra rust proofing.. i was thinking on the excessive side that way when everything goes fine nothing to worry about they were prepared for craziness..

yeah i know i couldn't bargain when i got mine, but they were only making $800 profit anyway (invoice to price) so it's not like there was much bargaining room even if it did exist....

 

Now that you mention it, I think I do remember people asking about this MVA BS. Havn't heard about the rust proofing yet though.

 

If you're financing the car, especially if you are getting any added options, I strongly recommend getting GAP* insurance. Hopefully you won't need it, but if you do and you don't have it, you're SOL. I forget how long all the paperwork took when I got mine. It wasn't unbearable, but it certainly wasn't brief.


*Gauranteed Auto Protection: In the event of a "total loss" of the vehicle, you will not be responsible for paying the difference between the balance of your loan and the amount paid by your insurance company for the "value" of the vehicle.

 

I was that way before getting my xA. . . I couldn't sleep, and the car was delayed about a month. I got VERY little sleep waiting.