Truck buying timing?

Peg Leg wrote:

wcjeep wrote:
Always keep an eye on Dave Smith. Near the end of the year their dealership competition really heats up. They will pick you up from Spokane airport.

Watch out! Dave Smith is my bil, but he doesn't own a dealership. Do you think there's more than one of them?

Explain I don't know what you are saying.

If buying new trucks: Noon at the end of the month at the end of a quarter would be a great time to buy. And if the region is not seeing great sales, it's even better.

Year end is another good time as dealers would like to avoid paying ad valorem taxes on the inventories on hand.

Often, sales regions will throw out a special unadvertised local sales incentive if the territory is not meeting their projected sales goals.

The week between Christmas and New Years is by far the best time. End of month, end of year, most folks are at the end of their $$$ after financing Christmas, the dealers last chance to hit their quotas, and they get rid of a vehicle they don't have to pay inventory tax on.

just found it hard 3 weeks ago to find a properly equipped ram 2500 - if you want a high end diesel they have lots - anything less it is getting thin as they are starting to ready the model year change over. on a 2014 there was an extra 2K off

The local Ram dealer said November is best. That's supposed to be when manufacturers push out what's left of last years models and also push new models. Not sure if it's true or not.

wcjeep wrote:
Always keep an eye on Dave Smith. Near the end of the year their dealership competition really heats up. They will pick you up from Spokane airport.

Watch out! Dave Smith is my bil, but he doesn't own a dealership. Do you think there's more than one of them?

I like showing up the last business day of the month and about a 1/2 hour before the dealer closes, for some reason they sure like to deal better with me when they're in a hurry to get off of work. ;)

Always keep an eye on Dave Smith. Near the end of the year their dealership competition really heats up. They will pick you up from Spokane airport.

so you want to know when the rebates are the best for new cars....so you can buy used? Find the one you want and buy it.

I go at the end of the month. In your case, end of the year might be best.

I bring a cashiers check for 80% their asking price, and the rest in cash. I negotiate from there. The cashiers check usually gets their attention and shows that I'm a serious buyer.

My best transaction, they took the check and gave me the car. My worst - they took $500 off their price on a $25,000 truck. But it was still a smokin deal so I bought it.