Where to buy new Diesel, Dave Smith in Idaho?

[Camp_woof]

I'm retiring, have my Bigfoot 10.4 on order for late May (pick up in Portland, OR), and getting rid of junk around the house. I need to order a 2019 Ram 3500 diesel dually long bed crew cab 4x4 soon to have for that camper!

I live/work in northern CA, bay area.

Is it worth checking out other dealers or is the Idaho dealer just going to blow them away? I'll try 1 or 2 Oregon dealers, but have no idea who has a good reputation up there.

My mother lives in OR currently, so trying to work out how to have the truck registered there and not pay sales tax. I WILL be using OR as my home base, plan to get a drivers license, etc.

I don't think I need dual alternators, do I? My style of camping is anticipated to be staying in one place for a week or two, so not sure how much charging from the vehicle buys me.

I do want the factory air, looking for softer ride when camper dismounted, and Hellwig does offer their sway bar now for Rams with factory air! If I don't like the way the rig drives, now there is the option for the Hellwig.

Thanks for the help and advice!
Dave

P.S. Oh, to save money, guess I'll go for single tone paint, no pink rally stripes, I'll have to pass on having my rig look like Grit Dog's!

[billsnp5]

Grit dog wrote:
Dillon has all their prices posted online. Of course 19s aren't on the lot yet, but order now, I think first deliveries start in March for the Gen 4.5s.

Dillion is where I found the best price on 2 of my last three trucks. When I tried Dave Smith was 1.5k to 2K higher but that was a few years ago. Bought my last truck from a Litiha dealer they were the only ones with a truck I was looking for. But price was ok.

[jmtandem]

I think you mean 85%.

Yes, you are correct. Good eye.

[deltabravo]

romore wrote:
That is a long way to go to buy a truck, I can't see saving enough to jusify the cost and time.

People fly in to Spokane daily to buy a truck at Dave Smith. There's so many people flying in, Dave Smith has a shuttle van the pick people up at the airport with.

A good majority of their business is from all over the country, not from locals.

[finsruskw]

I bought mine from Bonham Ram, jeep, Chrysler in Bonham TX after chasing it on E-bay till the 2015 spring rebates kicked in
Saved a bundle.

[EfonFred]

Very pleased with our dealings with D Smith in Kellog. We bought a hard to find used model, they had the lowest mileage one with the most goodies for the lowest price, by a thousand. No haggle, did most of it over the phone, salesman even sent us away with some fresh venison and bear meat! Seriously, I hate buying vehicles because of the usual shenanigans the sales staff run you through.

[Camp_woof]

Thanks, I have some feelers out now with local (Oregon) and Dave Smith, will try Dillon. Local has at least 3 locations in southern Oregon, so they have in blanketed! I'll really try local to support local biz, if they can get close enough, I'm good.

It does take time, ordering these are new to everyone and hard to figure out package vs. a la carte right now.

Sure will be a cool truck, all 3 brands of duallies seem to be beasts!
Dave

[ralphnjoann]

2oldman wrote:

jmtandem wrote:
.. look for paying about 0.85 percent of factory MSRP sticker.

I think you mean 85%.

He does. He's just giving you a quick way to calculate the actual selling price. For example, MSRP = $1000 X .85 = $850, which is 85% of the MSRP.

[Grit_dog]

Dillon has all their prices posted online. Of course 19s aren't on the lot yet, but order now, I think first deliveries start in March for the Gen 4.5s.

[2oldman]

jmtandem wrote:
.. look for paying about 0.85 percent of factory MSRP sticker.

I think you mean 85%.

[ppine]

YOu are looking in the right place. You can have a vehicle shipped or go up and get it. Texas has some large high volume dealerships also. There is a national market now. No reason to pay local prices.

I see Dave Smith license plate frames all the time here in Nevada.

[_1Flyboy]

....Dennis Dillon gave me a nice firm figure that was competitive with my local dealer, but, when I got serious the local dealer started increasing the price by $1700; so I get a paid vacation to Idaho to see an old employee and I’ll put $1K in my pocket after expenses over buying local.... Local guy got greedy.....

[jmtandem]

Is it worth checking out other dealers or is the Idaho dealer just going to blow them away? I'll try 1 or 2 Oregon dealers, but have no idea who has a good reputation up there.

Dave Smith in Kellogg and Dennis Dillion in Boise offer great prices on new Rams. Should you want to purchase locally look for paying about 0.85 percent of factory MSRP sticker. If you want to get lower than that you will likely have to work much harder. I was able to purchase for about $350 more than Dave Smith as my dealer calculated what it would approximately cost to go get it and added that to the local cost. So, I purchased locally. Dennis Dillion shares the 'no dicker' price on the internet so you know exactly what you will pay. Kind of nice, really.

[FireGuard]

There are a few dealers in So Cal that usually meet or beat the out of state dealers.
Huntington Beach Dodge have trucks $12-14k off sticker but not as much inventory.
Bob Baker in Carlsbad and Hunter Dodge in Lancaster are worth a look.
I’ve bought from Hunter and Baker. Both good and will come down from advertised prices.

[Nv_Guy]

I have 3 friends from Nor Cal who made the trip to D/S in ID. You might see if any of the Nor NV Dodge dealers are willing to deal. You never know.