It seems odd (for both parties) that the price wasn't agreed on when he placed the order.
I'm not hating - I totally get the supply and demand thing. When I bought a WRX back in 2001, you could drive them off the forecourt for $8k over invoice, or order and wait 8 weeks for invoice price. I did the latter, but to each his own.
My thoughts also. How does one place an order for a specific configuration without a contract and a firm price?
Sorry Rob, but $50K over sticker for a guy who's had a deposit down for 10 years sounds shady. Again, did they not agree on the price prior?
I would not buy on principle alone.
Oh no. It was mentioned up front and all along the process. I'll paraphrase the sequence of events...
Us-Hi Mr. xxxx. Good news! You can finally order your NSX. Your deposit has been with us for what seems like forever but the day has finally come. Just so you know that we will be asking a $50k premium over whatever MSRP your specification winds up at as this is a very limited release vehicle and you will have the very first one around here. Are you ready to move forward.
Him-Yes. Sounds good.
*some time later*
Us- Hi Mr. xxxx. Thank you for placing an order. We're just about set to "lock it in" and send it to the factory. Are there any changes you'd like to make? As it sits right now, your specification is blah blah blah with a MSRP of xxx, destination of xxx, and a $50k market adjustment. Everything still sounds good?
Him-Yup! Can't wait for it to come in!
*two days after the order is processed*
Him-I'm having second thoughts. And the price seems a bit high. I would like to just pay MSRP.
Us-I'm sorry we can't accomadate that and if you had any issues with the price, that really should have been brought up before you ordered it to your unique specification. The total price for your vehicle is xxx, and if that's not agreeable....then you....
can fuck right the hell off to the back of the line and enjoy waiting another 3-4 years because that's how long you'll be waiting to get a sticker deal on a car they only make 800 of per year! Cocksucker.
We know what he tried to pull. Figured that once he got the order locked in to his specific build he could leverage us into dropping the price if he threatened to back out. We called his bluff.
Yeah his deposit was down for a decade. But was never to lock in a price. Because we didn't know what it was going to cost or if was even going to even be made at all.. All it bought him was first rights of refusal when and if they ever made another NSX which he excercised. We just wish he didn't spec it out beforehand.
Berto knows this but maybe some of you other guys don't. In CA, a deposit is pretty worthless to the dealer. You can order a car, put down a deposit to do so, and just refuse it and get your money back at anytime before you sign a purchase agreement.
. I'm sort of looking at a DB9 but can't justify it. I really want a V12 in the stable but missed my chance at a 550 maranello a couple of years ago. Now they're pushin $200K, no thanks.
