Had to buy two personal vehicles this year. Very tough although I thought the recent one was easier and we had more options/vehicles available to choose from and at least a tiny bit of discount offered compared to January. So perhaps things are starting to loosen up just a little?
I had a 2019 Dodge Ram 3500 with single rear wheels. I added air bag overloads but was loading the rear tires to the max too often. Loved a lot about that truck, especially the High Output Cummins diesel putting out 400 hp and more importantly 1000 ft pounds of torque. And the Aisin 6 speed transmission. It will pull my triple axcel toy hayhauler fully loaded up hill into the wind doing 80 mph without hardly trying
And it is geared pretty tall. However a Junior business partner needed a truck like that for work and my wife
@Just Gina informed me we needed a dually. So the search was on last December but only found two used and no new ones. Doing the math on the miles, the one with 20,000 miles was a better deal than the one with higher miles. Even though it was $90k. It's a really nice loaded up Laramie and will pull and haul anything I care to do with it. Even haul tons of lead and brass from Houston TX to Montana
I even added a 36' heavy duty flatbed gooseneck trailer for hauling farm machinery.
Well a couple weeks ago it turns out
@Just Gina needed a different vehicle. She needs cargo space and we also wanted a comfortable ride for the long trips we often make. I thought a Jeep Grand Cherokee L Overland would do nicely. But when we looked at the new Wagoneer, that was what she was getting
We quickly found 3 or 4 of them but after driving one with the full air suspension, that was it.
The low rate financing was mentioned in another response but we found they had a choice of zero interest or a rebate, not both. They had $1000 loyalty or a $3500 conquest rebate if you had a vehicle of a non Chrysler brand. I had actually forgotten that I had bought an old GMC pickup on a whim at an auction. I intend to take it to the feedlot where we take old pickup trucks to die but hadn't gotten it there yet and it had actually been registered in my name rather than a business name. So gave them the $500 hold money and headed home to find the title. One way or another I was going to find a vehicle to get that extra $2500! They also took off another $700 and gave significantly on an extended warranty and full Minnesota body, frame, paint and interior protection package. I don't normally buy that stuff but this thing is very high tech.
The real point is we had several to choose from, almost every dealer within about an hour and a half drive had one, and they actually discounted in addition to having rebates. Another thing I found interesting is that those "one price" non negotiable dealers actually had better dealer discounts than I got at the negotiating dealer..... $2200 vs. $700. They ultimately did not have the air suspension on theirs so I swallowed hard and got my wife what she wanted.... Of course
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