Ordering online out of state

JARblue · 04-25-2014, 07:51 AM

My car came from a dealer in Oklahoma. The dealer told me they were going to eat the transport fee and send someone to drive it down. I said fvck that, charge me the fee and ship it. I can just imagine the dealer employee they send setting cruise control for most of the ~400 mile trip

MacCool · 04-25-2014, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

My car came from a dealer in Oklahoma. The dealer told me they were going to eat the transport fee and send someone to drive it down. I said fvck that, charge me the fee and ship it. I can just imagine the dealer employee they send setting cruise control for most of the ~400 mile trip

I did that on my last Z. They sent someone to drive it back from Milwaukee, about 400 miles. No problem. That mileage didn't count against the warranty. My most recent Z came from Illinois, about 500 miles, on a flatbed.

JARblue · 04-25-2014, 09:38 AM

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I did that on my last Z. They sent someone to drive it back from Milwaukee, about 400 miles. No problem. That mileage didn't count against the warranty. My most recent Z came from Illinois, about 500 miles, on a flatbed.

I wasn't worried about the warranty mileage. I was worried about the driver setting cruise control for 1/3 of the break-in period.

Fuzzzy · 04-25-2014, 04:32 PM

I bought my 370 new out-of-state about six weeks ago. None of my local dealers could/would get me what I wanted for less than MSRP. Shopping online and buying via e-mail and a few phone calls was fairly painless. Nissan's website makes it very easy to find most dealers' exact inventory online, and the dealers that I contacted were quite responsive to my requests for information.

I did not have a trade-in as my teenager was "inheriting" my old car, and he was more than willing to go on a 500-mile road trip to pick up a new car and drive my old one back home!

FYI, I paid no sales tax in the state of purchase, but I had to pay it (actually a "user fee") in my state when I got my tag.

No regrets at all. Not even for a second when the salesperson at a local dealer that I had been working with e-mailed me 2-3 weeks after my purchase telling me that they had received exactly what I had wanted in a new shipment. I don't know if they would have been more giving on the price for that vehicle or not. If they don't even know what they have coming in the next month, that is the dealership's problem if they miss some sales.

MacCool · 04-25-2014, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

I wasn't worried about the warranty mileage. I was worried about the driver setting cruise control for 1/3 of the break-in period.

Yeah, that's not something I had any worries about whatsoever.

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04-25-2014, 04:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
Fuzzzy Track Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: MS Posts: 876 Drives: 2014 370Z 7AT MR Rep Power: 21861	I bought my 370 new out-of-state about six weeks ago. None of my local dealers could/would get me what I wanted for less than MSRP. Shopping online and buying via e-mail and a few phone calls was fairly painless. Nissan's website makes it very easy to find most dealers' exact inventory online, and the dealers that I contacted were quite responsive to my requests for information. I did not have a trade-in as my teenager was "inheriting" my old car, and he was more than willing to go on a 500-mile road trip to pick up a new car and drive my old one back home! FYI, I paid no sales tax in the state of purchase, but I had to pay it (actually a "user fee") in my state when I got my tag. No regrets at all. Not even for a second when the salesperson at a local dealer that I had been working with e-mailed me 2-3 weeks after my purchase telling me that they had received exactly what I had wanted in a new shipment. I don't know if they would have been more giving on the price for that vehicle or not. If they don't even know what they have coming in the next month, that is the dealership's problem if they miss some sales.