Turns out I need a real truck. Kindly help me choose one!

[phsycle]

Nice. Hopefully the experience wasn’t too bad with a poorly rated dealer. Like I said earlier, not as big of a concern with a new vehicle.

 

[hdas]

Hopefully the experience wasn’t too bad with a poorly rated dealer

Certainly an adversarial encounter. It’s sad that the most powerful consumer group in the history of the world is subjected to this medieval process.

I would classify this in the “rent seeking” category. Nobody benefits from the dealer model except the dealers themselves and the low human capital labor working for them.

 

[hdas]

Ok. So to close this thread for good, I’d like to share that I was able to come way ahead in the price paid by negotiating a low price and accepting some insurance type products and then cancelling those and getting a refund. Netting a -18% out the door price relative to MSRP.

You can follow the evolution of this build here.