As noted in my post, have three well fnctioning vehicles. At age 77 this car tariff stuff is irrelevant to me. Though to yung whipper snappers it is problem.
Yes, and soon it will be $475 plus X and $367 plus X, where X is the extra costs they incur due to the tariffs.
Good thing they didn't sell it out from under you!
One of my very earliest cases as a lawyer involved a car dealership selling an Acura NSX out from under a guy who had pre-ordered, paid a deposit and waited a year, because the cars were selling at a big premium.
Since you didn't say, I guess I'll ask if you won the case. I hope so!
We were repeat customers for both the dealership and the salesman. I wasn’t worried at all about that.
That occurred with the plumbing company we used. First time our tank was leaking came out need new toilet and replaced valve and supply line, decided to get the other one changed. We were charged flat rate for each item, toilet, supply line and valve. Can’t remember the price, but at the time was worth it. No T&M. Next time we had some water heater issues and another guy came from the same company nickeled and dimed us for each item. More like hundreds for each item. Decided to have both outside faucets replaced while he was here and it took about two minutes to twist them off and install new and were about $200 or 250 for each. I could have done that, but didn’t want to chance something going wrong so we paid the price. We’ve decided to check on other plumbers in the future as it’s cost way more than former T&M rates that we experienced.
I represented American Honda. Our goal was to get dismissed from the case, because the manufacturer sells the car to the dealer. What the dealership does with the car after that is neither within the control of nor the responsibility of the manufacturer. We were successful in that effort.
If I ever knew, I have forgotten. Once the goal was achieved, I moved on to worrying about the dozens of other cases I was working on.
Yeah I was planning on a new car at the end of this year, mine is 9 years old, and I'm ready for a change. But eh... Costco has a good deal on tires right now and I could use some, so I'll get them and hold the car for another...bit.
Yea... that is what I was thinking but DW said there is no way she will keep the car for 4 more years (probably max with these tariffs..)... I do not want to get stuck with $5 to $10K more... bite the bullet now...
This seems to be a fairly common occurrence (at least reading on the forums) as the manufacturer sells the vehicle to the dealer. I've been fortunate twice in ordering a vehicle that ended up being worth more when it was delivered - the dealers involved both honored the deal.
Debated on what to get a couple of years ago, really wanted to stay with a NA motor but in the end went with the 2.7 eco boost. Really come to love this new truck, we pull a little 17 foot travel trailer with it and it's a great match. We use it more just for road trips as it so nice, can't complain about the gas millage. We went with the larger fuel tank, big fan of that too.
Being a V-8 kinda guy, I was also very hesitant on the turbo front after my 80's experience w/a Chrysler w/a turbo. Talk about junk/trouble.Debated on what to get a couple of years ago, really wanted to stay with a NA motor but in the end went with the 2.7 eco boost. Really come to love this new truck, we pull a little 17 foot travel trailer with it and it's a great match. We use it more just for road trips as it so nice, can't complain about the gas millage. We went with the larger fuel tank, big fan of that too.
We see how long the engine hangs in there, lots of plumbing under the hood
We just traded my DW 2019 Toyota Hilander Hibred in a month ago . We went to 3 Toyota dealership near us and got the same story. No one around had the ehicle she wanted and wasn't sure when /if they would get one. She wanted a new HIlander Hibred, in a differant color than the "stock" white,gray,black or ugly "shiney primer" color most were stocking. So she ended up with a Subaru. I'm not crazy about the Suby but it is he choice so we will live with it for a few years and won'twory about tariffs.
I am not so sure. We bought a brand new Ford mid roof Transit van with 3.5L ecoboost engine in 2019 for $31,000. We sold it in 2023 for $32,000 to Carmax. We had put about 27,000 miles on it including a epic cross country road trip. Never put a dime into it except 3 oil changes (didn't even put on new wiper blades the whole time lol)
Generally, yes, but just like in 2020-21, as new car prices go up, so too will used car prices.
