The stealer sales guy I was talking to wanted to get a 126 coupé because he
liked them. He said the guys there had no idea how to work on them. I said yeah
you can’t plug a computer into them do they’re clueless and he totally agreed.
--FT
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> On Jun 17, 2024, at 10:12 PM, Allan
Then we can move on to the maintenance and repair departments.
A friend at the gym was telling me about his '14 Audi. Broke the timing belt
(or chain?) and dealer told him he needed a new engine, quote was close to or
maybe into five figures. The local MB indy he goes to for his GLA gave him
Ol' Dave Mason called that the "git ready" fee.
On Mon, Jun 17, 2024, at 18:14, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote:
> Yeah the “dealer fee” was $750 and there was something else I forget.
> “Documentation fee” or “prep fee” or something. F that. Yeah here’s my
> payment, just stamp the title,
In OK they do not have to charge a doc fee but if they do they have to charge
everyone. In MO the state mandates the max dealer’s can charge. They just
raised it $299 to $599 IIRC. I had a lot of dealers raise their default fees in
desking as soon as they happened. It’s pure padding for the
When I looked at the car on their lot I asked why they didn’t just label it
“guaranteed profit?” That didn’t elicit a response.
-D
> On Jun 17, 2024, at 3:50 PM, mitch--- via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> In Michigan, and I suspect everywhere, the added fees have to be universal.
> If they
In Michigan, and I suspect everywhere, the added fees have to be
universal.
If they discriminate and only charge the fee to some customers, they can
lose their license, or be forced to refund everybody they collected the
now illegal fee from.
They could drop the selling price $750, but they
Yeah the “dealer fee” was $750 and there was something else I forget.
“Documentation fee” or “prep fee” or something. F that. Yeah here’s my payment,
just stamp the title, give me a bill of sale and the keys and let me get outta
here. Easy peasy no cost there.
--FT
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> On Jun
I would rather have the Jag. I lust after those, they're beautiful cars.
I can’t imagine what a clown show buying a new MB is today. I love how there’s
no price on the Monroney sticker (how do they get around that?) meaning that
they’re going to jerk me around as much as they can before they
I saw this driving by the Benz stealer on Friday while on the way to
Costco. Roadster. It looked really nice, red/black seats, sounded
REALLY good even without downpipes. Center console upgrade though that
doesn't really appeal to me and the engine appeared to be detuned a bit
from the
