Sad news. After working with a dealership here in Vancouver for more than a month, I went in on Saturday to finalize the deal on an SXT Sport in Orange, due to arrive later this week, and I was put up against a wall and could not make the numbers work.
I have a mint condition 2003 Focus ZX5 fully loaded with only 23K kilometers coming off lease in the next couple of months. When I went in the first time to check out the Caliber, the owner of the Chrysler dealership offered me a great deal on my car based on me taking the Caliber which is also fully loaded.
BUT - when I went in with cheque book in hand this weekend, the owner was out of town, and there was a new sales manager who took one look at the original numbers and told my sales guy that the owner offered me too much for my Focus. He was unwilling to work with the numbers at all, would not even consider dropping a buck off the sticker price of the Caliber.
That threw my payments way too high to make sense, so unfortunately I had to close that cheque book, and walk away.
So...I guess no new Caliber for me, at least for awhile. Of course now my Ford dealership is aware that I'm shopping as I contacted them for the current buyout of my lease. So they are enticing me with some great deals, and a 0.9% lease rate - compared to 4.8% on the Caliber.
I simply don't know what to do now, so I guess I'll do nothing!
Sorry for the long post, just had to get it off my chest!!! Thanks for reading........
I have a mint condition 2003 Focus ZX5 fully loaded with only 23K kilometers coming off lease in the next couple of months. When I went in the first time to check out the Caliber, the owner of the Chrysler dealership offered me a great deal on my car based on me taking the Caliber which is also fully loaded.
BUT - when I went in with cheque book in hand this weekend, the owner was out of town, and there was a new sales manager who took one look at the original numbers and told my sales guy that the owner offered me too much for my Focus. He was unwilling to work with the numbers at all, would not even consider dropping a buck off the sticker price of the Caliber.
That threw my payments way too high to make sense, so unfortunately I had to close that cheque book, and walk away.
So...I guess no new Caliber for me, at least for awhile. Of course now my Ford dealership is aware that I'm shopping as I contacted them for the current buyout of my lease. So they are enticing me with some great deals, and a 0.9% lease rate - compared to 4.8% on the Caliber.
I simply don't know what to do now, so I guess I'll do nothing!
Sorry for the long post, just had to get it off my chest!!! Thanks for reading........