Picking up the New Q8 in two days
11-08-2018, 09:16 AM
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Picking up the New Q8 in two days
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Orca Black
Black Leather
Year-one Package
Driver Assistance
Cold Weather
Towing
AudiCare
Audi Beam Rings
Personalized (vanity) Plates with Q8 in the text
Coming from two, back to back SQ5's.
MSRP $79,340 (plus AudiCare)
Discount $2K
My wife's car -- we named it Darth Vader -- "Vader" for short.
The thing is the quietest car I've ever been in that is NOT electric.
Orca Black
Black Leather
Year-one Package
Driver Assistance
Cold Weather
Towing
AudiCare
Audi Beam Rings
Personalized (vanity) Plates with Q8 in the text
Coming from two, back to back SQ5's.
MSRP $79,340 (plus AudiCare)
Discount $2K
My wife's car -- we named it Darth Vader -- "Vader" for short.
The thing is the quietest car I've ever been in that is NOT electric.
11-09-2018, 11:59 AM
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Congratulations to both of you. I was going back and forth on the Year-One package. It's really sharp but in the end I took a low-optioned Prestige. My dealer had only one Prestige with Year One but it was almost $90k which seemed a bit excessive - at least for my needs (wants).
Yes, this has got to be the quietest car I've ever driven. Amazing.
Yes, this has got to be the quietest car I've ever driven. Amazing.
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11-13-2018, 12:50 PM
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No discounts are typical this early (in Cincinnati, at least -- we have two dealers). Ours was $79,340 -- we got $2K off and we're good with that. We know that 4-6 months from now a steeper discount would be likely. But we were #5 in Cincinnati. As if that matters (to us), we just liked the vehicle and we know that in the early days, inventory will be low and we already had a 2019 SQ5 on order and my wife LOVES black cars with the black package -- this one was jus' right.
I'm going to say this again: The discounts we got in Cincinnati are perhaps somewhat relevant in Cincinnati and maybe 100 miles in any direction, Columbus, OH, Indianapolis, IN, Lexington, KY, Lousiville, KY, Dayton, OH. Otherwise, our discount here in Cincinnati is, sorry to say, practically a useless anecdote. If you live somewhere that you could legitimately come to Cincinnati to buy a car, well, maybe that's an adequate reason to ask about our discounts. Does it matter? I mean if you MUST have at least 3% off (in your mind) and you can't get it will you wait or go to another brand? In top-100 markets I'll bet there is some competitive pressure and if you believe that is true and you can prove it, you should put the "price" you will pay on a slip of paper (so to speak) and ask the dealer for a number. If your number is WAAAY the hell lower, you can surely try mentioning it, or you can take it and drive home.
Remember: "It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When
you pay too much, you lose a little money - that's all. When you pay
too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you
bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The
common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a
lot - it can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well
to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will
have enough to pay for something better.”
― John Ruskin
I'm going to say this again: The discounts we got in Cincinnati are perhaps somewhat relevant in Cincinnati and maybe 100 miles in any direction, Columbus, OH, Indianapolis, IN, Lexington, KY, Lousiville, KY, Dayton, OH. Otherwise, our discount here in Cincinnati is, sorry to say, practically a useless anecdote. If you live somewhere that you could legitimately come to Cincinnati to buy a car, well, maybe that's an adequate reason to ask about our discounts. Does it matter? I mean if you MUST have at least 3% off (in your mind) and you can't get it will you wait or go to another brand? In top-100 markets I'll bet there is some competitive pressure and if you believe that is true and you can prove it, you should put the "price" you will pay on a slip of paper (so to speak) and ask the dealer for a number. If your number is WAAAY the hell lower, you can surely try mentioning it, or you can take it and drive home.
Remember: "It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When
you pay too much, you lose a little money - that's all. When you pay
too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you
bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The
common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a
lot - it can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well
to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will
have enough to pay for something better.”
― John Ruskin
Last edited by markcincinnati; 11-13-2018 at 01:00 PM.