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1999 Chevy/GMC Showroom Debut
I live in northwest Texas and today my GMC dealer
called me to say that they got in a 2WD 1999 GMC
ex-cab.LST. I looked at it and the salesman said it
listed for $27,300 but they did not have the
sticker yet. He sure would have taken $27,300 for
it. I checked out the back seat and the leg room is
about the same, just more seat room. It is more
comfortable. Does anyone know when Chevy/GMC plan
to have a shrowroom date?. I asked the dealer, and
he said he might have some more by the end of the
month.
called me to say that they got in a 2WD 1999 GMC
ex-cab.LST. I looked at it and the salesman said it
listed for $27,300 but they did not have the
sticker yet. He sure would have taken $27,300 for
it. I checked out the back seat and the leg room is
about the same, just more seat room. It is more
comfortable. Does anyone know when Chevy/GMC plan
to have a shrowroom date?. I asked the dealer, and
he said he might have some more by the end of the
month.
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I haven't heard when the intro. date is on the new trucks....
Say glenn2:
Was that your Mitsubishi Mighty Max I saw broken down along the side of the road????
Test drove the Chev today. Nice improvement over the old model without going overboard on re-styling like Ford did.
Best deal right now--$1200 over invoice. Some folks are actually paying full sticker (around $3000 over invoice). Dealer said wait a few weeks and he could probably order me one for $300 over. I think they're expecting shipments to really pick up during the next 30 days. I'll wait. Maybe get one for invoice if I try hard. Still, that Ext. Cab Silverado LT w/ 5.3 will set me back about $24500 plus TTL (Kelly Blue Book price info).
Cloth or Leather depends on your preference. Both are very comfortable but I would go with the cloth seats due to where I live (Phoenix). I think the speckled design is attractive and looks and feels durable. If you don't need to seat six, I'd definitely go with the buckets. If you go with the leather, I would go the extra mile and get the LT. The standard leather buckets are heated. May come in handy on those cold winter mornings, if you have those in NE Texas.
I just got my 99 saturday. it is a ls with cloth and i love it. seats are very comfortable and you don't slide around as much as you do on leather. This is my first truck without bucket seats in it and I think that i like the bench better. I sure wish that I could have gotten this truck for anywhere near the $500 over mark... I paid a whopping $1450.00 over. Only truck that they had and my salesman, who is a good friend, had to talk with the general manager for 1/2 an hour to get them to sell it to me. Normally I would have waited, but I had sold my old truck right before that damn strike hit, with hunting season starting soon I had to have a pickup. Honestly the truck is great. If you have any questions on it, drop a line and I will try and help you out.
Thanks for the info on leather vs. cloth. I'm still somewhat undecided. That Ext cab LT is really a nice ride and except for about 15-20 hunting outings per year (mostly local stuff), my primary use for the truck is carpooling the kids to school and commuting to the office.
I hear that the leather is more durable and easier to clean. Also, with only 3 doors (darn it), it might be better if the back seat is a bit slippery for passengers to slide out.
I found a dealer through the internet that just got the truck in 3 days before I bought it. It was the only one he had (or had ever seen). He let it go for $850 over invoice with a full tank of gas!
Low rates, especially under invoice rates, are often only advertised on the internet. I think the rationale is that they feel you probably would have bought somewhere else if they didn't have the webpage and something on that webpage caught your eye. I've found also that they tend to be either small dealers or dealers in places that are a little more remote than other dealers. In other words, you need some incentive to make the trip. You have to specifically mention the deal you read about. The rate is not usually advertised at their dealership since the people who show up there have already made the trip.
I ordered my truck for $99 below dealer invoice based on an ad I found on the internet. The deal was legit. As a matter of fact, if the dealer you called won't honor it, it's likely false advertising. That doesn't mean they are too happy selling the vehicle for so little. The dealer still makes money on the holdback, which tends to be in the $1,000 range per vehicle on a $30,000 vehicle. The salesman usually makes a minimum commission of $50-$75.
Two things to remember if you decide to order from one of these dealers. If they are getting a lot of response to their ad, their orders could be backlogged. If the factory has more orders than it can keep up with, dealers are given a certain allotment of trucks based on how many similar trucks they sold last year. If your dealer was a low volume dealer last year, but now has a large number of orders, it's going to take longer for him to get all of his trucks than it is for a dealer who sold a large volume last year.
The second thing also relates to the time you may have to wait for your order. Dealers have the ability to prioritize orders. A dealer is likely to assign a higher priority to someone who pays more for his truck since the dealer will make more profit on that transaction. The way to limit the waiting period is to start bugging your dealer after a few weeks. Unfortunately, the squeaky wheel does appear to get the grease over the patient, model customer.
Either way, if you are patient, and don't mind waiting a little longer, the $99 below invoice deal might be the way for you to go. And who knows? You might get lucky and get your truck in a normal amount of time.
In case you didn't catch my other post, my order finally got pulled and the truck is due at the dealership 10/5.
The standard order time for a vehicle is about six weeks. The wait for new models that have been significantly redesigned can average 12-16 weeks for the first few months. The delay with my order was the exception and not the rule.
It was only a base Silverado six cylinder, auto, with the appearance package, and cruise, and it listed for $19,100. With out the appearance package, it would have listed for about $18,500. Not too far off from a 98 list price. The seats sat good, better than a 98.
There are probably more PUs in the 175,000 pop. county I live in than in all of the greater Philly area. Just ordered a Pewter LT 2WD today. I'll have to wait 8 weeks or so, but got a good deal and I have reliable wheels for now.
I agree that the 8 week estimate on delivery is probably optimistic, but there's always hope.
The dealer had about 6-7 2WD ext. cabs on the lot when I placed the order about 10 days ago, but no LTs. The fleet mgr. said that he figured that the loaded 4WDs and the LTs will be the hardest to get. But, since I plan to keep this truck for 4+ years, I'm willing to wait for what I want. I'll be sure to post when it arrives. Good skiing.
I stopped at Hudiburg Chevy last weekend and the saleslady said that some trucks were being built before they get a build date.?
BTW, I'm in Tyler, about 130 mi. east of you.
If I were you, I'd check with other Chevy & GMC dealers. The vortec V6 has been around for years, and the '99s are flunking emissions? I don't believe it!
In the unlikely event that the salesman was telling the truth, it *must* be a very temporary problem; a bad batch of computer chips or something. As someone said, these engines are tried and true.
What you're saying is interesting, walth1 -- and I think is also consistent with what I heard from the salesman about the '99 compacts. Maybe it only needs a few more weeks of number-crunching.
Anybody hear whether 2000 model will have 4dr and when it will be introduced?
work commute. How does the 2.2 liter with manual transmission perform or not perform? Comfort zone?
What is the seat arrangement with the 3rd door? All comments welcome.