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Originally Posted by TXCSSU
Thanks. The salesman claims that they sell them at MSRP. I should confirm with him that I don't want him to gouge me. He seems to be on the up and up, but those are generally the snakes that bite you. I already got some news that wasn't to my liking, they appraised my car and it's about $11000 less than I see them online. Oh well, still a good 2 months before delivery. Anything can happen between now and then. Oh and trying to sell it on Autotrader is really a kick in the nuts, between all the low ballers and the scammers.
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My pleasure. Now that I'm home,
here's the link to the thread I mentioned. JoeP is a super nice guy and will tell you your status anytime he can.
To clarify on what it means for GM to accept the order: that means your dealership had to have gotten an allocation. Otherwise, it's 1100 status - akin to going into a restaurant, and writing down that you'd like a bowl of spaghetti on the table....but no server has come to pick it up yet.
2000-status means the server (GM itself) has come and said, "ah, yes, we have the stuff to make your spaghetti, and we'll make it for you as soon as the kitchen is ready."
3000-status means the kitchen (the actual factory) has now taken the server's order, and it's in queue to be built.
Relevant to your car sale situation:
keep THIS in mind! Step 1 should be getting offers from Carvana/Vroom/Carmax. Spoiler: Vroom was the highest for my truck. And then you need to ADD in the value of the tax to that. Your dealership will almost certainly match the amount that those guys offer you, so keep that in mind. So, my $70000 truck in Nevada is actually "worth" $75775, because I'll get an additional 8.25% in taxes back to me. Not all states do this, but it sure looks like Texas does. A great benefit.
So for simplicities' sake, if you get $10000 for your vehicle from trade-in, it's actually $10825 in my state, but if I sold it for $10000 to some random guy third party, I'd actually lose $825.
And you can always haggle for more money on trade-in. I was able to get a dealership up about $2000 on their appraisal on my truck. Carvana/Vroom/Carmax will NOT haggle - those are simply starting points for you, and you should take NO LESS than that from the dealership!