Question for those who special order bmws

[jackie]

One day I would like to special order, instead of buying off the lot. Do you generally pay a premium when you special order or can you still negotiate a good price?

[Kief]

Originally Posted by lemon

One day I would like to special order, instead of buying off the lot. Do you generally pay a premium when you special order or can you still negotiate a good price?

The majority of my Bimmers have been custom-orders and I have never been required to pay a premium. You would negotiate the same over invoice.

[Richard in NC]

I have been able to deal with an ordered BMW but I do better off the lot. My local dealer definitely wants to move them more.

[srbarnes4ever]

Originally Posted by lemon

One day I would like to special order, instead of buying off the lot. Do you generally pay a premium when you special order or can you still negotiate a good price?

Special ordered mine last month...paid 800 over invoice...I felt pretty good walking away from that one...and most importantly, momma is very happy with her vehicle.

[Oaktree]

Always special ordered and I don't think it really matters unless they can't move cars. My dealer prefers preorders because it doesn't come from there monthly allocation.

[AzNMpower32]

Paying a premium is silly- a good dealer won't charge you extra for an order. They might discount inventory vehicles to entice you, but negotiation is always possible even on an order vehicle.

[ard]

Agree with everyone saying special order is bascally thesame.

Dealers like a few on the lot to sell to people with poor impulse control, or those that are math-impaired.

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[xoutpostking]

So true with the impulse control, it happened a bunch of times w/ my biz partner, he goes into a lot w/ the intention to get one specific vehicle, and the salesman sweet talks him into something else, sometimes even a different brand people bought in as a trade in. Always LMFAO.

[Jen]

I got the best deal ordering. Plus, you get what you want in the vehicle.

[roadkillrob]

Generally it should be about the same to negotiate, but you may find something on a lot that the dealer has had for a while or over a model year change over that you could get a better price on when negotiating.