[Josh]

Dealer said so today when I went to place an order. I said I'll wait until I can order the Solstice just as I want it. I've decided on A/C but do not see the need to justify $450 on polished wheels when I'll put my own on anyway.

Is this true?

 

[brentil]

You can get the normal Silver Painted wheels which cost you $0 (base wheels), or you can get the Polished wheels for $495. Chrome wheels will be available in Sept 2005.

 

[Josh]

That's exactly what I said and they said "no." They know I know my stuff when it comes to this. I've set up a great deal for a Solstice below MSRP with $0 deposit with the President of the dealership. I'm just irked that they said "only available wheel option is polished."

Nice way to bump up the MSRP.

 

[brentil]

Yeah, sounds like your rep either has no clue what's going on, or he's saying it wrong to you. Yes, there is only one wheel option you can choose, but there's still the base wheels you can have too.

 

[DLD84]

That's exactly what I said and they said "no." They know I know my stuff when it comes to this. I've set up a great deal for a Solstice below MSRP with $0 deposit with the President of the dealership. I'm just irked that they said "only available wheel option is polished."

Nice way to bump up the MSRP.

True, he might be trying to jerk you around, but sadly it seems many dealers are very underinformed about the solstice and whats happening with it even now(which could be the case with yours), excluding present company of course. GM should make this a bootcamp for all their dealers!

 

[Josh]

He's going by what he was "told." I then said "Well, what's the MSRP with these options?" He says "We don't have pricing." I chuckled and said "kbb.com, then new car pricing."

He sat there for a minute as he punched it up, then said "this is not right." Meaning....dealers don't even have the information, as "he was told." I'm not liking this, considering this is the #1 Pontiac dealer in the nation.

 

[DLD84]

He's going by what he was "told." I then said "Well, what's the MSRP with these options?" He says "We don't have pricing." I chuckled and said "kbb.com, then new car pricing."

He sat there for a minute as he punched it up, then said "this is not right." Meaning....dealers don't even have the information, as "he was told." I'm not liking this, considering this is the #1 Pontiac dealer in the nation.

indeed, its a scary thing when the people your putting your order in the hands of know less than you do about it, I think for whatever reason there isnt a perfect pool of knowledge all these dealers can pull from, and besides a knowledgable few, the majority it seems are being left in the dark, which hurts everyone, Im hoping, that by the end of this year or early of the next, that the dealers in my area will know what they are doing. Im not even faulting them as much, they just werent properly educated about the car, lets hope GM gets on the ball with that one! All that being said I will most likely head north a bit to Orlando to find my car, the dealer closest to me, in my town, is scaring me a bit to much...

 

[Rogobuck]

My dealer told me that even the polished wheels had a hold on them. But he also said that they have a chrome-plater that they deal with who does a nice job for about the price of the polished wheels. The other thought I had was to get the standard painted wheels, then have them painted the same color as the body (deep). Any thoughts as to that?

 

[Small Dealer]

He's going by what he was "told." I then said "Well, what's the MSRP with these options?" He says "We don't have pricing." I chuckled and said "kbb.com, then new car pricing."

He sat there for a minute as he punched it up, then said "this is not right." Meaning....dealers don't even have the information, as "he was told." I'm not liking this, considering this is the #1 Pontiac dealer in the nation.

It could be that he uses the GM Autobook ordering tool. Prices haven't been inserted into it's data base (even though it has been updated 3 times since GM announced them). With a dealer as big as Causley, not everyone in sales may have a user id/password to get into the pricing website.

 

[Josh]

But, Small_Dealer.....Polished are not the only wheels available right? I can still order base wheels with A/C, correct?

 

[achieftain]

But, Small_Dealer.....Polished are not the only wheels available right? I can still order base wheels with A/C, correct?

Yes, Josh, you can order the base wheels by NOT selecting the RPO for polished. Technically at present of two available wheel OPTIONS, the dealer is correct in saying that (at present due to constraint) the only wheel OPTION is the polished. If they deselect the polished it will revert to base. If they don't know how to do this pm their phone # to smalldealer or conejo148 and they will gladly lead them through it.

 

[Josh]

Nah, as long as they deselect this option, I can handle the rest from there. I just wanted to ensure I was correct before I walk in there tomorrow (or Thursday) with this in mind.

 

[DLD84]

The other thought I had was to get the standard painted wheels, then have them painted the same color as the body (deep). Any thoughts as to that?

Now THAT might be cool, really cool....

 

[achieftain]

It's amazing how much more the average gearhead knows about cars than a lot of the tin merchants. (present company excluded ) It's also amazing that several dealers were clueless to the workings of the EOP and even more amazing is that less than 700 dealers actually got in on the EOP. I wonder if these 700 are the same ones that signed up before the first deadline, which means they would not have had to extend it to begin with.

 

[Josh]

Mine got 1 out of 1,000. Small_Dealer may be shocked to hear that, but given the server failures, it didnt surprise myself or anybody else.

Does anybody know who handeled this contest, or where the server(s) were housed?

 

[Small Dealer]

But, Small_Dealer.....Polished are not the only wheels available right? I can still order base wheels with A/C, correct?

Yes there has been no messages saying any problems with wheels. Car can be ordered with the base wheel and A/C. Did an order just to be sure, no errors, it took.

 

[Dogtown]

Maybe your dealer is just afraid the base model does not come with wheels? He just wants to help. Think of how disappointed you would be when the car got there sitting on blocks!

-DT