[herein2018]

Congrats, I am working through the BS myself right now. The dealership that I talked to tried to charge $5K ADM, so I'm going down my list starting tomorrow. MSRP for my build looks like it should be around $93K. Did you have to put down a deposit?

 

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They wanted a $1,000 deposit but I balked and said I’d do $500, which they accepted.

$500 deposit is what a dealer wanted here in San Antonio, Texas.

Nice, that's what I like to hear, in my younger days I put down a $5K deposit on an Infiniti, horrible decision. $500 is more like it.

This is great ammo for my search tomorrow, now I am more confident that I will find one with no ADM, and one that will accept a $500 deposit. I'm still torn over the color choices and stripes or no stripes. My current SRT is black but I wouldn't mind silver, and for some strange reason the stripes are growing on me.

 

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@herein2018,
Yup, the sales rep also stated it was refundable if I couldn’t get approved.

Call around and find a reputable dealer, that won’t jerk you around.

Hah, reputable car dealerships don't exist in FL. I may need to go out of state again for this one. The one that quoted me $5k was the largest volume dealer in FL, or so they say. I do get the feeling that they may contact me tomorrow with an offer to drop the ADM. If not, then I have a road trip in my future.

 

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I got my order in as well, it took 8 dealerships but I found one only 30min away that could do the deal without markup. I'm almost disappointed, I was looking forward to a nice long road trip with my new Hellcat driving back from wherever I got it from. Whatever you do, don't pay that BS ADM, all you are doing is helping them get away with it which means less of them will be willing to sell at MSRP in the future. I did have to put $2500.00 down which was way more than I planned, but I used my CC so I'll get 2.5% back on the $2500.00.

 

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That destination fee is a manufacturer fee. I, too, thought that it could be negotiated down seeing how I live less than 10 miles from where they're built and my dealership at less than 20. But its the same amount, regardless if it's a few miles or 2000. It's to average the cost out for everyone.

I used to think the same thing but that is one fee you will never get out of unless you buy it used.

Are destination charges negotiable?

What is this fee and can it be negotiated? A "destination charge" is a fee that the manufacturer charges to deliver a vehicle from the factory to the dealership, and that is passed on by...

help.edmunds.com

Believe it or not the federal government actually mandates this fee. I did make sure to get two quotes just to be sure that they weren't trying to add to the fee, but everyone here is posting their invoices, the fee is clearly fixed at $1495, so anything over that is something else.

What Is a Destination Charge on a Car?

Destination fees can inflate the cost of buying a new car. Find out what destination fees are and why you have to pay them as a consumer.

www.autolist.com

 

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I see a bunch of people are ordering the Premium Interior Group. For $2,495 you get a leather dashboard, carbon fiber inserts, and a suede headliner. Seems pricey for just that, but then again we’re all buying a $90,000 Durango lol.

One thing I didn't get was the technology group package, I keep lane assist, adaptive cruise, and every other "feature" from that package disabled so it was nice not having to pay for it. I thought about skipping the Premium Interior Group but my SRT has it and after paying $90K I don't want a cheaper interior. It seems pricey I agree, but I've seen aftermarket attempts at upgrading interiors and let me tell you....nothing fits better than the factory.

 

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It is not going to be available at every dealer..The dealer that I got my SRT from that also does sell other HC models is not getting an allotment....so I had to go 4 towns over or 25 miles to find a allotted dealer..and to my Horror no B5 blue

I had that problem too, several in my area aren't getting an allotment and told me they'd "see what they could do" about getting one; I didn't like the sound of that so I made sure to order from a dealership that was getting an allotment. I think each one is built to order, can't you just order a blue one?

 

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It sounds like 2000 are going fast. The dealers will definitely all start charging ADM when there are less than 500 remaining.