All,
New to the forum here, and glad to be a new RAM owner as of last Saturday! My last new Ram was a Quad Cab I bought in 1999, and have had 3 Chevy Avalanches since.
I had to search forever to find the package I wanted, nobody locally in Southeastern VA had it. Here's what I bought:
2019 Laramie 4 X 4, with the following options:
- 6'-4" Bed
- Diamond Black Crystal Pearl Coat
- Black Appearance Package
- 5.7L Hemi w/Etorque engine
- 4 Corner Air Suspension
- Level 2 Equipment Group
- Uconnect 12" Display
- Tri-fold Tonneau Cover
- 22" Polished and Painted Wheels (which I don't want)
- Trailer Tow Group
- Panoramic Sunroof
- 33 Gallon Fuel Tank
- Black Leather Trimmed Bucket Seats
- Rear Wheelhouse Liners
- Power Running Boards
- Single Disc Remote CD Player
- Rear Underseat Compartment Storage
- Bed Utility Group
After a ton of searching for what I wanted, I found almost exactly it - the only things missing from the above that I wanted are Rambox and the Advanced Safety Group. Here's the deal I negotiated directly with the sales manager in New Jersey:
MSRP - $66,635
Sell price - $59,455 ($7,180 off)
Rebates - $5,000 (USAA Member certificate $1k, Truck Owner Conquest -$1k, Retail Consumer Cash $3k)
= $12,180 off MSRP.
Trade in Value 2013 Chevy Avalanche - $23,500
+$1,492.14 New Jersey SALES TAX (4.15%)
+$153.75 MOTOR VEHICLE
+$399.00 DEALER DOC FEE
$32,999.89 TOTAL OUT THE DOOR
This is the 2013 Chevy Avalanche that I offered as trade in (very good shape, (86k miles) which we agreed at $23,500.
Delivery - $200 to my driveway (about 300 miles each way)
After all that, the dealer called ( I was now turned over to a salesman) the next day and said he had bad news, that the truck had been used as a demo and the sales manager wasn't aware of that. I asked why they would use the most expensive Ram on the lot as a demo, and he replied that the owner was the one driving it and that he owned 17 dealerships, LOL. So I asked how many miles and how long it had been driven, he said 2 weeks and 1800 miles. I asked about a discount for that. After talking with the sales manager, he said they had discounted as much as they could. So I told him I thought they were low on my trade in and could go up $1k, which they did, it went up to $24,500. I ended up paying $31,958.39 with trade in.
Here's what this beautiful beast looks like! That said, I am changing out the rims - anyone interested in them please make me an offer.