I called back Rick the next day and said that I would purchase it. I said that I would think about it and then I did research on the dealership and found they were legit. My salesman, Rick Napolitano, laughed and said that the dealership is family owned and 3 generations old and the owner doesn't believe in charging over MSRP. We went through the car and then I asked. But then I called the dealer in Albany, Armory Garage. Unbelievable.Īt this point, I was thinking that I would have to give up the Plum Crazy dream. It will be a COLD DAY IN HELL before I do business with unscrupulous dealers. BUT then I get a call from some other random manager from this Oklahoma dealership and now they want $8K over MSRP!!!! At some point they thought they can attract that price because Plum Crazy was rare. At the end of it, I said that I would buy the car.
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I was negotiating to see if I can pay cheaper, include the license fees, include shipping etc. Given the features and shipping cost, I was willing to pay $2K over MSRP. I contacted the internet sales manager in Oklahoma and he offered me by email (claiming he spoke to his GM) $2K over MSRP. And the car in Oklahoma was less expensive because it didn't have the Black Satin hood (which isn't important to me). It was much cheaper to ship from Oklahoma to California than it was from New York. One in Oklahoma and one with Armory Garage in Albany, NY. These are the dealers that were in Autotrader but had no pictures. I then focused on dealers who had cars incoming.
In my general experience, if a Plum Crazy Hellcat has pictures on a dealer's site, it is either sold or they are asking way above MSRP. I then started looking out of state and there was one car that was in stock, unsold in Michigan and by the time I made the decision to buy that car, it was sold, at MSRP. My first choice was to purchase where I am working, in California but I am guessing due to the relative number of wealthy people here, dealers were either sold out of Plum Crazy or in the case of 2 dealers that had a Plum Crazy, they were asking for $10K and $15K over MSRP.
The conversation quickly went from "Let's pick the ideal car at the best price" to "crap, better buy any Plum Crazy before they are gone". I am not a believer in paying above MSRP but had to settle in to paying above MSRP for Plum Crazy. And once I got serious in February, I started calling out to the dealers and had narrowed down the field to about 4 cars (my criteria: Plum Crazy, 8 sp AT and sunroof).īecause Plum Crazy is a limited edition color, I immediately saw prices well above MSRP. I did the Autotrader route and monitored cars for price and availability. I have had a love of Purple cars for the longest time and then Plum Crazy came out. I wanted the Challenger Hellcat.I love this thing. I didn't want a sportscar like a Z06 or a Z28 or a GT500 as I already had a sportscar in the GT3. My friends were pushing me towards a Tesla P90D but I wanted American muscle.
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After much thought as a daily driver I ruled out the Grand Nationals as the lack of convenience, safety and reliability for a 1980's car was not what I was looking for. My first thought was to buy a 1987 Grand National and rebuild or buy a pristine 1987 GNX. I will be very blunt, the silly show Street Outlaws had a profound effect on me.
I purchased a 2015 Porsche GT3 and afterwards realized that it was too impractical to drive on a daily basis so I was on the hunt for a daily driver. I tend to buy German sportscars and SUVs. This is my first American car that I have purchased in a LONG time. KUDOS to ARMORY GARAGE in Albany, NY for making my experience great! If you want to skip below and buy a Hellcat at MSRP, call my salesman, Rick at (518) 542-9856 I know a lot of people are nervous buying out of state but I purchased my car without meeting my salesperson and seeing the car in person. I took delivery of my 2016 Challenger Hellcat in Plum Crazy / Satin Hood / Brass Monkey / Sunroof / Leather yesterday and I wanted to share my buying experience and walk you through the good and the bad experiences buying my Hellcat from out of state.