SA Grumps

Opinions please. Who's the best (honest, knowledgable, etc.) guy in San Antonio to deal with? Want to order new C7 and take Museum delivery.

C6Tim

A good thing about museum delivery is you can order from anywhere. Don't limit yourself to your local dealer because any dealer nationwide can place the order for you. Good luck..

jamesw95

Check with the forum dealers for the best deal.

peter pan

I live in San Antonio and I tried to order for museum delivery in 08 and ended up getting our Vette from Reliable as a forum vendor

Vette5.5

I ordered my C6 from a dealer in Montana, and had it delivered to a local Michigan dealer for $300 bucks. Was when ZO6's first came out, and the only way to get one, at the time.

beepster

Life is too short to haggle with uninformed and unprofessional local dealers...been there and done that. Your best bet is here and just a mouse click away

glenB

That's like asking who's the most truthful politician ...

JoesC5

My parents lived in San Antonio. When I was looking for a Z06 in 2008, I thought I could buy a Z06 in San Antionio, fly down there, visit with the old folks, and drive a new Z06 back home to Springfield. WRONG thinking on my part. Best deal any dealer in San Antonio would give me was $500 off MSRP and none of the dealers carried any stock. I purchased my Z06 here in Springfield, in 2008, for $11,477 off MSRP.

ZO ZICK

Check with Forum Vendors

BWF07

I would check with a forum dealer as already mentioned, and I believe Mike with Chriswell is one that is taking deposits that are refundable if by chance on 1-13-13, you see the actual C7 and don't like it you can back out and get your deposit back.

twinarrow99

I am in San Antonio - tried to deal with local dealers - either they did not have any allocation, didn't take my interest in ordering, or showed no interest in dealing with the cars in their inventory. Ended up buying from a forum dealer in Sept 2012 - found exactly what I wanted - at FAR better pricing than the local guys. Although I did not take museum delivery, it was the next best thing to me - seeing the transport truck roll up with my new toy.

good luck with the C7! (and post pic's when you get it)

C6Tim

What exactly is the purpose of a fully refundable deposit?? A deposit is money put down to hold a product and if you change your mind the seller keeps the deposit. Any other use simply makes no sense.

Regardless, I see no sense in putting down a deposit on something that will be readily available. It's not like they are going to sell out of Corvette's. Talk of deposits to buy cars just feeds the frenzy and the misconception that the car is limited and hard to get so dealers can charge a "market adjustment fee".

herbojfl

Tommy Jr at MacMulkin Chevrolet. You can't go wrong. Bought my 2010 Grand Sport and 2012 ZR1 and my friend in San Antonio bought a 2012 Grand Sport from him. We did a Museum delivery together in May 2012.

tominohio

Bought my new 2013 GS Corvette from Tommy Jr. and it was delivered to my local dealer 5 minutes away in Oct.
I will do the same thing on my next Corvette.

TOBASCO

I absolutely agree with those that say don't order locally - it means nothing anymore. Your car will get serviced locally without any problems, hopefully by a Vette Tech that is known in San Antonio - that's the guy you want to find out who's the best.

I would agree that you ought to buy from a Forum vendor - just get their contact info from the C6 Dealer Inventory forum in the C6 drop down list.

I would highly recommend Rick Conti and Tommy Jr, as noted above.

And you're absolutely doing the right thing by taking the R8C Museum delivery option - that will be an experience of a lifetime!

Good Luck!

johnodrake

Tom45

I think the factory will be able to produce enough C7s for all the people ready to buy one next year.

C6Tim

Yup, especially when the dealers are going to put a premium on every one they get in an attempt to cash in on the "I gotta have one first at any cost market".

A few months after they pay through the nose the next year model that is newer and usually improved will be out for thousands less than the first rounders paid. They will not admit it publicly, but they have to be kicking themself after the newness is worn off and all their friends are buying newer and improved models for thousands less while he is stuck way upside down with a car he can't giveaway.

I guess you can't blame dealers for getting whatever a sucker is willing to pay, but I and many others tend to stay away from dealers who place a "market adjustment" on new series and models when they first come out. I figure if they are willing to take advantage in that situation then they are probably trying to take advantage all the time.

Let's not forget the first few runs of cars will have issues for many reasons. They always do... The folks on the line have to mess up a few before they get the handle on everything they have to learn with the new series. Plus, true testing of any new series does not happen until there are a few thousand of every model and package being driven by buyers in real situations for extended periods.

texvette2

Dealers in San Antonio are just BS, your doing them a favor to buy
the cars.. Houston/Austin no better. Work out a deal with a forum
dealers