# Has anyone had a new car built online? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 25, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-a-new-car-built-online/981622 "2023-03-25T03:52:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-a-new-car-built-online/981622/21 "2023-03-31T15:09:05Z")
> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > If I live to be 100 years old, I’ll never understand why people are afraid to just buy a car at an established target figure of what they feel is fair…heck that’s what’s done on every other purchase consumers make, even a house!!! But with a car they worry about another $100 and then complain that buying a car is so difficult. Damn. I would have explained that’s exactly how innumerable consumer products are purchased. Then would have sent him a low-ball figure that I “feel is fair” and explained that’s how I bought my last three houses. He can counter or accept the offer, but you’re not going to pay “another $100” when you get there… What brand of car was it? ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-a-new-car-built-online/981622/22 "2023-03-31T15:09:43Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Was that last paragraph part of the dealer’s response? Yes it was. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-a-new-car-built-online/981622/23 "2023-03-31T15:11:03Z")
> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > I have an exactly the way you described with MSRP of $43610. When you have enough confidence to make an offer over $38000 within the next 72 hrs, we can continue the dialogue. That was your foot in the door. You could have had it for $38100. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-a-new-car-built-online/981622/24 "2023-03-31T15:13:42Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > He can counter or accept the offer, but you’re not going to pay “another $100” when you get there… What brand of car was it? Volvo. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-a-new-car-built-online/981622/25 "2023-03-31T20:45:42Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > Damn. I would have explained that’s exactly how innumerable consumer products are purchased. I did. He said a car is closer to a house than a bottle of shampoo! ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-a-new-car-built-online/981622/26 "2023-03-31T20:57:25Z")
> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > Found out a good friend of my wife’s is a “Purchase Partner” at a dealership and ended up buying from that dealership. I just chatted with this friend and she’s now the Internet Sales Manager. She provides price quotes to online inquiries all day. Either direct inquires like I did or from third party web quote services. Though now above MSRP quotes are the norm, not an FU. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-a-new-car-built-online/981622/27 "2023-04-01T00:56:24Z")
I asked for a few of “internet prices” from some Honda dealers. They were all MSRP plus $1500 of dealer add-on scams like nitrogen filled tires etc. One dealer’s website in Wichita Kansas (I’m in Oklahoma) said that if they had to title out of Kansas, they’d add $2000 to the price. That’s just insane. ---
**Author:** ![Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-a-new-car-built-online/981622/28 "2023-04-03T14:54:29Z")
Actually just got my new car from Subaru. As I mentioned above, it was originally scheduled for March before being moved to April. I got it on April 1, so it was only a day late compared to its original estimate. I heard nothing about the delivery date from February until I got word on Friday that it was available for pickup. They could have done more to give me updates as the delivery day was getting closer, but in the end, I got it pretty much on schedule. It’s a fun car too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-a-new-car-built-online/981622.md?page=1)