2015 e400
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echiu77: How long did it take for your car to arrive? I'm waiting on a custom E350. Supposedly it's currently being built and to arrive sometime in December, but that's as much detail as I've been given. I'm worried about how long it'll take at the port /VPC.
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I had my order since end of August and is first year of e400.
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White with pano roof looks awesome (that's what I have in an E350). Looks good, but can't say I'm a huge fan of that white background on the gauges...actually, I think the gauges are a weak part of MB. Audi and BMW have much better styles imho.
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It's actually a silver background, but you can get them entirely black (which is what I did with my E350). My biggest objection to the silver was being able to see the indicator light symbols when they weren't illuminated. The black/black gauges hide them very well.
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I started with my local dealer, which the company I work for has been buying cars from for 2 decades now. MSRP was all they were willing to do on a custom-order. I felt quite insulted by this and broadened my search to most of the dealers in my state (Florida) and some in Georgia. Build-sheet in hand, I'd e-mail their internet sales guys a copy of the spec sheet and ask for their best price. The results which came back were all over the board. Get enough offers on the table and patterns emerge. THEN I narrowed in on the best deals and contacted them directly to see if I could get a little more from them and got the dealers to compete against each other. Quite simply, "I've got x% off from another dealer, do you want to improve your offer?"
It'll take about 10-14 days but you'll eventually get to where dealers aren't willing to match offers, then you know you've hit the floor.
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Easy. You have the cash, the dealer wants your cash. Shop as you would otherwise, but make sure you have a build-sheet in-hand so you're comparing the deals on the same car.
I started with my local dealer, which the company I work for has been buying cars from for 2 decades now. MSRP was all they were willing to do on a custom-order. I felt quite insulted by this and broadened my search to most of the dealers in my state (Florida) and some in Georgia. Build-sheet in hand, I'd e-mail their internet sales guys a copy of the spec sheet and ask for their best price. The results which came back were all over the board. Get enough offers on the table and patterns emerge. THEN I narrowed in on the best deals and contacted them directly to see if I could get a little more from them and got the dealers to compete against each other. Quite simply, "I've got x% off from another dealer, do you want to improve your offer?"
It'll take about 10-14 days but you'll eventually get to where dealers aren't willing to match offers, then you know you've hit the floor.
I started with my local dealer, which the company I work for has been buying cars from for 2 decades now. MSRP was all they were willing to do on a custom-order. I felt quite insulted by this and broadened my search to most of the dealers in my state (Florida) and some in Georgia. Build-sheet in hand, I'd e-mail their internet sales guys a copy of the spec sheet and ask for their best price. The results which came back were all over the board. Get enough offers on the table and patterns emerge. THEN I narrowed in on the best deals and contacted them directly to see if I could get a little more from them and got the dealers to compete against each other. Quite simply, "I've got x% off from another dealer, do you want to improve your offer?"
It'll take about 10-14 days but you'll eventually get to where dealers aren't willing to match offers, then you know you've hit the floor.
Almost 21% off here in socal on cars that are in the lots, start a bidding war, but it takes time as you said. Dont allow them to win!
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Damn, 21% off. Like Black Friday every day on the E Class. I don't get why they don't just lower the MSRP, it'd level the resale market more respectably as well.
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Those "20% off" deals are for 2014 stock still on the lot. There's a reason many of them are still on the lot -- undesirable color/equipment combinations. I drove through a dealer tonight who had 4 identical white exterior / black interior cars, all stripped models (Premium 1 only). Same dealer refused to go any lower than MSRP on a `15, so it looks like it's their own dumb fault for holding onto them for so long.
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Those "20% off" deals are for 2014 stock still on the lot. There's a reason many of them are still on the lot -- undesirable color/equipment combinations. I drove through a dealer tonight who had 4 identical white exterior / black interior cars, all stripped models (Premium 1 only). Same dealer refused to go any lower than MSRP on a `15, so it looks like it's their own dumb fault for holding onto them for so long.
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21% off is an outlier for sure when compared to the rest of the country and what others are paying for the e class at any time of the year. Most won't get that even with aggressive and artful negotiations. Many won't even get that on lightly use models of the most current model year
An "undesirable" e class for 21% off can become awfully desirable in the end
An "undesirable" e class for 21% off can become awfully desirable in the end
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I'm not sure I would call it a "big difference" - the 400 is no 550. It does seem to have better highway pull, and it seems quieter than the 350. Stop/Start is perhaps a bit jerkier on shutdown but the car is new so I'll let it accumulate some mileage before I pass judgment. Otherwise it drives the same as the 350 to me.
Overall a very nice evolution of the 350 but not a 550 replacement by any stretch of the imagination. The Canadian approach of replacing the 350 with the 400 was the right move IMO, there's no reason in my mind to offer the 350 and 400 side-by-side as MBUSA has done (regardless of the 550 strategy).
Overall a very nice evolution of the 350 but not a 550 replacement by any stretch of the imagination. The Canadian approach of replacing the 350 with the 400 was the right move IMO, there's no reason in my mind to offer the 350 and 400 side-by-side as MBUSA has done (regardless of the 550 strategy).
