Tell the sales rep you'll give them all 5's on their survey. that got my guy to listen.

 

Wow. That is a sad day. I've never had any trouble with them at all. They used to be one of the best dealers around too.

 

It was mentioned in the So Cal section. LB and Monrovia are owned by the same company, and Monrovia started charging $3k July 1st. I posted the markups (sans JCW since it wasn't released yet) in that thread.

 

Well they are only going to hurt themselves. Long Beach mini quoted me on a part at $64 bucks. But they didn't have it in stock. So the guy said he would check the other dealers. (came back on the phone literally a minute later) Told me no dealership in So Cal has it. Says I have to order it. I then hung up and called south bay. turns out they have 4 in stock and for $45 bucks. I just don't get it! mark up on parts?

 

Geez I feel sorry for you guys. We placed an order on an 09 S at MSRP with no extra fees and got $500 in accessory allowance without any fuss 2 days ago.

 

Don't feel sorry for us. We get to live in California.

- James (ex Texan)

 

go to Desert MINI in Vegas, I was told no markups for out of state customers

 

Nothing like paying 75 cents more per gallon of gas and waking up to smog, highway congestion and earthquakes every morning

 

Order your car from an East Coast dealer and have it shipped to the West Coast - Scott at MINI of Annapolis is very adept at handling this.

 

// Nothing like paying 75 cents more per gallon of gas and waking up to smog, // highway congestion and earthquakes every morning

Yes there is the occasional shake from the ground, and we do have wildfires. No tornadoes or hurricanes, though. Where I live (in northern CA), there is no smog, traffic is reasonable, when the fog rolls back I can see the Pacific, and I never need a/c.

You only live once: I'd rather pay a little more for gas and live in a stunning place.

 

+1! Unless you've been to SoCal(not talking about staying here for a few days), or better yet lived here you can say much for earthquakes, because fact of the matter is we only have them every once in a while and some you may have the experience of not even noticing. I wouldn't trade having been born and raised here for anything (stae + country)!

 

socal and norcal is both great! Ive lived in both regions of CA and it is a very hard state to leave. Born and raised, went through school all over CA and now living in socal.

I tell you, it is much "cheaper" to live else where.... Starting from home prices to gas. I can buy a mansion in Texas, New Mexico, South Carolina, Minnesota for the money I can get for my house here in CA (even in this kind of market) Not a bragging right, but reality.

But I love the sun, I love the fact that I am 10 minute walk to the beach. Yes there is traffic everywhere in socal but Im lucky that I commute opposite direction. I call all the higher cost of living = "Sun Shine Tax"

 

I don't know if you guys know the secret Long Beach Mini handshake, but I was there in July and some clod told me it was $1500 over MSRP. When I questioned that (since my friend bought from LB Mini at MSRP in 2006), he said they had just recently switched ownership.

Crevier is ridiculous to the pt of being insulting. $2k over MRSP and in some cases, I was completely thrown off to how they even reached the sticker window. Apparently, they all sit and pray for walk-in traffic, hopefully getting customers who impulse buy like lemmings. Terrible. Why the hell would I pay $2k over when I can config the car to what I want online, damn well knowing the cost to the last penny?

The only place I found at MSRP was South Bay Mini in Torrance.

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...d.php?t=150917

Excellent customer service. I was out of there in 30 minutes, deposit down and had a great feeling.

 

I was just at Annapolis MINI on Saturday to pick up my tags. I was told that their parent company has been selling as many cars as they can to the West Coast dealers because of the increased profit margins they get from the dealer markups.

I guess that makes good business sense since transferring new cars between dealers is relatively easy, and they can make as much (or more) profit as they can if they sold them individually back here on the East Coast. Market Forces!

 

hmmm then i should sell my beloved car in california

 

+1

And if you need a great contact in the Carolinas, let me know.

eric@bumperplugs.com

 

Southern California isn't too bad either.. I'd say its worth the extra pocket change we pay for gas

 

True things are more expensive but it's like they say, you get what you pay for. Frankly, I found the traffic the last time I went back to Dallas (about 3 years ago) to visit my parents worse than San Diego.

We did have an earthquake just the other day - can't remember when the last one I felt was - added a little spice to an otherwise boring day at work.

All my relatives come to San Diego for their vacation, I go to my backyard (and there are no monster mosquitos but I do miss the fireflies).

 

that earthquake was basically a free half day paid time off for me.

 

I ordered my Mini from South Bay, from Jason. He was very frank about everything, no lies, he was not pushy. I highly recommend him to anyone looking at a mini. Plus SB has no markup, and they throw in free mats, either carpet or rubber, which ever you prefer. I dont know if anyone else is doing that, but I thought that is like the cherry on top of the sundae.

I called Creiver and one sales rep told me no over mark, and I called back a few days later, someone else told me there is an overmark and NO way around it. I even asked if we could work around it some how, he said no way around it... what a *****.

Mini of Monrovia also has an over mark of $2500 on the MCS. One of the fleet managers told me to my face $2500 for a MCS, but when I called pretending not to knwo if there was a mark up, the same guy said "um.................. For the MCS? it is about $1900 to $2000 overmark." I asked can we work around it somehow, he told me no because the demand for the MCS is high.

I <3 SB

 

jeez U guys, all kinds of MSRP dealers out there not too far: Vegas, SLC, Albuquerque, Denver, Scottsdale-- make some calls! Order a car! Pick it up! Drive it back!

 

That's the conclusion I've now come to. At least you'll actually WANT to make the drive back home.

 

Hey guys and gals I'm new here. I was thinking of leasing a 08 MCS when my lease on the Miata is over in May of 09 but after reading this thread that's not going to happen. Seems like they're selling like hot cakes. Lol. Do you think that the craze will die down a bit next year or get worse?

 

the demand is still high for minis. i test drove one back in apr and dealer (mini mountain view) told me msrp, in july i decide to take the plunge and the same dealer told me 2k markup. i coulnd't believe my ears.

 

Gas is coming down a bit so that should help. Even if the demand dies down a little I still think they will sell at sticker or at most 500-1000 off sticker.