Got to share this w/ y'all. My local dealer, not the one I ordered from, had an SRT on order in mid Dec. I called them and made an offer as it had what i wanted and right color. Offer was 1000.00 over msrp, and the GM accepted the offer over the phone. I show up 30 min later and they reneg and say it would be 10,000.00 over instead. Told them politely to stick it. Well, they got this car in 2 months ago and had all their customers bidding on it and they said the high bid was 15,000 over about 4 weeks ago. A few minutes ago i got off the phone w/ a salesman that said the car is still there and they want 49,000 but that it would be sold as used and it has 200 miles on it. WTF. Salesman said something about the deal going sour a couple of weeks ago and they were now selling it for a "friend". I dont believe him and what i think is someone bought the car and it was not perfect and they complained to Dodge strong enough that the Ahole dealer had to buy it back as used. Anyway, probably a mess no matter how you slice it and serves the dealer right, there is a God you know.

 

Sounds to me like someone 'bought' the car on a Sat and drove off in it. Then, when Monday rolled around the dealership discovered that the customer could not finance a bicycle much less a car and they got it back. By then the customer had driven it (ran the hell out of it) all weekend and put 200 miles on it. That dealer is screwed in my opinion. Why would anyone pay that much for a used car, especially one that has had the piss run out of it, when they can simply order a new one for MSRP?
According to the Dodge website the lifetime warranty on the drive train only applies to the original owner. So if the car is used the warranty on the drive train will not be valid. This might be a bargning point if you wanted to persue that car. I would point out the warranty problem and offer them $5k below MSRP and watch their reaction.

 

That would be fun but i think the lifetime is for the r/t model and below, not the srt.

 

Serves them right. They had "bird in hand" with you originally, but as usual got greedy and screwed themselves plus you went somewhere else...thus double screwed. They never learn. I have a dealer calling me now who originally would not quote a price, believe it or not. Now, after his SRT sat on the lot for four weeks, I was getting calls. I'll wait til there is less hoopla around everything.

 

Oh, you sir are correct, the warranty does not apply to the SRT.
I used to work with a woman named Vicki. She gets a call on a Monday morning from a car dealership asking how she likes her new car. Someone named Vicki claiming to work here was allowed to drive off in a new car. Without a deposit or any thing else. I don't know if they ever got that car back or what condition it was in.
Yeah, greedy dealers. Taking bids on a car.

 

There is still the 3yr/30,000 warranty. But that too is for original owner only.