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| orthobiz |
 Sep 17 2007, 08:41 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,757 Joined: 8-January 07 From: Cadillac, Michigan Member No.: 7,438 Region Association: Upper MidWest 
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With car lots chock full of new cars these days, seems like it's easier to pick a car off the lot or have the new car dealer swap with another dealer.
How was most ordering done "back in the day?" Paul |
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| Pat Garvey |
Sep 18 2007, 08:02 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
I was on the wait list for a '72 240Z - red. I waited almost six months & they said my car was in, except it was orange. Told them I wanted red & they said I'd have to go back on the wait list. Said no & collected my deposit.
Went to a used lot in Cincinnati. They had an Irish green '72 with 600 mles on it. Price was somewhere aroung $3400. Told them bye-bye, went to the Porsche dealer & got my '72. Late in the season & knew the 2 liter's were on the way, but $4295, for the '72, (with app grp) was more than I could afford. Bought it anyway & here it sits today. Of course, it had to be red. Never dreamed I'd pay it off in 15 months, what with earning a little shy of 10K a year, but fortune stepped in. History from there. Pat |
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