OB_Mr Bear
Registered
Insinu8, I hear a lot of guys talking like this about the Y2K Busa and especially about the ZX-12R. You know..."I got a deposit down for mine at two dealerships, they both say it'll be in by February, bla, bla..." How do you guys get a decent deal, or even avoid getting taken to the cleaners by the salespeople? I mean gee whiz, so many guys post stuff saying their 'dealer' told them a big secret, that there were only going to be five of this model in the whole state and that their shop was lucky to have gotten three of them, but the waiting list was over 40 people long, anyone who can get one this year will be really lucky, etc, etc. Do you get my drift? I'm in the wrong business...I ought to be selling Hayabusas or ZX-12's. There just seem to be some suckers out there really trying hard to give away their money.
[This message has been edited by Mr Bear (edited 16 December 1999).]
[This message has been edited by Mr Bear (edited 16 December 1999).]
OB_cbxchris
Registered
Heard from a friend of mine...dealership in Statesville NC has 2000 in...have not verified this but he has called them and thats what they claimed...guys get ready here they come.
G
Guest
Cbxchris... Now that's what I want to hear. My cell phone rang this afternoon and I almost jumped outta my skin. It wasn't the dealer, bummer.
Any day now.
Any day now.
OB_Martinm2
Registered
My dealer said release on the 17th, I'm guessing that is warehouse release? Anyway, it takes about another week to make it to my dealer, (snivel) I'll be out of town by then... 
Hope this helps,
Martin
Hope this helps,
Martin
OB_Johnnycheese
Registered
OK I work at a dealership, Suzuki calls us about 1 week prior to shipment. Our come out of Dallas, and so you know they plan to do the same as last year all dealers get one then free fer all. They have not called us yet.
G
Guest
Talked to my dealer today, he said he got a call from Suzuki today, said his Hayabusa's would be delivered in a week. So for those of you that are waiting it shouldn't be long now....
OB_Johnnycheese
Registered
As of today still no word at our dealership from Suzuki. No release date as yet.This is central Texas, I'm talking about.
OB_Johnnycheese
Registered
As of today still no word at our dealership from Suzuki. No release date as yet.This is central Texas, I'm talking about.
G
Guest
No news yet? I check this thread twice a day.
Todd .. The dealer threw in a red Arai as part of the deal on my bike. We should look like a bunch of real RUB's on our red Busa's with matching Red helmets. This is my first new bike where all the paint actually matches and there's no rust anywhere. I'll have to buy new jeans to ride in.
Mr Bear... I visited 5 dealers before putting my deposit down. 3 told me that the price was MSRP $10,799 because Busa's were hard to get. One gave me an excellent price but I didn't like the sound of their service dept. The folks I chose sold me the '00 bike for $10,200 and threw in a $440 helmet. My receipt is available just in case you think I'm BS'ing. I'm happy with the deal.
Todd .. The dealer threw in a red Arai as part of the deal on my bike. We should look like a bunch of real RUB's on our red Busa's with matching Red helmets. This is my first new bike where all the paint actually matches and there's no rust anywhere. I'll have to buy new jeans to ride in.
Mr Bear... I visited 5 dealers before putting my deposit down. 3 told me that the price was MSRP $10,799 because Busa's were hard to get. One gave me an excellent price but I didn't like the sound of their service dept. The folks I chose sold me the '00 bike for $10,200 and threw in a $440 helmet. My receipt is available just in case you think I'm BS'ing. I'm happy with the deal.
OB_GrumpyCop
Registered
OK this s really starting to **** me off! I was told last week that I would have the bike today. I just went up to the dealer and they told me that it would be released from the warehouse today, but it wouldn't be ready until Tuesday the 21st. Give me a break. Do they have to build it from scratch once they get it in the shop? The warehouse is only 15 miles away. It can be there in half an hour.
G
Guest
Oh well - at least my new red Arai Crafar will be here by then!
I called Suzuki today and they said I had 1 red Busa released. I was supposed to have 1 red and 1 blue coming in Dec. they said no more coming until Jan. Also I recieved a letter stating none of the additional units ordered would be available along with SV650 and Gsxr600's.I heard it was somethind to do with welding the frames in Japan.
OB_BullDog
Registered
For the record, my dealer told me their black one will be in by december some time and "my" blue one will be in mid Jan... THANK GOD there is snow here and it'll be cold for a few more months otherwise I would be going postal like Lyle!
uhh that last comment about "not supplying the extra units ordered".. uhh that has me concerned!!!! If I don't get my bike that I put a deposit on some time ago, someone is going to experience a slow painful death!
If my dealer only ordered 2 at the Suzuki Dealer Meeting he should get them right? I mean if he ordered 8 I could see him maybe missing out on a few.. I better make a phone call...
What do you think??
uhh that last comment about "not supplying the extra units ordered".. uhh that has me concerned!!!! If I don't get my bike that I put a deposit on some time ago, someone is going to experience a slow painful death!
If my dealer only ordered 2 at the Suzuki Dealer Meeting he should get them right? I mean if he ordered 8 I could see him maybe missing out on a few.. I better make a phone call...
What do you think??
OB_Mr Bear
Registered
My skeptical ear tells me you are probably not BS'ing, Lyle. Sounds like you swung the good-guy deal...congratulations in advance! I'm still sitting on my hard-earned cash, because I haven't found that kind of deal yet. Cash purchases are different from if you finance it, and it's kind of hard to compare. It seems to me that Suzuki financing is at 16%, which would totally suck. I have good credit and I have the cash, so I can go either way.
Kind of sucks for me that your dealer is in PA, since I'm in San Diego. The closest one I have heard of a good price from is up in the Bay area or Sacramento area. If I have to go that far to get a good deal, that kind of adds to the price too. That would tend to defeat the purpose. Going as far as Los Angeles I can handle, no problem. Going out of state from CA to buy one, there are also emissions laws to worry about.
My bemusement was with the guys who beat down the salesmen's doors to get one of these. If you do it the smart way, you can still get a deal, that's what it sounds like you did. But it sounds like some of these guys just go into debt with a downpayment to get on one....maybe the same guys who are trying to sell them a year later, and getting killed on depreciation. One guy posted that his 'Busa was something like "$10,400 out the door, not including tax & license". "Out the door" includes everything in my opinion...you know, out the door. You can't ride it away without paying tax & license!
It sounded to me like most of these guys were riding them away last year for between $11,5k and $12,5k cash, or I would guess they were looking at $15k and up for total cost if they borrowed and went on the easy-squeezy payment plan. Sounds like you did pretty good...like they say, the bottom line is the bottom line. You know that's what the salesman is looking at.
[This message has been edited by Mr Bear (edited 16 December 1999).]
[This message has been edited by Mr Bear (edited 16 December 1999).]
Kind of sucks for me that your dealer is in PA, since I'm in San Diego. The closest one I have heard of a good price from is up in the Bay area or Sacramento area. If I have to go that far to get a good deal, that kind of adds to the price too. That would tend to defeat the purpose. Going as far as Los Angeles I can handle, no problem. Going out of state from CA to buy one, there are also emissions laws to worry about.
My bemusement was with the guys who beat down the salesmen's doors to get one of these. If you do it the smart way, you can still get a deal, that's what it sounds like you did. But it sounds like some of these guys just go into debt with a downpayment to get on one....maybe the same guys who are trying to sell them a year later, and getting killed on depreciation. One guy posted that his 'Busa was something like "$10,400 out the door, not including tax & license". "Out the door" includes everything in my opinion...you know, out the door. You can't ride it away without paying tax & license!
It sounded to me like most of these guys were riding them away last year for between $11,5k and $12,5k cash, or I would guess they were looking at $15k and up for total cost if they borrowed and went on the easy-squeezy payment plan. Sounds like you did pretty good...like they say, the bottom line is the bottom line. You know that's what the salesman is looking at.
[This message has been edited by Mr Bear (edited 16 December 1999).]
[This message has been edited by Mr Bear (edited 16 December 1999).]
OB_Martinm2
Registered
Sounds like another week, I picked up a brochure in an attempt to hold me over. I even took some pics and thumbed them out on my site for you guys.
http://www.pacinfo.com/~martinm2/MartinsPictureGallery.html
I also heard from my dealer that he had 3 busas on order and only 2 were coming this Dec/Jan? Luckily I was the first to put a deposit down.
[This message has been edited by Martinm2 (edited 16 December 1999).]
http://www.pacinfo.com/~martinm2/MartinsPictureGallery.html
I also heard from my dealer that he had 3 busas on order and only 2 were coming this Dec/Jan? Luckily I was the first to put a deposit down.
[This message has been edited by Martinm2 (edited 16 December 1999).]
OB_maniac marshall
Registered
sat on a 2000 black/grey model tonite up here in london, ontario, canada. they still don't have my blue/silver or know when it will be here.
maniac
maniac
OB_Dr Busa
Registered
DP, ZR-1 wasn't that the very expensive Lotus-Corvette? In case it was - adopt me old dad !!!
Similar threads