"Good" dealerships?

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Anonymous wrote:I think most of the luxury dealerships are much easier to work with than the standard volume dealerships

We shopped around for our first BMW and end up at BMW of Sterling. They beat passport by about 1k, but some of the others in the area were about 15% higher priced. I'd be easier to work with too if I could charge that much more than my competition.

[Anonymous]

NOT Darcars. They will claim one price and then start adding in strange fees on to of strange fees. Walked out. Good riddance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think most of the luxury dealerships are much easier to work with than the standard volume dealerships

We shopped around for our first BMW and end up at BMW of Sterling. They beat passport by about 1k, but some of the others in the area were about 15% higher priced. I'd be easier to work with too if I could charge that much more than my competition.

We got one BMW from Sterling, then when we went to buy a new car, switched to Passport for the next BMW. Passport comes and picks up your car wherever you are in the DMV for service and drops off a loaner for free. That won us over. So much more convenient.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tell me about Fitzgerald

I’ve bought 3 cars from various Fitzgerald dealerships and I like them. I also know Jack Fitzgerald (old family friend), and he’s a good guy.

Ourisman and DARCARS have been the worst in my experience. I literally walked out of their Toyota dealership in Rockville mid-purchase after they kept trying to pressure me into stuff I didn’t want ($1,600 “stain preventer” treatment, “supplemental” undercoating, etc). I warned them twice. The third time they brought it up I got up and walked away without another word.

[Anonymous]

We have bought three cars from Fitzgerald. No haggle pricing and the price couldn’t be beat. They do not sell Honda, so we bought our Honda Pilot at Joyce Koons in Manassas. I just asked tons of dealers for their best price for an immediate purchase and theirs was by far the best, with extra perks like free concierge service.

[Anonymous]

Contact internet sales for three of four dealers of the brand. Tell them you want their best out-the-door price for the model with the equipment you want. Let them know you want their “best and final.” You may want to look at dealerships within a 100 miles or so for more savings.

Bear in mind that Maryland caps dealer processing fees at $500. You may not necessarily get the best price by insisting that you’re paying cash because the manufacturer’s financing often pays an origination fee to the dealer. You can pay the loan off within a couple of days if that’s what you want to do. Otherwise try to arrange you own financing through the a credit union or your bank and leverage that interest rate as part of the deal.

A broker is another option to save time and likely money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tell me about Fitzgerald

I’ve bought 3 cars from various Fitzgerald dealerships and I like them. I also know Jack Fitzgerald (old family friend), and he’s a good guy.

Ourisman and DARCARS have been the worst in my experience. I literally walked out of their Toyota dealership in Rockville mid-purchase after they kept trying to pressure me into stuff I didn’t want ($1,600 “stain preventer” treatment, “supplemental” undercoating, etc). I warned them twice. The third time they brought it up I got up and walked away without another word.

Another one for Fitzgerald. They probably have the best reputation in the DMV for no-nonsense sales and the best prices.

I will say that Subaru is probably one of the only car brands that are not marking up beyond MSRP during the entire pandemic and post-pandemic time period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We've had good luck with the Beyer dealerships. I think the fact that their owner has to run for reelection every two years limits the sleaze

I agree with this — I think it’s legitimately a factor.

[Anonymous]

Koons Jeep and Koons Toyota in Tyson’s were painless transactions, very competitive pricing, straightforward financing and no back and forth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tell me about Fitzgerald

I’ve bought 3 cars from various Fitzgerald dealerships and I like them. I also know Jack Fitzgerald (old family friend), and he’s a good guy.

Ourisman and DARCARS have been the worst in my experience. I literally walked out of their Toyota dealership in Rockville mid-purchase after they kept trying to pressure me into stuff I didn’t want ($1,600 “stain preventer” treatment, “supplemental” undercoating, etc). I warned them twice. The third time they brought it up I got up and walked away without another word.

Another one for Fitzgerald. They probably have the best reputation in the DMV for no-nonsense sales and the best prices.

I will say that Subaru is probably one of the only car brands that are not marking up beyond MSRP during the entire pandemic and post-pandemic time period.

I really liked them too. Not sure if its still this way but the sales guy told us that they are salaried and not based on commission. So I never felt like he was trying to upsell me.

[Anonymous]

We also had a good experience with Pohanka Acura. Also Joyce Koons Honda.