The next question might be, take Friendly with $5300 off. btw there is one in transit identical to our order, with a discount (so not just ones sitting are discounted), which makes me at times wonder, why wait? But this doesn't exist in our market, they are almost always with 24" rims or optional 22's.I’m based in Dallas and I’ve spoken with friendly Chevrolet and they do add on $2,000 in dealership packages. Just another thing you have to negotiate.
On the flip side, they did offer me $12k off of a premier that has been in stock for a while.
Ultimately I’m going to end up custom ordering something. If it’s a Tahoe, it will be from Huffines. They do not do any dealer adds on. If it’s a GMC, it will be from Sewell
If Friendly has already shown their hand and can offer $5300 off, can they do that on a custom order, or will they say, no, we cannot, just on the lot and in transit. I think that if we didn't order, I would look for an in transit vehicle and purchase it that way, and ask for no add ons. But reddit says custom orders avoid add ons. Is this always true? imho, only someone who has done this multiple times will really know. I found another forum that completely spelled out the order process, and yes, GM does have the customer's name on the order. So it's not all totally dealer and GM like a Japanese car "order," even though I think customer has little power to affect anything in the process. They can only wait patiently.