šŸ’š Andy | Chevy Camaro LT1 V8 Factory Orders | SOLD OUT | See my Hyundai specials instead! Camaro Production Has Halted!

This is a nice hassle free way for some guys get into a Camaro, especially after dealing with a bunch of dealers.
But, at 0% off MSRP, the dealer should at least cover your fee. I wonder how many people will bite

While I can appreciate the perspective that my fee should be rolled in to the dealerā€™s end, Iā€™m never paid off a percentage of dealer profit. Flat-rate has been and always will be my model. Itā€™s better for the customer and easier for me to handle as a the 1-man accounting department.

Under my business model, I always charges the customer upfront via major credit card. I authorize the card when the customer sends over their build, then only hit the customer with an actual $349 charge AFTER the dealer has fully firmed up the availability, credit rating, and the deal is ready to go. So in this case, the customer wonā€™t actually have to lay out my fee until everything is sorted out.

The argument for sticker price is that this is a completely custom-built car to the buyerā€™s specifications. Thereā€™s already been some speculation by others on the forum that these might end up with some positive equity at the end. Weā€™ve realistically seen an average of ~5% discount on these posted on the forum, but those were all for in-stock units.

On a car like this, your choice of color, roof, transmission, and key options (if you gotta have the performance exhaust, or gotta have the Recaros) are make-or-break. Youā€™re talking about a potential ~$1700 worth of discount, where a custom exhaust, wrap job, appearance package, or other small tweak to could easily blow that money on aftermarket.

I have not seen many custom order LT1 deals posted on this site. If it takes me offering a ā€œgreat dealā€ at sticker price to encourage someone to go out to do better, I encourage it! If you succeed at beating my pricing on a custom build of this car, please share it here so we can all benefit from the data point. Iā€™d love to be able to go lower, but Iā€™m glad we can have payments in the $300-s on this car.

Itā€™s my understanding that this car is competitive with BMW M4 at a much more attractive payment. BMW people please correct me if Iā€™m wrong there.

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I can agree with that. I would definitely pay more for a car custom built for me. How much more? That I donā€™t know.
Color choice is a big deal for a lot of people ā€¦and of course the beautiful recaros/ dual mode exhaust.

Either way, itā€™s a nice service youā€™re providing

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Cool idea! Very tempting with the additional conquest rebates that the Northeast gets.

By the way, the memo in the LH calculator says ā€œ$3250 Conquest Included, Remove from Taxed Incentives if you Donā€™t qualifyā€ although it says $2,750 elsewhere. Is it $2,750 or $3,250?

So why would somebody pay you $350 to order at MSRP if they can go to the dealer and order under MSRP?

I can respect the hustle but hustle insā€™t the only thing that LeaseHacker community is about.

There have been reports on this forum of dealers marking up these cars. LH members have been trying to buy at, around, or slightly below sticker, and getting snarky pushback that the payments are ā€œtoo low for a camaroā€. My personal favorite was the ā€œAre you looking for a Spark or Camaroā€ guy.

If you can go to the dealer and factory order this car at under MSRP, please post the data point here! Iā€™d love to see it done. As far as I know, thereā€™s no evidence to date of community members succeeding at ordering this car under MSRP. This is addressed in my Frequently Asked Question in my first post.

Thereā€™s no proof that anyone has gotten an order done under MSRP on one of these (as a custom build, vs off the lot). Consider this your prompt to find that proof and undercut my price.

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Hey, Iā€™m not knocking the hustle like I saidā€¦If someone throws money at you by all means take it. But buying at MSRP is hassle free as is. Iā€™ve ordered cars at under invoice. Sound like you want me to go to work, so whats is your offer if I get under MSRP on factory orders?

I didnā€™t think you could factory order 2021s anymore? Arenā€™t 2022s out or on their way?

I wish it was always hassle-free to buy at MSRP. Sadly, thatā€™s not always the case. Depending on the supply and demand curve for that particular car, there is sometimes dealer markup and additional shenigans. Iā€™m here with this offer in direct response to reports that people tried to buy THIS car at MSRP, and got the run-around.

Saleable MY22 Camaro build starts 3/4 at Lansing. So I guess theyā€™ve got a few days?

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If you are picky on options, this is the way to go. Iā€™ll admit it took me awhile just to find a manual, and I still settled on the build spec.

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And letā€™s be honest here - paying $349 to not communicate with a GM dealer sounds like a bargain :grin:

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Agreed! Especially having to re-iterate the model is an LT1 with V8, not 1LT with 4/6cyl. That took some patienceā€¦

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'cries in Virginian"

Always get excited when I see ā€œnortheastā€

dope deals nonetheless

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Can someone lock in their Buypower incentive? That expires on 3/1.

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I donā€™t think so

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I couldnā€™t get my local dealer to lock in even conquest now for a car coming on 3/5. Ridiculous.

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In all fairness, if GM doesnā€™t allow them to ā€˜lock inā€™ offers across program months, thereā€™s nothing they can do about it. The only times, Iā€™ve seen them consider this lately was for full-size trucks when inventory was slim to none-existent at some points last year.

Sure, but @AA-NJ has a dealer willing to lock in much further out than that, so sounds like GM doesnā€™t have an issue.

Hmm interesting, so there are circumstances where they can do this, but it may not be universal. Perhaps itā€™s only for custom orders and not already-ordered inbound inventory, for example. Couldnā€™t say for sure. The automakers often times do cut very narrow rules for things like this.