As some of you may know, the GLE (350 and 450) are hot sellers and have low inventory. Discounts are pretty much non-existent (at least with dealers within 200 miles in my area).
I happened to came across a 2020 GLE 350 with the options I want, but the Sales Manager told me it is the GM’s demo and have 3,000 miles. I never lease / bought a demo car, so my questions:
1). what will be the reasonable ask for discount given the popularity fo this car?
2). since it’s a demo with 3K miles, will this be sold as used or new and will it affect the RV?
3). anything I need to check on the car since it’s not really “new” and know about buying a demo car?
BTW, I did some quick research on buying a demo car and the most common thing mentioned is to check if the car have any dings, repairs, issue, etc. This is because buyer never know how the car was driven or if there was any repair.
Hence, is it common to ask the dealer for the following?
Not sure what you mean by “maintenance agreement,” but wouldn’t the question that would cover that you probably want to know w/ all those others questions be, “When was the car punched?” (in terms of when the warranty starts)
And, yes, certainly do a walkaround to check for damage.
My local dealer had a loaded demo GLE350 with 8,000 miles on it and wanted sticker for it. Was the last GLE they had with driver assistance and the third row option - so even with a ding on passenger door down to the metal, they were looking for all the money in the world for it. Nuts. But someone bought it the same week I was there - I hope they did better than sticker.
Of course my mother wants the rarest spec GLE. Brilliant Blue with machiato beige interior, AMG style package, 3rd row, preferably non-4matic & with ventilated seats = doesn’t exist.
