triggerfin
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I picked up my '15 XL SLT from Laura on Friday morning and thought I'd share my experience.
- Selected my vehicle from their inventory. It was approx. $7K less than the best price I could get for the same vehicle at my local dealers here in NC. My local dealer made me a bit paranoid telling me to "check the fine print". The only fine print item I found was the $1K assumed trade in value (I didn't do a trade).
- I called them and was assigned Brandon Treat as my salesperson. Very straightforward guy and not pushy. I wasn't thrilled with the color (my #1 choice was iridium but I settled for quicksilver) and he told me I should get what I want and he'd be glad to order me 1 for the exact same price but with a 4-6 week wait. Anyway, I took the 1 they had and gave him a $500 deposit on my credit card.
- I arranged financing through my local bank (PNC) and they simply gave me a blank check that I would present the dealer and the dealer fills in VIN, etc. to establish the lien.
- I bought a 1 way ticket to St. Louis for $175 and chose to fly up early Friday morning. Arrival was supposed to be 8:40a.m. and they would have a driver pick me up ("Van").
- I landed at 8:20 so figured I'd have to wait. Instead, as I was walking from the plane I got a call from Van. He had tracked my flight, knew I was early, and would be there waiting for me just outside security with a Laura GMC sign. Nice. Very nice guy. 87 year old WW2 vet.
- I easily found Van and we walked to the car and we were at Laura GMC by 9:25.
- My truck was clean and sitting right outside the front door of the dealership. Van brought me in and introduced me to Brandon. Brandon walked me to the car for an inspection. Everything was exactly as expected.
- We went back in, signed paperwork and he turned me over to Finance for that paperwork. Note I came prepared with 2 copies of my insurance card (I had it insured with the correct new VIN the day before) and a copy of my drivers license and my wife's. Between this and already having the financing worked out, the time in the Finance office was approximately 10 minutes.
- Back out to my new truck with Brandon for a thorough review of features/functions.
- I was out of there at 10AM exactly - I had been there approximately 35 minutes.
- A wonderful 17 hour drive home. Got to know the vehicle, set up the onstar, etc. and did not encounter a single problem.
- Was very worth the $7K I saved and couldn't be happier.
- Plan to install the Suspension Maxx leveling kit and the 33" Nittos this week. Will post pics to that thread.
- Glad to answer any questions regarding my experience. I have to say it all seemed too good to be true and my wife was super skeptical but it was 100% legit.
- Selected my vehicle from their inventory. It was approx. $7K less than the best price I could get for the same vehicle at my local dealers here in NC. My local dealer made me a bit paranoid telling me to "check the fine print". The only fine print item I found was the $1K assumed trade in value (I didn't do a trade).
- I called them and was assigned Brandon Treat as my salesperson. Very straightforward guy and not pushy. I wasn't thrilled with the color (my #1 choice was iridium but I settled for quicksilver) and he told me I should get what I want and he'd be glad to order me 1 for the exact same price but with a 4-6 week wait. Anyway, I took the 1 they had and gave him a $500 deposit on my credit card.
- I arranged financing through my local bank (PNC) and they simply gave me a blank check that I would present the dealer and the dealer fills in VIN, etc. to establish the lien.
- I bought a 1 way ticket to St. Louis for $175 and chose to fly up early Friday morning. Arrival was supposed to be 8:40a.m. and they would have a driver pick me up ("Van").
- I landed at 8:20 so figured I'd have to wait. Instead, as I was walking from the plane I got a call from Van. He had tracked my flight, knew I was early, and would be there waiting for me just outside security with a Laura GMC sign. Nice. Very nice guy. 87 year old WW2 vet.
- I easily found Van and we walked to the car and we were at Laura GMC by 9:25.
- My truck was clean and sitting right outside the front door of the dealership. Van brought me in and introduced me to Brandon. Brandon walked me to the car for an inspection. Everything was exactly as expected.
- We went back in, signed paperwork and he turned me over to Finance for that paperwork. Note I came prepared with 2 copies of my insurance card (I had it insured with the correct new VIN the day before) and a copy of my drivers license and my wife's. Between this and already having the financing worked out, the time in the Finance office was approximately 10 minutes.
- Back out to my new truck with Brandon for a thorough review of features/functions.
- I was out of there at 10AM exactly - I had been there approximately 35 minutes.
- A wonderful 17 hour drive home. Got to know the vehicle, set up the onstar, etc. and did not encounter a single problem.
- Was very worth the $7K I saved and couldn't be happier.
- Plan to install the Suspension Maxx leveling kit and the 33" Nittos this week. Will post pics to that thread.
- Glad to answer any questions regarding my experience. I have to say it all seemed too good to be true and my wife was super skeptical but it was 100% legit.
