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I'm bummed out. <IMG height=17 src=smileys/smiley11.gif width=17 border="0">I'm wanting to purchase a 2 WD 1500 quad cap SWB w/ the Hemi, Laramie package, tow package, tow mirrors, 20's, and 3.92 anti-slip in white. There's not one (of any color) on the west coast w/o the sport appearance package touting body color everything. Now I'm not completly opposed to that 'clean' look, but I grew up in the 50's, 60's, and 70's (long childhood) so I gotta have chrome. It's important to for me to take advantage of the current financial incentives (0% + $2000 cash back) to make the Larimaie package do-able, so I don't want to special order.</P>


What's a guy to do...? <IMG src=smileys/smiley19.gif border="0"></P>


~Jim</P></FONT>

 

How did you determine there were none on the West Coast? You can do a search of 5-Star dealers at the Dodge Web site and perhaps expand that out to say 3 or 4 hundred miles by using different zip codes. That is if you would be willing to either travel that far, or work with a local dealer who is.</P>


If you've already gone to a dealer, and they have done an inventory search, which would include both 5-Star and non-5-Star dealers, then I'd say either go with the Sport package or back off on the Laramie and go with an SLT.</P>

 

I agree with Mazz's first paragraph. Use the Dodge Web site to
browse dealer inventory within a few 100 miles of your location (or
however far you're willing to travel for your ultimate truck).
When I bought my '04 Laramie (w/sport package) here in NH, the dealer
said they did a search of the entire Eastern seaboard and couldn't find
one. After spending 15 minutes online, I found a perfect truck
and told my <span style="text-decoration: underline;">dealer</span> where to go find it. The truck was less than 50 miles away at a completing dealership.



I'm not completely confident about the reliability of dealer searches.



- Dave

 

Why not special order? The rebates are locked in, and if they go up before your truck arrives...you get those higher rebates!

 

I special ordered mine, and like Rc said the rebates and all are locked in. Ordering took 4 weeks to produce and one to ship.

 

<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Thanks for the response. </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The dealer that I was working with did a search for what they said was a 400 mile radius. Not fully trusting them, I spent hours searching via the Dodge site as far away as 1200 miles. I came to the conclusion they were right. This dealer also said that I could not lock in the rebate – that I would have to take whatever rebate was offered at the time of delivery. They also said delivery would take 8 to 12 weeks.</FONT></P>
<P class=Msonormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Well, good news! I decided to try the Costco Auto Program. They put me with a dealer that was very knowledgeable. I special ordered exactly what I wanted,with an expected 6 weeks delivery, and locked in the rebates. They even wrote it up as 0% + $2000 or $2500 + $750 unless the rebates at time of delivery are better than these. All for $200 over invoice +$50 handling fee. WOW! </FONT></P>
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<P class=Msonormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> ~Jim <IMG src=smileys/smiley4.gif border="0"></FONT></P>


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