This was fun reading! Considering that I may be way older than the majority here, I may be getting older but I refuse to grow up! Anyway, after many--many years of buying vehicles, I chanced upon a book that showed dealers prices, wholesale, cost of options, etc. Seeing as how I was in the market for a basic new pick-up, I wandered around hitting the various marques of the automotive world. No one wanted to deal with me when they quoted a price and I'd whip out my little blue book, where upon seeing that book, the salesman would say that he couldn't deal with me. After a bit, I wandered into a GMC dealer and seen a pretty basic pickup. A saleswoman came up, seen the book and said, "Oh now, this will be fun!" After a bit of haggling, I got my truck, at my price! A couple of years ago I decided upon a late model Corvette, after studying up on them, I realized that the dealers around me kept a pretty cool head on ordering only the favorite things that buyers like. Hence, I got my Corvette with the options I was looking for. It seems to me that GM and Corvette keeps their enthusiastic buyers in mind when setting up their various models and what sells well in the marketplace. Yup, they offer many colors but there are several very popular ones also, Torch Red comes to mind, like mine! Every so often they will offer up a limited optioned car, like the Z06 or the Indy Pace car. The 1979 model comes to mind. Anyway, great article and it opened discussions to banter about. Peace brother! 🙂
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