Hi folks,
So pardon me if this is an old timer question, but I've been through the dealership purchasing process in the past and with typical auto dealers, they make a fair amount of money when you finance the car through them. One frequent scheme if you prefer to pay cash for your car is to finance your car with the dealership, cut a deal with them on the price of the car and then pay the loan off shortly after taking delivery. The general idea is that the dealer is more likely to give you a good purchase price if they believe they will make more money through the financing.
Now I know that Tesla has a much different sales approach where such incentives do not exist since there is no "dealership", but the old timer in me still wants to try to play the game. Particularly since I ordered my M3 SR+ a few days before the price cut. I'm a cash buyer, but I was thinking that I might change to financing if it would make it more likely that I might be able to get stuff like more Supercharge credits or perhaps an extension of the Connectivity. "Poor me, if I had only waited a few more days, I would gotten the car for 1K less. Can't you do anything for a poor guy like me?" Maybe if they think they will make some more money if I become a finance buyer this might have some traction?
What do people think?
So pardon me if this is an old timer question, but I've been through the dealership purchasing process in the past and with typical auto dealers, they make a fair amount of money when you finance the car through them. One frequent scheme if you prefer to pay cash for your car is to finance your car with the dealership, cut a deal with them on the price of the car and then pay the loan off shortly after taking delivery. The general idea is that the dealer is more likely to give you a good purchase price if they believe they will make more money through the financing.
Now I know that Tesla has a much different sales approach where such incentives do not exist since there is no "dealership", but the old timer in me still wants to try to play the game. Particularly since I ordered my M3 SR+ a few days before the price cut. I'm a cash buyer, but I was thinking that I might change to financing if it would make it more likely that I might be able to get stuff like more Supercharge credits or perhaps an extension of the Connectivity. "Poor me, if I had only waited a few more days, I would gotten the car for 1K less. Can't you do anything for a poor guy like me?" Maybe if they think they will make some more money if I become a finance buyer this might have some traction?
What do people think?