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Title: New 2007 GS for $3999?
Post by: MikeNW on May 12, 2007, 09:50:11 AM
The ad is in the Phoenix Cycle Trader, one of the inside cover pages, full page ad.
So what's the catch?  The bike lists for $5K++
I hate to waste a call
Title: Re: New 2007 GS for $3999?
Post by: FearedGS500 on May 12, 2007, 10:55:20 AM
you will just have to call and ask . ask for the vin you would like to do a car fax on it . ( you should be able to check it that way ) make sure theres no damage . if you get the vin you can take it to the local shop and they should be able to make sure its not stolen . it could have been crashed . he bought it back an fixed it up .  but the gram could b e damaged . theres alot that could be wrong with it ..... and it may be the simple fact that he put 2k down and desided it was not for him . just call and ask .
Title: Re: New 2007 GS for $3999?
Post by: MikeNW on May 12, 2007, 12:08:15 PM
This was a dealer ad- I would call but I would not drive 200 miles to Phoenix anyway.
There must be some catch, I wonder if the bikes are demos?  Yeah, that would make sense.
Title: Re: New 2007 GS for $3999?
Post by: manofthefield on May 12, 2007, 01:45:54 PM
The thing I would watch out for is you driving all that way to pick one up... then they add this $199 fee here and that $399 fee there.  And all the sudden you're back up to MSRP or close to it and you might as well buy it since you already drove all that way :icon_rolleyes: 

I've heard of that happening before, but don't have any experience or a specific story to back it up.   So it may or may not be worth it
Title: Re: New 2007 GS for $3999?
Post by: ohgood on May 12, 2007, 06:18:40 PM
I asked for the out-the-door price on a SV650 locally.

$something to start with
+ $299 dealer prep fee
+ $289 title prep fee
+ $129 inspection fee
+ $39 IMPACT fee (something like that for the environment)

the dollars are proximal, but you get the point. it's almost impossible to get a direct price from a salesman anymore unless you're talking the rusted POS behind the shop that has the owner's boat anchored to a tree.