Florida

[hodad66]

congratulations!!

 

[electricD]

I IM'ed Nissan and they told me I could change dealers 24 hours after the dealer submitted there quote. That sucks because so far the dealer I chose seems to be clueless about the whole process. So does that make Quote stuck till that get there act together? Hopefully I'll be able to do another quote and just pick another dealer after 24 hours.

Contacting other dealers in Miami to see if I can get a feel for who up to speed on the process.

All the Miami dealers are clueless on the process of ordering a Nissan Leaf. I finally got my order in at Bill Seidle Nissan. It took them all day and I was quite persistent on the phone with several people, including the GM, just to get the quote.

Good News is they sold it to me at MSRP. There was a $820 delivery charge but no dealer fee listed on the "transaction price". The email from Nissan says "Your Nissan LEAF will take approximately 3 - 4 months from your order date to its arrival at your dealer."

Where did you actually find your quote? I'm looking at my dashboard and I don't see one although I have the option of "rework my price" or "get quote from another dealer". If I select either one it says it will invalidate my current quote, but I don't seem to have an option to view that quote.

Tried to talk to someone at Bill Seidle and they must have been to busy running around trying to figure out what to to with your quote that they never got back to me. Esserman Nissan said that there LEAF Specialist hadn't come in yet (sure he had a long night preparing for Leaf sales, LOL) but they too my info and said that he would contact me. He never did. And Maroone never sent me an actual price on anything and said that it wouldn't be available till early next year? Ah, Customer service in Miami, BS as always. Think I'll try heading north with my inquires. I've always had better luck in the Pompano area when buying cars.

Also I think $820 delivery charge is the same as last year. Nice to see some price stayed the same for the 2012's. And congratulations, I always knew the hardest part of get in leaf here would be the dealers and you are over that hill.

 

[spike09]

I IM'ed Nissan and they told me I could change dealers 24 hours after the dealer submitted there quote. That sucks because so far the dealer I chose seems to be clueless about the whole process. So does that make Quote stuck till that get there act together? Hopefully I'll be able to do another quote and just pick another dealer after 24 hours.

Contacting other dealers in Miami to see if I can get a feel for who up to speed on the process.

All the Miami dealers are clueless on the process of ordering a Nissan Leaf. I finally got my order in at Bill Seidle Nissan. It took them all day and I was quite persistent on the phone with several people, including the GM, just to get the quote.

Good News is they sold it to me at MSRP. There was a $820 delivery charge but no dealer fee listed on the "transaction price". The email from Nissan says "Your Nissan LEAF will take approximately 3 - 4 months from your order date to its arrival at your dealer."

Where did you actually find your quote? I'm looking at my dashboard and I don't see one although I have the option of "rework my price" or "get quote from another dealer". If I select either one it says it will invalidate my current quote, but I don't seem to have an option to view that quote.

Tried to talk to someone at Bill Seidle and they must have been to busy running around trying to figure out what to to with your quote that they never got back to me. Esserman Nissan said that there LEAF Specialist hadn't come in yet (sure he had a long night preparing for Leaf sales, LOL) but they too my info and said that he would contact me. He never did. And Maroone never sent me an actual price on anything and said that it wouldn't be available till early next year? Ah, Customer service in Miami, BS as always. Think I'll try heading north with my inquires. I've always had better luck in the Pompano area when buying cars.

Also I think $820 delivery charge is the same as last year. Nice to see some price stayed the same for the 2012's. And congratulations, I always knew the hardest part of get in leaf here would be the dealers and you are over that hill.

I received an email from Nissan with the subject "Nissan LEAF: Here's your price". There was a link in the email to "View Price" that took me to the dashboard and showed me the transaction price.

 

[LTLFTcomposite]

Here's what I have found so far:

Maroone Delray told me over the phone they would sell at MSRP + destination charge + $599 dealer service fee. I gave them my first RAQ but they have not responded via the dashboard.

Esserman in Miami said they would sell at MSRP + destination charge + $745 dealer service fee.

Royal Palm told me the would sell at MSRP + destination charge + $995 dealer service fee. (I'll refrain from making a crude joke about what kind of service they'd better include with that kind of fee)

Ironically the Delray dealer is the best I've found so far. I'm sure not about to drive an hour for a worse deal!

Has anyone found a better deal in S FL?

thanks

 

[evenoelle]

All the Miami dealers are clueless on the process of ordering a Nissan Leaf. I finally got my order in at Bill Seidle Nissan. It took them all day and I was quite persistent on the phone with several people, including the GM, just to get the quote.

Good News is they sold it to me at MSRP. There was a $820 delivery charge but no dealer fee listed on the "transaction price". The email from Nissan says "Your Nissan LEAF will take approximately 3 - 4 months from your order date to its arrival at your dealer."

Congratulations!

Please keep us posted as to your dealings with Bill Seidle as there are a few us down here in Miami trying to figure out which dealer is best for us.

 

[electricD]

Here's what I have found so far:

Maroone Delray told me over the phone they would sell at MSRP + destination charge + $599 dealer service fee. I gave them my first RAQ but they have not responded via the dashboard.

Esserman in Miami said they would sell at MSRP + destination charge + $745 dealer service fee.

Royal Palm told me the would sell at MSRP + destination charge + $995 dealer service fee. (I'll refrain from making a crude joke about what kind of service they'd better include with that kind of fee)

Ironically the Delray dealer is the best I've found so far. I'm sure not about to drive an hour for a worse deal!

Has anyone found a better deal in S FL?

thanks

I tried Maroone of Miami and not only did they not replay using the dashboard they didn't even seem to know the price of the car. So pass that one.

Talked with Esserman and they seem to at least know there stuff but they told me that they would have access to there Dashboard for quotes till Monday.

LOL, Royal Palm gave me that same so called dealer fee when I had them quote another car once. Way out there.

It's beginning to look like So. FL. Dealers want MSRP. Thinking of waiting to see if they cool a bit. Give the price hikes I'd like to see some money start coming off the Leaf from the dealers. Especially since the Ford EV is coming out.

 

[LTLFTcomposite]

Update : Just had a call from Mitchel Lazowitz... he said they would have the quote entered on the dashboard tomorrow. Something about the manager Stacy Horton has to enter it.

 

[electricD]

Update : Just had a call from Mitchel Lazowitz... he said they would have the quote entered on the dashboard tomorrow. Something about the manager Stacy Horton has to enter it.

Which dealer is Mitchel at?

 

[hodad66]

finalized an order with Robin Johnson at

Universal Nissan
12801 S Orange Blossom Tr
Orlando, FL 32837, tel (407) 926-7000

as they were the only central Florida dealership on the ball..... :roll:

 

[LTLFTcomposite]

Sorry Mitchell is at Maroone Delray. I spoke with him over a year ago and he was enthusiastic about the program and somewhat knowledgeable.

 

[electricD]

Sorry Mitchell is at Maroone Delray. I spoke with him over a year ago and he was enthusiastic about the program and somewhat knowledgeable.

Thanks, good to find an enthusiastic sale guy. In my opinion the "dealer service fee" is just a markup on this car see, if you can get them to drop it. Really they will be making several thousand on the car without it, and it not like is going to even be in the dealership sitting on the lot for a while. My 2 cents on thousands

 

[hodad66]

Sure is lonely as the only pin in Florida with my new order. If
you already have a Leaf or if you are close to ordering why
not enter info into the map provided in this thread....

http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1160

It will be interesting to watch the growth of Leaves in Florida..... :mrgreen:

 

[LTLFTcomposite]

Sorry Mitchell is at Maroone Delray. I spoke with him over a year ago and he was enthusiastic about the program and somewhat knowledgeable.

Thanks, good to find an enthusiastic sale guy. In my opinion the "dealer service fee" is just a markup on this car see, if you can get them to drop it. Really they will be making several thousand on the car without it, and it not like is going to even be in the dealership sitting on the lot for a while. My 2 cents on thousands

Don't get me started on "dealer service fees". It's nothing more than an "adder" on the price IMO. Dealers I have talked to in the past on other purchases are adamant about not waiving that fee, claiming a bunch of BS about all their costs of making processing a sale. Of course you can always negotiate the best price on the total factoring in the added fee. If I were buying an ICE car I could use the car buying service through my insurance co, or just go from dealer to dealer negotiating a decent deal, but on the Leaf it seems my only options are pay what the dealer is asking, find another dealer who will take less, or not buy the car. I suppose I could try just asking them to take less on the presumption that even if I don't find a better deal elsewhere, *they* won't be getting the deal and see how it goes.

 

[LTLFTcomposite]

finalized an order with Robin Johnson at

Universal Nissan
12801 S Orange Blossom Tr
Orlando, FL 32837, tel (407) 926-7000

as they were the only central Florida dealership on the ball..... :roll:

Hoda, if it isn't being too nosey, what deal did they give you? MSRP plus a dealer fee?

 

[hodad66]

Mine is all wrapped up with a trade-in (which can change in 4 months)
but he did mention a dealer fee and that it wasn't set yet. The lease
would be 39 months @ $343 per month (tax, tag & all) with a trade in
value of 5K.

While if I felt that I was being ripped off at signing I would walk away
(I have money down on the I Miev also) the whole Leaf interest isn't
economical for me anyway. I simply want to be part of the support for
alternative energy adoption. I drive 5K per year so gas savings aren't
even an issue..... :mrgreen:

 

[LTLFTcomposite]

Maroone Delray updated my dashboard as follows. This sounds like over MSRP to me - isn't MSRP for the 2012 SV supposed to be 35,200? (yes I did include the floor mats, but that shouldn't be $1020) (never mind I forgot the 850 destination charge)

Thank you for your interest in the Nissan LEAF SV. This is the lease quote you requested. If paying cash, your purchase price is $36,220 plus tax, tag and $599.95 dealer fee. This quote does NOT include the cost of installing the charging station. That cost needs to be assessed by the third-party vendor seperately as per Nissan Corp. Thank you.

$528 a month*

39 month lease, $948 initial customer payment, 12000 miles per year Dealer price
this price includes:

2012 Nissan LEAF™ SV trim
glacier pearl
no options selected
accessory added:
floor and cargo mats

Cost of the home installation dock, processing fees, tax title license, destination & handling charges are not included. The value of any trade-ins will be determined and applied at a later date.

Contact your dealer to discuss this price.

Want to submit different preferences to your dealer?
rework this request

 

[electricD]

Tried Weston Nissan and all I got was a few automated emails. No response to my email and no quote on my dashboard. On to the next dealer.

 

[afn10694]

I am becoming greatly disenchanted with the way Nissan is handling this. With the 2012 price increase and the premium pricing quoted by dealers, the Volt is looking much more attractive. The Chevy dealers that have aggreed to sell at MSRP are getting larger allotments than those who are not selling at MSRP. And Volts are supposed to be in Florida in September -- Sooner than I would expect to see a Leaf. I have driven Prius since the were first available (Gen 1,2,3) and I drove the Volt in Jacksonville. Sat in the Volt on Sunday and Today (Wed Jan 3) and the front of the volt is more comfortable for big person like me. Backseat & cargo is better in the Prius and Leaf. I mainly drive a 40mi RT commute so the volt would work out about as well for me. I am going to request a couple of quotes from other dealers, but if they persist in $1000-2000 dealer charges for what amounts to a scotch guard and wax job, I would rather spend the extra money and put it into a Volt. Nissan is close to missing their chance with me.

 

[evenoelle]

I am becoming greatly disenchanted with the way Nissan is handling this. With the 2012 price increase and the premium pricing quoted by dealers, the Volt is looking much more attractive. The Chevy dealers that have aggreed to sell at MSRP are getting larger allotments than those who are not selling at MSRP. And Volts are supposed to be in Florida in September -- Sooner than I would expect to see a Leaf. I have driven Prius since the were first available (Gen 1,2,3) and I drove the Volt in Jacksonville. Sat in the Volt on Sunday and Today (Wed Jan 3) and the front of the volt is more comfortable for big person like me. Backseat & cargo is better in the Prius and Leaf. I mainly drive a 40mi RT commute so the volt would work out about as well for me. I am going to request a couple of quotes from other dealers, but if they persist in $1000-2000 dealer charges for what amounts to a scotch guard and wax job, I would rather spend the extra money and put it into a Volt. Nissan is close to missing their chance with me.

I don't think you are alone. It is very frustrating that Nissan doesn't have their act together. Our preference is to buy the Leaf because it is 100% electric but I am starting to wonder if the ease of purchasing a different car will outweigh our wish for 100% electric.

 

[LTLFTcomposite]

I am becoming greatly disenchanted with the way Nissan is handling this. With the 2012 price increase and the premium pricing quoted by dealers, the Volt is looking much more attractive. The Chevy dealers that have aggreed to sell at MSRP are getting larger allotments than those who are not selling at MSRP. And Volts are supposed to be in Florida in September -- Sooner than I would expect to see a Leaf. I have driven Prius since the were first available (Gen 1,2,3) and I drove the Volt in Jacksonville. Sat in the Volt on Sunday and Today (Wed Jan 3) and the front of the volt is more comfortable for big person like me. Backseat & cargo is better in the Prius and Leaf. I mainly drive a 40mi RT commute so the volt would work out about as well for me. I am going to request a couple of quotes from other dealers, but if they persist in $1000-2000 dealer charges for what amounts to a scotch guard and wax job, I would rather spend the extra money and put it into a Volt. Nissan is close to missing their chance with me.

I don't think you are alone. It is very frustrating that Nissan doesn't have their act together. Our preference is to buy the Leaf because it is 100% electric but I am starting to wonder if the ease of purchasing a different car will outweigh our wish for 100% electric.

No kidding, with these FL dealers it's dog eat dog, and Leaf buyers are wearing milk bone underwear.

Evenoelle, FYI, I was able to get Bill Seidle to agree to sell to me at MSRP with no additional dealer fees, just the destination charge and state-required fees added. No other dealer I talked to would do that. The guy I talked to at BS Nissan was Leonardo Niemis. I see you're in Miami so no big deal for you, my trip home with the new Leaf will be 54 miles... a bit longer than I would have preferred for a first outing, hopefully they will have it fully charged at delivery.