Dealers Hidden Costs
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Dealers Hidden Costs
Hi,
I am in the process of buying a D130. I am not 100% locked in and looking for nice options. One thing all dealers in my area have is a treatment of the vehicle. Sometimes you find this under "interior & exterior protection" with names like "XZILON" or "PWC MAX SHIELD". The dealer usually charges $3,5k-4k. Is this actually scam or a real thing that helps the vehicle protection? Have you seen it at your dealer?
I am in the process of buying a D130. I am not 100% locked in and looking for nice options. One thing all dealers in my area have is a treatment of the vehicle. Sometimes you find this under "interior & exterior protection" with names like "XZILON" or "PWC MAX SHIELD". The dealer usually charges $3,5k-4k. Is this actually scam or a real thing that helps the vehicle protection? Have you seen it at your dealer?
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second. The same at 42000miles or 4 years
this is for P400 P300 D300 D250
you can get the same done cheaper elsewhere. Total scam.
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I would think long and hard about buying a vehicle from a dealership that's looking to bend people over like this. Chances are you're going to have to bring it back in to them for service etc so you're going to be 'wedded' to them for years like it or not. Chances are there won't be another JLR dealer in the same vicinity. Premium vehicle dealerships usually have a pretty big cushion, you'll have one Audi/Porsche in the city, a Mercedes dealership, BMW, Alfa etc... whomever does it 'best' in your area might be the way to go IMO. If that's JLR fine but from the sounds of a 4k 'treatment' I would guess not...
My JLR dealer wasn't bad, they had nothing like these treatments baked into the pricing, you just ordered what you wanted and took delivery. I only bailed because I had far too many nagging issues with the car especially given the size of the payment. I would consider doing business with my local JLR dealership again at some point. For a lease or whatever.
My JLR dealer wasn't bad, they had nothing like these treatments baked into the pricing, you just ordered what you wanted and took delivery. I only bailed because I had far too many nagging issues with the car especially given the size of the payment. I would consider doing business with my local JLR dealership again at some point. For a lease or whatever.
Last edited by Chief65; 03-23-2024 at 11:33 AM.
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NativeTexan (03-24-2024)
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I would think long and hard about buying a vehicle from a dealership that's looking to bend people over like this. Chances are you're going to have to bring it back in to them for service etc so you're going to be 'wedded' to them for years like it or not. Chances are there won't be another JLR dealer in the same vicinity. Premium vehicle dealerships usually have a pretty big cushion, you'll have one Audi/Porsche in the city, a Mercedes dealership, BMW, Alfa etc... whomever does it 'best' in your area might be the way to go IMO. If that's JLR fine but from the sounds of a 4k 'treatment' I would guess not...
My JLR dealer wasn't bad, they had nothing like these treatments baked into the pricing, you just ordered what you wanted and took delivery. I only bailed because I had far too many nagging issues with the car especially given the size of the payment. I would consider doing business with my local JLR dealership again at some point. For a lease or whatever.
My JLR dealer wasn't bad, they had nothing like these treatments baked into the pricing, you just ordered what you wanted and took delivery. I only bailed because I had far too many nagging issues with the car especially given the size of the payment. I would consider doing business with my local JLR dealership again at some point. For a lease or whatever.
Find a good dealer.