What is Due diligence?

Tips for buying or leasing a luxury vehicle

Luxury vehicle buying facts

So many Electric-Vehicle issues

EV price range does not change the risk

80% mote problems

Blood batteries

Grid-Serve Charging network raises the cost to charge a vehicle

What qualifies a vehicle as luxury

Safety is the best

The latest High tech

Resale is still #1

Power and quality

More affordable then you think

Leases are best by far

Due diligence requires same techniques

Each issue is thousands

Trade shopping is even more important

OTD, CPI the same

More polite but not your friends

Used Car-fax or Auto-check

Flood check on used

The dealership F&I hurdle

The dealership F&I hurdle

F&I to finish the deal

Tesla 2 million recall

Electric vehicles fires galore

Consumer report confirms electric vehicle issues

Price savings for 1 years of fuel

Current charging station additions be the fed….0

F&I profits are way up, what should you do?

When things are this crazy, if you can, wait

How to process F&I aka business office

Forced pitch from F&I, get up and leave

Business office and sales are separate

CPI to stop payment packing

Delivery after bank approval

Dealer finance reserve is the biggest profit potential for the finance office

Bank shopping pre dealer visit is paramount

No to everything can be as bad as yes, listen to the pitch

Geographic add-ons help resale

OEM add-ons

Always request the manufacturer of the vehicle’s extended warranty

F&I is shop-able for most products

Make add-ons part of the due diligence

Read all the numbers in your paperwork, especially the fed boxes

Electric Vehicle Purchase , Yes or No?

Don’t be conned by the Electric Vehicle story

Hybrid or full, they have a battery

What are the limits?

What about trade values?

Charging takes time, lots of time

No charge? What to do

Fossil fuel taxes pay for roads, how will EV’s be taxed?

Crash safety is important?

Fire safety is paramount

We need the minerals that are not here

Find a power source

Electric fuel can cost as much as gas

Will the monopoly of electric sources raise the rates?

The cost difference in new electric vehicles is huge.

Maintenance happens on all vehicles

Battery versus tuning, $

Are electrics a planned obsolescence?

Who can fix them?

Resale is a guess but my bet? Poor

Poor resale makes them 40% more

Environmental facts vs exaggerations

Cost difference buys 15 years of fossil fuel

How to buy if you must hurry

What if you have limited time to make the purchase?

Distance on EV is still an issue if you use accessories

Most common models are $2000 more for Electric

Fire departments train for EV battery fires

Rush Rush Rush to buy

Consistency means resale

What was missed

Time well spent

Due diligence rush

Phone and Internet

Is one-price a choice?

One day, the whole day

Be assertive, not aggressive

Aftermarket exceptions

What slows you down?

Something is better than nothing

The basics of the basic

Maximizing your trade or outright sale value

What you should do to get the most out of your vehicle

1. Various medias say EV‘s are tanking

2. More and more EV fires

3. Price difference and depreciation could be $40,000 or more

4. Rates are up so credit comparison shopping is a key

5. Both rate and terms

6. Which method, trade in, sell to a dealer or sell outright

7. No matter what you trade in or sell, Recondition as much as you can

8. Know why you are selling, they will ask

9. What you should verify and know

10.Retailing pays

11.Preparation is the same

12.Know what you are trading

13.Deal first, trade second

14.Getting all the resale out of yours

15.Small investment, big return

16.No matter how old it is, prepare

17.Trade payoff planning before it is a problem