Congrats! Was it a local purchase or shipped from across the states? I'm considering options, pay to ship or road trip, depending on how far. Road tripping would be awesome, preferred, but time limits might now work out. If transporting, wonder how careful they prep it, I suppose depends on recommended shippers.Long time lurker here. I took delivery today, so I'm officially joining the family!
I bought from Tennessee, shipped to Washington. It was the cheapest new yellow Performance MT I could find in the country at the time. I paid $48,935 before TTL, which was substantially less than any WA dealer was willing to offer me for the same spec. My nearest dealer even said their incoming yellow Performance AT will have a $2,000 ADM, so $1,000 shipping cost was worth it in my case. I don't think that amount would've covered my airfare, fuel, and accommodations driving from TN to WA (2,400 miles).
Awesome, thx for the details! That's a great deal overall and a good shipper. So far yep, shippers quoted around $1K from what I've seen so far across most of the state, so road tripping would be more costly. I see dealers offering shipping also, I wonder if those chosen by dealers are reputable.
Dealer shippers can be hit-or-miss. Sometimes they're a lot more expensive. Apparently it's bad for the engine to sit at one RPM for a long time during break in, so that could make the trip back more tedious if there aren't many fun roads along the way.
Welcome Jim!
