Color looks great! Hope the deal goes through

 

It’s a pretty simple car, has the 3D gauges, the power rear seats and the night package. The 21s are a challenge, dealers don’t like to do wheel swaps, and swapping them would be a huge PITA.

Luckily my cars don’t stay dirty for long, they’re washed at least once a week. It’s been a long time since I’ve had a car that was a color…

Im at the dealer in Bethesda just drove another one to make sure I would be happy with it and I would be. Dealing with these car salespeople though it’s so frustrating. I know so much more about buying and financing cars it’s not even funny.

 

Here's the color of that brownish Escalade, it's sharp but not quite as pretty as that Merc color.

 

Nice, I assume you asked on the Benz forum if anyone wants to swap you for 20s?

 

All the people on the Benz forum want to switch from the 21s to the 20s lol

 

Of course theres a silver one on the showroom floor that caught my eye lol

 

That's because you know as much or more than they do, so the games don't work anymore. Lol

Time to put your boots up on the manager's desk and light cigar like Clint Eastwood!

Hey, if they want to sell a car they have to get busy.

 

Up to a point, at least, IMHO, for a number of reasons, the smaller the wheel diameter, and the more tire sidewall you have, the better. But the wheels have to be large enough, of course, to fit adequately-sized brakes for the vehicle's weight.

Problem is.....often, just when one THINKS they are an auto-buying Guru, dealerships and auto manufacturers keep coming up with different programs and tactics.

The Fitz Way (Fitzgerald dealerships in Montgomery County) is not perfect by any means, particularly in the last few years with the pandemic-shortages. But, overall, in my experience, it has been one of the better ways to shop, particularly if you live in MD, although I've also shopped there with some of my friends from VA. They are definitely more honest than a lot of other places. Perhaps the least-honest place I've seen (although this was some time ago...I can't vouch for today) was the Darcars chain in Silver Spring.

 

It’s not even games, they just don’t know. Don’t know anything about the car, insisted you can’t trade out of a lease, etc. They didn’t try and play any games at all, just not knowledgeable. Anyways they were $1,900 on a 24 with 0 out of pocket so that’s not a bad deal actually.

This car comes on 19s, 20s and 21s. The OEM 20s are no problem.

No, I know what I’m doing thanks…

 

You never know what the future will bring, though. Who in 2019, in their right mind, would even dream of the kind of chaos and outrageous prices we would see in 2020 and 2021? It was like being in a Third World Country during a semi-famine. In fact, when I took delivery of my Encore GX (at a slight discount, in January of 2021), the very same vehicle was going for at least 5K more (and often higher than that) just a few months later. And don't even ask what dealerships wanted for Corvettes LOL.

Fortunately, we are back into at least a semi-sane world now for vehicle-buying, unless you are looking at American full-sized trucks.

This link on truck-buying has some good information, and relies on actual figures.....it appears to be more than just click-bait.

 

Well, I'll see you this much......Except for pothole-resistance, Mercedes can probably get away with lower-profile tires on big wheels and still have a comfortable ride, more so than most other manufacturers, because of the excellence of their suspension-designs.

I also noticed that, several years ago, on the Hyundai Genesis sedan models..before the Genesis nameplate split off to become a separate luxury division. It was surprisingly supple even with 45s.

 

If you have a Toyota/Lexus OEM jack, don't throw it out!

 

Im obviously aware of all of that.

Changing market conditions don’t negate all of the experience that somebody has. Experience is what allows you to navigate a variety of different situations.

It rides incredibly well on the 20inch wheels with run flats aired over 42PSI…

 

😤😤😤 Love the color. Reminds me of the black rose C7

 

The chrome wheels are killing it!
Nice.