Why I Love my Gray Dealer

[mykii]

Originally Posted by berchris

This is a good thread with many well thought out replies. I see the merits in both sides of the argument. There are people like me, who cannot stomach paying more than MSRP for something and others who are willing to spend the premium for immediacy. It is disheartening however, to walk into an AD with cash in hand and not be able to purchase what you want and be strongly encouraged to purchase something you don’t want.

It isn't immediacy though, because the chance that most of us will get offered what we want (even with spend history) is basically 0. So it is pay to play. You either spend endless $$ at an AD for the "hope" of receiving what you want, or go grey and get the guarantee of receiving it. It's been said before, but a BLRO is 60-70k spend minimum for consideration at my AD and a Daytona is 100k+. That spend does NOT guarantee allocation. I am the only one of my friend s that have a BLRO, and a friend who has 100k+ spend history still doesn't even have his Daytona (which is all he's been trying to receive since day 1). He's just been buying whatever is offered in the hopes the next is the Daytona.

Going grey is in fact the economic option for those amongst us who don't want endless watches and consumerism.