Re: Would You Have Modded When You Bought It?

["Christopher Morgan" <cmorgan02@sprynet.com>]

I don't know about getting a loan with the mod money included, but with a
lease the price is allowed to be 10% over MSRP (This is where dirt bag
dealers screw people who lease a car based on a payment amount).  So, if you
were buying a $22,000 car, got a $1000 discount, you could have the dealer
add up to $3200 worth of stuff to the car and have no problem getting it
financed, but it would send the lease payments through the roof because with
the way leases are figured, the mods have no residual value unless they are
on the "VCI approved dealer installed options" list.
FWIW, BMW Motorcycles has a program where you can finance all sorts of
goodies like luggage and rider apparel when you buy a motorcycle.

- -Chris

- -----Original Message-----

From: George Achorn <coolidge@tidalwave.net>
> I'm just curious about something. When you bought your VW (new or used)
>would you have modded it straight off if you could have added it on to the
>price of the car (i.e. tacking it on to the loan). Say an AMS Supercharger
>or Shcrick Variable Intake Manifold were available through your dealer (new
>or used) would you have taken a hit on the payment for the install pre your
>pickup of the new (or used) car?
> I was thinking about it and I think I might have. Nothing crazy, but were
>a VSR or Schrick available and the service center I take my car to not
>scared of mods, I think I just may have done it.
> How about rims and suspension? European body parts like cladding and
>fender flares? Just curious.-G