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[AZTellurideBLK]

Those of you that have had a car shipped from Fowler, did you receive any pictures of the vehicle before they sent? It doesn't seem useful necessarily from a damage standpoint because I really just have to trust them there. But even though I have the sticker it's always nice to verify that it is a properly colored Telluride, not an orange caboose.

Nicole sent us pictures ... prior to us going. I would just ask your sales rep to send you pictures.

 

[JinCO]

Does anyone know whether Fowler accepts outside financing? We were feeling good about placing an order with a sales rep there (have a $500 refundable deposit down), but felt less great after seeing the estimated interest rates on Fowler's website, which are upward of 7 percent.

Hoping to finance through a local credit union or bank if I can.

 

[AZTellurideBLK]

Does anyone know whether Fowler accepts outside financing? We were feeling good about placing an order with a sales rep there (have a $500 refundable deposit down), but felt less great after seeing the estimated interest rates on Fowler's website, which are upward of 7 percent.

Hoping to finance through a local credit union or bank if I can.

You will have to ask, we didn't go that route.

 

[corsair]

Does anyone know whether Fowler accepts outside financing? We were feeling good about placing an order with a sales rep there (have a $500 refundable deposit down), but felt less great after seeing the estimated interest rates on Fowler's website, which are upward of 7 percent.

Hoping to finance through a local credit union or bank if I can.

Yes, they definitely do. I was going to go USAA or a local credit union but then they ended up giving me rates matching the credit union and just slightly worse than USAA. I wouldn't let that hold me up if I were you. I'd go in with an idea of what outside financing you want to consider and give them a chance to match. From what their finance manager told me they will totally do it, but it could take an extra couple of days. Source: myself, who is right in the middle of signing financial forms now.

They also told me it's trivial to refinance but that I am not sure about and am glad their rates were reasonable enough for me not to have to find out.

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[corsair]

Nicole sent us pictures ... prior to us going. I would just ask your sales rep to send you pictures.

Thanks, asked and received!

 

[corsair]

My car arrives tomorrow or day after. I just saw something about tipping the driver. It seems like anything involving humans now involves tipping and I am always behind. What would an expected range be?

 

[dcreno]

Thanks, asked and received!

Was your car in proper shape when you received it?

 

[dcreno]

Sorry just saw your next May that you will receive it tomm. Pls let us know. I am also planning on using shipping using Montway.

Last time I shipped two cars 8 No ago - I have him a $50 per car tip

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[Bige64]

My car arrives tomorrow or day after. I just saw something about tipping the driver. It seems like anything involving humans now involves tipping and I am always behind. What would an expected range be?

$100 tip for getting a 60k vehicle to you isn’t unreasonable

 

[corsair]

It was a mistake to not pay for a covered carrier transporting across the nation in dead of winter. It's hard to comprehend how unbelievably dirty the car got on an open transport. I paid more in detailing fees than I would have for an enclosed carrier. Now it is +1 extra day until I use it since I dropped it off at the detailer.

Also--the car, uh, comes with floor mats, right? Because... mine didn't.

And a little thing I guess but it also didn't come with license plate screws. Next time I'll ask them to please include those. Lastly, as an out of state buyer I was surprised to find that the temporary plates are CO. Maybe that's standard? I guess I'll figure out if it's a DOL problem.

But on the positive, the 2023 grey bumpers actually didn't look bad at all to me. I never despised them like a lot do on this board, but honestly I liked them in person and definitely do not want to put glossy black vinyl on them.

Also, the Everlasting Silver looks far, far better in person but I recognize that it shifts in the light so maybe tomorrow will be a different story

It's a good looking car.

2023 interiors are super slick.

The "S" wheels look way better in person.

 

[corsair]

This is a dumb question but--where can I easily acquire license plate screws? Advance Auto Parts have them? I tried seeing if the front plastic screws would fit in the back and they definitely do not so it doesn't seem to be one size fits all.

A quick search seems to show some people *think* they are M6 x 3/4 or M6 x 1 but I can't find confirmation. Little things like this are annoying to chase around when you kinda expect to "roll off the transport truck" with a new car.

I bought some M6x3/4 off amazon ("amazon tax" be darned) and if those don't work I'll have to do more work unless someone else knows the answer.

 

[AZTellurideBLK]

It was a mistake to not pay for a covered carrier transporting across the nation in dead of winter. It's hard to comprehend how unbelievably dirty the car got on an open transport. I paid more in detailing fees than I would have for an enclosed carrier. Now it is +1 extra day until I use it since I dropped it off at the detailer.

Also--the car, uh, comes with floor mats, right? Because... mine didn't.

And a little thing I guess but it also didn't come with license plate screws. Next time I'll ask them to please include those. Lastly, as an out of state buyer I was surprised to find that the temporary plates are CO. Maybe that's standard? I guess I'll figure out if it's a DOL problem.

But on the positive, the 2023 grey bumpers actually didn't look bad at all to me. I never despised them like a lot do on this board, but honestly I liked them in person and definitely do not want to put glossy black vinyl on them.

Also, the Everlasting Silver looks far, far better in person but I recognize that it shifts in the light so maybe tomorrow will be a different story

It's a good looking car.

2023 interiors are super slick.

The "S" wheels look way better in person.

Floor mats are an option, did you order it with floor mats?

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[corsair]

Floor mats are an option, did you order it with floor mats?

I figured that was like saying "my car didn't come with light bulbs, I have to order them?" I guess I never heard of a car without floor mats so didn't think of that. What a weird way for manufacturers to nickel and dime.

 

[AZTellurideBLK]

I figured that was like saying "my car didn't come with light bulbs, I have to order them?" I guess I never heard of a car without floor mats so didn't think of that. What a weird way for manufacturers to nickel and dime.

Don't disagree there ... we originally order ours with floor mats, but we ended up taking a cancelation and it didn't have floor mats lol. I ended up ordering a set off of ebay, it ended up saving me some $.

 

[ashtheshmoo]

After filling out the order form, did anyone get a confirmation number soon after? I'm being told this process takes a week or two...