They're Here at Last - Our First Jeep Renegade Shopping Experience - Lithia, Reno, NV

Okay, so I contact Daniel Dunham at Lithia Chrysler Jeep in Reno, NV as that's where the Costco Auto Buying program sent me and today, Cindy and I finally got to see our very first Jeep Renegade at a dealership. As luck would have it, of the two Renegades they got in, one was a Trailhawk. Unfortunately, didn't have MySky (but none do right now), didn't come with the 9-speaker sound system that we wanted and maybe more importantly, it was Glacier Metallic and we really want an Alpine White. Still, we may have been willing to buy it if only Daniel were more interested in selling it to us but apparently, he took us for morons.

Let me just say, I was forewarned by friends of ours that the guys at Lithia in Reno were dumbasses and so I at least knew what I was getting myself into. From the get go, when Daniel first responded to my Renegade Trailhawk inquiry about a week ago, he responded by saying he had a ton of "Trailhawks" in stock and that he would sell one to me at only $2oo over invoice. Of course, I then had to explain to him that I am interested in the NEW Renegade Trailhawk and NOT the Cherokee - there is a difference. Once we had that figured out, he started to go on and on about made in the USA, how the Renegade was made in Italy, how "crafty" the Italians are as in, they shouldn't be trusted and on and on. Still, I held out hope and finally got a call from him today to say that the Renegade they had in transit finally came in.

Well, this morning, Cindy and I made our way out to see Daniel at Lithia and the first thing he started on about was how popular the new Renegade was. He said, he "hasn't seen this much interest in a new vehicle since the PT Cruiser came out". Seriously - those words came out of his mouth. After seeing the Renegade, I asked if we could take it for a test drive and was told that I wouldn't be able to until tomorrow as they need to run it through the system first. And in all fairness, looking at all the seals still on it and grimy condition, I figured he was being honest about that. Here are some shots of what we saw.








Back in his office, I asked Daniel if he could tell me what other Renegades he might be having in soon and we went through a short list and all of which was supposedly a month out. Cindy asked if was possible to order one and he said "no" - this of course is a lie. So I asked him what would I be looking at to buy the Glacier Metallic one he had and he said he would give it to me at MSRP and said, "it really wasn't that much more than invoice anyway". So much for the Costco Auto Buying program saving you the hassle of dealing with salesmen!

Long story short, we left well enough alone and will be looking at our other options. Just thought I would share our first experience shopping for a Renegade.

 

Damn. That sounds like a shitty experience. Do you still plan on going back to at least rest drive it?

 

I don't know. Place left a bad taste in my mouth.

 

I do understand that. Though Ill never understand how certain dealerships are just down right shitty.

 

Sounds like damn near every sales purchase I've had, Ford and jeep !

 

So that's where they are hiding them!!! Nice find moochie!

 

What the hell?? I think that's the most Renegades I've seen in a shot ever LOL