I purchased a 124 Spider
I purchased a 124 Spider Classica nearly a month ago. I loved the one I drove at my nearby dealer but they only had the Lusso with manual transmission, which was out of my budget and I didn't want to pay for unnecessary bells and whistles. I searched all over the internet and found one 100 miles south. I drove down and the car wasn't there, it was at a sister dealer another 60 miles away. I drove another Lusso they had and liked it also. I told them if they'd bring the Classica to me, and I liked it, I'd buy it. They did and I did. However, they nearly blew the deal by low-balling my trade, (I decided to keep it) then offering me a ridiculous 4+% loan with my excellent credit and 15k down! (I've seen similar remarks on the Fiat Spider owner's forums). Plus, there is such a limited supply of Spiders with manual transmission, many of the folks out there would buy one if they could FIND one! There are lots all over with automatics that are gathering dust. What's the deal with that? Finally, the word is getting around that parts are taking forever to get. No one wants to pile up rental car bills while they're waiting for a stupid windshield or other part. Come on guys, if you want to sell cars, give us the damn cars like we want them and give us parts to fix them if they break!