Not asking your wife to provide her expertise is silly. She can give you an answer immediately on the legality of it.

Have you already made a payment on the car? Not a downpayment (which is fully refundable) but an actual lease payment? If so, I'm guessing that the dealership is flat out of luck since you've started payments on the car and taken delivery.

I'm not sure how ED works and if you actually own the car when you pick it up in Germany (ie, that's when your payments start) or if you don't actually own the car until you pick it up back home in the USA.

In principle, I'd be a bit miffed. However, I'd get over it really quickly for the chance to drive a 335i on a daily basis.

 

Jon's got a point, if you've started making payments then all they can do is politely ask you to re-define the contact out of your good nature.

Sounds like you won't be servicing it at this dealership anyway so don't be afraid to leave them with a sour taste in their mouth for once.

 

I would highly recommend Viagra in a case of ED.

 

I thought the reason they can give a discount on ED cars is because they are techincally used when they are imported into the US. Can the dealership sell it as new if you refuse to give into their crap?

 

Negotiate based on the purchase price, not on the payments. The problem could have easily been avoided if you would have done that.

 

Realistically though it's not his fault, and I don't think it should be his problem.

They're a dealership and they're accustomed to dealing in payments. I've talked payment numbers on my last 2 cars, as opposed to purchase price.

If I start dealing in purchase price alone I'd probably walk out with a sick feeling. I need it broken down to numbers that are realistic and within my range ongoing.

 

I dont even want to know what the car costs, just what I have to pay each month

 

It's not too hard to figure out payments if you know how much you're going to pay. Negotiating by payments is how they screw people over. That's how people end up with six year loans at 12% interest for a dodge neon but somehow feel like they got a good deal because the payment is under $200/month.

 

I'd split the difference. The mistake is honest in this case, as opposed to a weasel-dealer, and you have SOME responsibility to verify contract numbers. Offer to pay half the difference in the spirit of a win-win deal.