Check out these prices. Gawd if I had the room I would get another 300 just because: You WILL NOT find lower pricing on NEW 0 mile Husqvarnas. Here is what we have: 2010 TC250 - $3,627.00 2010 TC250 - $3,627.00 2010 TXC250 - $4,812.30 2010 WR250 - $4,239.00 2010 WR300 - $4,139.25 These are well below dealer cost. Prices are plus tax, title and license. No handling or frieght charges. Call JASON today at 253.961.8371 http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/mcd/2567646298.html
I called on them a week ago and the 300 was sold before the ad ran. A guy was on his way to Taskeys (I think) to buy a Hindenberg a snatched the 300 instead.
At those prices ... buy 2 .... South Sound BMW is in Fife and a bmw dealer the last time I was there..
This is a sign that South Sound BMW didnt find a niche selling Husqvarnas and are clearing our their inventory. With Taskeys just to the north and Bills a couple-three hours south, not a big surprise. I have been known to frequent BMW stores and even owned a few and my take is that there is enough gap in the buyer profile/demographics that someone who is primarily a BMW dealer isnt likely to have strong overlap with the off-road crowd. It is standard behavior for new BMW buyers to pay the dealer $180 to change the oil and do the first service per BMW guidelines and then that owner will use that dealer service as a selling point when they advertise the bike for sale used. The typical dirt rider changes his/her own oil at a frequency that would bankrupt them if they paid $180 per pop, and complains about the $10 oil ..while buying carbon fiber gas caps for $150 :-) . Maybe a different mix of products will bring those market segments closer together, but I think you need dirt bike guys to succeed in the dirt bike business. No doubt there are exceptions to this idea; I know one rural inland Northwest BMW dealer who would probably make a fine Husqvarna dealer ..if they werent already selling Hondas and Kawasakis .... Husqvarna certainly needs more dealers, but the Seattle area wasnt a particularly weak spot, and we certainly dont need to see the oversaturation that KTM brought to the region .... Oregon is littered with KTM dealers. Yakima, Spokane, Tri-Cities in WA and Bend, Medford, Eugene, maybe Portland/Vancouver in Oregon all strike me as more fertile territory than adding dealers in Tasky's neighborhood. If they wanted presence in the the Tacoma/Olympia area then how about teaming up with Taskys for a second store.. Same goes for Portland, help Bills expand into that market so a dedicated dealer with a proven track record and service reputation is representing the brand. I am sure others can think of similar scenarios in their regions, but the Northwest is what I know and I have been dabbling in the motorcycle game (and business) here for 4 decades. Manufacturers create some strange bedfellows sometimes.
