Wanted to give a big thanks to Clayton (rexxx0486) for helping me with my 2016 STI LE in Lapis Blue. This is a truly hassle-free purchase. Props to Alex and the team for handling the paperwork in less than an hour. Alex was always quick to reply emails even on his days off.
In all fairness, here is a quick recap of the experience/process:
Clayton spec out the car you want, discuss trade in, pricing, etc. then hands you off to one of the sales manager. Sales manager does the order and is your go to guy (order status, add-ons, financing, etc). On pickup, he hands you to another guy that does the paper work/payment, and you are handed the key. I tracked my status by looking at the dealership website. It was about 20days and my STI popped up in the inventory and shown as "in transit", I was expecting in Jan 2016. It stayed "In-transit" for about 1-1.5wk., then a few days for dealership to prep, and then pickup. During the wait, I tried to negotiate freebies like wheel locks or vortex generator, but was told they were a bad idea :/ (maybe it's my poor negotiating skill.. lol). Nothing negative, but though was interesting that Alex talk me out of the items.. prob because I tried to get it for free (or they were truly bad idea, and he was trying to save me from them. idk). Again, overall experience was overwhelmingly positive and would buy from them again in the future.
Note that Clayton's dealership is SDC not SOA. SDC invoice is just a hair higher than SOA invoice. You also can't track the order by calling SOA (I didn't need to as it showed up quickly for me). SDC/SOA makes nearly no difference for the end buyer and Clayton's is definitely the best deal around the northeast/mid-atlantic area (I didn't call all the dealerships, but visited a few) with $500 below SDC invoice.
My order was placed 11/7 and delivered 12/16, this is probably one of the fastest order I've seem.. Maybe I was lucky. Just in time for Christmas.
Thanks again Clayton, Alex, and the team.