LiveWire Observations
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Hark! Progress! A Black Livewire is missing from the dealership's inventory. I'm gonna think positive thoughts and consider it sold. So they're now down to seven on hand. Hope springs eternal!
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Well, another month has passed and, sad to say, my local dealership is still sitting on the same seven Livewire's they had at the end of June. With the one sold in June I kinda thought things just might be turning around. Guess not.
I went to the Cycle Trader web site to see what the Livewire listings were looking like. I wanted to see if there were any used machines for sale but from what I could see it was just dealers hawking their wares. A lot of dealers hawking their wares. Most of the dealers don't list the prices and those that do are at the $30K price point.
Given the turmoil going on at H-D corporate what with the "Rewire" program, it'll be interesting to keep tabs on how this slow motion sales disaster unfolds. At some point some dealer, somewhere, is gonna break ranks and start cutting prices. Tick-Toc on the floor plan cost, right? Should that happen, will the Livewire pricing house of cards crumble? Stay tuned, we shall see.
I went to the Cycle Trader web site to see what the Livewire listings were looking like. I wanted to see if there were any used machines for sale but from what I could see it was just dealers hawking their wares. A lot of dealers hawking their wares. Most of the dealers don't list the prices and those that do are at the $30K price point.
Given the turmoil going on at H-D corporate what with the "Rewire" program, it'll be interesting to keep tabs on how this slow motion sales disaster unfolds. At some point some dealer, somewhere, is gonna break ranks and start cutting prices. Tick-Toc on the floor plan cost, right? Should that happen, will the Livewire pricing house of cards crumble? Stay tuned, we shall see.
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Well, another month has passed and, sad to say, my local dealership is still sitting on the same seven Livewire's they had at the end of June. With the one sold in June I kinda thought things just might be turning around. Guess not.
I went to the Cycle Trader web site to see what the Livewire listings were looking like. I wanted to see if there were any used machines for sale but from what I could see it was just dealers hawking their wares. A lot of dealers hawking their wares. Most of the dealers don't list the prices and those that do are at the $30K price point.
Given the turmoil going on at H-D corporate what with the "Rewire" program, it'll be interesting to keep tabs on how this slow motion sales disaster unfolds. At some point some dealer, somewhere, is gonna break ranks and start cutting prices. Tick-Toc on the floor plan cost, right? Should that happen, will the Livewire pricing house of cards crumble? Stay tuned, we shall see.
I went to the Cycle Trader web site to see what the Livewire listings were looking like. I wanted to see if there were any used machines for sale but from what I could see it was just dealers hawking their wares. A lot of dealers hawking their wares. Most of the dealers don't list the prices and those that do are at the $30K price point.
Given the turmoil going on at H-D corporate what with the "Rewire" program, it'll be interesting to keep tabs on how this slow motion sales disaster unfolds. At some point some dealer, somewhere, is gonna break ranks and start cutting prices. Tick-Toc on the floor plan cost, right? Should that happen, will the Livewire pricing house of cards crumble? Stay tuned, we shall see.
I'm pretty sure the Harley dealership agreements don't allow them to advertise prices below list price. I've never seen a dealership that listed on-line prices below list price.
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It's a new month so I took a look at my local dealer's web site to see the Livewire sales situation. Sad to say, the count is still at seven. That means they have sold one machine since the arrival of the first one some time back in February. They currently have three orange ones and two each of the green(ish) and black ones. That covers all the color choices. So don't wait, get 'em while they're hot! :-) Maybe a fall clearance sale might be in order. Oh, wait a minute ... H-D's new CEO says no discounting. MSRP or better, thank you very much. Premium brand and all that. See ya all next month.
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It's a new month so I took a look at my local dealer's web site to see the Livewire sales situation. Sad to say, the count is still at seven. That means they have sold one machine since the arrival of the first one some time back in February. They currently have three orange ones and two each of the green(ish) and black ones. That covers all the color choices. So don't wait, get 'em while they're hot! :-) Maybe a fall clearance sale might be in order. Oh, wait a minute ... H-D's new CEO says no discounting. MSRP or better, thank you very much. Premium brand and all that. See ya all next month.
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It's a new month so I took a look at my local dealer's web site to see the Livewire sales situation. Sad to say, the count is still at seven. That means they have sold one machine since the arrival of the first one some time back in February. They currently have three orange ones and two each of the green(ish) and black ones. That covers all the color choices. So don't wait, get 'em while they're hot! :-) Maybe a fall clearance sale might be in order. Oh, wait a minute ... H-D's new CEO says no discounting. MSRP or better, thank you very much. Premium brand and all that. See ya all next month.
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Thunder Mountain. It's located in Loveland, Colorado. A Taj Mahal of a dealership if ever there was one. They have an absolutely glorious high ceiling log framed building with a large central floor to ceiling fireplace. There's also an on site concert venue and, across a shared parking lot, a Hooters restaurant. I'm told the owner of the dealership also owns (or is at least a partner in) the Hooters. A very nice setup to be sure. Here's the link to their web site:
https://thundermountainharley.com/
https://thundermountainharley.com/
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Thunder Mountain. It's located in Loveland, Colorado. A Taj Mahal of a dealership if ever there was one. They have an absolutely glorious high ceiling log framed building with a large central floor to ceiling fireplace. There's also an on site concert venue and, across a shared parking lot, a Hooters restaurant. I'm told the owner of the dealership also owns (or is at least a partner in) the Hooters. A very nice setup to be sure. Here's the link to their web site:
https://thundermountainharley.com/
https://thundermountainharley.com/
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