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RMGTO's Relationship with Suss Pontiac... More Information
I got a call from Lon Morrow (New Car Sales Manager at Suss Pontiac in Aurora) yesterday morning, asking to get together to discuss sponsorship of RMGTO events and other relationship-type items.
I personally think this is a huge step forward in the relationship between us as enthusiasts and the dealership. Not many dealers are willing to establish an interface between themselves and the enthusiast arena, and my humble opinion is that their sales suffer for it. Who can sell a GTO better than a GTO owner?
Hell, while I know that the car sells itself, I've personally sent half a dozen prospective buyers to Suss. All of them have driven GTOs off the lot.
So, now I have to pose a question to you as GTO owners in Rocky Mountain region. What would you like to see from Suss, and what are we prepared to offer Suss in exchange? It seems to me that's it's relatively obvious that Suss needs to sell these cars. What can we do to help them sell GTOs?
I can certainly put a banner advertisement for Suss up on the RMGTO site, but that starts to beg questions about whether or not we can still advertise/link RMGTO on this site. I don't see our potential relationship with a dealer as commercial, per se, but I'd have to speak with the Moderator team here on LS1GTO to make sure I'm on the right page.
Let's start a dialog about what we think can come of this. Obviously, we're all drooling over the Magnuson blower and other goodies that Mike Lyons at EPS offered to help RMGTO out with at Bandimere on the 29th of September. Suss and EPS are teaming up to put supercharged '04 GTOs on the street, as Jeff will attest.
I'd personally like to see a dealer-installed, warranty-covered LS6 conversion for $2500 or less. Am I dreaming? Maybe. But let me know what you guys think.
I'm sending a link to this thread to Mike Lyons and Lon Morrow themselves, and I'll be setting up an actual face-to-face discussion with Lon for sometime next week. It'd be great if I could take your thoughts and comments with me.
Thanks.
- Mike, RMGTO Webmaster
I got a call from Lon Morrow (New Car Sales Manager at Suss Pontiac in Aurora) yesterday morning, asking to get together to discuss sponsorship of RMGTO events and other relationship-type items.
I personally think this is a huge step forward in the relationship between us as enthusiasts and the dealership. Not many dealers are willing to establish an interface between themselves and the enthusiast arena, and my humble opinion is that their sales suffer for it. Who can sell a GTO better than a GTO owner?
Hell, while I know that the car sells itself, I've personally sent half a dozen prospective buyers to Suss. All of them have driven GTOs off the lot.
So, now I have to pose a question to you as GTO owners in Rocky Mountain region. What would you like to see from Suss, and what are we prepared to offer Suss in exchange? It seems to me that's it's relatively obvious that Suss needs to sell these cars. What can we do to help them sell GTOs?
I can certainly put a banner advertisement for Suss up on the RMGTO site, but that starts to beg questions about whether or not we can still advertise/link RMGTO on this site. I don't see our potential relationship with a dealer as commercial, per se, but I'd have to speak with the Moderator team here on LS1GTO to make sure I'm on the right page.
Let's start a dialog about what we think can come of this. Obviously, we're all drooling over the Magnuson blower and other goodies that Mike Lyons at EPS offered to help RMGTO out with at Bandimere on the 29th of September. Suss and EPS are teaming up to put supercharged '04 GTOs on the street, as Jeff will attest.
I'd personally like to see a dealer-installed, warranty-covered LS6 conversion for $2500 or less. Am I dreaming? Maybe. But let me know what you guys think.
I'm sending a link to this thread to Mike Lyons and Lon Morrow themselves, and I'll be setting up an actual face-to-face discussion with Lon for sometime next week. It'd be great if I could take your thoughts and comments with me.
Thanks.
- Mike, RMGTO Webmaster