Laconia Harley For Sale?

[dpg]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Harley's probably have to compete for the spendable money that's left after people pay for things like their monthly electric bill, the heating oil bill, home & car insurance, the mortgage, and the property tax bill......as if you all did not already know all this. Those monthly bills are not getting any smaller....and someone on tv just yesterday said gasoline could be 3.75 by next summer....so that 3.75 gas makes a 4-cyl, 5-speed Jetta look'n pretty good.

With an automatic transmission, the gas consumption is automatically pretty low, but with a 5-speed manual, the gasoline consumption is very related to how it is driven.

Over in Vietnam, believe the 3-wheel motorcycle with a roof and canvas enclosure for their rainy season is fairly common. Maybe Harley wants to bring one of those 3-wheel, el cheapo, utility freight haulers to the US market for 2011 and think up a good catchy name for it like the "Hanoi Harley" .....made in China....and available at Laconia Harley for $1399 ......to compete with the $2995 '99 Jetta from Center Harbor!

You really, really need to find a job. PLEASE!!

[fatlazyless]

Originally Posted by dpg

You really, really need to find a job. PLEASE!!

As I recall, the former manager at Laconia Harley was a young guy who was a former Marine with eight years in or so. About three months ago, Laconia Harley ran some ads in the LaDaSun classified looking for a new manager and some other positions in sales. On the surface it seems like management down in Orlando was not too happy with their Laconia (Meredith) sales results message so they were replacing the messengers ....i.e ....the sales people.

Now as some more time has passed....it looks like Orlando has decided to pull the plug......cut their losses.....or at least their lack of success...and sell the business.

Have to wonder what percentage Laconia Harley motorcycle sales get financed and what percentage pay cash? Is the slowdown in sales due to the tightening of financing with more stringent sale underwriting rules.

For example in the not too far past, it may have been possible for someone with no money in the bank and no job to qualify for a Harley Davidson loan, but that has probably all changed since September 2008.