I only wanted to suggest that you probably meant to post this in home decorating discussions or kitchen table which are way more active. i hope you get replies.

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/home-decorating-conversations

and or

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/tag=33

Tax presumably is sales tax. Non-tax fees presumably are registration and license. Ask the dealer for details/itemization of what is Predelivery Service. That may be a new name for what was previously called Destination Charges, which is what the manufacturer charges for shipping the vehicle from factory to the dealer's lot. It may also encompass detailing the vehicle, checking tire pressure and fluids, etc. (which seems unreasonable if they're charging extra for that). Is this vehicle already on your dealer's lot, or are they getting it from another dealer?

Thanks for commenting. The car is a 2023 on the lot. I know the dealerships are getting the 2024 cars starting to come in. My thoughts are that they should give a discount on the 23 models.
Predelivery fees shouldn’t be so high but maybe I’m wrong.
Thanks again,
Jane

FWIW, I can remember one year ( way pre covid) when DH was looking for a car in August and thought the same, that the older but still current year model should be cheaper than the new year model. That was not the case. It made no sense, but since we could wait a few weeks for delivery, of course all things being equal we went with the newer model year.

I can't remember anything about the fees though.

Why buy a new car?

When you take delivery, if you have the passenger window open on the way home, on that trip about $5,000. of value will fly out that window.

As those are imaginary dollars, they'll fly out through a closed window, as well.

But if you think they aren't real - just try selling it, used, the next day/week.

About 16 years ago I bought a Pontiac Grand Prix about 10 years old, with over 100,000 km. on the odometer, for $2,500. drove it needing only minor repairs for about 3 years and broke it beyond being repairable in a collision.

As Covid was on, 3 1/2 years ago and car prices had increased - the insurance settlement was for $2,800. + !

But I don't expect to find such good fortune ever again!

There are stories of my experiences at age 90+, living in the countryside 6 miles from a village and 12 from the city, with neither car nor driver's licence, over on The Kitchen Table. This is my third winter living in southern Ontario, Canada, half way between Detroit and Buffalo or Toronto.

It's been quite an adventure - more than half of the people who pick up this old hitchhiker are (rarely young) females.

Hope you'll forgive me for loading you down with all of this irrelevant verbiage.

Good wishes to you and your loved ones - as I usually say to people who pick me up, on parting.

ole joyful