My buddy got a way better deal than me and I'm ****ed!

I'm just sick about it. I mean when I heard this I just about had
to excuse myself to go puke. Some history:

In late '02 I was attracted to the '03 TC EX with its tight margin
to compete feature to feature with the Ody. I got a suppliers
discount of like 1% below invoice and after tag title tax I was out
the door for $26K. I thought why try to get confused looking at the
Lxi's and all the discounts and stuff when I could just get the
tightly priced EX. Well, My buddy just got an Lxi or equivilent
Caravan and the only difference was no auto tailgate for $21K!!!!
Ho he did it was he went dealer to dealer and threatened to walk off
the lot if they came back with a low price that wasn't low enough.
i.e. they shopped the lowest price and ended up at a high volume
dealer. So he saved $5000 that I basically lined DCX pockets with.

But back in '02 I think $26k was pretty much what other's were
reporting that they were paying. I am usually pretty savvy but I
got spanked on this deal. BTW - 3 days after buying a new mvan his
steering hose blew and he unloaded steering fluid all over my
driveway. We took a photo of the Van on the flatbed with his full-
term pregnant wife giving the thumbs up - "We love our new minivan!
Thanks Chrysler!" hehe. When the dealer had later fixed his van he
insisted he get a brand new one. They complied!

Please don't rub it in if I paid too much -