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My wife is a die hard Mustang fan and was anxious to test drive the new 05's. Took her to the local dealership in Tallahassee, Fl. They had three on the lot, all V6 premiums. One red with red interior, one silver with black leather interior and one white with tan interior. After the test drive, my wife fell in love with the car, now I had my job cut our for me to get her a good deal. We were trading in her 2000 Mustang with 13K miles. After the smoked cleared, we drove away in the new Mustang, for $14,700. The sales agent told me to put away my mask and gun, as he felt like I was robbing him. The sales manager said they had NEVER sold a mustang for what I got. And the business manager kept asking me where I got my numbers. All I can say is, Edmunds is great. Only issue was that the invoice price listed by Edmunds was $200 higher than the price on the dealer's invoice. Everything else, dead smack on. |
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Replying to: litt10 (Mar 20, 2005 4:52 pm) X plan is $25,485. Invoice according to Edmunds is $25,475. So, my price is about $10 above invoice using X plan. But, I think there was a price increase somewhere that I don't have to pay since X plan price protects me from the date of the order. So, I'm probably under invoice with X plan.
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I went with my daughter and her boyfriend last night to two dealerships looking for the GT. At the first dealership, Mcree Ford in Dickinson, the guy was nice but said the best thing to do was order a GT. It would take about 3-4 months for it to come in but you would be sure to get one and get one the way you wanted it. We have dealt with this dealership before and had wonderful experiences. The second dealership, Ron Carter in Alvin, was terrible! We had to go hunt for a salesman. He came out and showed us the inside of the trunk and the lights on the dashboard! OH yeah that's what I want to pay $30,000 for a trunk space and lights. The guy was very rude and condesending. He said the car starts out at $30K and if the people don't like it at that price we tell them to go down the road and with in an hour the car is sold. I want to do more research before I actually go and make a deal.
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Replying to: cb2005 (Mar 22, 2005 8:23 am) Run away from the dealers who want to charge $30K for a GT. If it's a convertible, that's a different story. It's pretty common knowledge that the Mustang (particularly the GT and convertibles) are backlogged. Many dealers have used up their entire allotment for '05 Mustangs and are taking orders for '06s. Best thing to do is to go to a dealer and ask them if they have any more '05 Mustang allotments and order what you want. If you're so inclined, Ford announced they have upped production of the Mustang by 40%. I suspect that those units will be rolling into dealer stock within a couple of months and you'll be able to buy one off the lot, if you don't mind taking a chance and waiting. Or, you can order an '06. |
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| Is it possible to do this already? I thought you would have to wait until the pricing options etc were announced. | |
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Replying to: graphicguy (Mar 21, 2005 1:12 pm) He also told me that if I order it this week, I could probably expect it around mid-July. Man that is a long wait!!! I hope it's worth it. |
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Replying to: esbrock (Mar 22, 2005 12:23 pm) My guess is that your dealer either doesn't have any allotment left for '05 GTs or he's going to give you a low priority number since they will use high priority numbers for cars to put on their lot. There's no other reason for it to take 4 months for you to get an ordered car. Besides, they're goint to start making the '06s in August. Again, run away from your dealer and go somewhere else. '06s can not be ordered yet. Some folks are getting letters from Ford appologizing for the delay because of Mustangs being oversold. They are offering some "incentives" (up to $750) to order '06s instead to those that have waited over 3 months for their ordered cars.
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Replying to: graphicguy (Mar 22, 2005 3:55 pm) |
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Glad to help! The VOC will also show the MSRP and the invoice of the car, in addition to the other "Ford employee prices" (like "Z" prices). It should be no big deal for the dealer to give you a "#10" priority number as that meansif he's got allotment, the factory will pull the order for production soon after the order is accepted into their system (and the 6-8 week lead time). If the dealer balks at the #10 priority number, it means that he wants to put his "in stock" orders ahead of yours. To me, that's not right since you are a sure sale, whereas the in stock orders are not (although, as popular as the Mustang is, the dealer will make more on an in-stock unit than he will on your "X plan" order). Also, if the dealer claims to have allotment for March or April, ask him how many people have ordered ahead of you and have not taken delivery. If there are 10 orders ahead of you and the dealer only has 5 allotments for the month, you aren't going to get your car in a reasonable time period. In other words, the dealer may say they have allotment, but won't tell you that the allotment is already spoken for by other orders. Good luck!
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Replying to: cb2005 (Mar 22, 2005 8:23 am) |
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