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As I figured, the Family price is negotiable -- if the dealer is willing. Several told me it was a fixed price, no flexibility. One even said it was "illegal" for them to sell below that price -- claimed that Ford would fine them some amount. But I did find a few that were willing to come down $500 off that price. But the guy I ended up buying from gave me an even better deal. It was starting to get tough to find the right color and options, so we had to settle for more options than we wanted, but with the discount it wasn't too hard to swallow: SEL FWD Comfort/Safety/Leather/Moonroof/Reverse Sense/Climate Control/Split 3rd/Console listed at $31,100 MSRP; Family price was right around $27k; dealer sold it to me for a little under $26k. About $5k under list. Never could get the guy to tell me how he was giving me such a good deal. He just talked about them moving a lot of cars this month. My guess is that they were close to a sales goal, or perhaps past a sales goal that was giving them a rebate from the factory. Other dealers refused to match the price -- they claimed this guy couldn't sell at that price without losing money.
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Replying to: hedden (Jul 31, 2005 3:21 pm) My brother once bought a car under similar circumstances. Apparently the dealership was very close to some sort of sales record, for which they'd get a nice bonus. The guy kept giving better and better offers as the end of the month approached. That last day, I guess they still needed one vehicle, so he gave an offer my brother couldn't refuse. |
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I'm still debating between the freestyle and pacifica. Any opinions about both cars will help me a lot...
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Replying to: tristan1 (Aug 02, 2005 7:28 pm) That's what I did originally. One thing you'll notice is that the P&S of the Pacifica is quite larger than the Freesytles and they seem to have a lot more problems. Read up on the reviews for both and compare. Check out epinions.com also. Keep in mind that the Pacifica has been out a little longer than the Freestyle too...although the Pacifica hasn't gotten much press or marketing hype so the sales for it were somewhat slow in the beginning. It seems the biggest problem with the Freestyle is what to call it.....SUV? wagon? The only issues I've heard about with the Freestyle is early CVTs had some programming issues and the radio is questionable. 
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Picked up a FWD limited for $27.5k + tax title and such, came with homelink, moon roof, safety package, adjustable pedals, MSRP was $30,995. Funny thing now is that if you build/price one with the same exact options on the website it prices out about $1300 more  $28.8k. We did our deal last thursday and didn't get car until monday after some dealer antics. I noticed the change in pricing over the weekend and this is with the employee pricing discount plan factored in. Not sure what Ford is pulling but I guess they reserve their rights to revise their pricing in the fine print. Wife and I are giddy happy though with the rig itself, went black/black with it, no glare issues, we guessed right on that one, arrived with 214 miles because they had to get what we wanted from Iowa, we're in Chicago, Our new baby due in september is going to have quite a stylish and safe rig to be rolling around in. Looked at the Pacifica as friends have/like theirs, FS was the hands down winner in all but the warranty arena, Chrysler warranty for drivetrain 7/70k is a lot better. Got an extended warranty with our new car purchase as part of our monthly car insurance payment from GEICO for 7/100k, took any hesitation away from buying the FS based on warranty comparison/issues. Buy it, Love It, drive it...
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Replying to: freealfas (Aug 04, 2005 9:01 am) Sounds like Ford has raised the list price to compensate for the employee discount. Is that correct? This defeats the purpose of the employee discount. I prefer a low MSRP instead of this employee discount gimmick. |
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Anybody buy a Freestyle in Northern Virginia or Maryland? Or is everybody driving the Honda Odyssey and now making a beeline to the dealer to get their front sensors replaced (NHTSA recall)?! 
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I just purchased a FWD Limited with a $31895 list for $27206. They discounted the Family Plan price by $1200. Could have had something to do with the purchase on July 31st and end of month stuff. Had originally hesitated in buying the Freestyle because of it being dropped after model year 2007 but simply choose to ignore that as it is a great car/suv/??? whatever Ford wants to call it. Drives great and so far even as brand new and not worn in at all, mpg has been good. Will update after first trip of any length. Anyone hesitating like I did, go for it. I agree with what one writer said that perhaps Ford has this priced too low and will up the anty when it goes to Mercury. If interested, bought from Team Ford in Marietta, Ga.
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Replying to: harborislander (Aug 05, 2005 10:21 am) NICE price! |
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Replying to: vrm (Aug 04, 2005 10:53 am)
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