OT: Ford Dealer Recommendation

[sdduuuude]

Use costco if you have a membership.

With costco, you go to the web site, enter your member number, enter the car you want and it emails you the name of a fleet rep at a local dealer. The fleet reps are simple, straightforward people. I’ve dealt with three and in every case, they weren’t into B.S. They are a little rushed cuz they are busy people, but they aren’t pushing for a sale and kind of give you a “here’s the deal, take it or leave it” approach.

The fleet rep shows you his invoice. The price you pay is invoice plus or minux X, where X varies, depending on the year and model.

You can get service at a dealer other than the one you use for the purchase.

Even if you buy a car at Mossy, avoid their service. My wife always complained about their high-pressure, fear-based, commission-paid sales team. I thought she was just being a girl, then a dude tried to convince me that my brakes were metal-to-metal in order to sell me a brake job. I said I would do it later and he got mad, told me it was unsafe, blah, blah. I took it to Beeline and they said I had 10% left.

[werewolf34]

Strongly consider buying a slightly used version of your CUV direct from the owner. You will save a lot in initial depreciation and still be under factory warranty

This doesn’t answer your question but could be helpful

[werewolf34]

Strongly consider buying a slightly used version of your CUV direct from the owner. You will save a lot in initial depreciation and still be under factory warranty

This doesn’t answer your question but could be helpful

[werewolf34]

Strongly consider buying a slightly used version of your CUV direct from the owner. You will save a lot in initial depreciation and still be under factory warranty

This doesn’t answer your question but could be helpful

[werewolf34]

Strongly consider buying a slightly used version of your CUV direct from the owner. You will save a lot in initial depreciation and still be under factory warranty

This doesn’t answer your question but could be helpful

[werewolf34]

Strongly consider buying a slightly used version of your CUV direct from the owner. You will save a lot in initial depreciation and still be under factory warranty

This doesn’t answer your question but could be helpful

[SD Transplant]

Threadkiller,

I attended the autoshow this weekend as well. It was the weakest one that I can remember. I noticed that Mercedes, Nissan, Mitsubishi, and Porche were missing from the show.

The empty spots were filled by tunned up cars,retro cars, and high end line up……not bad but the foot traffic seemd low as well.

P.S. Toyota, Ford, and BMW stands had the most activity. I wanted to see Porche’s new model – Panamera.

[SD Transplant]

Threadkiller,

I attended the autoshow this weekend as well. It was the weakest one that I can remember. I noticed that Mercedes, Nissan, Mitsubishi, and Porche were missing from the show.

The empty spots were filled by tunned up cars,retro cars, and high end line up……not bad but the foot traffic seemd low as well.

P.S. Toyota, Ford, and BMW stands had the most activity. I wanted to see Porche’s new model – Panamera.

[SD Transplant]

Threadkiller,

I attended the autoshow this weekend as well. It was the weakest one that I can remember. I noticed that Mercedes, Nissan, Mitsubishi, and Porche were missing from the show.

The empty spots were filled by tunned up cars,retro cars, and high end line up……not bad but the foot traffic seemd low as well.

P.S. Toyota, Ford, and BMW stands had the most activity. I wanted to see Porche’s new model – Panamera.

[SD Transplant]

Threadkiller,

I attended the autoshow this weekend as well. It was the weakest one that I can remember. I noticed that Mercedes, Nissan, Mitsubishi, and Porche were missing from the show.

The empty spots were filled by tunned up cars,retro cars, and high end line up……not bad but the foot traffic seemd low as well.

P.S. Toyota, Ford, and BMW stands had the most activity. I wanted to see Porche’s new model – Panamera.

[SD Transplant]

Threadkiller,

I attended the autoshow this weekend as well. It was the weakest one that I can remember. I noticed that Mercedes, Nissan, Mitsubishi, and Porche were missing from the show.

The empty spots were filled by tunned up cars,retro cars, and high end line up……not bad but the foot traffic seemd low as well.

P.S. Toyota, Ford, and BMW stands had the most activity. I wanted to see Porche’s new model – Panamera.

[XBoxBoy]

FWIW, I bought my pickup from Mossy Ford about five years ago and had a very good experience. They post the prices on the window with all the rebates and discounts. There was no negotiation on price, it was a take it or leave it. It was a 28k list price, end of model year (October) and the price shown was just over 20k. After agreeing to that price, they tried to sell me an extended warranty, which I declined. I was going to pay cash, but they offered me another 2k rebate if I would take out a loan and not pay it off for 4 months. In the end I got the truck for just over 18k, plus tax. Then paid about 250 in interest during those four months, and paid off the loan after that, so that was a pretty good deal.

I suppose if you are a really good negotiator, you could get a better deal at another dealer, but from my shopping around, I doubt I would have gotten 8-10k off from another dealer, so the set price model is way better for me. Not sure if they are still doing that or not though. It was over five years ago now.

XboxBoy

[XBoxBoy]

FWIW, I bought my pickup from Mossy Ford about five years ago and had a very good experience. They post the prices on the window with all the rebates and discounts. There was no negotiation on price, it was a take it or leave it. It was a 28k list price, end of model year (October) and the price shown was just over 20k. After agreeing to that price, they tried to sell me an extended warranty, which I declined. I was going to pay cash, but they offered me another 2k rebate if I would take out a loan and not pay it off for 4 months. In the end I got the truck for just over 18k, plus tax. Then paid about 250 in interest during those four months, and paid off the loan after that, so that was a pretty good deal.

I suppose if you are a really good negotiator, you could get a better deal at another dealer, but from my shopping around, I doubt I would have gotten 8-10k off from another dealer, so the set price model is way better for me. Not sure if they are still doing that or not though. It was over five years ago now.

XboxBoy

[XBoxBoy]

FWIW, I bought my pickup from Mossy Ford about five years ago and had a very good experience. They post the prices on the window with all the rebates and discounts. There was no negotiation on price, it was a take it or leave it. It was a 28k list price, end of model year (October) and the price shown was just over 20k. After agreeing to that price, they tried to sell me an extended warranty, which I declined. I was going to pay cash, but they offered me another 2k rebate if I would take out a loan and not pay it off for 4 months. In the end I got the truck for just over 18k, plus tax. Then paid about 250 in interest during those four months, and paid off the loan after that, so that was a pretty good deal.

I suppose if you are a really good negotiator, you could get a better deal at another dealer, but from my shopping around, I doubt I would have gotten 8-10k off from another dealer, so the set price model is way better for me. Not sure if they are still doing that or not though. It was over five years ago now.

XboxBoy

[XBoxBoy]

FWIW, I bought my pickup from Mossy Ford about five years ago and had a very good experience. They post the prices on the window with all the rebates and discounts. There was no negotiation on price, it was a take it or leave it. It was a 28k list price, end of model year (October) and the price shown was just over 20k. After agreeing to that price, they tried to sell me an extended warranty, which I declined. I was going to pay cash, but they offered me another 2k rebate if I would take out a loan and not pay it off for 4 months. In the end I got the truck for just over 18k, plus tax. Then paid about 250 in interest during those four months, and paid off the loan after that, so that was a pretty good deal.

I suppose if you are a really good negotiator, you could get a better deal at another dealer, but from my shopping around, I doubt I would have gotten 8-10k off from another dealer, so the set price model is way better for me. Not sure if they are still doing that or not though. It was over five years ago now.

XboxBoy

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