Legend Lime Up Close.

LilHog

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I visited a local dealer in my area (Manderbach Ford) and he had an 05 Mustang GT in legend lime sitting in the show room. I stoped in to see and touch it, and get a price. The color is truely spectacular in person and I thought that this color would be my last choice, I really like it. The car had the upgraded wheels, Shaker 500 and premium package and thats it. No IUP as that was what I was really interested in, but oh well so I checked the inside and sat in the car. I must say I was very impressed, Ford did an excellent job with the interior and the workmanship. I've read so many posts with people complaining how cheap the interior looks, well in my opinion it look absolutly fantastic and I would be very proud to own one. I asked about price and a test drive and was told the battery was dead???? So I went back to the car and the power seat wouldn't move and no horn either. So they must have disconected the battery or maybe it was really dead from people playing with it. So in other words a test drive was out of the question. As far as price, 25K and some change and he was adding 1,000 over MSRP for market adjustment. I then asked the salesman if he actually expected to get it, and he just shrugged his shoulders and looked at me with a grin. I think Ford has a great vehicle here but the dealers are ruining it with the market adjustment pricing. So they can keep that one and as I was headed towards the door the salesman asked for my info (name and number), I kindly explaind thanks but no thanks. I'll be placing my order for an 05 in a few weeks, but it won't be from this dealer. :notnice:
 
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Dealers gouge-you walk. Good play. Salesman justifying "market adjustments" are spitting out what they have been programed to say at their morning sales meeting. Dealers that engage in this type of behavior are short-sited fools. They would prefer an extra grand right now over cultivating a customer relationship that could net them many sales and service encounters in the following years. That mentality has caused the failure of many businesses.
 
I cant believe the prices, here in Iowa... its Sticker or no sale... but I havent seen anyone asking for over MSRP.

Its the American affordable sports car... a GT Prem for 35k is a bit more than I would ever consider.

The Ford Thunderbird is supposed to be in that range.
 
I haven't seen any marked up in the Frederick MD. area and Ford dealers surrounding. However, a salesman told me specifically that The Frederick Motor Company would not mark them up.
 
I just cringe when I see this happening. Don't they realize, not all dealers are marking them up. Okay so the car is selling well and demand is high. Alright lets say a dealer who marks his Mustangs up $1,000 and he sells 5 Mustangs in three weeks. So you go 25 miles down the road and this dealer doesn't mark his up and ends up selling 30 in three weeks... Who is making money.... It's just a bad game plan and makes Ford look bad in general even though it's the dealers.... greedy bast***s
 
I've seen a lot of opinions on what you "should" be paying for an '05 at this early point in their introduction to the market. Let's face it, anyone buying or comtemplaing the purchase of a new '05 isn't destitute by any means (I'm not "rich" but not livin' out of a cardboard box either) and $500 or a $1,000 either way really won't make a bit of financial difference. I just ordered mine about ten days ago (redfire V-6, manual trans., many upgrades, etc.) and the dealer gave me, to the dime, the exact price I was anticipating after building and pricing the car on the Ford website. Had it been closer to the introduction of next year's inevitable minor variations, I would have haggled just out of principal if nothing else. As long as I didn't encounter any nut-job dealer-initiated price add-ons I feel like I got a fair deal all around...no muss, no fuss. Paying MSRP seems like heresy to some in this forum but please refer to my opening comments...it's not like you're saving a lot of money by spending untold effort searching out the lowest price. In this case I definitely prefer my local dealer. They've been in the area for generations and have a good reputation. They also know if I'm not happy about something I'm very likely to haunt them since I'm local as well. Keep the customer happy even if it costs you a few bucks...repeat business and :flag: recommendations to other potential buyers; that's how your business grows...not through gouging for a quick buck.
 
Thats nothing compared to what I saw when I was living in Denver. Back when the Corvette ZO6 first it the market one dealer in the Denver area, the chevy place off of 70 wanted $10,000 over sticker for adjusted market value. It is B.S. if you ask me.

A fool and thier money will soon be seperated.