Hey All,
I recently deployed to Iraq about six weeks ago with the 101st ABN. The Army, through their major supplier AAFES, who sales EVERYTHING that the solider buys on post or otherwise. Anyway, they have a car sales division over here and they sale soley through Ford and Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep. The guys that work there are amazingly funny Irish guys who always talk about the lack of beer and women here. Anyway, to the point... The sales pitch is:
You give them 1000 bucks to put your name on ANY car that Ford DIRECTLY sales to the consumer. You build it to your specs much the same way you would with a dealer. Then give them a build date and a shipping address. Now obviously you wouldn't want it built next month if you're not going to be home like me til December of 2008. So, they give you the total price, from the factory, and subtract the deployment discount, the grand you already gave them, plus what ever the monthly incentive is for that particular month. You get the final cost. The cool part is that if the incentives go up, for example, if I bought it with only 500 bucks rebate in October, but five months later in March they went up to 2500 and back down again to 1000 the next month, you qualify for the highest factory rebate between when you sign the contract to when the car is delivered. Not only that, but since you are overseas, you pay no tax and there isn't a monthly payment. However, if you so choose to pay something, which you will, whatever you DO pay, goes strait to the principal. You haven't financed anything yet since the car doesn't exist for another 14 months or so. Your payments along with the highest rebate offer and the grand you put down originally plus whatever the deployment discount is is deducted from your total balance. By the time you are ready for the car to be built and shipped to your house in the states, they then finance you with whatever bank you choose on the remaining sum of your contract. Your credit then comes into play and whatever interest rate you can get from the banks depends on you.
I don't know, maybe I've been screwing around with the dealers too long on the weekends test driving, but this honestly sounds like the BEST deal I have ever seen on a car. Maybe there's too much sand in my ears or something, but I just wanted you guy's opinion on this and if it's a good thing to attempt.
They can do Shelby's too, but not Roush or any other specialty maker since they aren't direct from Ford. The best part of all, if for some reason you decide that you don't want it anymore before the car is built, you can ask for all your money back and cancel the contract since there is no car and no loan! I still have some more questions to ask them, like can I buy a GT500, and about future cars like the BOSS, but I will let you all know more details ASAP. The internet here is really limited so I will try to get back on when possible. Thank for any replys and so sorry for the long winded explaination!
I recently deployed to Iraq about six weeks ago with the 101st ABN. The Army, through their major supplier AAFES, who sales EVERYTHING that the solider buys on post or otherwise. Anyway, they have a car sales division over here and they sale soley through Ford and Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep. The guys that work there are amazingly funny Irish guys who always talk about the lack of beer and women here. Anyway, to the point... The sales pitch is:
You give them 1000 bucks to put your name on ANY car that Ford DIRECTLY sales to the consumer. You build it to your specs much the same way you would with a dealer. Then give them a build date and a shipping address. Now obviously you wouldn't want it built next month if you're not going to be home like me til December of 2008. So, they give you the total price, from the factory, and subtract the deployment discount, the grand you already gave them, plus what ever the monthly incentive is for that particular month. You get the final cost. The cool part is that if the incentives go up, for example, if I bought it with only 500 bucks rebate in October, but five months later in March they went up to 2500 and back down again to 1000 the next month, you qualify for the highest factory rebate between when you sign the contract to when the car is delivered. Not only that, but since you are overseas, you pay no tax and there isn't a monthly payment. However, if you so choose to pay something, which you will, whatever you DO pay, goes strait to the principal. You haven't financed anything yet since the car doesn't exist for another 14 months or so. Your payments along with the highest rebate offer and the grand you put down originally plus whatever the deployment discount is is deducted from your total balance. By the time you are ready for the car to be built and shipped to your house in the states, they then finance you with whatever bank you choose on the remaining sum of your contract. Your credit then comes into play and whatever interest rate you can get from the banks depends on you.
I don't know, maybe I've been screwing around with the dealers too long on the weekends test driving, but this honestly sounds like the BEST deal I have ever seen on a car. Maybe there's too much sand in my ears or something, but I just wanted you guy's opinion on this and if it's a good thing to attempt.
They can do Shelby's too, but not Roush or any other specialty maker since they aren't direct from Ford. The best part of all, if for some reason you decide that you don't want it anymore before the car is built, you can ask for all your money back and cancel the contract since there is no car and no loan! I still have some more questions to ask them, like can I buy a GT500, and about future cars like the BOSS, but I will let you all know more details ASAP. The internet here is really limited so I will try to get back on when possible. Thank for any replys and so sorry for the long winded explaination!