We TRIED to get a Mach 1 Thursday. Every dealer in the area said there were 5 left (and they all agreed on color and location, so we took them as legit).
We bought a yellow '04 from Ohio. Signed all the papers, and were told to come and get it Saturday.
Thursday NIGHT, we got a call saying the car had been sold . . . which we thought was odd since they were on the phone with the Ohio dealer when we got cleared for the finances.
AMAZINGLY, though, they had another Mach I, same color, same EVERYTHING in Ohio . . . only it was $2k more. See, it had some dealer options . . .
We told them to jerk the options, and get us the car. Uh, couldn't do it.
BUT, they had another one . . . same EVERYTHING, 200 miles north of the other 2. Only it was made later in 2004 after Ford raised the price. Huh? NATURALLY, it was $3k higher AND it would be an extra $200 to transport.
We told them to stick it . . . on the way to the lawyer with our signed contracts for an '04 Mach.
You know, we have 3 Mustangs, a Probe GT (original first year owner), and an SHO. Looks like Ford would take care of some of their best advertisers.
I guess not.