I found a needle in a haystack
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This is a bit of a story so enjoy or ignore. It just feels good to tell someone.
As I'm sure all Clean and Unscheduled Club Members have, I've been scouring the dealerships around my area (Chicagoland) hoping for a miracle that I'd find the car I've ordered just sitting on a lot waiting for me to drive home in it. In my constant search of the local inventories, yesterday I finally came across the Mecca of Mustang dealers, Webb Ford in Wheaton. They had three, yes three, Torch Red GT convertibles waiting to be sold, one with IUP and everything I wanted. After talking to the owner of the dealership it seems he's been scouring the country picking up cars and flatbedding them to him. Depening on the cost he's been tacking on a premium up to $6,000 (or so he says). Anyway I put him off till today, tell him I can only handle $1,000 or $2,000 over (worth it for my sanity after Ford's order process) He agrees on $2,000 and I take the train downtown from my office out to the dealer. The owner picks me up at the train in a beutiful, silver, 2005 Saleen. We pull into his dealership (never been by it) and there's two more 2005 Saleen's on my left and a Roush being prepped to be delivered. Mustang heaven. We walk in to the showroom and there's a Ford GT right smack dab in the middle. I'm in and out in 30 minutes driving the hour or so back to my house. On the way I called the dealer I ordered with in January to give him the bad news. He congratulated me and refunded my $1,000 deposit.
The only think keeping this from being the perfect day is that it was raining, so she went straight into the garage. All I could pull was this quick confirmation pick 
Now the fun begins.
As I'm sure all Clean and Unscheduled Club Members have, I've been scouring the dealerships around my area (Chicagoland) hoping for a miracle that I'd find the car I've ordered just sitting on a lot waiting for me to drive home in it. In my constant search of the local inventories, yesterday I finally came across the Mecca of Mustang dealers, Webb Ford in Wheaton. They had three, yes three, Torch Red GT convertibles waiting to be sold, one with IUP and everything I wanted. After talking to the owner of the dealership it seems he's been scouring the country picking up cars and flatbedding them to him. Depening on the cost he's been tacking on a premium up to $6,000 (or so he says). Anyway I put him off till today, tell him I can only handle $1,000 or $2,000 over (worth it for my sanity after Ford's order process) He agrees on $2,000 and I take the train downtown from my office out to the dealer. The owner picks me up at the train in a beutiful, silver, 2005 Saleen. We pull into his dealership (never been by it) and there's two more 2005 Saleen's on my left and a Roush being prepped to be delivered. Mustang heaven. We walk in to the showroom and there's a Ford GT right smack dab in the middle. I'm in and out in 30 minutes driving the hour or so back to my house. On the way I called the dealer I ordered with in January to give him the bad news. He congratulated me and refunded my $1,000 deposit.
The only think keeping this from being the perfect day is that it was raining, so she went straight into the garage. All I could pull was this quick confirmation pick Now the fun begins.
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My story is very similar. After being C/U since 12/10/04 the wife finally hit the breaking point. She said she was'nt waiting any longer, that she was going to go buy another Nissan. I started calling every dealer that was within driving distance. Low and behold at 7:30pm I found the exact car we had ordered at a dealer about 100 miles away. At first I thought the salesman was just trying to get me up there to sell me whatever he had. I made him read me the window sticker. It was the right car!! I ask what time they closed, 9:00pm. I told him it would be between 9:30 and 10 before I could get there. He said he would wait on us. Turns out that a guy ordered the car, it had arrived the day before. He came in to get it that morning and his financeing fell through. My wife called it "divine intervention". At 5 minutes after midnight we drove it off the showroom floor. It had the extra sticker, you know the one with +$2000 on it. He never mentioned it. He just said up front on the phone that the price is sticker price. When I ask him about the "markup" he said that they had not actually added that to any they had sold. He said they used it as a sales/marketing tool. When other dealers demand over sticker and customers come there complaining, they would just immedialtely ditch the mark up and give the customer a warm fuzzy feeling.
Sorry about the length here.
Sorry about the length here.
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Originally posted by Centurion@April 27, 2005, 12:02 AM
This is a bit of a story so enjoy or ignore. It just feels good to tell someone.
As I'm sure all Clean and Unscheduled Club Members have, I've been scouring the dealerships around my area (Chicagoland) hoping for a miracle that I'd find the car I've ordered just sitting on a lot waiting for me to drive home in it. In my constant search of the local inventories, yesterday I finally came across the Mecca of Mustang dealers, Webb Ford in Wheaton. They had three, yes three, Torch Red GT convertibles waiting to be sold, one with IUP and everything I wanted. After talking to the owner of the dealership it seems he's been scouring the country picking up cars and flatbedding them to him. Depening on the cost he's been tacking on a premium up to $6,000 (or so he says). Anyway I put him off till today, tell him I can only handle $1,000 or $2,000 over (worth it for my sanity after Ford's order process) He agrees on $2,000 and I take the train downtown from my office out to the dealer. The owner picks me up at the train in a beutiful, silver, 2005 Saleen. We pull into his dealership (never been by it) and there's two more 2005 Saleen's on my left and a Roush being prepped to be delivered. Mustang heaven. We walk in to the showroom and there's a Ford GT right smack dab in the middle. I'm in and out in 30 minutes driving the hour or so back to my house. On the way I called the dealer I ordered with in January to give him the bad news. He congratulated me and refunded my $1,000 deposit. The only think keeping this from being the perfect day is that it was raining, so she went straight into the garage. All I could pull was this quick confirmation pick
Now the fun begins.
This is a bit of a story so enjoy or ignore. It just feels good to tell someone.
As I'm sure all Clean and Unscheduled Club Members have, I've been scouring the dealerships around my area (Chicagoland) hoping for a miracle that I'd find the car I've ordered just sitting on a lot waiting for me to drive home in it. In my constant search of the local inventories, yesterday I finally came across the Mecca of Mustang dealers, Webb Ford in Wheaton. They had three, yes three, Torch Red GT convertibles waiting to be sold, one with IUP and everything I wanted. After talking to the owner of the dealership it seems he's been scouring the country picking up cars and flatbedding them to him. Depening on the cost he's been tacking on a premium up to $6,000 (or so he says). Anyway I put him off till today, tell him I can only handle $1,000 or $2,000 over (worth it for my sanity after Ford's order process) He agrees on $2,000 and I take the train downtown from my office out to the dealer. The owner picks me up at the train in a beutiful, silver, 2005 Saleen. We pull into his dealership (never been by it) and there's two more 2005 Saleen's on my left and a Roush being prepped to be delivered. Mustang heaven. We walk in to the showroom and there's a Ford GT right smack dab in the middle. I'm in and out in 30 minutes driving the hour or so back to my house. On the way I called the dealer I ordered with in January to give him the bad news. He congratulated me and refunded my $1,000 deposit.
The only think keeping this from being the perfect day is that it was raining, so she went straight into the garage. All I could pull was this quick confirmation pick Now the fun begins.
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Glad you got your car but you're another reason why dealers feel like they can mark things up. Must be nice to have extra money to blow. 
If you paid me $2k over sticker for mine I'd rent a Ford GT to pick you up. lol
If you paid me $2k over sticker for mine I'd rent a Ford GT to pick you up. lol
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Originally posted by NolanzDad+April 27, 2005, 6:15 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(NolanzDad @ April 27, 2005, 6:15 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Centurion@April 27, 2005, 12:02 AM
This is a bit of a story so enjoy or ignore. It just feels good to tell someone.
As I'm sure all Clean and Unscheduled Club Members have, I've been scouring the dealerships around my area (Chicagoland) hoping for a miracle that I'd find the car I've ordered just sitting on a lot waiting for me to drive home in it. In my constant search of the local inventories, yesterday I finally came across the Mecca of Mustang dealers, Webb Ford in Wheaton. They had three, yes three, Torch Red GT convertibles waiting to be sold, one with IUP and everything I wanted. After talking to the owner of the dealership it seems he's been scouring the country picking up cars and flatbedding them to him. Depening on the cost he's been tacking on a premium up to $6,000 (or so he says). Anyway I put him off till today, tell him I can only handle $1,000 or $2,000 over (worth it for my sanity after Ford's order process) He agrees on $2,000 and I take the train downtown from my office out to the dealer. The owner picks me up at the train in a beutiful, silver, 2005 Saleen. We pull into his dealership (never been by it) and there's two more 2005 Saleen's on my left and a Roush being prepped to be delivered. Mustang heaven. We walk in to the showroom and there's a Ford GT right smack dab in the middle. I'm in and out in 30 minutes driving the hour or so back to my house. On the way I called the dealer I ordered with in January to give him the bad news. He congratulated me and refunded my $1,000 deposit. The only think keeping this from being the perfect day is that it was raining, so she went straight into the garage. All I could pull was this quick confirmation pick
Now the fun begins.
This is a bit of a story so enjoy or ignore. It just feels good to tell someone.
As I'm sure all Clean and Unscheduled Club Members have, I've been scouring the dealerships around my area (Chicagoland) hoping for a miracle that I'd find the car I've ordered just sitting on a lot waiting for me to drive home in it. In my constant search of the local inventories, yesterday I finally came across the Mecca of Mustang dealers, Webb Ford in Wheaton. They had three, yes three, Torch Red GT convertibles waiting to be sold, one with IUP and everything I wanted. After talking to the owner of the dealership it seems he's been scouring the country picking up cars and flatbedding them to him. Depening on the cost he's been tacking on a premium up to $6,000 (or so he says). Anyway I put him off till today, tell him I can only handle $1,000 or $2,000 over (worth it for my sanity after Ford's order process) He agrees on $2,000 and I take the train downtown from my office out to the dealer. The owner picks me up at the train in a beutiful, silver, 2005 Saleen. We pull into his dealership (never been by it) and there's two more 2005 Saleen's on my left and a Roush being prepped to be delivered. Mustang heaven. We walk in to the showroom and there's a Ford GT right smack dab in the middle. I'm in and out in 30 minutes driving the hour or so back to my house. On the way I called the dealer I ordered with in January to give him the bad news. He congratulated me and refunded my $1,000 deposit.
The only think keeping this from being the perfect day is that it was raining, so she went straight into the garage. All I could pull was this quick confirmation pick Now the fun begins.
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Dude, this just isn't happening. Deal with the situation as it exists. It's here to stay until the supply catches up with demand on this thing. I predict somewhere in the mid '06MY.
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Congrats to you, enjoy youre new car, So what if you paid a little over sticker, I tell you Ford has some loyal customers, I am in the same boat, have been looking all over the place for a sonic blue GT, w/IUP and Bullets, no luck, well almost no luck I had found one in Charlotte NC, they want close to 30k, I refuse to pay it, so still C/U for now, but if I found my car I would consider paying a little over sticker at this point, Fords ordering process blows..
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A touching story! Glad you found your car! I too found my car on a dealer lot back in November. This just proves that these car are out there on dealer lots, you just have to look hard for them.
here's your obligatory banana:
here's your obligatory banana:
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I haven't found one Mustang yet (in or around Vancouver, Canada) that is marked up above MSRP. It's amazing that dealers can get away with this south of the boarder.
Anyone know how it is back east (in Canada)
Congratulations on the purchase, I bet you can't wait to drop the top on a nice warm day and just blast off!
for you!
Anyone know how it is back east (in Canada)
Congratulations on the purchase, I bet you can't wait to drop the top on a nice warm day and just blast off!
for you!
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Another Vert among us. This sure has been the Vert month so far. Actually, we have gotten a bunch of TMS Stangs added to the stable this month period (vert AND fastback). I love it when a TMSer who has been waiting finally gets theirs.
The story is great and the car is sweet. Have fun. :drive:
The story is great and the car is sweet. Have fun. :drive:
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Originally posted by bpmurr@April 27, 2005, 4:18 AM
Glad you got your car but you're another reason why dealers feel like they can mark things up. Must be nice to have extra money to blow. If you paid me $2k over sticker for mine I'd rent a Ford GT to pick you up. lol
Glad you got your car but you're another reason why dealers feel like they can mark things up. Must be nice to have extra money to blow.
If you paid me $2k over sticker for mine I'd rent a Ford GT to pick you up. lol
I say if you want it...can afford it...then get it, even at a premium. The fruits of our labor, so to speak.
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[quote=Lirathal,April 27, 2005, 9:46 AM]
I haven't found one Mustang yet (in or around Vancouver, Canada) that is marked up above MSRP. It's amazing that dealers can get away with this south of the boarder.
Anyone know how it is back east (in Canada)
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I bought mine at invoice.
I haven't found one Mustang yet (in or around Vancouver, Canada) that is marked up above MSRP. It's amazing that dealers can get away with this south of the boarder.
Anyone know how it is back east (in Canada)
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I bought mine at invoice.
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Joined: August 18, 2004
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WHY? Why would you give in to the demands of a dealer holding a car "hostage"!....WAKE UP PEOPLE!! The sooner you get over this obsession to be the first on your street to own the '05 Mustang, the better it will be for all of us that wait impatiently. RESIST...RESIST,I tell you!
I'm still searching, but I will probably have to change my signature to a 2006.
