Hey, I visited the Great Lakes Ford dealer in Muskegon, MI a couple of hours ago to see the new Mustang. They sold it, so I decided to ask the salesma about the Vert. He told me that it is currently not offical because the convertible has not been meeting government standards. Roll-over protection, I think he said it was. Has anyone heard of something like this?

 

same chassis so i would guess it would not be an issue. also the more weight towards bottom of car less chance of rollover.

when i first saw car at auto show in jan 04 i asked rep about structural integrity of vert and he said car was designed as vert originally and hardtop added afterwards

 

Sounds like more dealer BS to me

 

That was your first mistake. The second one was believing him.

 

he's gonna want to sell you a car for delivery now not for something a couple months down the road from job 1

who knows he might not be still there by then and lose the comish

 

Dealers know less than we do about future products.

 

you're all right about that... i guess I'm testin them then.

 

That was your first mistake. The second one was believing him. [/b][/quote]
haha.

 

This is BS!

 

Looks like the salesman has a bottle in his drawer

The convertible launch was delayed ON PURPOSE, it is fine

 

Believe me, things are on schedule. I got confirmation of that yesterday, and my source knows more than this salesman, I assure you.

 

Brad, do you have any little, even meaningless vert tidbits to share? Those of us who want to go topless are still grasping for anything, you know.

 

Nothing I can pass along.

 

AHA! So you DO know something! I KNEW IT!

And you're NOT telling us! I KNEW IT I KNEW IT I KNEW IT!!!

:bang:

j/k

 

I tell you everything they let me tell you, and what I know isn't a big deal. It's not like I'm in the FBI.

 

So it looks like now the VERT rumours are starting.. Strap on your seatbelts everyone cause we are in for a looooong ride.

 

What about the Witness Protection Program?

 

A dealer told me the vert was going to be delayed until next year or some other BS but we know better.

 

Dealers will say anything to make their current inventory look or sound more appealing to you. They want to move cars out of their lot, not push cars they don't have yet.

 

Whenever you visit a Ford dealer, the first thing you need to do is count how many 2004 Mustangs are still sitting on that dealer's lot.

It will tell you where that dealer's mindset is.

If I ran a Ford dealer I would not knock 1 nickel off of MSRP on '05 Stangs until ALL of my '04s were gone.