[quote=am1scott,February 25, 2005, 10:56 PM]Oh, hey, no hard feelings here and my apologies if there were any there. I was just a little peeved about how some auto makers charge the customer for things and some don't. None of the vehicles I've ever purchased have had any such charges. Once again, sorry if I came off as being a know-it-all. Oh, and here's a good one. I talked to my buddy again today and he said that he would not in fact be able to do D plan for me. You were right, he said Ford has really put the clamps on unauthorized use of any of the partner plans. He did talk to the GM about my case though and said they would give it to me at 5% over cost (a little over 7% off msrp if my calcs are correct, for an 05 model anyway). He even said that they would give that price guarantee to me in writing at the time of order if I wanted. It's no D, X or Z plan...but it is a pretty smoking deal IMO. Now, if June would just get here so I can order (I want it yesterday but finances do not allow).
And again...
and thanks for your insight. It did help.

Hope everything works out on the order...you'll love the car!!!