Are cancelling orders doable?
5/15/11, 12:50 PM
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Are cancelling orders doable?
I ordered a 12 GT at the end of march. Last week I called for the status of the car and the salesman said there's no VIN and its still on the shelf to begin production. There was an ETA of may 31, but he said since ford went from 3 shifts to 2 shifts it'll probably be the beginning of June. I put a $500 deposit on the car, and was wondering if its refundable if I cancel the order.
5/15/11, 01:02 PM
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I ordered a 12 GT at the end of march. Last week I called for the status of the car and the salesman said there's no VIN and its still on the shelf to begin production. There was an ETA of may 31, but he said since ford went from 3 shifts to 2 shifts it'll probably be the beginning of June. I put a $500 deposit on the car, and was wondering if its refundable if I cancel the order.
5/15/11, 01:20 PM
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Yea... May 31 is one day away from being the beginning of June. Is it really that big of an issue? There are people that ordered in Jan-Feb that still don't have their cars because of whatever reason. It is a special order, not like you are just picking one off the lot.
5/15/11, 02:30 PM
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Dunno if it's standard across dealers or not but I made sure that my deposit was fully refundable before I put it down. Not exactly sure why my deposit was even necessary since it is but they asked for $1k and settled for $500... why would I give them an extra $500 to hold on to for 2 months when I can let it work for me - even if it's just worth pennies -- instead of them.
5/15/11, 02:39 PM
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Charger or Challenger?.....or Caravan..? sorry had to laugh when I looked up RT and saw they were making one.
Performance wise the Charger is pretty much just a different car. It's a 370hp 4 door sedan with a 5 speed A/T. Seeing as it is a bigger car I doubt it will be doing close to the same numbers as the Mustang, but the AWD option always throws a screw into the mix. From the reviews I've seen a stock RT with RWD do 13.7 1/4 mile, but can't seem to find an AWD time.
Performance wise the Charger is pretty much just a different car. It's a 370hp 4 door sedan with a 5 speed A/T. Seeing as it is a bigger car I doubt it will be doing close to the same numbers as the Mustang, but the AWD option always throws a screw into the mix. From the reviews I've seen a stock RT with RWD do 13.7 1/4 mile, but can't seem to find an AWD time.
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5/15/11, 03:17 PM
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If you don't have a VIN now, you will not have a car by May 31. Or June 1st, for that matter, it would have to have been built already and on the train to get there by that time frame.
Just be straight up with your salesman and ask him if they have the allotment available to get your car. If it has been this long without getting a VIN, more than likely they don't have the extra allotment to use for your order.
Just be straight up with your salesman and ask him if they have the allotment available to get your car. If it has been this long without getting a VIN, more than likely they don't have the extra allotment to use for your order.
5/15/11, 03:38 PM
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I was actually talking about the Charger R/T RWD with the 5.7. Does the GT auto really have that much better time than this RT? I expected the GT I have on order by early summer but I guess that's not going to happen.
5/15/11, 04:15 PM
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I ordered a 12 GT at the end of march. Last week I called for the status of the car and the salesman said there's no VIN and its still on the shelf to begin production. There was an ETA of may 31, but he said since ford went from 3 shifts to 2 shifts it'll probably be the beginning of June. I put a $500 deposit on the car, and was wondering if its refundable if I cancel the order.
5/15/11, 04:28 PM
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They normally don't give ETAs till after the build is scheduled, unless you are doing an order like mine where I said I get back to the states on this day and need the car. But that has to do with a military ordering program, so I don't know for sure.
5/15/11, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnNy5126
The dealer put may 31 on the day I ordered the car. Right on the invoice.
5/15/11, 05:43 PM
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5/15/11, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Jack's07
I would say the GT is .7 to .9 tenths faster.
5/15/11, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by LEwis26
That's clearly just an arbitrary estimate. He had no way to know if the car would come then, especially with the current inspection hold.
5/15/11, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnNy5126
So most likely im looking at the end of summer right?
5/15/11, 08:38 PM
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I ordered a 12 GT at the end of march. Last week I called for the status of the car and the salesman said there's no VIN and its still on the shelf to begin production. There was an ETA of may 31, but he said since ford went from 3 shifts to 2 shifts it'll probably be the beginning of June. I put a $500 deposit on the car, and was wondering if its refundable if I cancel the order.
5/15/11, 08:51 PM
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Orders are taking forever lately, especially with the inspection hold going on. I'm at 16 weeks as of tomorrow, and my car has been finished since the 21st of april. Now just waiting for it to get on a truck for the 300 mile journey to my dealer.
5/15/11, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by jaybertx
I wouldn't go that far. I would get your order number from the dealership and then send that information to Deysha and ask her for the details... She would be able to tell you the current status.