Well it's not silly at all. I understand dealer loyalty, but conversely your dealer should understand if you go somewhere else since they didn't receive an allocation. I am pretty certain the lottery has been complete for some time now for the 2012s. There is a chance they could get a 2013, but that is at least a year out.

 

Deposit placed on 11/19/10 for a Kona Blue with accessory package but no Recaro's/diff at MSRP. Supposed to be first quarter build but no VIN production week from my dealer yet. Am I the only guy not to order Recaro's?

 

Well, I'll keep my fingers crossed, and if it comes to it, I'd hope that a dealer trade is possible.

 

That might be possible, however I suspect it would take dealer trading a GT500 to possibly make it happen. Have you contacted other dealers in the general vicinity to see if they have allocation for one?

 

I did not get the Recaros/Torsen option.

 

Just placed the order tonight. $500 under MSRP. Kona w/ recaros and accs. package. Supposed to be first quarter build.

 

Nice! Good price too.

 

Seems to be going smoothly at this point, however, I won't really be comfortable until it's in my garage!

 

Post your buid week and VIN when you get it. Congrats!

 

On Ford video at Speed channel, Mustang engineer stated that with the regular differential, the disks would get fried on hard turning acceleration; ergo, the reason to get the torque sensing diff.

 

If you want one at MSRP check this out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BOSS-...item3cb38e0168

LQQK

 

If I was tracking the car regularly, I would have gotten that option. He also said it was because the weight of the toolbar and the effect of hitting racing curbs along the track. That is a more demanding situation than at Autocross, which where I primarily would use it.

 

I have a Ingot Silver LS coming in 3rd Qtr @ MSRP.

 

Wow and they indicate they will sell a LS at MSRP? First quarter builds? Better jump on it.

 

Respectfully, you are misled. Autocross is "demanding" and will generate compariable friction (heat) in the diff. Torsen is preferred over clutch-type diffs in Autocross for several reasons, one of which is disc wear. Research some of the Autocross forum threads related to "repacking" (rebuilding) the factory limited slip every 2-3 events in Stock classes (competitively speaking).

Dave

 

Technically they don't mention selling the LS at sticker. I have a call into them and they are suppose to get back to me. The Mustang guru isn't in right now so the salesman is suppose to give me a call back. He thought they were asking $5K over but wasn't sure. He thought they had 2 allocations but wasn't sure if they were spoken for.

edit - Just looked at their ad again and they took all reference of the LS off of it. This morning they mentioned the LS color and now that has been removed.

 

Just talked to Capitol Ford and both their LS allocations are spoken for. They said they were asking $5K over. Must have gotten it.

 

I ain't that competitive

Yes, you are correct, at an aggressive level of usage over a season, I would assume this to be the case. For the recreational autocrosser like myself (2-3 events in a season), I do not expect this to be a problem. For reference, I won the class in my area SCCA way back in the day (1998) in an SN-95 Mustang (1996 Cobra) in F Stock, even on stock tires and no cambered out front struts.

Thanks for the clarification on my comments. The Torsen is definitely a great option!

 

Bumping for fresh data.

Happy New Year everyone.

 

out of about 25-30 dealerships only two have an LS, one said other one hasn't gotten back to me yet after I asked price.