BIG_POPPY
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If you are going to a dealership that makes market adjustments or doesn't honor A,X,D plans. FIND A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP.Nov 2020 - Planned to buy a Platinum 702A with V8, Bluecruise, moonroof, and other options. My budget was $70K max using X-plan pricing
Nov 2020 - Joined Mustang Club of America to get X-Plan qualified
Dec 2020 - Saw a F-150 Platinum on the lot with most of the stuff I wanted except the color and it had a rusty differential. I decided not to make an offer on it...it wasn't calling my name.
Jan -June 2021 - Waited 6 months for the dealerships to hopefully entertain x-Plan for trucks again, but since the prices were going up too I started researching Lariats with options I wanted to bring the cost down. I adjusted my budget to $65K max. 2 can play that game.
July 2021 - Saw a truck on the lot I liked and offered to buy it for x-plan. Dealership didn't accept but said I could drop a $500 deposit and they would honor x-plan. I refused the dealership counter offer because I read so many posts that people were waiting for their truck to be built for at least 7 months. Dealership also told me that they would not give back my refund until the truck sold if I decided to buy a different truck off a lot.
Oct 2021 - With truck prices continuing to go up and no x-plan allowed without a years wait and having to put down a $500 deposit, I decided to lower my expectations once again and adjusted my budget to $60K for a truck I would like on the lot for MSRP (no higher)...after all the price of everything was going up except my income.
Oct 2021 - I bought the truck I have now for $1K under MSRP (Just under 60K). I'm very happy with my purchase even though it has cloth seats. In some ways it is spec'd out better than the truck I originally planned to buy in my opinion. I really love the cloth seats now. Truck has been trouble free.
What did I learn? I had to wait 11 months to get the truck I wanted at a cheaper price (like many here doing custom orders) and Ford got nothing until they built one and put it on a lot for me to drive. I think the choice I made kept me saner. By the time I bought my F-150 I had already started seriously looking at RAM too. A truck with a flat floor was always one of the most important features. Ford almost lost me
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