Racer X said:I got on the waiting list for a GT500 in Feb 05'. Im was number 3 at MSRP!! Come time to order the car, I am off the list. I dont want to get into the details, but it involves GREED. I was wondering if any of you out there have suffered the same fate?
L33T said:Yeah exact same situation here.
I don't mean to be a dick, but 'premium' pricing is a JOKE.
10-20k over sticker price for a Ford is a travashamockery. One dealer told me if they don't get that much over sticker then it will just sit on the lot, they simply won't sell it.
I told him I'll never buy another car here, and left.
I have to also agree, now that I've had time to let my crushed dreams heal, it really will be much better to wait until the last year of production. This cycle is scheduled for 3 years right? In three years I'll have this 05 modded so much it should kill that Shelby. *new dream!
Agree. It happened with the Terminators and will likely happen again.srothfuss said:You mean when the redesign comes out in 09 that there will be leftover Shelby's sitting on the lots? It happened in 2004. Just wait for the guys with too much money to get them. They can develop the limits / baselines of the cars and then the buzz will wear off....
Let the novelists have their fun and after they tire of their trophies, snag them up, sans new-car depreciation.srothfuss said:But the production run on these cars isn't that limited. 7,000 - 10,000 per year (I don't know if those numbers are still accurate) is still a lot of vehicles. The problem for the first year will be getting all the "gotta have it now" folks the car right out of the gate. The second year will be much better for getting these cars around 40K
70snake said:Well Racer X, I'm right there with you, my family has bought 14 vehicles from our local dealership, and I too hit them up very early, and was supposed to be #1 on the list. Then they told me I had to pay 2k over sticker for the certification. That I was ok with. Then a week later, they told me that because of demand, they had to raise my price; but that because I was a loyal customer, I could still have it for 6k over sticker. Now today the bomb drops, they have an offer for 11k over sticker from some "yahoo", and now my loyalty means SQUAT! So I told them my entire family will take our business elsewhere. I wonder how many vehicles my family has to buy elsewhere, to equal the 5k difference? In any case, I guess their lines, and the #1 on the list don't mean squat. Well at least I've got my '05 Gt, to play with. I wont name the dealership, but it's in Marinette, WI.
2005 Mustang GT
2001 F350 4x4 crew
1991 Explorer
1972 Mach 1
1970 Shelby GT500
1965 A/FX Comet
paknght said:Well, I guess I'm the virgin in the crowd. I too had tried to jump the crowd last fall by putting name and some money down. After several months of tag phone calls, dealer calls me in May and says that I can order a convertible since I was #1 on the list. Dealer says MSRP and that it will be around 47K for convert. Dealers info says that 7K will be made and that production is to start in June and will roll by colors (conv and Cp) until next production color starts. I'm skeptical, but hopeful. I dont want to be "travashamockery".
roboto1720 said:I say Ford should build 100,000 Shelby Mustangs. They might sell them all. Then FOMOCO will make the money and let the greedy Dealerships sell them for under sticker. I would rather see Ford make the money. The person who talked about the lesson that Ford should have learned with the Thunderbird was right on. They were over priced too. look what happened ! Ford lost money on the Thundrbird.
paknght said:I will also keep my fingers crossed but not for eternatity. I gave the dealership an example of overpriced and MSRP plus prices, the newly designed and now discontinued Thunderbird. See what greed gets ya!!
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