the real deal with recent GT orders

audionut said:

I really appreciate the replies. I WILL keep on my dealerships A$$ about getting me the vin and whatnot. On that note I called today to speak with the inventory manager and what a coincidence, she wont be in until monday. Is the inventory manager the person I should be dealing with to get answers or is there a higher power you guys have had better luck with-right now I am only trying to find out if I will in fact be getting an '05 and in 3 months or less. I dont know if this is something the dealership can do but I am going to ask if they can do an inventory search of the whole country and get one transferred here-even if I have to pay the markup-im desperate and my trade in is losing value every day. thanks for reading all this crap- Jan

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audionut said:

this is a question rather than stating info but is there a definite answer out there to whether or not recent orders will be filled? I just ordered mine yesterday 4/20 ( I know im way behind) black/ drk chrcl,premium, IUP, manual,etc and I cannot get an answer at the dealership as to whether or not I will be getting this thing. It is a very large dealer (Maroone Ford of Margate, FL) but I keep reading all these horror stories on here about waiting 5 months or more and that was back in the beginning of the model year. When I was giving them the deposit of course the salesman said 12 weeks at the latest-yea right. Just wanted to know if there is a definite answer out there for me and others that recently ordered. thanks-soon to be '05 owner(hopefully)

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NiteRydaGT said:

I went to a very reputable local dealer here in NY last week and I was told there are no more 05's being produced, you can only get what's on a dealers lot. They could only get me into a '06 and I would recieve it around September. The salesman said 60% of orders placed will not be filled.

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damnisityellow said:

if you get a dora, you will get your car

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NVERL8 said:

Ordered 12/27/04
Built April 18th
delivered April 18th
Redfire GT coupe premium
auto, IUP

Took a long time but it was worth it!!!!!

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torri834 said:

How did you get a delivery date of the same day as build???

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Jennifer6525 said:

Take this for what it's worth but when I was at the dealership yesterday checking on the status of my car the sales manager told me that I was lucky that I ordered when I did(beginning of March) because I was the last order that was going to get filled for an '05 and everyone else would have to take an '06.He told me that the owners of the dealership had relatives that wanted '05's (GT's I beleive) and they couldnt get them.Now I dont know if they couldnt get allocation for them(small dealership)or they couldnt get them because the demand was/is too high but I thought that was rather interesting that the owners couldnt even get a new Mustang.

That is because they ordered cars they knew they could not get because they didn't have allocation. note above post where reputable is upper case for a reason. one reason for the order cutoff is so they can build the cars that are ordered but backlogged.



Good Luck with your car though,I hope you get it.

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MyBlueOval said:

I ordered a GT vert on 3/18 (X-plan $500 deposit) and I have DORA. As of 4/20 my order is C/U accoridng to the IVRU. I gave my dealer an ultimatium. If my car doesn't have a build date by 5/20, I'm going to cancel my order and buy a BMW 330ci. This late in the 2005 build cycle, if I don't have a build date by 5/20 then Ford and/or my dealership if full of **** and I don't want to do business with a company I can't trust.

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XStanger said:

Why on earth do all of you guys/girls blame the dealership for these problems?? The dealership is not building the cars in the shop, they are only at the mercy of the plant, and when it will be built is up to them!

Giving your dealership an ultimatium . At the current demand, I am surprised they didn't refund your money on the spot, because they could sell it for far more then x plan.

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