The problem is when the dealership knows they can sell an in demand vehicle for much more than MSRP...the fear is that you have ordered the vehicle and then when it arrives at the dealership they suddenly want $5k-$10k more for it. There is no way you are going to get another one anytime soon. People are trying to make sure they don't get screwed out of the vehicle that they order by a greedy dealership.
Ah ok, back in June they told me they didn't have any idea if they were going to try to add ADM and they'd let me know. At the end of August I got a message saying there wasn't any updates. If they said no ADM I probably wouldn't have transferred my reservation away from them.
I'm not in CA, but I ran across this post from another Lightning Forum. Guy from Serramonte Ford posted no ADM. Maybe that is an option for you Bay Area folks. https://www.ford-lightning.com/threads/serramonte-ford-here-to-answer-questions.140/
I think I talked with Bob Bowers Ford about the Bronco. They were offering a competitive deal. Give them a call.
I wonder about this too. X plan pricing limits the document fee to $100, so it seems reasonable to expect a dealer not to exceed that.
My experience with Banner Ford was good until it got time for them to commit to actual price. However this is when I was trying to buy a 2020 F150 Platinum in March 2020 listed for sale on their site. After a couple of phone calls and emails with Les & Shelby I was told by Les I would be hearing from a Sales manager to confirm pricing. Pricing was clearly posted on their site but nonetheless never heard from a sales manager, even told this to Les once or twice he said I should be hearing from someone. I think perhaps they just didn't know how to do an out of state sale. Anyway I moved on after waiting about a month and started looking for something else. Heard about the new '21 F150 and long story short ordered 1 from Granger and been happy I got it instead of the '20. Turns out Banner didn't manage to sell the 2020 until November. Ouch, all that money they had tied up in financing that sitting on the lot which by the way had been on their lot since the beginning of January.
Im with ya, i’ve been buying used cars for years. And to order a new car assigned to a specific dealership? Never. Im bracing myself to get hosed on my trade in, because how could it possibly go any other way when im a captive customer? (Probably will need to sell on CL).
When the time comes, check with Carvana, Carmax, Vroom, etc. When I sold the car, Carvana came in at 70% higher than the dealer, and the process literally took less than 10 minutes.
You can get quotes for your trade from other dealers, CarMax, carvana, ect. and then try to negotiate. Most dealers will buy your car without you buying one from them especially with where the market is currently.
