Pasco08 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 I have been thinking about ordering a Mustang through my local dealership as i can't find the one that has everything i want with the color i want. Can anyone tell me the process involved and the wait time that goes with it? Can you still haggle down the price or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danglin Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 (edited) I have been thinking about ordering a Mustang through my local dealership as i can't find the one that has everything i want with the color i want. Can anyone tell me the process involved and the wait time that goes with it? Can you still haggle down the price or not? I have a local dealer that I have a great relationship and have ordered my current 2004 F250, and 2011 Mustang GT. Three weeks ago, I ordered a 2014 F350. On the 2004 Superduty, I negotiated the price after the truck arrived. On the Mustang I used X-Plan, and I already have an X-plan pin for the 2014 Superduty. My Salesman already knows I am using X-Plan. I prefer using it than price neogotiating. To each his own. Depending on the dealer, they may not be as easy to work with on ordering. I simply went in and ordered, no downpayments, no price discussion. They know I am buying and with X-plan, the pricing is already known. I already know that I will get kelly blue book trade-in on the F250. Now it is just waiting, there are many variables, and it will take what it takes. We got the 04 Superduty in a month, It was almost 3 months for the Mustang, and the 2014 Superduty has not been scheduled yet. No Worries!! I highly recommed ordering and getting exactly what you want, and using X-Plan, you can get a PIN by joining the Mustang Club of America for $50.00. On the Superduty it knocked $5,000.00 off of Sticker. It is a little above Invoice. Good Luck and Welcome to the Forum!! Edited August 7, 2013 by danglin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenCaylor Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 All four cars I've owned since 1965 have been ordered. My last, a 2000 Mustang, I ordered through the AAA fleet order program. They make an appointment with the closest Ford fleet dealer to where you live. I went to KBB to get the codes for the exact car I wanted. Went into the fleet dealer at my local Ford dealership and said "Here's what I want". In and out in 10 minutes. It's a no haggle deal, just a bit over invoice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanh Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 I have a local dealer that I have a great relationship and have ordered my current 2004 F250, and 2011 Mustang GT. Three weeks ago, I ordered a 2014 F350. On the 2004 Superduty, I negotiated the price after the truck arrived. On the Mustang I used X-Plan, and I already have an X-plan pin for the 2014 Superduty. My Salesman already knows I am using X-Plan. I prefer using it than price neogotiating. To each his own. Depending on the dealer, they may not be as easy to work with on ordering. I simply went in and ordered, no downpayments, no price discussion. They know I am buying and with X-plan, the pricing is already known. I already know that I will get kelly blue book trade-in on the F250. Now it is just waiting, there are many variables, and it will take what it takes. We got the 04 Superduty in a month, It was almost 3 months for the Mustang, and the 2014 Superduty has not been scheduled yet. No Worries!! I highly recommed ordering and getting exactly what you want, and using X-Plan, you can get a PIN by joining the Mustang Club of America for $50.00. On the Superduty it knocked $5,000.00 off of Sticker. It is a little above Invoice. Good Luck and Welcome to the Forum!! question, have you already had your truck appraised?...trade in value has a LOT of variables and KBB is only a guide, plus there will be a few book changes as per the norm, before the 2014 Super Duties arrive....that said X plan makes it easy for everyone, on the new car..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danglin Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 question, have you already had your truck appraised?...trade in value has a LOT of variables and KBB is only a guide, plus there will be a few book changes as per the norm, before the 2014 Super Duties arrive....that said X plan makes it easy for everyone, on the new car..... My dealer is using a kelley blue book online program using a vehicle condition of good. I could get more selling it myself, do not want to deal with the hassle. I am good with the price they get of off KBB. I guess I am too easy to deal with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pasco08 Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 Thanks everyone just wasn't sure if it was even possible want to be able to get what i want in the car and everything. Did they make you make a deposit at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 $500 deposit is pretty common but it varies. Some dealers may not need one and some may want more. It's no different than buying one off the lot - you just get to select the exact options and you have to wait a few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphy62 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 In my case it was exactly 12 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 The wait depends on lots of factors, but if your interested, the normal wait times are listed here:http://www.donlen.com/production-cars-ford.aspx I've ordered all my cars I've bought and they've varied: 1998 Mustang GT-roughly 30 days to get it, but that was due to some backroom "drug deals" between the plant production managers at EAP and which plant was building the mustang before it moved to Flat Rock..plus I needed a car ASAP since I just had gotten out of the Army at the time. 2002 SVT Focus...this took a while due to production delays and I winded up buying one that was identical to the one I had ordered from the dealership (it came in first)...BIG mistake! 2006 Mustang GT...ordered December of 2005 and I got it mid-March 2006...this was at the height of the new Mustang craze 2013 SHO- Ordered Feb 2013 took delivery April 1st 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfeg Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Ordering a car or pickup at a dealer is easy, I have done it often over the years. Just a few tips. * Do your research to determine the options / packages /colors, etc. that you want. A salesperson at the dealership can help you fine tune this by checking that what you want is available and all options are compatible. * Be open to suggestions by the salesperson. Sometimes by selecting different packages you can get what you want at a lower price. Back when the Taurus first came out I was looking at a base model optioned a certain way. After talking to JD (a salesman I dealt with several times before) I ended up with the LX, equipped as I wanted, with a few extras, at a lower price. *Avoid the adversarial mindset. A dealer sells cars to make money. The attitude "I want to save money while you make money" can go a long way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 *Avoid the adversarial mindset. A dealer sells cars to make money. The attitude "I want to save money while you make money" can go a long way. Good point, I don't mind working with a dealer (normally just have to worry about trade ins with plan pricing) as long as they aren't trying to bend me over with pricing. My old man got lowed balled with his trade in and he asked that they met half way between what was the KBB value and what the dealership was asking...and they went for it. When I traded in my SVT Focus, I asked 1K more then what I saw on KBB and they gave me 6K on it...I was happy with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydro Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 (edited) I've bought many new cars, but my last one (2011 F-150) was an order. I will never go back to buying off the lot ever again. I waited 9 weeks and had the exact truck I wanted. No BS the dealer always seems to add. I traded my other truck in at delivery so worrying about the wait wasn't an issue. No deposit needed. I do suggest you lock in incentives at ordering. Or you can gamble on what they will be at delivery. At my dealer you need to state which incentive you choose at the time of ordering. Some people here were given the option at delivery. I wasn't and lost $500 because the incentives were higher at ordering and I didn't lock in. Actually my dealer didn't let me know what my options were. I also missed out on a $750 Ford certificate that expired 1 week before delivery. Ford did not allow me to use it. So, if you order don't apply for any additional certificates for a few weeks after ordering and gamble on your Factory incentives. Edited August 7, 2013 by Hydro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pasco08 Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 I am trying to get the Deep impact blue Premium v6 mustang with the ambient lightning and the comfort package and such but i have checked out 6 different dealerships around me and no one has it for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfeg Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 (edited) Order it. Often a particular combination is hard to find on the lot, because dealers did not select that combination for a stock unit. I have not seen a dealer that would not order an available combination for a customer. A little story - about 10 years ago I ordered a pickup with a new for the model year color that no dealers had on the lot. I asked the dealer where I ordered why, and was told that the other colors were more popular with their customers. So be it. When my pickup came in and was prepped, the sales manager liked the color, so they parked it out front while they waited for me to come get it. When I took delivery they told me two people wanted to buy my truck the afternoon it was parked out front because they liked the color. A month later, the front line had quite a few trucks that color. Edited August 8, 2013 by lfeg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joihan777 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 My first Ford was also my first new car; a 1991 Ford Escort. No one had what I wanted, so the fleet manager (Phil Johnson, I can't believe I still remember his name!) worked with me to get the EXACTLY as I wanted. For a 19 yr old kid with all his savings of working all summer & Christmas, it was an exciting process! 2 months later I had the car exactly as I wanted. They even had to show how to drive it because I had never driven a stick shift before. LOL it was a *jerky* few miles home. That guy was cool. Years later we ordered our minivan the same way. If you can wait, it's worth it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGR Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 (edited) I ordered my '12 Focus in the spring of '11 because I wanted a particular body/color/trim/option package. I also had an X-plan. Edited August 11, 2013 by AGR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hybridbear Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 We ordered our Fusion Hybrid. The dealer we went to sells any cars that are factory order at invoice price, no haggling needed. It was a great deal and then my parents later on ordered their C-Max Energi from the same salesman, also sold at invoice price. Check out my signature below for exactly how long it took, both vehicles took less than 2 months. One potential concern is allocation. If a certain dealer is out of allocation for the car you want then they can't order it for you. My parents discovered this when shopping for their C-Max Energi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 plan makes it easy for everyone, on the new car..... Exactly...no game playing except for then it comes to trade in and financing (if you go that route) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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