Dalema
Member
Wanted to thank you for this, as it's how I located my R. The twist is it only lists 100ish dealers at a time. So, with the aid of google maps + radius, I adjusted for this using a 450 Mile radius and then how far away the furthest dealer was.Wow, that's insane. Here's how I found mine, maybe this will work for you too. I apologize if everybody knows this and it's been repeated.
I started at shop.ford.com. I entered the specifics of 2017 Shelby GT350R. Enter your zip code, and select 100 mile search. The web site only lets you select 100 mile search, but if you modify the URL you can increase the search area. Once you have your initial results, modify the URL to increase the search area. I chose 1000 miles. I think it only goes up to 500 miles, even when you say 1000. But you'll get a lot more entries this way than the 100 mile search.
http://shop.ford.com/inventory/must...ng_F05-SHELBYGT350R&year=2017&Order=HighPrice
Then I expanded my search area to Southern California with zip code 92804, then to San Diego, then to Phoenix Arizona, then to Oregon, Washington, etc. I repeated this process until I made my own database of cars in the colors I wanted. I downloaded the window sticker from Ford's web site, and most importantly I wrote down the VIN.
Once I had the results, I concentrated on the entries that said "dealer ordered" -- as those are the one currently being manufactured and not yet delivered. This is where the VIN became real important. About half of these dealers with "dealer ordered" cars didn't realize they had one coming. So by giving them the VIN, they were able to look it up and confirm the approximate delivery date on the car and whether or not it was already sold.
Then one-by-one, I called the dealers with the cars in the color(s) I wanted and tried to negotiate price.
Ford in Fairfield claims to only charge $5k over sticker.
Anyways, good luck. This process worked for me.
Took about 2 days but this is what it looks like - high dealer and population density on the east coast, left coast much easier to search ......
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