False. You have a contract that states you intend to make a $55,000 purchase, unless you gave them $55,000 up front, in which you're not very bright. That contract also typically states that you can refuse delivery for any reason, to include that you just don't want the car any longer. The small amount of money you've put down (usually $500) to 'reserve' a slot in line is consideration to enact that contract, e.g., you cannot have a valid contract where nothing changes hands (real goods or money). Your reservation is a promise of a future slot, with an estimate on when it will be delivered. The dealership has no control over that, and unless they lied to you about having a VIN for a special vehicle (GT350/R, BULLITT, etc), they didn't do anything wrong.
Yea, I think part of the problem was also the fact that the dealership said 6-8 weeks without realizing, at the time of ordering, the 19s weren't in production yet and Ford was still finishing up 18 orders. Considering that the week of July 9th-14th is when 19s even started to appear at dealerships, it's a safe bet that 19 productions didn't even start until mid-late June.
Maybe where you are, but there aren't a zillion on lots in other parts of North America. Vancouver B.C. is a city of 2.5 million people with lots of Ford dealers, but there wasn't a Royal Crimson GT Premium anywhere when I ordered mine and nobody had one coming.
Incorrect. You can get the same discounts on ordered cars. The notion that you’d pay sticker just because it’s a custom order is silly, at best. I paid $48k for my $53k+ custom order before sales tax but including tags, title, doc, destination, etc, which means over $6k off sticker. Approximately $5-6k in savings from sticker after incentives is average. Places like Koon’s with $7k below sticker advertisements is after incentives and before tags, title, their ridiculous $600+ doc fee and even before the $900 destination fee - after you add all that in you’re looking at the typical $5-6k discount virtually every dealership will do.
It has nothing to do with computers or the manner in which dealerships order vehicles, it has to do with the manner in which components are purchased and delivered for installation/assembly, and whatever queuing algorithms that Ford is using to program their ordering schema. In 1964, manufacturers bought components in huge lots, or manufactured them internally, which is why you had plants as large as the River Rouge Plant in Dearborn. Ford literally smelted the materials for their components, stamped or machined them on site, and delivered them to the next building for installation. Now, components are manufactured around the world, and to save on logistical costs, mostly warehousing and inventory, manufacturers use a Just-in-Time (JIT) inventory system, so that the parts show up when they're needed at the factory, with little lead time. This also reduces damages that can occur when they're sitting on warehouse shelves, shrinkage (), etc.
I have many dealers in my area, (Tri-state NY, CT, NJ area)
The amount of (new) Mustangs, especially GT Premiums, on their lot is a good anecdotal indicator. Places like John Kennedy Ford in Pa (where I got mine) tend to have 30+ on their lots at any given time.
Because some of use want a Mustang a certain way that the dealer would have never ordered like my Competition Orange Ecoboost convertible with 50 Year Appearance Package.
1) Because you want it in a color other than Black or Grey (no McMansion Rainbow colors for me!)
