in commie-fornia's case it's easy - the regulatory burden and general cost of business is MUCH higher.
Having owned a couple of motorcycle dealerships here, there's some truth to that - but that's not the whole story. Generally speaking, vehicle flooring companies (manufacturer or third party) own the dealer's inventory until either it's sold or curtailed - meaning they're done flooring it and you send them a check for the full amount owed, no longer just the monthly interest. Traditionally, curtailment occurs when a vehicle has its first birthday on your lot. Like most dealers, I never wanted to pay curtailment as it really eats into your working capital. So I would pay my sales guys extra so that seldom happened - even if it meant taking a loss on a vehicle.
I always try to give my local dealer my business. And since he had 3 2019's that looked like they haven't moved a foot for about a year as they are creating a new facility, I thought they might be more receptive than they were. I had to return for my test drive as all three were too filthy to see out of and had dead batteries, so I've had quite a bit of time to chat with the sales guys. I even showed the sales manager several cars advertised on cars.com that were offered for about $9K less than what he wanted, but he wouldn't budge on the price. They don't have to be the lowest price to get my business, but they do have to make an effort.
OP, Did you get a Bullitt yet?!!!
It is crazy, Alan. And Mike's example is what I'm talking about - $8 to $11K discounts in several parts of the country with other locations doing nothing more than whatever Ford is offering with that month's incentive program. Why these dealers aren't dying to get cars that have been on their lots for over a year gone now is beyond me.
Because those Dealers think they can still get top $$$ just because it’s a (insert 50th LE, Bullitt, GT350, GT350R, etc. here).... they’re waiting for that sap who will come in and still overpay for that aged vehicle just because...
What is 'Ford Pass connect'? Doesn't sound like something I want, but just curious what 2019s are missing. And about the gas guzzler tax, what the hell happened there? Just checked Ford's website, and they list the Bullitt as 15/25. Window stickers for 2019s show 15/24, and window stickers for 2020s show 14/23. It's the same damn car, right?
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So? Book a flight. You'll probably be the only person on the plane. Drive it back. Half way there pop into a dealership and get the first oil change. Drive all the neat looking secondary roads and explore America.
Its a 4G wireless connectivity via AT&T. It allows remote connection to car to check diagnostic, lock/unlock doors, remote start on auto trans vehicles.
I wish. Ha ha. To get out of my crappy city, plane would be pretty full, and it'd be a small plane at that (double seats only, not triple). Only a few leaving, so they're pretty full now. And TX lifted restrictions, so no more 'seat blocking'. Can't risk catching the damn virus now, after 4 months of chemo, and 2 to go. But yeah, if I could do it with less risk, I would
. My 2018 truck has that. I only used the Hot-Spot Wi-Fi until it ran out. So 2019 Bullitts don't even have hot-spot wi-fi??? I could swear I saw that on the window stickers of several 2019s. I don't care about the Ford App, so I wouldn't sign up again anyway. Thank you for the info.
Yeah!.. A lot of us 19 Bullitt owners saw the same but got screwed!. Somewhere along production, ALL the required gear to make that happen was.... not installed.