Buying in another state?

[Elp_jc]

Dealerships are not combining the 0/84 with rebates/discounts - the buyer has to select one or the other.

It's not the dealers; it's Ford. And it's almost always like that with all auto manufacturers: one, or the other; not both. The OP got the best deal I've seen. I got about a grand more, but no financing deal (dealer forced me to finance $5K for the $1,500 rebate- even got money back to be able to do that). If you finance the entire car for 7 years, that's definitely a better deal than the $1,500 rebate IMO.

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[Cobra Jet]

MSRP $53,475.... price before TTL $45,725 using 0% for 84 months. I haven’t seen any deal like this while I was searching for a car. I was in contact with many dealers who wouldn’t do anything more than like 5% off. I didn’t even have to negotiate. I MAY have been able to get more but to be honest, they were great. Scheduled transport for the vehicle (I paid) but handled it all for me.

Brownlee ford out of TN is incredible. Unfortunately they have no more bullitts but their inventory is amazing.

Good deal! Congrats on the purchase too!

Curious, what Transport Co. did you go with and was their price reasonable? Were you able to track the car as it was being transported?

 

[Adotcaruso86]

So I’m not totally sure about the transport process. They scheduled it all. Originally they told me $1,200 for shipping from TN to Pittsburgh but when I didn’t respond he just knocked it down to $650 without me even asking. Not sure what the price normally is or if it was cheap or expensive but it was worth it to not drive it 600 miles and risk rock chips and all that.
The name of the company was “royal family transportation”

 

[shogun32]

650 is correct. 1200 definitely wasn't. unless if was fully enclosed 'exotic' transport but even then...

 

[Elp_jc]

Forgot to comment the only PITA of buying out of state, at least if you live in an emissions state (like TX), is that you have to take the car for an inspection (after waiting that the readiness codes set in), and they only give it to you for 1 year, instead of 2. Not fun watching a punk that doesn't know how to drive a manual well, drive your new baby for a brake test :(. They're not supposed to do any of that crap on a new car, but what can you do.

 

[Adotcaruso86]

Forgot to comment the only PITA of buying out of state, at least if you live in an emissions state (like TX), is that you have to take the car for an inspection (after waiting that the readiness codes set in), and they only give it to you for 1 year, instead of 2. Not fun watching a punk that doesn't know how to drive a manual well, drive your new baby for a brake test :(. They're not supposed to do any of that crap on a new car, but what can you do.

What do you mean after the readiness codes set in? I wasn’t aware of anything I needed to do. The dealer said the car was registered in PA and all taxes were paid so I figured I was done?

 

[Elp_jc]

Depends where you live, and in which state you bought the car. In my case, bought it in NM and live in TX. Normally, I just get the MSO and register the car myself, meaning I still have to do the inspection myself. But this time, since the stupid dealer forced me to finance 5 grand (the minimum), to get me the price I did, they're required to register the car, so it's taking a lot longer... and they can't get a TX inspection (they're in NM), so I had to do that, like I normally would. And new cars don't have the EPA readiness codes set (they don't require inspection when new, but only dealers can issue them like that, and for 2 years), just like when you disconnect the battery, so you have to do that first, in order to avoid wasting your time. When you turn the ignition on, if the CEL flashes 8 times before getting solid, the readiness codes are not set yet. It's a process, that normally takes several days, and about 300 miles. Got it done, but again, only for 1 year, instead of 2. Oh well. That's what happens when you don't want to spend an extra 8 grand for a 2020 in your city. Ha ha.

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