I remember looking at a new 1980 Honda and didn't buy it because it had an ADM. Take note that was in 1980.
These dealers with insane ADMs must be smoking crack or meth.
Yeah, I don't disagree. Suppose they're going after the folks to whom an extra 20-30k just really doesn't matter a whole lot. They just want the car.
Trucks got em too! Jump over to Raptor forums. There is one in Cali right now with 50k ADM, which is a bit extreme. But guys in Cali paying 3-5k over all day! As well as many of the western states where Raptors can be "Raptor'd"....It's nuts! I bought my Raptor at 6k under msrp but I'm in a rural area and dealer needed sale.
%. Is the base model spec'd how you want it worth a SMALL ADM.... Absolutely %.... CFTP and golden ticket cars....well, I'll leave that up to those with much deeper pockets than myself!
I'll chime in too, Earl. Bought a '77 280Z new and it had an $800 ADM.
It is not worth any ADM for a leftover 2020 model. The day you purchase it will be considered a 1-yro used vehicle.I'm going to also add my .02 here. I have drove every iteration of the 5.0 mustang and even a 900hp whippled version.
I completely understand why anyone basing their opinion off any of the 5.0 models feel ADMs are absurd. No offense to anyone with a 5.0, they are great cars, but even modded, they just aren't special or feel special when driving them.
When you jump in a shelby GT350. You start to understand what a "special" car is. The way it handles, drives, shifts, sounds, and how the car makes you feel and talks back to you as you drive it. The engine, transmission, and suspension of this car really take the mustang to the next level! Taking production numbers into consideration, Is it worth an ADM?... NO. MSRP... if specd exactly how you want... YES!
Then you drive a GT350R. Ok it just got turned up to 11! Now you really are understanding what makes a car "special", plus production numbers are much much lower! Is it worth MSRP?... ALL DAY LONG. Would I pay a small ADM?... if I was a track guru and that was my intended purpose... YES! .... otherwise prob not!
Then you drive the new 500. The way it drives, the engine, the immediacy of the DCT... how the car makes you feel. It's just plain SPECIAL! Similarly special as the 350R but in a different way. A more refined less frantically wanting to rev to 8000 rpm way. Is it worth MSRP.... Absolutely
Finally I will add, I was once on the ADMs are for idiots bandwagon! But once you drive a truly "special" car that gives you that "I must have it" feeling and its a limited production vehicle, which in turn makes it very difficult to find one spec'd exactly how you want........ you will understand why people pay ADM's!
