Factory ordering truck?
Hey everyone, Wife said: "Maybe we should look at trucks again." GAME ON :) Looked at Ram 2500 and F250 gassers. Naturally, the only one's left on lots are white, without some of the options ...
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Hi,
I am also looking at ordering a Transit van. I want the color "Blue Jeans" and it seems like the only thing that the dealer management wants to order is white.
I also want dual A/C and windows in a van. I do not want the much more expensive window van, because it comes with side curtain air bags, and do not want those, because I will be installing a lift, and the two are not compatible.
So I will have to order one. It will be about the same retail price as picking up one at the dealership that does not have the options that I want in a color that I detest.
And I will not have to 'settle' for a vehicle that has options that I don't want. Like the Sync system. It is a expensive option, that I do not want to pay for. And the $1,500 navigation system, it is out of touch with the portable GPS that is only $100 or so.
I do like the rear camera. Totally out of touch with the $30 ones from China, but still worth the $250 cost to have it built in.
Make sure that you get the price that you want. Don't pay retail. With a retail order, they purchase the vehicle from Ford, pay interest or 'flooring charge' for the vehicle, and other fixed costs. When you buy the truck before it is built, there is no flooring charge to the dealership, so it actually cost them less to sell the truck to you than to sell you one that has been sitting on the lot for a few months. However that 'unsold' truck is costing them $250 a month to sit there unsold, so they want to get rid of the white trucks that nobody wants to buy, because the dealership's management ordered a lot of white trucks.
To bad that dealerships do not order more trucks with some color on them!
Fred.
I am also looking at ordering a Transit van. I want the color "Blue Jeans" and it seems like the only thing that the dealer management wants to order is white.
I also want dual A/C and windows in a van. I do not want the much more expensive window van, because it comes with side curtain air bags, and do not want those, because I will be installing a lift, and the two are not compatible.
So I will have to order one. It will be about the same retail price as picking up one at the dealership that does not have the options that I want in a color that I detest.
And I will not have to 'settle' for a vehicle that has options that I don't want. Like the Sync system. It is a expensive option, that I do not want to pay for. And the $1,500 navigation system, it is out of touch with the portable GPS that is only $100 or so.
I do like the rear camera. Totally out of touch with the $30 ones from China, but still worth the $250 cost to have it built in.
Make sure that you get the price that you want. Don't pay retail. With a retail order, they purchase the vehicle from Ford, pay interest or 'flooring charge' for the vehicle, and other fixed costs. When you buy the truck before it is built, there is no flooring charge to the dealership, so it actually cost them less to sell the truck to you than to sell you one that has been sitting on the lot for a few months. However that 'unsold' truck is costing them $250 a month to sit there unsold, so they want to get rid of the white trucks that nobody wants to buy, because the dealership's management ordered a lot of white trucks.
To bad that dealerships do not order more trucks with some color on them!
Fred.
