Ford MSRP discount

MitchF150 wrote:
It might not actually have been on the lot all that long? What is the build date on the door jamb?

I got my 13 F150 brand new in January 2014. The build date is 10/13 and it's a 13. Got it for $10k under sticker and felt lucky to get it!

Have no plans on selling or trading it anytime soon, so don't get all in that whole "it's a year old before you bought it".. It was maybe 3 months old from the build date... Bought my 2019 Rockwood in July of 2019 when the 2020's were already out.. Got a hell of deal on it too! Well, at least for me..

Anyway, if it's a truck you want and has the features you want and it's a price you can accept, then don't let a bunch of interweb goofs tell you otherwise... Who cares if they could have gotten it for 25% off.. You get it for what you can get it for and go from there.

Sure, low ball 'em.. All they can say is no, or they might say yes.. Dunno..

^This. Maybe the year old on the lot thing is a real consideration for folks who are sitting in front of the car salesman at the dealer every few years haggling on how much the dealer isn't going to give them on a trade in of their low mile creampuff.
But unless the "year old" vehicle doesn't have some key features that a current model year does, that are important to you or actually important on resale (6 speed vs 10 speed trans is a good example, maybe, 11 way heated seats vs 10 way heated seats is not, imo) then it's a moot point if you're keeping the vehicle a good length of time or miles.
Sure, it's a bargaining chip 'cause last years cars are discounted just like yesterdays bread. But they still perform the exact same function just as well if they don't fall into the paragraph above's good example.

So that means the difference between the model going out and the one coming in (apples to apples only) is virtually nothing once it's depreciated out.
It sat outside for a year? Who cares. If you're going to garage it and baby it, it will still be in way better condition than the one that sits out for the next 10 years. If you don't wash it and let it sit out, again, who cares, it will be degraded just like the others that weren't cared for.

Old fuel, old def, old whatever....whatever.

Having only bought 2 brand new vehicles in my lifetime (by choice), bought one in Feb of the current model year and 5 years and 140k miles later, shining like a pretty penny, it fetched way less than I'd hoped when we sold it.
Last one is a 2016 model, bought Xmas 2017, build date early 2016. Real stale bread there!
Aside from some nasty water spots that the dealer offered to remove but I declined letting them take a buffer to a brand new paint job, the car has had zero issues that could possibly be attributed to sitting on the car lot for over a year and a half. And only 1 issue in the last 2 years and the 3 year warranty has most of a year left.

$14k+ off the sticker, no haggling, was over $10k less than you could buy a new SRT8 for and about $2k more than low mile used.
AND, there were zero changes between the 16 and 18 models that I could find save for seat colors/stitching and the addition of Car Play.

Do I care that it is a '16 and not an '18? Well, if I sold it today, it would fetch a couple grand less than the newer model (not $10k), same low miles based on what I've seen. Will it be ANY different in 5, 7, 10 years from now? NOPE