Agreed... if the vehicle is new, it'll be on the sticker. The "some of them probably have it, it just isn't on the sticker" is a way of saying, "we don't have exactly what you want, but hopefully you will be ignorant enough to not know that. No different than the Dodge dealer that told me the Durango "could be equipped by the dealer to tow as much as a 3/4 ton. (2500 HD)" Yeah....
One other thing - have you checked with the dealer to see if you can still order one? My dealer gave me the same price to order as one on the lot I was interested in. Granted, that was 2 months ago and they weren't in as much of a hurry to get rid of them, I'm sure...
With regards to the warranty, I personally prefer going with a manufacturer's warranty. My dealer tried talking me into a third party warranty, probably because they get a higher kickback than on an ESP. I ended up shopping around online, then when I sat down with the F&I person to finalize the contract, I stated that I had xxxx price for the Ford ESP, and they could either match it, or I would go through the vendor. At first they declined to match it and said, "if you can get that price, go for it." When I simply said OK to that, they "re-ran" the numbers and decided they could do it for that price. I would highly recommend you try factorydiscountwarranty.com... they were able to beat the best price I found by about $100. Unfortunatly they took about 2 weeks to get back to me, and in the interim I had taken delivery from my dealer and gone with the higher priced plan. I also think that Troy Dietrich may be a member here at FTE.
TDietrich@FactoryDiscountWarranty.com
-Mike
2000 Mercury Mountaineer V6
2008 Ford Expedition EL XLT
2001 Keystone Bobcat 280BH
