2010 F-150 4x4 SUPERCREW
XLT 145" WHEELBASE STYLSID
5.4L FFV V8 ENGINE
ELECTRONIC 6-SPD AUTO

STERLING GRAY METALLIC
STONE 40/20/40 PREM CLOTH

35165.00 standard vehicle price
PKG 507A
3.73 RATIO LIMITED SLIP AXLE
7675#GVWR PACKAGE
SYNC
MAX TRAILER TOW
TRAILER BRAKE
PWR/HEAT SIG /MIRROR
REAR DEFROST
XLT CONVENIENCE PACKAGE
TAILGATE STEP
DRIVERS PACKAGE
XLT CHROME PACKAGE
41500 before discounts
would 33K OTD be reasonable?

 

Sites like Edmunds.com will let you build a truck with the same trim level, configuration (cab, box, 4x4/2, etc.), and options. At the end, you will get both the MSRP & the invoice price. You will obviously want to aim for a purchase price equal to the invoice price minus whatever incentives & rebates are available at the time of purchase. You can find out what incentives & rebates are available in your area by going to Ford's website & clicking on the 'Incentives & Offers' link at the bottom, center of the page.

 

SOLD as of 8-13... back to square one

 

Don't panic, they build them, every day.

 

Heck I bet one rolls off the line every 15 min

You'll find one

 

The best choice is to custom order one, IMHO. Spend a week or two pouring over everything you can find & read, learn every option, every "you cannot get this with that" exclusion/limitation, and then you can settle on the exact truck & options that you want. From there, you can build it out online beforehand, have all of your dollar figures straight, and just wait the ~6 - 8 weeks for it to be delivered. The only catch 22 with that may be that certain incentives & rebates may expire by the time your truck shows up. On the flip side, they may have better offers available.

The one forewarning is that some dealerships play hard ball with ordered vehicles. They figure that if you go through the effort of ordering & waiting, that you will pay more for the vehicle, as was the case when I ordered my '06 Harley F-250. After 4 hours of arguing, I told the sales rep, "That does not work for me. So, have fun selling it.", got up, and headed out to my truck. On the one hand they could not believe that I would walk away from the non-refundable $300 down payment that I had left when I ordered the truck. On the other hand, they knew that it would probably sit on their lot for a long time. The sales manager ended up flagging me down as I was backing out of the parking space. In the end, I got a decent trade-in (within $1,000 of my ideal price - $34K vs. $35K) on my existing truck, and I settled for $200 over invoice on the new truck.

(From my standpoint, walking away from $300 down was better than financing an additional couple thousand dollars, as the additional interest would have been more than the $300.)

 

Never understimate the power of indifference. They have to make a sell, we don't have to make a purchase.

 

The dealer can "lock in" the incentives available when he orders the unit... if the incentives are better at time of delivery, he can choose those instead. Best of both worlds.

Wow, that's horrible. My family has ordered several vehicles from our local dealer (east of Dallas) and has never had such behavior. We set a price, trade-in value, etc. ahead of time. I've never paid a down payment or earnest money either - we shook hands and that was that. Besides, they know they could easily sell whatever truck I order - some dude browsing the lot was attempting to buy my 09 F150 as they pulled it off the 18-wheeler! They always give us invoice (I know they make money on the back end - that's OK with me), good trade-in, and we always finance through Ford for great rates (like my 09 at 0.9 for 60mo.)

If you're going to order, oftentimes a smaller dealership is better to work with than one of the mega-stores. Have everything lined up beforehand, agree on the terms, and git-er-done. If they change the terms on you, don't even argue - get up and walk out. Oh, and make sure to sic your attorney on them to return any earnest money/down payment, since they will have materially breached the agreements you made at time of order.

 

I agree, order the truck you want. I am planning on ordering my next one probably in the Spring. I am not settling for something on the lot that has features that I don't need or want.