Best Of

I was browsing local inventory of Mustang Mach-Es and came across an available GT model. Clicked on the “unlock price” option which resulted in a schedule that clearly outlines the MSRP, and the “your price” which was equal to MSRP.

So, thought I may go check it out…could be a good deal at MSRP and you’d get the “old” tax credit. Made an appointment with a salesperson for yesterday afternoon, got a call in the morning from a sales manager to confirm the appointment. Got there promptly at 4:00. The salesperson has information available on the available new GT and a slightly used one they have in the showroom. Then he mentions something about markups on available units that customers had backed out on. Huh? Oh yeah…$10k markup on Mach-E GTs.

Man, do I hate that. I think I may have had a conversation with the SM for wasting my time.

100%. And I would have had the printout showing "my price."

Ford has been cracking down on markups, so I'm sure they'd like to hear if the dealer wasn't honoring their own quoted price with ADM.

I reported the dealership to Ford. Ford sent a nice note back stating they would check into it and that they value me as a customer (although it’s been a few years since I was a Ford owner). Got a standard note back from Cronin Ford’s owner/GM stating how the market is setting pricing. I sent a note back stating lying is never acceptable in business, and his dealership lied. I never heard anything back.

Well I have another unplanned/unexpected punch to report. Thanks to @breld I found this yesterday a couple of hours before the auction ended:

https://carsandbids.com/auctions/3RvB1QAX/2021-volvo-v60-t8-polestar-engineered

We looked at one of these a couple of years ago here and I've always had a thing for them. I occasionally look for them and being such low production numbers they rarely come up for sale and finding a new one is even more challenging.

Unfortunately this one does have an accident on the CarFax but after @breld and @michaell and I texted about it I feel it was repaired well and the ending price was reflective of a CarFax ding. I had been eyeing a similar model in silver at a dealer in Palm Springs that also had a "minor" accident on the CarFax and they were asking low 70's, who knows what they got for it but I feel OK with the price I paid for this car considering this market and a new one is also low $70's.

I'm working on getting it shipped out here, if nothing else it will help keep some miles off the Defender for a bit which is almost halfway to out of warranty.

@henryn,
One of my kids put together an Ikea storage cabinet larger than this, couldn't find the same one, when she was 9 years old.
I showed her how to use an electric screwdriver then let her do the rest herself.

Well, that puts her one up on me. If many people (most?) weren't able to handle the assembly, I'm sure they would be out of business by now. Just not my thing.

I finally learned how to take apart the newer notebook computers, you get a bunch (read dozens) of the plastic picks (like guitar picks) and go to town. I miss the days when notebooks had easily removable bottom panels, held in with screws.

I can do a lot of things, but one thing I can't grasp, for some reason, is installing wiper blades. I put a set on my wife's car one time and the next time it rained one went flying off the car.

I just let the dealer do it now. Especially since they are replaced under warranty.