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I am about ready to order a Mustang GT 5 Speed in Torch Red.

Last week I test drove a V-6 at my local Ford dealer but was unwilling to order a GT without driving one. On Monday I drove a 5 speed GT in the next town. The saleman was very nice and OFFERED a test drive.

Yesterday (Thursday), I get a call from the local dealer that they have a GT Auto that I could drive. I went to the dealer and the car had 15 miles on it. The salesmans told me I could drive it a short distance. The fuel light was on and there is orders that no one is to test drive the car including salesman. They let me drive it because they promised it last week and I am serious about ordering one.

The car drove nice but it is no manual. The salesman said you aren't buying this car are you? When I said no, he admitted that he was a passenger in the car with three other salesmen when the sales manager turned the car sideways! Thus the car can not leave the lot.

Then they tried the pressure me in ordering that day. They are willing to go X-plan and I don't have a pin number yet. Still they put high pressure on me.

I like the other dealership sales dept. better but this dealership has the better service dept. by far.

I may sound like a snob but I didn't like being handled this way. I have owned Lincolns, Acuras, and a Lexus. No high pressure with them. I was with my brother-in-law when he bought his Mercedes at the same dealer last fall (Ford/Mercedes/Suzuki). The Mercedes saleman was a different breed. They even offered to take the E-class car home for the night!

To me the worst feature of the Mustang is that it is sold by Ford!

Still I will probably buy one. My only hesitation is quality control.

Philip

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what you mean the car turned sidways ....you mean they did a burn out around a corner or something

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I guess I am lucky, the dealer I went to let me test drive a manual GT. They had to go through a wholesaler and buy the car just so customers could test drive one before ordering.

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Sorry, out of town since Friday.

They were travelling over 100 mph on a moderately busy freeway. The car next to them went right and somehow at the same time they went right and turned the car sideways. (?) It sounds like they were passing in the right lane.

Upon reflection of Thursday's dealership experience, there is no way I am ordering from them. I just touched the tip of the iceberg in my original post.

Philip

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I ordered my GT about 3 weeks ago and on Friday night I went to go drive the GT they just got in. I didnt get to see the GT before I ordered mine. The sales guy told me "we dont let people drive them unless they can afford them!" This PISSED ME OFF!! I said I already ordered one and I wanted to see how they were. As I was saying this he turned around and started to talk to another person. I know I am only 18 years old but you dont treat people this way even if they are only 18. I called the manager yesterday and told him and he said he would take care of it and if I wanted I could come down anytime and drive the GT. When I went that afternoon to drive it the sales guy was there when I started her up. I gave him a smile as I took off down the road!:D

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good job. yea i know this guy who is the vice president of club car. he went to a mercedes lot in sweat pants on a bicycle and nobody even talked to him. salesmen walked by. finally, a salesman said he couldnt loiter on the lot. so the vp took a cab to a bmw lot across town, purchased a beemer on site, and drove over to the mercedes lot. at the mercedes lot, he took apart his bike and put it in the trunk of his new beemer and smiled at the salesman standing right there! ther eis no use to treat others like sh!t just because of what they look like or age etc.

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yeah thats funny.. my dads friend wanted to buy a brand stinking new bmw but they treated him like shiz.. so they went across the road to the Mercedes Benz dealship and bought a brand new Mercedes and he payed cash so he got w-tires (i think ore some other equipment cant remeber)

i wonder why they do that... treat people bad..

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I hate ford dealerships... they all want to pressure people into buying and they will do just about anything to get you to come inside so they can check your information. Me and joe got lucky when we lived in Warner robins, we had this car lot (small one) that would do just about anything for us and never hound us about anything. They would even look for cars at auctions for us. That is how he got his BMW. :) I miss that type of service.

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That is because 99% of their product line is crap. They have to pay you to buy. They have to pressure you to buy. They have to lie to you to buy. BECAUSE they sell a lot of poorly designed and poorly built crap.

Now they have a great product like the Mustang GT but you have to deal with the same crap.

I had a salesman at a different dealership tell me that if I ordered a Mustang GT it will be an 06 model.

The liars!

Philip

PS
I am getting cold feet on the Mustang GT. I may wait until next year to see what happens.

PK

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I personally love the 05's, but I have yet to drive one. :( But as you, I will wait before I try to buy one. Maybe they will be alittle cheaper by next year... :)

One time I went to the dealership to buy an escape (I was gonna trade my contour SVT in for one) and I looked at a used one. It had the V6 badges and the dude told me that it was a V6...well I looked under the hood and I said, "no its a 4 cyclinder"..the dude still swore it was a 6 cylinder.. that really pissed me off. They will tell you just about anything to get you to buy it...ESPECIALLY if your a chick!!

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I'll tell you what, when I was in college I sold cars as a side job. I hated it. The main reason I hated it was because to make a lot of $, you had to be shady. All the car salesmen that I saw that made a lot of $ were this way. I noticed they lied all the time to make a deal. Getting together on a break, all the salesmen would talk about how they were able to 'squeeze' $ out of ignorant, potential buyers. They would talk about how they would take advantage of people for all they could. They would talk about the clueless gals that would come on the lot and buy a car, and how they would work them over. It's really sad. I hated this environment. I hated the fact that I had to be shady to make decent $. -And thats what the dealership's head guy wanted. -Anything to sell more cars, he didn't care in the slightest. now a days, I'm the guy that friends call when they are going to buy a car. I often go with them to the dealerships and assist them with the buying process. The sales people at the dealerships hate me for doing this, as well as the sales manager. I often deal with the sales mgr directly. After the first rejected offer, instead of the salesperson taking the worksheet to the sales mgr, I usually hand carry it to his office personally, with the salesperson trailing behind me saying, " let me take care of this; head back to the booth. I'll get you a good deal." I don't mind getting nasty with a salesperson or sales mgr if they are rude. What really pisses salespeople off is requesting a new salesperson if you're not getting along with the person at hand. You can do this, and its the right thing to do if you are getting friction dealing with another salesperson. -Or better yet, ask to deal directly with the sales mgr.

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I agree about the Ford dealerships ...... This one in Union City SUCKS they wont even hardly look at you and forget them returning your calls ..... like they dont really care about you unless you got cash money are a good , good credit score :-( it sucks cause not every one has a perfect credit score [&:]

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the sales men who end up selling fords r high school drop outs thats why. MB isnt goin to hire a drop out ;) i know my dad tells me how stupid some of his dealers r at his ford dealership [&:]

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does anyone in here know how i can email dodge to b!tch about the new charger??? i got a car magizine last night with the new charger in it, and they said that so far they have recieved at least 10,000 emails and letters from charger fans saying that the dodge charger should have been a COUPE not a crappy 4-door. well, let me know or email me at patckc88@aol.com, or hit me up on aim. thanks

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when i first started buying cars, i always got treated like crap. Then as i got older i learned to stand up and walk away. Now when buying cars I pay full upfront (really good deals come like this). So when im researching on the cars i like i learn EVERYTHING there is. When i go to the dealer im already a expert on the vehicle. I usally just ask the sales person questions to see if he will get em right. Ive auctally left and came back the next day to talk to a differnt sales person to find one that knew what he was talking about. Also when i pay upfront it really help me out. I usally keep pushing the salesmen to keep going lower, and the salesperson and mgr usally will, sinceim paying in full on spot. Dont be afraid to do it your self, get up and walk away, if they really want the sale, they should go on your terms not push you into theirs.

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just buy it cash ..no hassells...;)

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Yeah all dealerships are like that. When I go to the dealership they alwasy give me a hard time cuz Im only 18. They try to charge me all the time and I have the warranty that covers everything. One time one of the badges on my fenders snapped off. I went to the dealership and they told me they had to take digital pics and send them to ford to see if they could replace them. I told my mom and she called, the next day I went there and they gave it to me. I went there at like 10:00 am and they said it would be done by 4:00 pm. When my dad came to pick me up he went in there and they took 15 min to put it on. F***ERS!!!

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geesh man they are _ricks!!!!!!! Kudos to your parents

broke88

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I contacted the owner of a Ford dealership from online and he gave me a quote below MSRP and scheduled a test drive. I came in, had a test drive and left. Yeah, they tried to talk me into an automatic but that's not what I want. Dealer said he could order what I want it and it would take 6 to 10 weeks. There are no manual V6s around here to test drive!

If you schedule a test drive online, they can't see WHO you are!! I'm a 52 year old woman and never felt as powerful in a dealership as I did with all the help I got online before I went in. I knew more about the car than the salesman. Plus, I will have a broker finish my work... all I need the dealer for is to test drive it and pick it up.

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Regardless of the brand you'll always find crappy dealerships. They all want to sell the cars and make as much as they can get away with. Most luxury dealerships are pretty good only if you are dressed properly.

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im 22 and went in to order my new 05 stang and the guy at jack trebour in randolph, nj was extremly nice..didnt let me do anything without asking me at least 3 times which is good..and didnt pressure me into anything..i could have walked out anytime i wanted with no problems..and best of all he said he didnt even need a security deposit..but i put one down anyway just to make sure and all that

v6 210hp 240tor....5 speed manual trans
shaker 1000 audio system
wheels with chrome spinners
sonic blue metallic,,black leather interior...wing, racing stripes..
expected delivery sometime in march hopefully

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Just drive in with a Vette then they fall over themselves to let you test drive whatever you want.

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when i was over in Florida last December I telephoned and then went over to Bartow Ford,explained what I was intending to do which was to import an '05 back to England the following year and the salesman was friendly polite and very very helpfull,even let me have a good look around the '05 GT they had in the detail shop being prepared for the customer to collect it later that day,I shall be going back to them when i return in a few months hopefully to test drive and order my GT

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i only test drove one which was a v6 auto..i am getting a 5 speed manual..but i have faith it will be fine...they are very hard to find around here..also i dont drive around looking for any so that maybe why also..the dealer i ordred mine from was 100% out of stock of all 2k5 stangs

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patiently waiting for my 2k5 mustang...5 speed manual
shaker 1000 sound system
body sport appearence package and all that
expecting sometime in march

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I ordered my from Hackettstown Ford in NJ and the Sales guy was great. My brother ordered one the same day. But I have had my share of A#@ Holes. The key is to just get up and walk out.