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Long story short:
15 Apr 2021 - Custom ordered F150
15 Apr - 15 Jun - Nothing from dealer
15 Jun - Cancelled order from dealer (Placed lightening Reservation)
22 Jul - Truck (Unexpectedly) arrives - dealer sends me a courtesy pic, mentions they're selling it for $1500 over MSRP (Total of $4500 more than my agreed price, before I cancelled) and that he already has a guy lined-up to buy. I congratulate him, and basically shrug it off.
23 Jul - Salesman calls, says there was a mixup between he and his manager, offers to honor my original deal, asks if I'm still interested.
- I jump thru a bunch of hoops and move money around to make the down payment (which I had already diverted towards a garage...)
- I get all excited and go to the dealership to inspect the truck. The truck is beautiful inside and out. Not a hint of rust anywhere underneath.
*** I take it for a test drive and am super impressed, and ready to buy, UNTILL - I make the final slow, right hand turn into the dealership and I hear the worst grinding, shuttering noise come from the rear end. It wasn't like a binding suspension shutter etc. - It literally sounded metal grinding together.
The salesman asks me to drive it directly to the service bay so they could inspect it - to which I replied that even if it was fixable - I was out.
Now my confidence in ford is really shaken. Not sure if I'm even going to entertain the lightening now...
15 Apr 2021 - Custom ordered F150
15 Apr - 15 Jun - Nothing from dealer
15 Jun - Cancelled order from dealer (Placed lightening Reservation)
22 Jul - Truck (Unexpectedly) arrives - dealer sends me a courtesy pic, mentions they're selling it for $1500 over MSRP (Total of $4500 more than my agreed price, before I cancelled) and that he already has a guy lined-up to buy. I congratulate him, and basically shrug it off.
23 Jul - Salesman calls, says there was a mixup between he and his manager, offers to honor my original deal, asks if I'm still interested.
- I jump thru a bunch of hoops and move money around to make the down payment (which I had already diverted towards a garage...)
- I get all excited and go to the dealership to inspect the truck. The truck is beautiful inside and out. Not a hint of rust anywhere underneath.
*** I take it for a test drive and am super impressed, and ready to buy, UNTILL - I make the final slow, right hand turn into the dealership and I hear the worst grinding, shuttering noise come from the rear end. It wasn't like a binding suspension shutter etc. - It literally sounded metal grinding together.
The salesman asks me to drive it directly to the service bay so they could inspect it - to which I replied that even if it was fixable - I was out.
Now my confidence in ford is really shaken. Not sure if I'm even going to entertain the lightening now...
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