South Dakota Ford Car Dealers

The Mustang I would buy. by mschmal on Fri Sep 14 04:53:34 PDT 2007

IMHO, the Mustang you should buy is a Premium with IUP, Pny Pkg, Sd Air Bags, Sirius, and ABS/TC. I have 2 on my lot with the "performance package" discount and the MSRP is $23,770. Invoice is $22,399. Hd Bck is $691. Rebates are the same. For the Extra $1100 you are getting the Pony Pkg, the Interior Upgrade Package and Sirius with the Shker 500. Thats alot of stuff for not a not that much money. At my dealer, we only order our V6 Mustangs as Premiums with Pny Pkg, IUP and Sirius. Some have side bags, some have leather etc but none are Dlxes and none do not have the IUP. If you buy a deluxe, you'll also find that the depreciation is steeper as this is the "rental car" version. Remember, the Pony Package adds the GT suspension to the V6. Ford doesn't really advertise this cause they don't want to scare the wussies away who are worried that the ride is harsher. However, you can easily look under the back bumper and the rear anti-sway bar is clearly visible on Pny Pkg cars and missing on the non Pny cars. Also the base car has smaller wheels and crappy tires. Mark.

Understanding Car ads. by mschmal on Fri Sep 14 04:42:21 PDT 2007

1. Must car dealer ads newspapers are so full of fineprint BS that IMHO I would not even shop at a dealer that used price or payment advertising on specific models unless the dealer was just repeating national ads from Ford. 2. That airbag/alarm discount that you saw was a "factory discount" and is only offered on Job 1 builds its not necessarily on ever car out there, or even on the car that you saw. If the car does have this "factory discount" it is already included in the sticker price, so it really doesn't come into play. 3. I couldn't find a Mustang Dlx in my region with an MSRP of $22,300. However I did find one for $22,510. Options are Auto, Pwr Seat, Sd Air Bags, and ABS/TC. MSRP $22,510. Invoice is $21,273. Holdback is $653. Accordingly, a dealers net net on this car is $20,620. Rebates: There are $3,000 in rebates with your $500 college grad rebates. Assuming the dealer will sell you a car for net net, that brings me to $17620. If you can find a dealer that will sell you a car BELOW his net net cost, then there is going to be a catch, or somethign the dealer isn't disclosing. Like that the car is not new. In general, If you are considering a new car that has more than a few hundred miles on it you might want to run a Car Fax to deterimine that it is still a new not previously titled vehicle. Mark.