• g-e-o-f-f@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I’ve been trying to buy a Ford Maverick (hybrid) for a while. Holy shit has it soured me on dealerships and the dealership model.

    • Kwanzaa246@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Same

      I ended up getting one at msrp but fuck the dealer and greasing on another $1600 in fees. I could have walked but there where three other guys who showed up to look while I was test driving it lol

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        1 year ago

        Probably their 3 EV sales guys who swapped clothes to get you to eat the extra $1600

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          1 year ago

          Lol maybe, this was in 2022 and to walk on a lot and get a vehicle at Msrp at that time was surprising in itself

    • _NathanialHornblower@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Same. Tried to get one last year and they stopped taking orders (and then there was a 12+ month wait). Tried again this year when the order banks opened, but Ford increased the price (and then there was an unknown amount of wait).

      I bought a Model 3 instead from my phone that was cheaper and I picked up a week later.

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      1 year ago

      This is legitimately a big part of the reason why Teslas are selling and other EVs aren’t. The Tesla buying experience is like the difference between a handjob and a root canal. No sane person is going to want to go back to spending hours talking to a sweaty man in a cheap suit when they can just go online and finish a purchase in 20 minutes instead.