Insane "additional dealer markup"
 

This dealer cannot be serious...he has to be simply advertising with this ridiculous "buy it now" price as a way to let folks know he has the car and that he will be asking a stiff ADM...

Ford : Mustang - eBay (item 180647272684 end time Apr-07-11 08:51:44 PDT)

I asked a dealer once about a crazy markup on the new T-Bird when they first came out. He told me some idiot will buy it.

Is that in addition to add-ons for paint sealant, etching, wheel protectant, nitrogen in the tires, prep, and the other nonsense they tell you they've done? If not, I'd say he's just being honest. I would honor his candor, and negotiate.

When the market was good and the Ford GTs were out I saw one for $130K plus an additonal $130K "market adjustment"

What's with the round "things" in the grill? Not intakes or lights...

The dash looks like Fido's hiney too.

Even Miatas sold for over sticker when they first appeared. '89 Carrera Speedsters went for 120 and more when the window said 70 something. Nothing new or strange about this.

It's not at all uncommon for cars that are desirable in the market to go for a lot more than asking price, especially when they first come out.

Miatas
Acura NSX, they were going for $90k, but were priced at $60k
I believe the Honda S2000 was going for $60k and was priced at $30k.

I think they call it "supply and demand"

anybody remember that PT Cruisers were going for 10K OVER sticker when they came out.
It's just a POS neon with a hatchback

Well, I guess the dealership could be hoping that P.T. Barnum was right...after all, it only takes one.

But far more than double the sticker?

Naw, he's just using that "buy it now" price for advertising...

What's up with that red X thing in the backseat. It's a track car, why not rollbar or something useful?

Neat looking car otherwise.

REALLY?!?! I'd never heard that. Wow. I've driven a few Neons and hated them. I suspect the PT is as bad or worse.

Additional Bracing. Pick up a MAY ROAD & TRACK to learn more. One is the cover car, and they do a road test as well as lapping the Laguna Seca track.

I saw PTs going for way over sticker when they first came out, they are roomy and ok to drive but I wouldn't ever want one.
I worked for a Ford dealer when the TBird came out and saw their first one go for 50k and the guy sent them a letter thanking them for letting him buy it. We bought a brand new one in 2005 for 29k off a different lot.

It's funny, when I was able to make the decisions at the dealer or corporate-dealer level, my policy was nothing over MSRP. Period. No ADM.

We wouldn't sell to another dealer, or someone who was just flipping it. We offered spots to our previous customers first. ADMs make the dealer look stupid and/or greedy, neither of which are good attributes for a dealer that wants to be around long. It seems odd to me to spend $700K/yr advertising to attract new clients then turning just as many of them away by trying to make an extra $5K (or whatever) on 3 or 4 cars. People DO remember when their PT Cruiser Limited cost them $35K and they go to trade it in to your store a year later (after the ether wears off) for $10K and see a whole row of unsold new ones. They tell everyone, and even though the market might support it at the time, the dealer is the bad guy later.

There is no greater vanity than paying a huge premium to be the 'first'.....

Was late 80's, early 90's IIRC. The Isuzu Amigo hit and they were going for ridiculous $'s over sticker. Something like $15k.

Seems to me this would be the smart way for any dealer to go...but then, not all dealers are smart.

Crap that is a lot of money for a mustang (and I like them). I rememeber in the late 80's Chevy dealers swapping ZR1's with themselves for $100K.

That's terrible, the govt should have intervened and forced the dealers to sell at the set price. You know, like they do with oil.

+1 he's just putting it on eBay for the advertising, with the reserve and the "Buy it Now" set so high it won't sell. If it does sell, then it's a knee-slapper for him.

for that kind of money, you'd think he'd be able to spell "Laguna" correctly.

I have to say, that is probably the uglyist new Mustang I have seem. I love the Boss 302, but I would never buy it at even the list price.

I'm a bit puzzled that this is even a topic for conversation. Dealers have been doing this for years.

I'm not a big consumer, gotta have it at any price, kind of person and don't pay any attention to these things. Doesn't this also happen with other consumer products that some lust after to the extent that they'll throw crazy money away to obtain them?

How is it not just good old-fashioned Capitalism?, i.e., charge what the traffic will bear?

Of course it's ugly...those graphics! Those Red wheels! YUK!
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1302140934.jpg

It really doesn’t matter what brand happens to be your kool-aid flavor of choice, that 302 livery is an abomination (the GT3s isn’t much better). Seriously, how could you not be embarrassed to drive around in that car? A shame they felt the need to clutter the exterior of a very nice machine.

I opened this thread thinking, "hey, maybe he's finally posted something that's not about Mustangs..."

Can you imagine paying extra for a PT cruiser WOW.....Jermy Clarkson once said the purchase of certain cars indicates you know nothing about cars and should not be allowed to drive.

I don't have a problem with dealers selling a car at any price if some sucker is willing to pay.

I do have a problem when they mark up a vehicle with a substantial government development subsidies and consumer rebate....like the "Chevy Volt"

Mustangs are drag cars.

They do both drag and road course...much to the dismay of those who prefer one trick pony cars.

Now who's trolling???

I agree 100% on the ugly. Graphics are horrible. IF I were to buy one it also would soon go to a custom body/paint shop to be worked over..."detuned".

Don't tell that to all of the SCCA champions who run Mustangs at road courses across the country.

A Mustang isn't really a car, it just dresses like one

Is that price for two?

More than, if you go by sticker price.

You need to change your outdated screen name. How about "Mustang Sally"? I don't think it's taken.

Poor Denis...:(

Here ya go...a pic just for you...

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1302214444.jpg


But this car is wayyy back in my past. It left here for Istanbul in 2007...I got tired of it. So it was time to ship it to a dear friend who would appreciate it.

how about Mustang Sassy?

Well at least your taste in color has not changed :) Nice looking car (the 911). Hope to have something similar in my garage again.

I think Mustang Sally is a great handle. It's not like you have a '72S anymore. What's your handle on the Mustang boards?

Paul sold his 911?

You sold your 911?

pwd72s...also on the pool boards, and other boards I visit...SmileWavy