A Ford sales rep said he'd sell it to us for about 11K over invoice.
>crickets<
Folks, this isn't a freakin Lamborghini where 11K is the cost of the wingnut that holds on the oilpan.
It's a Ford.
You know, the one that's a camp song:
"I'm a little pile of tin, nobody knows what shape I'm in.
I got 4 wheels and a running board
I'm a 4-door, I'm a Ford.
Honk honk, rattle rattle rattle, crash beep beep..."
What bizzarro-universe are they living in that Ford (whose nationwide sales declined last month more than any other American car company) has the chutzpah to ask for that much over invoice?
During a recession???
But it gets better - the description of the car on one of the sites reads as follows:
"Hard to find in the market.
Due to the large amount of inventory on this particular model we have radically reduced our prices."
Now, I know I'm not the most technically savvy person, so maybe I'm missing something here that would be obvious to a rocket scientist.
Or, a lobotomized monkey.
But it seems that it takes a pretty severe case of cognitive dissonance not seen since Scott McClellan and Ari Fleischer to say one thing is true and then say the total opposite is true in the very next sentence.
So, be you brain surgeon or former press secretary/lobotomized monkey, you're going to be treated like the latter at a car dealership.
Do your research.
I'll post victory/acquisition pix if it ever actually comes to pass.....
* I've sworn off Fords ever since I knew the difference, after driving a few here and there. The current strong preference for a Ford is freaking me out and has triggered a minor identity crisis.
But.... it has GREAT mileage, is not a gutless wonder like some of the other hybrids (Honda?), and has some really good safety features that - with a 40 mile commute each day - would be nice to have.
