X Plan PIN and build time
#17
03-16-2011 | 11:08 AM
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From: Whitehorse
Yes Volume makes a huge difference, most car dealerships are allotted so many vehicles based on their sales, with the dealerships doing the most volume getting more per month, the slower dealerships get less.
It also has a lot to do with what options your getting and what trim, basically if your spending a lot more and they are looking at a bigger margin they may put yours in before say someone who is ordering a base XL with no options if they only have a limited amount of vehicles they can purchase that month. A Diamond Dealership with a lot of volume will just put it in for you that day or at the end of the week.
There's also the issues of dealers being a little lazy and only entering orders say every other week or once a month into Ford.
I was lucky I came in to put a deposit down on the day they where cutting orders so mine went i while I was sitting there and had a VIN the next week.
So bottom line I think a lot of the delay time is usually with the dealership, ask when they do their ordering with ford, then it's just a matter of how long it takes from there to build it once it's in the queue at the factory. They sometimes shut down the factories over major holidays I hear, hopefully mine will not be on the line Friday when everyone's recovering after St Patrick's day!
It also has a lot to do with what options your getting and what trim, basically if your spending a lot more and they are looking at a bigger margin they may put yours in before say someone who is ordering a base XL with no options if they only have a limited amount of vehicles they can purchase that month. A Diamond Dealership with a lot of volume will just put it in for you that day or at the end of the week.
There's also the issues of dealers being a little lazy and only entering orders say every other week or once a month into Ford.
I was lucky I came in to put a deposit down on the day they where cutting orders so mine went i while I was sitting there and had a VIN the next week.So bottom line I think a lot of the delay time is usually with the dealership, ask when they do their ordering with ford, then it's just a matter of how long it takes from there to build it once it's in the queue at the factory. They sometimes shut down the factories over major holidays I hear, hopefully mine will not be on the line Friday when everyone's recovering after St Patrick's day!
#18
03-16-2011 | 03:50 PM
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From: Olive Branch, MS
I looked into the xplan and the final price was based off invoice plus a set percentage 0.6% or something. Probably good for around $2k depending on trim level you're getting.
The weird thing I saw yesterday when looking was that it looked like I couldnt set my options. There was like one choice per trim, I saw the FX4 with the 5.0 and that was it. Maybe it was because I was trying to order online through the Xplan website or something or those were examples. Never actually pulled the trigger using xplan because Ive always heard you could get a better deal by working with the dealer.
Perhaps someone smarter than me can offer some insight.
The weird thing I saw yesterday when looking was that it looked like I couldnt set my options. There was like one choice per trim, I saw the FX4 with the 5.0 and that was it. Maybe it was because I was trying to order online through the Xplan website or something or those were examples. Never actually pulled the trigger using xplan because Ive always heard you could get a better deal by working with the dealer.
Perhaps someone smarter than me can offer some insight.
#19
03-16-2011 | 04:47 PM
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From: Gulf Coast
The weird thing I saw yesterday when looking was that it looked like I couldnt set my options. There was like one choice per trim, I saw the FX4 with the 5.0 and that was it. Maybe it was because I was trying to order online through the Xplan website or something or those were examples. Never actually pulled the trigger using xplan because Ive always heard you could get a better deal by working with the dealer.
Perhaps someone smarter than me can offer some insight.
Perhaps someone smarter than me can offer some insight.
