That's the kind of experience I love to hear about, joe t.! If you'd like, I'll be happy to give your dealership a digital pat on the back by documenting your feedback. PM me your full name, best daytime phone number, dealer info, and any specifics you'd like me to include. I'll take it from there!

Crystal

 

Thanks for the reply. I dont need to PM. It was Helfman Ford in Houston and I am Joe. I talked to Brock the salesman after talking to Eric Helfman about the King Rach at another dealer and when he said he would help me out and "go to bat" for me on getting the king ranch I decided to buy off their lot. The salesman brought me around the lot quickly and I found the truck I bought. I think it was an easy transaction.

I dropped off my 2011 F250 for maintenance and they cut me a deal on that. I asked they TRY to cover a TSB on the shift flare on the F250 and they worked on that and said they would get back to me on it. Seems like they are trying to get it done, great truck but the shift flare is realy annoying.

Good dealer experince overall and I have no issues with buying from them again, maybe when Ford releases the 2017 raptor.

 

Sure thing, joe t.! I'd recommend editing your public post to remove your personal information. How many miles are on your 2011? I'll see what options are available to assist.

Crystal

 

Cool deal. Yeah they told me since it was out of warranty it would be hard to apply a tsb. Only reason I asked is because it took a lot of research to figure out the issue and i found the tsb.

2011 6.2 liter built within the dates of affected vehicles but it has around 100k miles on it now.

Nothing will give you a pucker factor of 5 like trying to get onto the freeway near downtown with a loaded gooseneck and having it drop from third to first gear almost blowing the motor and then bouncing around between gears so you cant accelerate. I am getting it fixed regardless, but see what you can do, that would be cool. I am dealing with Jason Schnoider in service at Helfman Ford.

 

Thanks for the quick reply, joe t.! This falls outside of the scope that I'm permitted to assist with, but I'm sure your dealer will make sure the shifting issue is promptly addressed. Let us know how the repair goes.

Crystal

 

Yeah I figured it was too far out of warranty to mess with. Doing the repair anyway going to keep it another couple years.

 

Crazy is posting crazy again. I think you mean 2016.

There will be incentives. There will always be incentives. The 2016 will be out before the end of the year. You think we have to wait to April for ANY incentives. You need to inform youself.

There were $500-$1000 in incentives when the 2015s first came out.

Evidence:

1) first guy to order a 2015 on f150online got the deal at $500 less than invoice + $1000 incentive (in november 2014) + $750 cash back:
https://www.f150online.com/forums/20...ml#post5119424

2) there's also a post on f150forum.com which stated the $1000 incentives at that time + private cash offers. I don't have time to look it up.

I know you love the 2015s but you are just like the 2014 guys who were talking down the 2015s saying they were too expensive and NFG. Same thing is said every year. Next the 2016 or 2017 guys will be talking down the 2018 refresh with the 10 speed. Same old same old from you guys bashing the next year models. smh.



"There won't be any incentives! Buy the old one like me!"

 

Yeah, I meant incentives on the 2016's obviously... sorry big typo. I got 10k+ incentives on my 2015 in July

 

The brochure coupons are not good with A/Z/D plans, but are good with X plan. I just received a brochure today with $1000. off 2016 F-150 and $750 off Super Duty.

PS

The OP is not ordering anything right now. He is just asking in general do people like ordering or buying off the lot. OP already has a 2015 that he ordered. See the signature.

 

I usually pick out of inventory because I am looking for a popular item. But this time I wanted a 6.5ft supercrew and they are few and far between in Dallas. There are plenty in Denver but that doesn't do me any good. Not many 16's are coming OEM with trailer brake controllers. I found that odd. I could buy one for 110 bucks and pay a dealer tech to enable it in the software but I am not too keen on jerking my new dash out to add one. The wife wanted the side steps and I wanted the LED spotlight mirrors so I ordered one this year.

 

When I ordered my last truck the I asked about this exact thing. The dealership told me that since I ordered it today the incentives and rebate available to day would be locked in, however if they are replaced with a better deal I would get those when the truck came in. The rebates didn't change, so I wasn't able to test it.

I can say that when using x-plan my dealership was more than generous on my trade in. One was a 10 year old Explorer, that KBB listed as worth $1500 retail. The dealership gave me $2k. The other was a 2011 F-150, that KBB said was worth ~$27k retail. They gave me $25k for it even with the blemishes.

 

Dealer wanted to give me $1000 on my 2005 F150, I told him to pound sand and sold it myself for $4,000