Im buying a Lightning soon and was wondering if this is a good deal. 34730.16 drive out, i didnt haggle the price any, is that good for drive out or should i go lower. MSRP 32460

 

Don't pay more than sticker price.

I got $1700.00 off sticker, and I know a bunch of us did even better.

 

I paid less than sticker.My salesman was stupid,cuz I would have 40,000. I had the fever, bad.
Just don't act too excited.Tell him you can get it for 1000 less at XYZ dealer.Tell him to call you when he's serious about selling.

 

That price sucks *****!!! Don't even think about it anymore. I bought my 2001 L with a whopping 7 miles on the odo for 27,800 dollars! Granted, I work at the dealership, but you should be able to get one for no more than 29,000. Especially since SVT made too many and there are plenty of them sitting around at dealerships now. My particular dealership has two blacks and two silvers left in inventory.

The way the economy is, and the way there are too many 01 L's on the market, you should be able to get one MUCH cheaper than 35K. Tell that dealer that you are no sucker, and then walk. They'll call you with a better deal after you leave. Reguardless, don't pay more than 29,000-30,000.

good luck.

later,
chris


P.S. A salesman at my dealership had a deal made with a customer just last week on one of the black ones for something like 28,900. The customer didn't like that his payment was going to be over $500. Waaahhhhhh! That's what happens when you try to buy a 32,000 dollar truck with no down payment idiot.

 

Canada is definitely the place to buy a Lightning. Since both the engine and the truck are built here, they definitely save the best and fastest ones for us! . MSRP in Canadian dollars is $42640.00 including freight. Allowing for exchange, that works out to a shade over $28000 US. That's on MSRP! My dealer was willing to work on the price with me, but since I had the fever real bad, I was forced to trade a 2000 Chevrolet Suburban LT (What the hell was I thinking buying that?), he bit into his gross on the L in order to give me enough to clear the loan on the 'Burb. Without a trade, I'm confident I could have bought it for about $25000 US. Canadian dealers are technically prohibited from selling new vehicles to US citizens, but it still doesn't mean that it doesn't happen. Be creative and make friends with a Canadian! Plus you get a speedo that reads to 220! (km/h that is.) My dealer has 10 on the lot right now. 4 Red, 3 Black, 3 Silver (no white).

 

Do I have to be the first to say X-PLAN!! Do a search (wheres nolvem?) for X-PLAN or EAA. Join and get X-plan pricing. I'm not related to dealers in any way. they gave me xplan of $28,789.28 + T,T,T - $1,500 rebate. This was last week. ANY Jo Blow can get this price. Pending the dealer will honor it. If not, find one that will! 35k is a rip off. You'll get all the details when you do a search.

 

OK! So i was getting ripped off THANKS FOR THE INFO!!! I live in houston, how do i find where there are dealers doing X PLAN? I think im going to call the dealer right now and see if they will go down. HELP ME find a good deal!

 

Finding an X-Plan dealer isn't too hard, just a little time consuming. First, you proably know 99.99% of the SVT authorized dealers in your area. (Available on Fords web site) Simply call them and ask to speak to the Fleet mgr (or member of fleet team) Ask if they currently have any L and if they would honor X-Plan priceing for one. Second if there aren't but 1-3 dealers near you that you're used to, scout around. Its worth the drive to save a couple thousand dolars. Just ask LIGHTNINGROD.
Hope this helps.

 

mocklab wrote:

Where did you get that deal from??? I've been calling around and asking for someone in new car sales. Will asking for a fleet manager or someone in the fleet dept. be better?

 

WS thats what I've been trying to tell ya call Buck. Thats the right price and if yu really want a truck well Just Call the Man

 

Is Estabrook Ford an SVT dealer? They don't come up on dealerconnection.com as SVT dealer. If not, how are they able to sell me SVT L? They can't sell me an 02 at Xplan it seems.

 

I bought mine from them and a friend of mine is suppose to get his today. yes they are and SVT dealer, ask for Buck 1-228-762-2641 tell him Ivan sent you.

 

I've heard it is not easy to get a good deal on L's in Houston or for that matter Dallas. The best I could get recently with the good financing was $500 less then MSRP and that took lots of searching. Remember many places around here are asking $5k to $7k over MSRP and some are actuallly getting it. I might of been able to get a better deal but I really wanted a red (hard for me to find) and got tired of searching for the perfectly low price that didn't require me to drive hundreds of miles away. BTW, I never tried the X-plan . I didnt know about it until after I got the truck and found out about this site. You might want to try that route. If you do find a place that accepts them, let me know so I can spread the word .

 

red light, if they take a car back to the united states they must by law have the speedo changed to miles an hour. and they must acquire an epa sticker. the change over cost roughly 1000 dollars. i know because i sold my 99 to a guy from the states.

 

by the way, i got my 01 for 25700, in us dollars.