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I'm cancelling my order. Bought another truck.
Why? Why now? Reviews are out! Because "time kills deals".
My order would be cancelled already but my dealer is dragging their feet. Ford salesguy sent a nice "don't give up" email. Offered to swap in for the 1st EB they get on the lot ... when they get it. Ordered early July. It's October now. Ford's lack of communication and waiting killed the deal.
A Chevy dealer had a lightly used diesel Colorado sitting on their lot 1hr away. Drove by a few weeks ago during a road trip and did a pit stop. Needed to think about it vs my Maverick order. Friendly Chevy salesguy txted me a few days later. Offered something unbelievable: he had the truck driven over to us to keep overnight. <-- You read that right! their shuttle kids drove the truck for 1hr to our place and left it till the next day! Talk about customer service. My partner and I drove it for hours and the diesel got >30MPG on country roads we drive. 7,600lbs tow rating in a small package.
Ford? disappointed me. I drove by the dealer's lot yesterday while running errands and BAM -- saw a black XL parked in their lot! Where was the promised call from my Ford salesman? He'd said he'd call when their 1st Maverick rolled in so I could take a look in-person. No call, no txt, no email since the "don't give up".
BTW: Used trucks weren't all overpriced. Used truck list prices were dropping by $1k / wk towards the end of Q3. I'd predicted a price floor happening. The Experts said all prices were going up but tracking prices of used trucks in Q3 showed otherwise. Now in Q4 prices are going back up again but there was a blip in Q3. The 2 dozen lightly used trucks I was watching are sold so the Experts are right about tight inventory.
I got the '17 Z71 4x4 Colorado diesel w/ 35k miles for same price if I were to get EB+AWD+4k+Lux Lariat Maverick. No haggle dealer; it was list price or I walk. Price was right.
Walking around the Maverick it's clear that it's smaller than the Colorado but not by much. Maybe down the road I'll still get the Maverick, so I'll keep reading everyone's posts here!
Why? Why now? Reviews are out! Because "time kills deals".
My order would be cancelled already but my dealer is dragging their feet. Ford salesguy sent a nice "don't give up" email. Offered to swap in for the 1st EB they get on the lot ... when they get it. Ordered early July. It's October now. Ford's lack of communication and waiting killed the deal.
A Chevy dealer had a lightly used diesel Colorado sitting on their lot 1hr away. Drove by a few weeks ago during a road trip and did a pit stop. Needed to think about it vs my Maverick order. Friendly Chevy salesguy txted me a few days later. Offered something unbelievable: he had the truck driven over to us to keep overnight. <-- You read that right! their shuttle kids drove the truck for 1hr to our place and left it till the next day! Talk about customer service. My partner and I drove it for hours and the diesel got >30MPG on country roads we drive. 7,600lbs tow rating in a small package.
Ford? disappointed me. I drove by the dealer's lot yesterday while running errands and BAM -- saw a black XL parked in their lot! Where was the promised call from my Ford salesman? He'd said he'd call when their 1st Maverick rolled in so I could take a look in-person. No call, no txt, no email since the "don't give up".
BTW: Used trucks weren't all overpriced. Used truck list prices were dropping by $1k / wk towards the end of Q3. I'd predicted a price floor happening. The Experts said all prices were going up but tracking prices of used trucks in Q3 showed otherwise. Now in Q4 prices are going back up again but there was a blip in Q3. The 2 dozen lightly used trucks I was watching are sold so the Experts are right about tight inventory.
I got the '17 Z71 4x4 Colorado diesel w/ 35k miles for same price if I were to get EB+AWD+4k+Lux Lariat Maverick. No haggle dealer; it was list price or I walk. Price was right.
Walking around the Maverick it's clear that it's smaller than the Colorado but not by much. Maybe down the road I'll still get the Maverick, so I'll keep reading everyone's posts here!
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