Maverick Plan B

[2022EOW]

#1- do NOT link the purchase of your Maverick and your company vehicle program in ANY way. Treat them as 2 separate transactions, each with their own pros and cons and timelines. This will greatly simplify and clarify your thinking and planning. Also takes the pressure off.

#2- If it was me, I would let the hybrid order play out until the day the dealer calls and tells you it's on the lot waiting for you. The worst that can happen is you decline to take delivery and walk away from it because you found something else suitable while you were waiting. It costs you Zero $.

#3- if you had a plan B or C, etc. for a different vehicle, start researching and looking for deals on those vehicles you could buy before company deadline. Include searching for Mavericks that might pop up the entire time. If you find 1 act immediately and buy it. Then you have options of keeping the new vehicle (hopefully Maverick) or trading it in on your Hybrid when it finally arrives. Or sell it to Carvana, etc. after you take delivery of the Maverick. You got options here.

Best case is you get the hybrid you want from 1 source or another with little change to your budget after the dust settles, and worst case is you didn't get your dream car but used the company plan and make another run at hybrid later on.

BTW: have you actually sat in and test driven a Maverick? If not, Do it before putting all your eggs in the Maverick basket. Some people actually haven't liked them enough for whatever reason to complete purchase of their order and walked away.



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I for one haven't seen a single post that someone walked away because they didn't like it. I've seen some that walked away because of financing issues or the fact they have no patience and already bought something else.

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[dalola]

Ride out your company car as long as possible.

Keep the Mav order.

By late March, see where everything stands. If you need to purchase a beater for a month or two, that is an option. Also keep an eye out for a stock Mav that might be available at MSRP.

Otherwise, you'll need to buy something else entirely, whenever you want.

 

[brdl04]

#1- do NOT link the purchase of your Maverick and your company vehicle program in ANY way. Treat them as 2 separate transactions, each with their own pros and cons and timelines. This will greatly simplify and clarify your thinking and planning. Also takes the pressure off.

#2- If it was me, I would let the hybrid order play out until the day the dealer calls and tells you it's on the lot waiting for you. The worst that can happen is you decline to take delivery and walk away from it because you found something else suitable while you were waiting. It costs you Zero $.

#3- if you had a plan B or C, etc. for a different vehicle, start researching and looking for deals on those vehicles you could buy before company deadline. Include searching for Mavericks that might pop up the entire time. If you find 1 act immediately and buy it. Then you have options of keeping the new vehicle (hopefully Maverick) or trading it in on your Hybrid when it finally arrives. Or sell it to Carvana, etc. after you take delivery of the Maverick. You got options here.

Best case is you get the hybrid you want from 1 source or another with little change to your budget after the dust settles, and worst case is you didn't get your dream car but used the company plan and make another run at hybrid later on.

BTW: have you actually sat in and test driven a Maverick? If not, Do it before putting all your eggs in the Maverick basket. Some people actually haven't liked them enough for whatever reason to complete purchase of their order and walked away.



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Good advice here and this will be the plan.

I have sat in one and truly wan't the Mav. I don't want to settle for another vehicle. So I will take your advice and use the next 2.5 months to see if one miraculously comes up that isn't too far off from my build... I will buy immediately if its close to what I want.

If not, I will probably purchase my company vehicle at a slight discount from used prices and use it until the Mav comes in, then hopefully sell this company vehicle I bought for a discount at a premium.

 

[Old Ranchero]

I for one haven't seen a single post that someone walked away because they didn't like it. I've seen some that walked away because of financing issues or the fact they have no patience and already bought something else.

there was a brand new poster created an account ripping the Maverick couple months back- said he bought it sight-unseen before he and his wife went down there to pick it up. Then he starts listing all the stuff he thought it should have had, expected it to have, etc. and walked from it. Of course he got ripped by sensible folks here because he was such a dumbass- but there's others like him that do no homework and then get a surprise and decline it at the dealer.

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