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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Sydney
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I see that these are this weekend $18k drive away. This a good deal?
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Queensland
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Weren't Ford doing $17,490 D/A for five door models a few weeks ago? That good value, but for an extra four and a half grand on a Zetec you get USB/Body Kit/16 inch alloys/Sport Trim/Fog Lights/Cruise Control/Voice Control just to name a few.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Sydney
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Thanks for that, but this is a first car for my 16 son who is getting his L's this weekend. I was only looking at a basic safe car for him to learn in so the base model should suit.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Queensland
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Fair call. Definitly check out the $17,490 D/A for the CL Five Door manual. Could swear these were in the papers a few weeks ago. Don't forget also, for a measly $1,000 extra you'll get DSC, Driver Knee Airbag and Side Head & Thorax Airbags for the front seat passengers. Makes an already strong car that bit safer. DSC being a very well tuned unit too, well tuned and not over reactive. Good luck mate, they are sweet little cars and the Three-Door models have nice heavy doors that give you a nice thunk when they close!
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Sydney
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If we get one, we'll go for the extra bags. I find it increadable that in these days extra bags and stabilty control are an extra cost.
When I got my L's, my first car was a Morris Minor - no seat belts, retread cross ply tyres, marginal brakes, no heater or radio. |
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Feb 2008
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if that dose not work for you go look at the Mazda 2, same car and the 3 door Max is on run out atm
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Sydney
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I got the Fiesta with the safety pack, and they only had one with metailic paint, so about $19,300 drive away. Arrives next week. Salesman great.
However, one thing that is annoying is, from the next dude you get to see, do you want floor mats, anti rust gagets, paint protection etc. How about finance etc etc. Hasnt anyone researched buyers and worked out that this stuff pi**es people off? Every time I have bought a Ford, this sort of dealer behavour annoys me. Perhaps I should have gone next door to the Mazda dealer. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2009
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haha yeah i know. they seem to do it to everyone... its annoying
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Finally have my Zetec!
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Brisbane
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Do they do this when picking the car up or when the contracts are signed? I haven't had anything like that "offered" to me yet from the dealer but then my car is still yet to arrive!
I know that Suzuki do it too as they did it to my brother when he bought his Swift earlier in the year. Lol, apparently there was a scantily clad woman pushing the protection packs in a seperate room after the contracts were signed hehe |
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Finally have my Zetec!
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Brisbane
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2009
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I think the protection pack cost is all relative to how good a deal you get off them with the car (ie how cheap you get it). Ours started at nearly $3000 and now its down to $1600...
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Sydney
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It is Dark Blue - aka Ocean - extra $320. The safety pack was $1000, ie Stability Control and thorax bags.
Didnt buy any of the other things like paint or rust protection etc. Did get rather peed off when asked why we only had one child, why didnt we have any more, was he gay, and then it was inferred that I was a goose in not getting window tinting. Window tinting apprarently improves the fuel economy. Ford spend millions on developing and building cars, and they let idiots sell them. Go figure. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Location: Sydney
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Turns out now that this good deal is not so good. Apparently the car that was available, is not so available. "We have another one in Black with 5 doors" but guess what. Its more expensive.
Notwithstanding a signed contract, City Ford Rockdale, are going to recind it. They dont even have any interest in ordering one on the Factory at the same terms and conditions. Told them to shove it. Funny way to do business. My comment on letting idiots sell them stands. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Queensland
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The Ford dealer I first approached asked "Why do you want a girls car, why don't you get a ute like all the other guys?" Because I don't want to you . Mate I'm sorry to hear about your car. Take your money and business to someone who appreciated it!
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jun 2009
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yeah but this is ford australia we are talking about!!!!
ive been to 5 of our local dealers here in SA and honestly, considering they need the sales - they dont seem to care if your happy or not, and dont know their products. (ours think the illuminated gear knob is standard yet in the brochure it clearly says accessory - and they had been to the sales training!!!????) this all leads in one direction, in the short term to people going elsewhere (happening alot - hell look at the cruze sales in the wheels mag this month) and then later on when you go to buy your next new car... where are you going to go to buy your new car? to the ford dealer again? are you kidding?. if most dealers are like this... i cant see a bright rosy future for ford... |
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Melbourne
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I managed to screw the local dealer down by about 2K over the first change over offer - Based on the retail prices for a territory Ghia, it was about right.
The car he said was available - was -and it was delivered a week after the deal was done. The obligatory chick with the big hoo hoos was intorduced and we had to spend some time alone (me and the missus, not me and the big hoo hood chick) to argue over the protection pack and the bits thereof. Ultimately the paint and fabric made some sort of sense, cos the missus doesn't wash her car much and she tend to eat in it and spill stuff. I could have taken or left the vinyl protection (the interior is Polypropylene not PVC), and the Tinting came with the package if you got the other three. I tend to think the sales guy knew almost as much as me about the car (given the research I do before I buy, that isn't too bad). The conclusion is that some dealers are probably OK, but a lot are crap - in the last 3 years I have bought 3 Fords, a VW and 2 Kias - to be honest I was reasonably happy with the dealers for all 3 Fords - having said that, I went through 12 before signing. |
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It's a shame about the dodgy Ford dealers, because it casts such a bad cloud over the really good Ford dealers who will no doubt cop slack from ****ed of consumers.
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I remember being awake when I studied Contract Law many years ago. I may take the opportunity today to remind the dealer of the consquences of breaching a valid contract, and also those sections of the Trade Practices Act pertaining to misleading and deceptive conduct.
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Finally have my Zetec!
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Location: Brisbane
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The Thread Killa
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Melbourne
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The old "bait-and-switch" ploy. Thought there was a law against that now.
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lake Macquarie, NSW
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ORDER FORD AUSTRALIA PART NO: AM6U7J19G329AA. This is a European-UN/AS3790B Spec safety-warning triangle used to give advanced warning to approaching traffic of a vehicle breakdown, or crash scene (to prevent secondary). Stow in the boot area. See your Ford dealer for this $35.95 safety item & when you buy a new Ford, please insist on it! See Page 83, part 4.4.1 http://www.transport.wa.gov.au/media...eSafePart4.pdf Last edited by Keepleft; 16-09-2009 at 12:52 PM. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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- Side Head/Thorax Airbags for front seat passengers - Drivers Knee Airbag - DSC with Traction Control Normally retails for $1,000 including fitment, and comes from the factory like this. Not sure what the take-up on such a pack is, considering the market I would think Ford have a limited stock of such a car due to the main game here being price?
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