dmccarty
Super Star Member
I know you think this is spam and Dan is selling cars for a living! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif ................
Nope but I learned some things this week on http:// [url]www.ford-diesel.com [/url] and figured I should pass it on to TBN. Especially with the thread that started about buying a diesel or gas burner....
Ford has a program to sell vehicles UNDER invoice. The actually have three plans, A, X and I think Z. I don't know what the Z plan is about. The A plan it the price that Ford employees get when buying a Ford product. The X Plan is 4% more than the A Plan. The X Plan works out to a a few hundred dollars under invoice. I have heard about 1.5%.
Here is how this works. First you have to be a member of some company or organization that participates in the X Plan. There is a website at Ford that one has to go to with a special number that is specific to the organization that is participating in the plan. With this number you generate a PIN. You take the numbers to a participating dealer, pick out a vehicle, they show you the X-Plan price, and you are done. This is only for new cars. You have to work out trade ins and such with the dealer.
I got lucky and found out my company participates in this plan. If you search for X-Plan and EAA on the above website you can find out far more information especially on joining an organization that is participating in the plan.
I don't know if other brands have such a program. Maybe someone else knows...
Since I'm looking at a Ford its a good deal! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
The special prizes are for all Ford brands such as Lincoln, Mercury, Mazada, Range Rover, Volvo and even Jaguar. The price mechanism seems to be different on the "foreign" brands but I have not dug deeply into those prices. I need a truck! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
I have not tried to buy under the plan as of yet but I'm getting close. There seems to be lots of people buying on the Ford-Diesel site and they seem satisfied. Some of the seem to be buying the trucks from a dealer in CA since he has a presence on the website. Kinda like Carver. The guy will ship the vehicle anywhere in the US.
BTW, the ford-diesel site has lots of information about Ford trucks and seems to be a friendly and informative as TBN. I think CowBoyDoc mentioned this site once or twice and it is a good one if you are looking at Ford trucks. Lots of great information.
Hope this helps...
Dan McCarty
NOTE: I just found out that my company has a similar program with GM. I have not looked at the GM but it sounds like the Ford X Plan.
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by dmccarty on 11/29/01 03:52 PM (server time).</FONT></P>
Nope but I learned some things this week on http:// [url]www.ford-diesel.com [/url] and figured I should pass it on to TBN. Especially with the thread that started about buying a diesel or gas burner....
Ford has a program to sell vehicles UNDER invoice. The actually have three plans, A, X and I think Z. I don't know what the Z plan is about. The A plan it the price that Ford employees get when buying a Ford product. The X Plan is 4% more than the A Plan. The X Plan works out to a a few hundred dollars under invoice. I have heard about 1.5%.
Here is how this works. First you have to be a member of some company or organization that participates in the X Plan. There is a website at Ford that one has to go to with a special number that is specific to the organization that is participating in the plan. With this number you generate a PIN. You take the numbers to a participating dealer, pick out a vehicle, they show you the X-Plan price, and you are done. This is only for new cars. You have to work out trade ins and such with the dealer.
I got lucky and found out my company participates in this plan. If you search for X-Plan and EAA on the above website you can find out far more information especially on joining an organization that is participating in the plan.
I don't know if other brands have such a program. Maybe someone else knows...
Since I'm looking at a Ford its a good deal! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
The special prizes are for all Ford brands such as Lincoln, Mercury, Mazada, Range Rover, Volvo and even Jaguar. The price mechanism seems to be different on the "foreign" brands but I have not dug deeply into those prices. I need a truck! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
I have not tried to buy under the plan as of yet but I'm getting close. There seems to be lots of people buying on the Ford-Diesel site and they seem satisfied. Some of the seem to be buying the trucks from a dealer in CA since he has a presence on the website. Kinda like Carver. The guy will ship the vehicle anywhere in the US.
BTW, the ford-diesel site has lots of information about Ford trucks and seems to be a friendly and informative as TBN. I think CowBoyDoc mentioned this site once or twice and it is a good one if you are looking at Ford trucks. Lots of great information.
Hope this helps...
Dan McCarty
NOTE: I just found out that my company has a similar program with GM. I have not looked at the GM but it sounds like the Ford X Plan.
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by dmccarty on 11/29/01 03:52 PM (server time).</FONT></P>