from potential buyer to actual owner!!!

[Hoots]

Pretty excited.

Just got back from a dealer in Maryland about 100 Miles away.

At end of the day they were around 8K under MSRP and gave me 19K on my trade.

16 SHO,
Shadow Black on Grey/Black
Nav
Driver Assist
Moon roof
The wheels I prefer!
No contour seats but im beyond ecstatic...

In comparison my local dealer could get me the same car (with the seats $600 option) with the flower wheels for around 42-42.5 and they offered me 16.5 on the trade. (vs 39.2 & 19K)

They even offered free delivery to me door... which even sounded more fishy. (but now after this experience, my wife (who has been looking agt edge/explorers) may have one shipped to the door when she is ready to buy...

From the moment I contacted this dealer on the internet this week I was waiting for the catch or bait and switch when I showed up.


it never happened. I was even embarrassed to ask for more (but i still did) and they threw in the all weather mats which they are mailing to me.

I had PA/NJ & NY dealers literally swearing to me that anything under 41.5 was impossible and went as far as saying it was a "scam" for other dealers to advertise that price and those are the worst people in the industry...

I mean... I had an autodraft for 60 months at 2.49% from my credit union and told the dealer I'd be open to their financing as long as it could beat the rate and could be paid off early with no erroneous fees and came back and asked if i want 2.02 @72 months? I even had to pause before being like "ahh sure".

So... did i just get completely lucky or was this just typical salesman lingo to make people avoid looking for these deals...?

I95 North didnt offer to0 many opportunities to open her up on a Friday afternoon but I took what I could and was pretty impressed. Real smooth ride. A cruiser with power for sure.

And my wife is proud of me for buying a good "family car" Taurus....

Now just need to go get PA inspection/emission on a new car. (makes sense)


Thanks to everyone for all the advice and suggestions in this thread.
http://shoforum.com/index.php?threads/advice-for-potential-buyer.131932/

 

[Livernois Motorsports]

SWEET! I like the spoke wheels over the flower wheels too! LOOKS SHARP! Now, only if it were as fast as it looks lol.

 

[xduxjc]

Congrats on the new SHO!

You should definitely reach out to Livernois, it is amazing what this car is capable of.

 

[2011TAURUSSEL]

Alright Jamie say what's on your mind.....new owner.........you need a Livernois Tune!!!!Congratulations and inspection/emissions should be easy. PA and MD both require California Emissions. Have fun.

 

[Livernois Motorsports]

I was trying to be PC lol!

 

[Chris Horner]

Awesome car, great deal. Enjoy it!!

 

[SHOdded]

Congrats, great backstory, good luck!

 

[Hoots]

Thanks everyone.!

Dumb question. Is there a cut out im missing to run wire from the usb in the console out to the cabin? Seems like a silly oversight if you have to close the console on ur charging wire.

Past few cars ive had included this. Am i missing it? Thx

 

[Chris Horner]

On mine there's enough gap when the lid is closed to still allow the wire to move freely.

 

[Pintony]

A few questions...
What's with the small area of the brake pad on rotor?
Have I missed something about heat dissipation somewhere?
I see that your rotor is already rusting in the reverse hat area.
I don't feel as bad about the rust on my 014 rotors now...

 

[Pintony]

Nice score on getting a GREAT deal HOOTS!!!

 

[Hoots]

I was trying to be PC lol!

No worries. With the miles i drive ill be out of the bumper to bumper in under 2 years so then Ill likely look into tunes.

so far, this car is an absolute joy to drive.

 

[Hang10Tony]

Hey congrats! I literally just got a 2010 SHO yesterday and love it as well! Now the fun starts with customization am I right?

 

[Livernois Motorsports]

▲THIS is also our mantra!

 

[Livernois Motorsports]

Hey congrats! I literally just got a 2010 SHO yesterday and love it as well! Now the fun starts with customization am I right?

Don't forget the plugs!

 

[BlueSHO]

Nice. Do you know your build number? What's interesting is I have a 16 also and my seat controls are different with the memory buttons. Don't mind the seat covers.

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[Hoots]

Nice. Do you know your build number? What's interesting is I have a 16 also and my seat controls are different with the memory buttons. Don't mind the seat covers. View attachment 2353

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Interesting. How do i find build #? Do you have contour seats? (I dont). Could that be it?

 

[BlueSHO]

Interesting. How do i find build #? Do you have contour seats? (I dont). Could that be it?

The last 6 digits of your vin. 2016 started at 100000 so if your say 100100 yours was number 100 built. Yes I have contoured seats. Aren't those 2 front buttons on yours the seat memory buttons?

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[2011TAURUSSEL]

Blue.....now you got me curious.... Where is your memory selection button on the 16? Do you lose the memory option when you get the multi contour seats or does the selection switch move?

 

[BlueSHO]

Blue.....now you got me curious.... Where is your memory selection button on the 16? Do you lose the memory option when you get the multi contour seats or does the selection switch move?

Front button circled is for seat massage and the rear buttons circled for memory. Also when you hit that massage seat button the pictures of the driver and passenger seat pop up on the center display so you can adjust the amount of intensity that either or the seat air bladders massage.

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