c5jet

I didn't do an X-Plan deal. If I had done an X-Plan deal, I think the doc fees could not have been more than $75. So in reality, I didn't beat the X-Plan by $900, but just $725 (the difference between the $250 doc fees I paid and the $75 that would have been charged with X-Plan).

From the Consumer Reports blog: Ford estimates that approximately 18,000 2010-model Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan Hybrids could be vulnerable to the electronic brake-software glitch but only a tiny fraction will ever exhibit it. Ford explained, "The software threshold to transition from regenerative brakes to conventional brakes can cause the system to transition to conventional brakes unnecessarily." Okay, I'm not a probability and statistics expert, but I did take classes in college. What do you think the chances are that included in the "tiny fraction" of people that Ford thinks might experience this problem would be a major publication like Consumer Reports? Either Ford just got really unlucky, or more than a "tiny fraction" of people are going to see this problem. I'm guessing that Ford really believes the latter and that's why they are proactively fixing the problem. Of course it could also be that they are really spooked by the spanking that Toyota is taking...

No trade-in. No finance fees - I paid cash. $250 doc fees. I have the invoice from the dealer which shows the Invoice cost, MSRP, and X-Plan price, which matched the price that I pulled from the X-Plan website using the PIN available to me via my employer. I never said that I got the car for below dealer cost, just that I got it for below X-Plan price.

I don't like to dispute bbf2530 because he provides so much useful information, but I did purchase a FFH for less than X-Plan in January in Cincinnati. A little more than $900 less than X-Plan. Recognize that according to the terms and conditions of X-Plan you need to decide whether you want to purchase via X-Plan before you start negotiation with the dealer. So unless you have confidence in your ability to negotiate a good deal, your best bet is probably to go in and ask for the X-Plan price.