Canadian-specific questions: floodford equ., lead times, new price at delivery

[Mehcoib]

hi,

 

I have a few canadian-specific questions (but everyone is free to answer!):

- do we have a floodfordesp.com equivalent in Canada?

- to those who ordered their FHH, how long did you wait between order and delivery? can you provide me with your dates?

- if I place an order but the price is lower at delivery time (special event, etc.), can I get the new price or there's nothing to do once the order is placed?

- if I place an order, I guess payments only start at delivery?

- any idea of usual Ford Canada special events from June to December?

 

thank you.

 

[hybridbear]

Check with your dealer about incentives. Most will give you incentives at time of delivery. Getting them to lock in incentives at time of order is possible but some dealers won't do it.

 

Payments start at delivery. Usually you place a refundable deposit (often $500) at the time of order.

[acdii]

As for ordering and delivery times, 8-12 weeks is the norm depending on time of year. Once you place the order, then there is a wait time until a VIN is issued. The dealer will be able to get the VIN to you once it is issued. Once you have that, you can check the Sticker site posted in one of our Sticky threads, every Friday. Once the Sticker has been issued, then it is about 7 days from then for the car to actually be built. After that there is transit time, which can take anywhere from a week to several weeks depending on where it is going and how many cars are destined for your dealers location.

[inco]

From the time you order your car until it comes in, you will benefit from any program changes that Ford announces. You will never pay more that what you signed for. Dealers are pretty good about making sure they catch these programs and pass along the savings. My program changed from December to January and I got the January program.

 

When you start to pay for the car depends on what you set up at delivery time. Any deposit to order the car will be credited to your account. If the car arrives mid month and you want to arrange for first of the month payment start they typically prorate the difference and carry forward. So first payment then might be for 45 days and then monthly thereafter. Car arrives May 19th as an example so you pay for the remaining 13 days for this month and add that to your monthly June payment. Or the dealer might just waive that as part of the deal - you can try to negotiate that.

 

We do not have a Flood Ford discount dealer in Canada, however if you do a search for the ESP program, you might find dealers that will sell for less and use that as your guide for future dealings. There is a dealer in Barrie that I recall was cheaper than Ford when I looked. I simply googled the ESP plan and found that out.

 

Lots of support here as you have already discovered. Enjoy your ride. :)

[Waldo]

From the time you order your car until it comes in, you will benefit from any program changes that Ford announces. You will never pay more that what you signed for. Dealers are pretty good about making sure they catch these programs and pass along the savings. My program changed from December to January and I got the January program.

 

 

I don't think this it completely true, the incentives and benefits programs are time specific. If a program ends and the new deal is worse, the dealer is under no obligation to honor the previous deal. There are probably many who would, but it's important to have that agreement at the time of the order. Ford only pays the dealer the incentives in place at the time of the delivery, it's up to each individual dealer to manage the difference between the time of order and time of delivery.

[hybridbear]

 

I don't think this it completely true, the incentives and benefits programs are time specific. If a program ends and the new deal is worse, the dealer is under no obligation to honor the previous deal. There are probably many who would, but it's important to have that agreement at the time of the order. Ford only pays the dealer the incentives in place at the time of the delivery, it's up to each individual dealer to manage the difference between the time of order and time of delivery.

This is also my understanding. Thanks for confirming what I had said above.

[inco]

I believe we may be doing things differently in Canada. You will get the best deal. If the deal on signing is better than the deal on delivery, the dealers will honor the signing program. You cannot be penalized by a program change, but they will let you benefit. Consumer protection policies are at work here.

[Mehcoib]

I believe we may be doing things differently in Canada. You will get the best deal. If the deal on signing is better than the deal on delivery, the dealers will honor the signing program. You cannot be penalized by a program change, but they will let you benefit.

 

that's exactly what a dealer told me today ;-)

[Waldo]

I believe we may be doing things differently in Canada. You will get the best deal. If the deal on signing is better than the deal on delivery, the dealers will honor the signing program. You cannot be penalized by a program change, but they will let you benefit. Consumer protection policies are at work here.

 

That may be true, but then the most important thing is truly signing a deal. Make sure that what you've signed is eligible for these protection programs.