Just what is a pre order? When you or the dealer don't know yet what differences will be in model year change over. Especially since 2022 orders were cut off months ago.
60's and reserved 2 Bronco's. Want a 2 dr. but wanted one immediately so ordered 4 dr.BL, 4cyl, fortunate enough to get a "bad" MIC but nothing wrong with it. After driving w/my dog and seeing a 2 dr. There's no place for her to hang her head out of a 2 dr. unless the top is removed. Next one...
My thoughts on any dealer doing this are not planning to be a Ford dealer for much longer, already have a buy sell agreement or working on one. Being a dealer I do believe in an ADM but only to keep buyer from flipping for profit. After this wait the last thing I would do is ad on money over...
The pin number is to prove your X Plan eligible and for Ford to pay the dealer a small commission, Ford isn't honoring X Plan on 2 and 4 door models so no pin is actually needed. X plan pricing is usually honored on other models as it's real close to invoice. And yes it's goodwill on dealer part...