- First Name
- Jay
- Joined
- Sep 6, 2020
- Threads
- 39
- Messages
- 881
- Reaction score
- 3,380
- Location
- Daytona FL
- Vehicle(s)
- 2007 Mustang GT
- Your Bronco Model
- Black Diamond
My credit was not hit/run...they did take a pic of my license, and from buying cars in the past I recognize it is the standard auto dealer form they have anyone complete who is interested in buying a car. I am not worried about conspiracy theories because these days a Google search will yield about as much info as I was asked to share...and the dealer asked if I plan to pay cash, to use financing, and if I have a trade...the same thing they ask anyone buying anything. I have only been on this forum a short time, but from what I have gathered there a LOT of folks here who spend a LOT of time trying to solve some kind of Bronco Da Vinci code...sorting out the numbers in the reservations, guessing when units arrive, locating secret emails...etc. My take, FWIW, is that I, like the rest of the good folks in this forum who are obviously interested in obtaining a Bronco, would be best served by spending less time perseverating on the things everyone is guessing at/angry with/have zero control over and instead go with the flow. Having bought (and sold, for a very short time) cars in the past, I know that having a customer fill out a simple credit app can be a HUGE time saver (and possibly a warning flag) for dealers. One of the biggest time sucks for a dealer is spending all day with a potential customer, only to find out he or she is "upside down" on his or her finances and/or trade. If that is the case, the dealer can't get the person financed because no one will lend to them or they have to get really creative...and with Broncos costing upwards of 60k out the door the dealers care less about who wants them and more about who can pay for them/who they can get financed. A quick credit pull prevents a deal from going off the rails and from having the dealer explain to a person who does not have the resources to make a 1000 a month payment and still meet their other obligations. If a person does not want credit pulled, all they have to do is tell the dealer they will be financing on their own or paying cash or whatever (and not provide SSN/DL). I don't have 50k laying around, so I was happy to fill out the credit app and then if/when they pull it I can compare whatever Ford is offering at the time or just use my Credit Union. Additionally, it makes a LOT of sense to spend 30 minutes now, prior to the rush of folks who will clog the dealer when the dealer is able to push the order button, so that all I need to do is take a phone call some time in the (hopefully) near future when the dealer is able to hit "send." I personally am trying not to spend a lot of time wondering exactly when xyz will happen because even if I do it changes absolutely nothing...they will arrive when they arrive and whatever I or anyone else decides I can get my 100 bucks back if I change my mind. The wait sucks but so does wearing a mask/working remotely/not being able to go into the stores I used to unless there are less than x people in there at one time and so forth. I could buy a Jeep right now, but they cost as much as a Bronco and I like the Bronco better...and I could buy an original Bronco, but a decent one costs TWICE as much as a new one, and I could build my own Jeep/Bronco/FJ40/FJ55 etc but I'd spend more money than I would on a new Bronco AND it would take longer for me to build it than the wait to get the new Bronco. So for me, I will just wait until the next call and not try to overthink it. Hopefully we all eventually will get whatever it is we are hoping for!
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