I guess I got lucky with Gary Yeoman ford Daytona/Palm Bay. Pretty confident with order going though. returned deposit and did not request any down payment.
Deposits have been discussed extensively on this forum. Everyone has a different tolerance for how much they're willing to hand over before the vehicle is in front of them. We've seen reports of deposits ranging from nothing more than the $100 to $5000. Personally, $500 doesn't seem unreasonable to me.
Probably not unheard of. My dealer told me that when my build started they would require a $500 deposit. I'm guessing it will be $400 plus the $100 they already have.
Same. And I'm okay with that as long as I can still get can get the car in a reasonable timeframe. Now, if my order drags out more than 9 months or so and I'm seeing these things on the lot, I'm gonna want it back. I also think that orders with money down should be given some weight. I can see some dealers giving better priority codes to people who haven't put their money down just to get cash in-hand. A part of me believes that once they have the deposit, they have less incentive to push the order because they already have 100% free money. There's nothing that really states that they can't push me back to 2030. There's also nothing that prevents Ford for changing the pricing code and doubling the price of the vehicle for model year 2022 if I can't get a 2021.
