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- Geoff
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- Framingbury, MA
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- 1967 Mustang, 2021 Hyundai Kona, 2021 Ford Bronco
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- Big Bend
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Greetings all. New member in Mass with a long, convoluted story into a 2021 Big Bend.
My Bronco story started roughly 20 years ago when this was my dally driver.
1971 Bronco Sport.
Unfortunately, one sunny summer day the girl I had just started dating a few weeks before (who is now my wife) and I had to literally jump out of it at a traffic light when it caught fire.
Naturally I was interested when the new Broncos were introduced and have been following the train wreck that was the vehicle rollout ever since. I hadn't placed an order on one due to price concerns and first model year jitters but when Ford announced that the Antimatter Blue color was going way for 2022, my wife said either
of get off the pot. So I did.
I placed my order (Outer Banks, V6, hardtop, High Package) in early September since Ford had the Sept 30th deadline. Two weeks into October I got a call from the dealership stating that Ford had decided that all orders that hadn't been officially assigned a VIN would be 2022 and everybody would have to reconfigure their order or they can just F@#$ off. I went ahead and cancelled the order. The dealership was trying to get me to "just get a different color" even though I had a long discussion with the sales manager about my 1971 Bronco and the story behind it.
After that I was searching the internet for an Antimatter Blue Bronco and was getting reserved to the fact that I would not be getting the vehicle I wanted since I wasn't going to pay a $20K markup on what I believed was already an overpriced vehicle.
In late November I contacted a local dealer who had one listed as "in transit" expecting it to be a pre-order, already sold, or a mannequin. The sales rep told me he thought it was sold but couldn't find anything in the computer. He called me back about an hour later saying that every person in the dealership thought it was sold but there was absolutely no paperwork (not even hand written note) on it and that if I wanted to put down a down payment, it was mine. There was already a window sticker on their website so I was able to stalk it online all the while thinking that somehow, something would get screwed up and I wouldn't get the truck.
It was built on 12/4 (my father's birthday) and delivered to the dealership on 12/22. On Christmas Eve I picked up my 2021, Antimatter Blue, Big Bend Bronco. The dealership honored the MSRP price so there was no markup. Never thought I would brag about paying sticker.
It's not the exact vehicle I ordered but it does have the major options that I wanted (heated seats and the overhead switches). Already planning mods and yes, it will have white fender flares and a white top at some point. Hopefully this one won't suffer the same fate as my '71.
This is my daily driver when there isn't salt on the roads but now the decision on which car to drive on nice sunny days just got a little more complicated.
Still not sure how I went from cancelling my order, to actually finding one for sale, with no markup, and getting it probably 6-8 months sooner than I would've if I kept my original order.
Thanks for reading if you made it this far.
My Bronco story started roughly 20 years ago when this was my dally driver.
1971 Bronco Sport.
Unfortunately, one sunny summer day the girl I had just started dating a few weeks before (who is now my wife) and I had to literally jump out of it at a traffic light when it caught fire.
Naturally I was interested when the new Broncos were introduced and have been following the train wreck that was the vehicle rollout ever since. I hadn't placed an order on one due to price concerns and first model year jitters but when Ford announced that the Antimatter Blue color was going way for 2022, my wife said either
of get off the pot. So I did.I placed my order (Outer Banks, V6, hardtop, High Package) in early September since Ford had the Sept 30th deadline. Two weeks into October I got a call from the dealership stating that Ford had decided that all orders that hadn't been officially assigned a VIN would be 2022 and everybody would have to reconfigure their order or they can just F@#$ off. I went ahead and cancelled the order. The dealership was trying to get me to "just get a different color" even though I had a long discussion with the sales manager about my 1971 Bronco and the story behind it.
After that I was searching the internet for an Antimatter Blue Bronco and was getting reserved to the fact that I would not be getting the vehicle I wanted since I wasn't going to pay a $20K markup on what I believed was already an overpriced vehicle.
In late November I contacted a local dealer who had one listed as "in transit" expecting it to be a pre-order, already sold, or a mannequin. The sales rep told me he thought it was sold but couldn't find anything in the computer. He called me back about an hour later saying that every person in the dealership thought it was sold but there was absolutely no paperwork (not even hand written note) on it and that if I wanted to put down a down payment, it was mine. There was already a window sticker on their website so I was able to stalk it online all the while thinking that somehow, something would get screwed up and I wouldn't get the truck.
It was built on 12/4 (my father's birthday) and delivered to the dealership on 12/22. On Christmas Eve I picked up my 2021, Antimatter Blue, Big Bend Bronco. The dealership honored the MSRP price so there was no markup. Never thought I would brag about paying sticker.
It's not the exact vehicle I ordered but it does have the major options that I wanted (heated seats and the overhead switches). Already planning mods and yes, it will have white fender flares and a white top at some point. Hopefully this one won't suffer the same fate as my '71.
This is my daily driver when there isn't salt on the roads but now the decision on which car to drive on nice sunny days just got a little more complicated.
Still not sure how I went from cancelling my order, to actually finding one for sale, with no markup, and getting it probably 6-8 months sooner than I would've if I kept my original order.
Thanks for reading if you made it this far.
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