The Ford dealers in my area are idiots...

In reply to Feedyurhed:

I would usually have to special order things the way I wanted them, just like there are 0 '15 mustangs with the combo I would want in dealer inventories anywhere....

Any dealer will tell you ANYthing to get your butt on a test drive of something similar (the ST and whatever E36 M3box you're testing both have wheels) because they believe their heroic sales skills will win the day. You know what? They do probably more than half the time. To them, it's worth pissing off the occasional wised-up guy looking for a specific car.

Were I you, I would check out the smaller dealers farther out in the sticks. They may have one sitting there getting dusty because it's not an F-250 with the optional and very desirable Easy Rider Rifle Rack.

Feedyurhed wrote:

yamaha wrote: In reply to mblommel: You can already do that through the dealer. Just do the "build your own", print the final details, and take it to a dealer to fill out the order. Its seriously that easy. Only issues you run into are manufacturer specific rebates that only apply to in stock vehicles......but most dealers I have ever been around will happily check for same optioned cars at other dealers. That's how my neighbor got his MCoA Mustang in that dark cherry color. The Anderson, IN dealer actually went all the way out to New Hampshire to get it.

I think you can do that with many cars already but why should a sales person get a commission when you did all the work and they did nothing? I hate to be so harsh and I know I am probably offending someone here but it doesn't make any sense to me.

As I said before, write your state congressman. That's the only way to change this.

tuna55 wrote: As I said before, write your state congressman. That's the only way to change this.

Unfortunately, your congressman already knows. The auto industry lobbies hard at the state and federal level. State government usually follows right along. They have enough power to write laws limiting the selling of a new car in your state to auto dealerships only. Even the manufacturer can't bypass their own corrupt dealers and sell a new car in your state.

In reply to Jerry From LA:

There is no legislation at the federal level.

Some state legislators actually do want to talk about this. I got some mild interest from mine earlier this year. Please call them, it can actually make a difference. It's harder to do than complaining on GRM forums, but not really that much.