We drove a bunch of cars today, none wowed her other than a white 4Runner TRD Pro. Dealer would not only not come up much on the trade but they had a 5k markup on the 4 Runner. Spent a few hours there this morning and since it wasn’t happening.
Left theft and we went to Honda and she hated the Pilot, even the Elite trim. They had a nice blue Accord Sport 2.0T on the showroom floor and it was nice. We drove a leftover 2020 Accord Touring 2.0T which was nice. Drove good and was plenty fast but she wasn’t sure if she wanted a sedan again. This would have been my first choice as the blue Sport 2.0T would fit nice in the garage of blue cars at blue-sun’s, but she was hesitant.
Left Honda and swung by Mazda to look at CX-9’s but she hated how they look so we didn’t even drive one.
Grabbed lunch and then our next stop was back to Gerald Ford. Since we got the Edge ST there and have the extended warranty/wheel/maintenance package, the “refund” for the unused portion could more easily be transferred to a new car.
She wanted to look at short bed F150’s and Explorers. Back in 2019, she initially wanted an Explorer Sport in the prior generation but it didn’t really work out.
They had a used white Explorer ST on the lot with 7k at a decent discount. Drove it and she really liked it, much like the Explorer ST we drove about 6 months ago. Lots of haggling and we agreed on a price. She’s texting back and forth with her brother and he tells us that there’s an accident on the CarFax that the dealer didn’t mention. They huff and puff a bit and finally admit it but no airbags deployed and they “think” it was no paintwork on the car. Dealbreaker. We gave up on the Explorer ST as they only had 2 in stock, a red and a black. As a former detailer, black is out. She hates red cars but dealer insisted he could get us a deal, not as good as on the used one. Gave him some time and after what felt like forever he got us to the numbers we wanted. Took a bit longer to wait out turn with finance and we finally left with the red Explorer ST.
I did not let them wash the car before us leaving as I don’t trust dealer porters. Even though it’s raining now, when we left it wasn’t and there was some random bird bombs on it from sitting in the lot. Ran in through the local touchless coin op to get the poop off the paint and drove her home.
Pics from the dealer lot:
Since we’ve had electrical issues, we opted for the extended warranty up to 75k. Most likely we’ll not keep it that long. Also got 4 years of maintenance and wheel/tire protection, since she’s been know you curb a rim or 2…multiple times.
I hope this Ford that had a MSRP closer to 60k isn’t as troublesome as the “cheap” Edge.
blue-sun i'd be fucking pissed in your shoes. don't listen to all these ford knobgobblers.
