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Is there a better way to search inventory for these vehicles than the Ford "Search Inventory" webpage?

 

In order to thoroughly search the Midwest I've resorted to Googling zip codes and trying to find anything within 100 miles of the larger cities, but this is ridiculously inefficient. Dealers won't help me (and I don't blame them) because they'll never get a dealer trade with things as messed up as they are right now.

 

I've found one vehicle (unicorn?) that nearly ticked all the boxes, but it's got that mysterious mahogany interior that you can barely find real life pics of and I don't think will age well... To complicate matters further, that vehicle no longer shows up when I do an inventory search, even though I know it's headed to a dealer and has not been spoken for (sales guy is offering it to me at MSRP plus Ziebart protection, theft protection, and various other dealer addons totaling nearly $2k).

 

Thanks for reading and responding!

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1 hour ago, Mordedura said:

Is there a better way to search inventory for these vehicles than the Ford "Search Inventory" webpage?

 

In order to thoroughly search the Midwest I've resorted to Googling zip codes and trying to find anything within 100 miles of the larger cities, but this is ridiculously inefficient. Dealers won't help me (and I don't blame them) because they'll never get a dealer trade with things as messed up as they are right now.

 

I've found one vehicle (unicorn?) that nearly ticked all the boxes, but it's got that mysterious mahogany interior that you can barely find real life pics of and I don't think will age well... To complicate matters further, that vehicle no longer shows up when I do an inventory search, even though I know it's headed to a dealer and has not been spoken for (sales guy is offering it to me at MSRP plus Ziebart protection, theft protection, and various other dealer addons totaling nearly $2k).

 

Thanks for reading and responding!

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set all of your normal search criteria like normal but set your 'Radius=100' section to 'Radius=500'. This will open up your distance a lot more, then you only need to search 6-7 major city zip codes to cover the whole US. GM lets you search 2000 miles which from the center of the US covers pretty much every dealer possible. When changing zip codes do it in the search bar address and it will keep all of your other filters intact.

 

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17 minutes ago, HTownHog said:

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set all of your normal search criteria like normal but set your 'Radius=100' section to 'Radius=500'. This will open up your distance a lot more, then you only need to search 6-7 major city zip codes to cover the whole US. GM lets you search 2000 miles which from the center of the US covers pretty much every dealer possible. When changing zip codes do it in the search bar address and it will keep all of your other filters intact.

 


It doesn’t work past about 120 miles.

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1 hour ago, Mordedura said:

If I use this option won't my closest dealer call me up and tell me that no such vehicle is available in our area? If this was the way to go all along I'm gonna feel a bit dumb...


Now that I read it - maybe.  Contact Ford customer service and ask for help locating a vehicle.  I’m sure I’ve seen that happen - maybe it was only on Lincoln’s.

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