CrzRsn
So long, and thanks for all the fish
- Joined
- Mar 6, 2005
- Messages
- 17,444
- Location
- Motor City, Michigan
- Car(s)
- 13 Ford Mustang GT, 17 Ford Fiesta ST
As I alluded to the other day, I did a thing... A small bright orange thing...
Its even bright orange inside!
Proof pic
I wanted to get a FiST for a while, and without going into too many details, the opportunity came up. I was looking for a 2017/2018 in Orange Spice with Molten Orange Recaros. I found a few in states that required front license plates so they had brackets installed, which was a deal breaker for me since the Ford designed one is drilled into the bumper and riveted by the dealer as soon as the car arrives on the lot. With Michigan being a 1 plate state, I'd either need to remove the bracket and have 2 giant holes in the front bumper or would need to get some vanity plate like this one. No thanks. I ended up finding one in Florida on Autotrader and went to my dealer to talk about shipping it up here. To my surprise, he was able to find me one here in Michigan. It was surprising because I couldn't find it on any site, and trust me, I checked them all - Autotrader, Cars, Cargurus, eBay, etc. It didn't even come up on Ford's official dealer inventory search system (I later found it, it was miscategorized as a car with gray seats rather than orange). My dealer told me he could get it to me for a certain price, but when I looked at the site of the dealer selling it, they had it for several thousand less. So I went up there, took a look at the car, drove it, and decided to get it. It was sitting on the lot for quite a long time so I went over it with a fine tooth comb checking everything I could find. Ended up finding a rather long (but not deep) scratch on one of the panels, but the dealer's paint shop took really good care of that and discounted the car some more to sweeten the deal...... so yeah.... I have a Fiesta ST now.
Its even bright orange inside!
Proof pic
I wanted to get a FiST for a while, and without going into too many details, the opportunity came up. I was looking for a 2017/2018 in Orange Spice with Molten Orange Recaros. I found a few in states that required front license plates so they had brackets installed, which was a deal breaker for me since the Ford designed one is drilled into the bumper and riveted by the dealer as soon as the car arrives on the lot. With Michigan being a 1 plate state, I'd either need to remove the bracket and have 2 giant holes in the front bumper or would need to get some vanity plate like this one. No thanks. I ended up finding one in Florida on Autotrader and went to my dealer to talk about shipping it up here. To my surprise, he was able to find me one here in Michigan. It was surprising because I couldn't find it on any site, and trust me, I checked them all - Autotrader, Cars, Cargurus, eBay, etc. It didn't even come up on Ford's official dealer inventory search system (I later found it, it was miscategorized as a car with gray seats rather than orange). My dealer told me he could get it to me for a certain price, but when I looked at the site of the dealer selling it, they had it for several thousand less. So I went up there, took a look at the car, drove it, and decided to get it. It was sitting on the lot for quite a long time so I went over it with a fine tooth comb checking everything I could find. Ended up finding a rather long (but not deep) scratch on one of the panels, but the dealer's paint shop took really good care of that and discounted the car some more to sweeten the deal...... so yeah.... I have a Fiesta ST now.
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