new kid on the block- '05 LSE

[michelle]

Decided it was time for a new toy, and the family plan and $4K rebate was just too good to pass up...not to mention that it appears that they killed off the LSE for '06 which ruled out ordering to spec.

I've got to fly in and pick it up during the next week, but I've signed off on an '05 LSE Silver Birch with Flint. Got stuck with the side airbags but the options choice was really limited on the handful of remaining '05 LSE with moonroof.

It's basically a toy for me...it fits nicely between the Miata and the one-ton and saves me the hassle of potentially replacing the engine on the used XK8 I was looking at.

Any idea how long it will be before I quit having my left foot hunting for a clutch pedal though...I haven't owned and driven a slushbox in years- Reagan was still in office if that tells ya anything

[grandpaslincoln]

Welcome to GMN!!!!!!!

[Blaze86Vic]

Sounds sweet, i didn't know they had moonroofs on the 05. Gotta post up some pics when you get it!

[boXman]

Nice! LSE's are sweeeet.

[michelle]

Sounds sweet, i didn't know they had moonroofs on the 05. Gotta post up some pics when you get it!

Let's face it...the spiral bound '05 brochure didn't even list the LSE- don't recall if it showed the moonroof or not.

I'm left with the impression that a lot of them were probably spec orders...however, as of this past week there were still a handful with the grey leather that were showing in the northeast. There was one in the Detroit area, a few in the Pittsburgh area, one or two in West Nyack, NY and I think a few left in Philadelphia. When I started looking at the financing a few weeks ago, there were three showing in the Chicago area, and it appears I am getting the last of those three...Means I have to fly up and drive the 1100 miles back home...I don't trust a lot jockey to make the drive without tearing something up.

Photos to come at some point in time

[texasvic]

to GMN!!

Finally someone else in Texas.

[Grand Marquis GT]

[seneeb]

I find a panther to be the only vehicle with an automatic that i dont hunt for a clutch in. I think it has to do with the attitude of the cars

at least once per drive cycle when driving mom's mustang my left foot smashes the brake pedal

[grandpaslincoln]

I've been driving my lincoln for so long, when I go to drive my moms dodge neon, I reach up to put it into drive, it's a manual lol

[N A]

to the forums.

[sniper308]

TO THE M-PANTHER ZONE Michelle browse through the forums and !Congrats! in be another succesful member.



ATT.SNIPER 308(PROUD OWNER OF "BLACKHAWK-P74 INTERCEPTOR") :cops:

[Grand Marquis GT]

TO THE M-PANTHER ZONE Michelle browse through the forums and !Congrats! in be another succesful member.



ATT.SNIPER 308(PROUD OWNER OF "BLACKHAWK-P74 INTERCEPTOR") :cops:

Sniper is teh GMN official welcome comittee

[michelle]

goddammit I am so pissed right now...

called last night to confirm that tomorrow was good for the dealership up north for me to come get it...they tell me they have no LSE's on their property and that the last one was traded to a dealership in Indiana. As of a few minutes ago, nobody with FoMoCo can tell me exactly where a car is that I have a signed contract on (to include odometer statement and title paperwork, not to mention the paper tag for when I got up there).

Corporate is involved...

I'm wondering what concessions I will be getting if there are any LSE's that still remain now that another week has passed...the only others with the moonroof and grey interior that showed up when we were looking last week were in the northeast (PA and NY) with one in Detroit that supposedly had a deal pending.

Local dealership claimed they were also "looking at what could be done on ordering an '06" to which I was wondering how they were going to shit the LSE package and moonroof that appear to have been dropped for 2006. Local manager person makes the column shift out to be "similar equipment" so they obviously don't grasp why I looked at the LSE in the first place...

If ANYONE knows of an LSE new on the lots with grey interior and moonroof, let me know ASAP so that we can get the FoMoCo idiots to snag it. I doubt there are any that wouldn't have been on the computers, but you never know...

[Grand Marquis GT]

Did you check ebay?

[michelle]

Did you check ebay?

No new LSE's with a moonroof over there...and yes it has to be an LSE and yes it has to have a moonroof and yes it has to be new.

[Grand Marquis GT]

Understandable

I couldnt live without a moonroof either. I have one in my tbird and LOVE it!

[RugerP97DC]

[seneeb]

None at Charlie Watson FLM in Lebanon, Ohio.


Sorry

[N A]

Any luck finding the car?

[michelle]

Any luck finding the car?

I was told yesterday that there was allegedly one remaining in the US. My vehicle still has not been located, and one dealership tells me one story while the other says something else.

Meeting tomorrow with owner of local dealership (or his designated rep), but not real sure what they will be able to do since the LSE was DC'ed for the new model year, which renders moot their willingness to spec one for me at the same price levels as I had contracted (which also means they would have to eat the $4K in rebate I will have lost out on).

I'm a little perturbed that I cannot get a point of contact in Dearborn. When I had a very minor issue with the F350 right after delivery in 2000, I was able to get through to a brand manager real quick, and I actually wound up with an extra door jamb sticker (you know, the ones that they aren't supposed to duplicate and that have all the DSO information on them). As a virtual lifelong FoMoCo person, they aren't really impressing me on this one...the days of FoMoCo corporate giving a damn are definitely gone.