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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 2639253" data-attributes="member: 26737"><p>Ford calls its "friends and family" discount program the X Plan, and I'm almost certain that GM has something similar. There are other plans for employees and for their dependents (f'rinstance, I think Ford's A Plan is for their employees), but the employees have a certain number of X Plan PINs that they can give to pretty much anyone they choose. I used one to buy my Lincoln back in '06; I never actually met the employee who got me the PIN, as a friend who'd just left Ford to go work for Getrag arranged it with a former co-worker. </p><p></p><p>If you'll go to some of the GM-related forums, particularly ones where GM employees hang out, you can probably find a sub-forum where you can request a PIN for their X Plan equivalent. There are also organizations who can provide them to their members--I'm told by pilots I know that the EAA (IIRC, or maybe AOPA?) includes Ford X Plan PINs as a membership benefit. </p><p></p><p>I don't know about GM's version, but you can sometimes negotiate a better deal than you can get with the X Plan, depending on the vehicle (its biggest advantage is Ford sets the price, so there's no haggling), and there are Plan rules which you must follow. A big one for the X Plan is that you have to tell the dealer up front you'll be using an X Plan PIN, and another is that dealers are not required to honor X Plan pricing--and not all vehicles are X Plan eligible.</p><p></p><p>Best of luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 2639253, member: 26737"] Ford calls its "friends and family" discount program the X Plan, and I'm almost certain that GM has something similar. There are other plans for employees and for their dependents (f'rinstance, I think Ford's A Plan is for their employees), but the employees have a certain number of X Plan PINs that they can give to pretty much anyone they choose. I used one to buy my Lincoln back in '06; I never actually met the employee who got me the PIN, as a friend who'd just left Ford to go work for Getrag arranged it with a former co-worker. If you'll go to some of the GM-related forums, particularly ones where GM employees hang out, you can probably find a sub-forum where you can request a PIN for their X Plan equivalent. There are also organizations who can provide them to their members--I'm told by pilots I know that the EAA (IIRC, or maybe AOPA?) includes Ford X Plan PINs as a membership benefit. I don't know about GM's version, but you can sometimes negotiate a better deal than you can get with the X Plan, depending on the vehicle (its biggest advantage is Ford sets the price, so there's no haggling), and there are Plan rules which you must follow. A big one for the X Plan is that you have to tell the dealer up front you'll be using an X Plan PIN, and another is that dealers are not required to honor X Plan pricing--and not all vehicles are X Plan eligible. Best of luck! [/QUOTE]
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