A: Yikes…there are a lot of Ford dealerships in Houston. I don’t think I could count them on my two hands, but I could be wrong. If you want to know what the best one is, it’s Planet Ford, easily. But, really, the Ford dealerships in Houston are of pretty good quality. I’ve only been to a couple of them, but I know a lot of people who have been to the others and they have a lot of good things to say.

• Planet Ford.

There are three locations. I live by the one that’s on I-45 in the Spring area, but there’s also one near Humble on I-59 and closer to Houston on Highway 6 south. Right now you can sign up for an instant savings certificate at their website and save five hundred dollars on whatever car you buy.

• Mac Haik Ford.

Mac Haik Ford is one of the few Ford dealerships in Houston that allows you to apply for a car loan online, which is pretty good, especially if you have bad credit. I know that it’s kind of embarrassing when you’re in the tiny room and the salesperson comes in to tell you that your credit is terrible and you’ll have to pay a billion dollars a month. It’s nice to be able to get that from a distance. haha

Mac Haik Ford is among the many Ford dealerships in Houston that are located on I-10, so if you want to brave the construction madness down there, all power to you. You can make it easier for yourself by applying online and scheduling a test drive online.

• Lonestar Ford.

This is the car dealership for true Texans, or so my brother in law says. Among the Ford dealerships in Houston, Lonestar does really stand out. I think one of the greatest things about them is that they have so many specials, and they have new ones every week. I just checked them out online, and there’s like fifteen specials there, and on some pretty nice cars.

A: Ohhh, yeah, that confused me at first, too, but I asked the Ford dealer in Houston TX about it. I’m one of those people that annoys the heck out of the salespeople because while they want me to sign sign sign the contract right away so that I can get out, I’m not so submissive. I always sit in the office and read every single word on all of the paper work. And I’m a slow reader. I think every salesperson from every Ford dealer in Houston TX has come to hate me by now lol.

Whenever your Ford dealer in Houston TX buys its cars, it pays two to three percent more than they are actually worth. That’s called the dealer holdback. After a few months, the manufacturer will give the Ford dealer in Houston TX that two or three percent.

The thing about holdbacks is that it makes it to where your Ford dealer in Houston TX can get rid of a car at the invoice price and make hundreds of dollars in profit. And that, right there, is your bargaining room. You can use the dealer holdback as a point of negotiation and the bargaining room gives you some leeway.

How does the salesperson for the Ford dealer talk to you while you’re on the phone? This is one of the biggest points. If they’re obnoxiously overbearing, then it’s going to be really uncomfortable going to their Ford dealer where that kind of behavior is acceptable and trying to buy a car from them. If they’re like that, then it will probably also be hard to get them to understand the word no and to try and negotiate for a better price.

Do they run you around in circles when you ask questions, or do they actually answer them? Another big point here, because if the dealer isn’t giving you any straight answers then they’re probably not going to be honest with you in other areas. You don’t want to end up with a terrible interest or a lemon because you didn’t follow your gut instinct on this person.

Also, when you request information, do they give it to you, and do they give it to you within a reasonable time limit? If you call and ask about a certain car on Monday morning, and they don’t get back to until Tuesday right before closing, if at all, then that tells you a lot about the service you’ll get from that dealer if you decide to buy from them.