Merry Christmas y’all! 🎅
Just think…this time next year, we’ll all have our trucks (fingers crossed). Sincerely hope to see one or many of you on the open road.
I’ll be sure to give an extra friendly honk whenever I see a fellow truck twin because we’ve all been through this wonderful social...
https://portal.beltrailway.com/trace/tracecar/
I was given my railcar # from Corri in Ford Marketing (person who everyone else seems to be chatting with as well). I plugged it in to that above link.
Thanks! Called that number and was pleasantly surprised to hear a fellow human being answer. She mentioned my railcar is now in BNSF’s possession. I tracked my railcar number in BNSF’s portal and the last activity appeared to be back in October. Safe to say I’ll be checking every day now - the...
This is my first post in the thread but let me tell you it has been therapeutic to go through this together. Thank heavens for this thread or else I would have bought a truck off the lot months ago.
Updated the poll.
Ford won't be able to use the "every other manufacturer is facing the same issues" excuse for much longer...
Article link: https://www.wsj.com/articles/gm-posts-3-3-billion-quarterly-profit-as-dealerships-get-more-vehicles-to-sell-11666695497?mod=hp_lead_pos2
General Motors Co. (GM) posted a...
Full article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/fords-latest-supply-chain-snarl-not-enough-blue-oval-badges-11663944141?mod=hp_lead_pos10
"Ford Motor Co. has delayed deliveries of certain vehicles because it didn’t have the blue oval badges that go on them, in another example of how supply-chain...
Agreed. That said, an efficient market would have already considered the ongoing supply chain constraints and is now likely gauging impact to future quarters. Institutional investors & market movers have had this knowledge for days, if not weeks, and shifted their positions accordingly...
Agreed, for sure. It’s reasonable to believe that once this group of purchasers is ready for their next truck, enough time will have passed since the poor experience and a portion of us will give the brand another chance to get it right. The question that Wall Street is trying to decipher is...
The scary part is that it will definitely get worse before it gets better. They seem to keep kicking the can on ETAs when they know full well that each updated timetable is unattainable. Simply put, the way they've handled this "unprecedented" event is abysmal and will have long-term...
Full Ford press release:https://media.ford.com/content/ford...ect-of-parts-shortages-on-q3-performance.html
And WSJ's report on it:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ford-warns-parts-shortages-will-lead-to-higher-than-planned-number-of-unfinished-vehicles-11663620521?mod=hp_lead_pos3
Ford Motor...