I have an email in to my dealer about a replacement order. My only question really is if they will honor the original promotions. With xplan and the $3700 in rebates on the original deal, I was getting an excellent price.
Well the dealers that’s I have started looking at for a different f150 are showing all Dearborn vehicle window stickers ,k being delivered , most are 5.5 ft beds and I have seen several blend dates and order dates from March to May trucks being built and delivered, No Kansas trucks being delivered ,
I submitted a new order last week after going back and forth with the dealership GM and regional Ford rep for several weeks. The regional rep finally agreed that it would probably be a good idea to submit another order and said that he would give it the best priority code. It's just unfortunate that I'm reordering so late in the game. Shame on me for thinking that this would be resolved by Ford if I could just explain the issue to the right people. From other threads, it sounds like other regional reps and dealers have been suggesting new orders for some time, so a bunch of people - most of which probably submitted their first order after mine - are ahead of me again... I assume dealers just want extra trucks to sell and regional reps would rather just fast track another order than try to figure out how to get a particular truck out of cold storage. Anyway, it all sucks... I guess my new copy-paste tracking block should be this:
I just heard it from an executive from Ford. The boneyard trucks are put on the back burner until September and October. They are going to continue working on a very few but it would be like winning the lottery.
Seems as though quite a few from this build week have been shipped in the past week in talking to others in the forum.
Yes, basically she said they were packed like sardines. The few rows they could get to first would be the last week (most likely mid April) they partially built trucks without chips. My week was the first week they started parking them so it's in the back. Keep in mind they parked more than 15,000 trucks. They have probably shipped 200. At that rate it would take 75 weeks to get to mine. My reorder should be here in 3 weeks.
You frequently reference having conversations with “Ford executives” and then refuse to post anything of substance other than “you’re all screwed”. Is the number of 200 trucks completed in this past week from these insiders, or just an assumption you’ve made?
Definitely my assumption. I fully believe they don't know but the comment was "VERY FEW". I wish I could get more solid information, they will not offer any real details. But I can tell you I was told last in first out was their opinion and the older the order the less likely it will be soon. The bulk will be in September or October. I don't care if you believe me or not. I am not posting their contact info. I did the work to find it. I bailed on my January order and have another truck ordered. With luck it will be here in a few weeks.
This is similar to what my dealer told me but said I was lucky b/c my 4/30 and 4/29 build dates were some of the last to be parked so should finish sooner than those who have waited longer.
Wasn't accusing you of just making everything up or anything, but was trying to see what was actual fact you had heard vs what you were assuming on your own. So this was just a contact at Ford you hunted down on your own? When you were asked earlier you were being a little elusive so I wasn't sure if you already knew someone directly (Friend etc) who was in a knowledgable position at Ford or you were an outside like the rest of us who happened to get lucky actually getting ahold of something over there.
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