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Sorry if this is in the wrong place (I've never started a topic before), but I just got my new toy and I wanted to share. Enjoying it so far!

What’s ridiculous is all of a sudden a drug that has been used safely for 60 years is going to kill you.

TDS, that's why

A guy told me the other day that the Bible says when right becomes wrong and wrong becomes right, the end is near. Tensions are high between China and the US, and the pentagon is releasing files possibly confirming the existence of UFO's/extra terrestrial life. Spend all your money now and kiss every girl you see! Pinch her rear end too! I am! LOL

You think completely gutting two factories and changing the best selling vehicle in the country over to aluminum was playing it safe? Their backs weren’t against the wall. 8 years ago Ford was trying to rebuild itself from the brink of bankruptcy. Small pickup sales were dropping fast and a Ford simply had more important things on their plate. That’s not being cautious it’s just good business. It is true that Ford doesn’t take extraordinary risks, but I think their commitment to BEVs, HEVs and PHEVs is somewhat risky. I think what you really mean is that Ford doesn’t always do what you think it should do.

I've done some house cleaning and consolidation and added in a few new items to take notice of. Please review the items below for changes / updates. 1.) I request that you subscribe to this thread if you haven't already. Click the little button at the top that says "Watch topic". That way I'll get no frantic responses from any of you that don't keep up with this and ask me a million requests when I am gone or on vacation that I have already said I won't be available. You will be automatically notified as long as you have your forum / board settings set up properly. 2.) There are a number of you that have come to this forum for only the purpose of tracking and have in a sense spammed the forums with silly banter in order to fluff up your post count to get in here and demand some tracking action. I would think that if tracking was that important, many of those of you would have read my rules and responded accordingly. I know how you feel ... it is just like Terms of Service agreements or software piracy acknowledgments - you know, those agreements in software programs that scroll on forever that those people ask you to read, but you don't and you just click "agree" anyway to get to quickly click on the next prompt. Humor me and read each and every rule. I ask for a reason and there are so many rule breakers I'm close to my wits end with a lot of you. The rules are here to assist me in helping you - that is it. 3.) If you break a rule, I am no longer going to give you a kind reminder. I am simply just going to ignore your request. If you find you are being ignored, then you did something wrong. Figure it out. Re-read the rules you were supposed to have read in the first place. Then, once you are ready to comply properly, you can re-bump your thread properly. I am not going to respond until you do. 4.) I am sorry, but some of you are taking extreme advantage of my generosity and this free service I offer on my own time. Those that do are ruining it for everyone else. From now on: Absolutely no more than ONE (1) update per tracking thread, per week. I don't care if you are in the process of shipping, or have started production. You plan it out when you want to hear from me, but no more than once per week. I don't care if your lease is expiring and you need to know tracking info so you aren't left without a vehicle. Get a clue - If you are to the point where you need to know where your vehicle is in production because you may/will be left without a vehicle to drive - you have definitely already screwed up and have extremely poor planning that even I can't help you with. 5.) All PMs asking about tracking, information or updates will be deleted no questions asked. I thought this was clear, but apparently it is not. I don't care if you can't figure out how to post in this forum. No PM's about tracking or updates, period! 6.) I am not ignoring you, but at the same time I am not baby sitting your vehicle tracking either. If you want an update, bump your thread. If I haven't gotten to it in a few days, please re-bump - it may have fallen off my list of new updated topics. 7.) If you start to become annoying by wanting timely minute-by-minute updates of any minor thing that happened during your production run or shipment - please stop posting and see your dealer. I am not a service, I do this in what little free time I have because I want to. Please don't make me not want to do this anymore. If you respect my free time, I'll respect your request - it is pretty simple. You don't own me and I don't have to respond. 8.) I have to be at work to do this and I'll typically handle most requests in the morning. Don't ask me for a weekend update because you won't get it. 9.) If I have previously given you an update and in that update there was a specific date listed of something to happen next in the production run, please don't ask me for any more updates until that date has passed. I waste a ton of time with folks wanting updates to production dates I have given you when that date hasn't even happened yet - there won't be any changes. Please be smart about it. 10.) I am not the plant, delivery system, production scheduler or your dealership. Don't ask me to estimate any type of dates or time frame for you, or why things are such and such or taking so long. I can't and won't. There are a million and one variables in what happens with your order - things take as long as they take. 11.) I provide vehicle locator updates - status updates that can be found in your vehicle visibility report. That is it. Don't ask me to provide you with anything other than that, i.e.: no build sheets, no window stickers, no production schedules, no rail car information, no rail car numbers, etc. 12.) Do not make multiple threads for updates. Stick to one thread per VIN / Dealer Code-Order Number for updates. You want to follow a second car you have ordered, make a new thread for that vehicle. Repeat, do not make multiple threads for the same vehicle - even if you've provided incorrect information the first time. Just correct your mis-information in an update to your thread. I will get sick of figuring out which one I need to respond to and just not respond to any of your threads. 13.) I am a human, not an internet robot. I appreciate civility and I enjoy pleases and thank yous. However, please keep the extra chitchat outside of tracking info to a minimum because it helps me sort through threads I haven't upated yet and ones I have. 14.) I do not want anything in return for this. However, after all this work for you, my only payoffs are, 1 - knowing you are happy, and 2 - seeing that final picture of the vehicle I helped you follow for weeks on end. Please don't forget the photo. I love that. 15.) I need a valid VIN, or dealer code and order number to track your order. Please quadruple check the numbers you provide me. I know they are a long string of numbers and letters, but reporting those numbers right the first time will makes us both happier. 16.) When you bump your threads looking for more info, please repost your VIN (or Dealer Codes and Order Number) within your bump. 17.) Do not come here looking for information if you don't have either a VIN or proper, correct Dealer Code AND Order Number. Don't try to give me a Dealer Code with your vehicle description and expect me to find your vehicle. In most cases it is a needle in a haystack. Without both - forget it. If you have your DORA, the Dealer Code and Order Number are both on there, do me a favor and give me both or forget it. Also know this, most dealerships order multiple vehicles -even different types, under the same Order Number, so I will need a description of your vehicle along with your Dealer Code AND Order Number - such as: type, engine, trans, body style, that is it. Don't give me packages or trim levels, those things don't mean squat to me and are not listed in the Visibility Report as trim levels, just a laundry list of options. 18.) I am only a minor admin on this sub-forum, I have no control over how it works and how you get here. I can organize threads and close topics, but I am mostly just a user like the rest of you. Forget all the conspiracy theories of what I am doing to you in why you can't post here or your threads disappearing or whatever related to how the forum works, it is just all B.S.. 19.) If I give you a status and it is Unscheduled-Clean, that means you have a successful order in the system and it isn't currently scheduled for production. When you are in Unscheduled-Clean status I will provide updates no sooner than every two weeks, providing you bump your thread properly. There are a multitude of reasons why something doesn't progress quickly from that status to the line. It has to do with production schedules, plant availability, ordering priority numbers, where you live and that region / dealerships specific allowed allocation segments for that vehicle. I have seen Unscheduled-Clean status stay that way for weeks and weeks on end - even as long as 6 months depending on the availability of what you are ordering and speed of the plant, etc. etc. If you are upset about your vehicle being Unscheduled-Clean for an extended period, you need to work with your salesperson to try to adjust your order priority or find out what period your allocation unit is limited to. 20.) Enjoy yourself. If these updates start making you angry or hostile, or your attitude is making me angry or hostile, please go elsewhere and blow off some steam. Thanks as always. Any comments will be deleted.

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Hello All! I'm a long time owner, I've only ever owned/leased fords, but first time poster. From just outside Detroit, MI. I started out when I was 16 in a tiny little two door 1999 Explorer Sport in Autumn Orange and it follows: 1999 Explorer Sport Autumn Orange (this was my mom's car, a lease and she was going over her miles so I got to drive it to and from high school) 2002 Escape Sport Red (this car was terrible, the roof leaked and the fact that it had a shipping accident was not disclosed and our dealer took it back for full purchase price) 2003 Escape XLT Navy Blue (this car was a beast, it traveled from Michigan to Colorado six times, then from Michigan to California and back! It was retired with 134,000 miles on it) 2010 Fusion SEL in Red (this was my first car that I leased and paid for myself) 2013 Escape XLT in Bright Blue (this car was CURSED! It got sideswiped two days after I got it. I replaced the windshield 6 times, had to have the hood replaced, the sunroof replaced.....) 2016 F-150 XLT in Blue Jeans (this truck was my baby. We traveled all over Michigan, first in a tent, then pulling a 28ft bumper pull trailer, and finally a 32ft fifth wheel) 2020 F-150 XLT in Velocity Blue (it's not quite made yet, but soon!) As you can tell, we are a Ford family. We used to have conversion vans, then we had little cars to tow behind our motor home. Current fleet is a 2018 Ford Explorer Sport lease and a 2016 Focus hatchback that is my my parents toad. Currently I'm actually truckless, waiting for my 2020 to be built, I sold my F-150 to my next door neighbor (a retired Ford engineer and my X-plan hookup) expecting the dealer to be able to pull the truck from another dealer. However it sold before they could grab it, so I had to order from the factory. Ordered on May 18th, expected build date is 7/27. I'm anxiously awaiting it as I've had to cancel quite a few camping trips (that weren't already canceled due to corona) and my first trip is scheduled for 8/16.

I like the North America better. The rest of world tailgate looks kind of cheap.

I found those instructions, does not work for my MKT. My guess is it works for the newer stuff, but with the MKT being an older platform, that feature does not seem to have made it in. I found a less sophisticated fix that looks like it will do the job.

Not body-in-white, that would mean it's unpainted. That's painted... uh... white ?

Great looking Ranger. You optioned it nicely. I do think the Ranger is the best looking midsizer out there. Congratulations.

Hey guys and thanks having me. I’ve been an F150 owner for several years now and have never loved a vehicle so much. I just for the first time ever placed an order for a new truck at my local Ford dealer. It’s going to be a 2020 F250 Lariat in Magnetic. I can’t wait to drive it. Hopefully I’ll be able to start tracking the build on here soon.

Hello everyone,, I picked up a 17' raptor last weekend and love it. I came from an ecodiesel RAM 1500. I loved the RAM until the engine blew at 103,000 miles. I've always wanted a raptor and the price was right https://speedtest.vet/ https://vidmate.bid/ https://wordtopdf.ltd/..

Just picked up a 2019 MKT Reserve, 13000 miles. Really liking it so far, lots of features, very comfortable and powerful. Not a cookie cutter design, and seems to be pretty rare. You just don't see them on the road very much. This replaces a 2006 Chrysler Pacifica that we bought new. That gave us great service for 15 years, I am hoping this MKT serves us as well. Have not owned a Ford product since my '69 Mustang way back when, nice to have one back in the garage.

2021 Lincoln Aviator Order Guide View File 2021 Lincoln Aviator Order Guide Submitter ice-capades Submitted 07/29/2020 Category Aviator  

Final 2020MY Aviator orders were due 07/23/2020.

Ford just got a 23 million dollar interest-free loan from this. Not too shabby.

Thanks Fuzzy, yes I should have said 230k reservations, not orders. There does seem to be A small group of people that have reservations at multiple dealers with multiple email address.

Even so, even if only 50% convert to sales, your still looking at one years worth of production

Electrification would have been required from launch for major EU markets (Being worked on for the next Ranger) and they already have a capacity issue. Bronco will probably smooth out a bit after 6/9months the must have it now buyers moving on to the latest and greatest new thing as they didn't get one. Other markets are already demanding it once demand slows down in North America. There are about 230K “reservations” currently.

There has been some discussions that are gaining traction on volume if Ford builds Ranger/Everest/VW in Oakville and Edge name moves to the fully electric SUV or to Louisville to maximize that plant as Escape/Corsair volume is lower than what the plant can produce and Ford suspect another hit once the Bronco Sport is out, adding the Edge/Nautilus helps increase profit of that plant as well as the products sell for higher ATP's. Oakville will have even less volume when the Nautilus moves to China for China sales. There's a growing group in Ford that thinks the Everest can take on the Grand Cherokee and would be sold world wide (Including the U.S.) this gained a lot of traction with the Bronco and seeing demand from existing Jeep owners. Canada has more lucrative free trade agreements and can export Ranger/Everest/Amarock to more counties and these products would be more profitable for the plant, the question is there would there be enough volume for 2 shifts at the plant. The plant is also on Rail/Highway routes for existing suppliers at MAP. Canada/Ontario is tossing billions at Ford to keep the plant open especially with COVID going on, Ford gets huge good will for investing in the plant and makes considerably more profitable product. They need about 240K units for it to work, which at least form some early indications they will be able to do with Bronco demand being what it is. Ford really wants to save Oakville it doesn't want to be see closing a plant right now.

The letter spacing on the ranger tailgate is spread out way too far. It’s much better on the maverick (which more closely resembles the current gen f150 tailgate). It’s a dumb thing to complain about but I’ve always thought the rangers tailgate was its weak spot on the exterior.

Hello from Massachusetts, Have driven mostly Fords all my life. Last was a '06 F350 Diesel CCSB 4x4 Ordered another F350 6.2L gasser CCSB not too long ago and hope to having by Sept. Miss having the Pickup and since I have a small farm, I need it ! Not to mention seeing things on the side of the road for free and not being able to get it like I used to. I mean my Hatchback and fit a TON of crap in there but it just isn't the same

Glad I was told about this forum. Looks like a great resource. Can't believe I didn't stumble across it myself already. Lifetime Ford owner waiting on my new F-250 to be delivered.

Thanks again for your time tracking!!

Disappointed in the changes for 2020. I won't be ready to get one until then and wanted the hot pepper red and was hoping they would wake up and add a cooled seat option. Not everyone lives in Michigan. Down here in Texas I couldn't care less about a heated seat.