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10 months 13 days and Jackpot……the ford angels have sang.

Woo-hoo my F450 XLT ordered April 19th 2021 is finally built and waiting shipment

Ordered 1 June 21 Delivered 13 April 22 WORTH THE WAIT!!!!!

If he actually checked with the zone rep and they said no then you’re probably stuck. Although you could try tweeting a pic and tagging Mike Levine saying something like can’t believe I’m going to have to wait another 8 months. After praising how well built it was.

Received an email yesterday from Lincoln Reacquired that my vehicle arrived at the dealership. Still some things to consider as she was not aware I had paid off my 2020 a few months ago. That changes my options, and it sounds like it is for the better. Bottom line, I may get in to this 2022 L for less than $10k. We'll see, the wife and I are calling her later for more details. Anyway, the truck delivery seems imminent now, just need to sort out these details. Unfortunately, the MSRP increase since October is my responsibility since "akirby" on BOF confirmed to me that the sales manager was correct when he told me price protection only applied to true retail orders, which mine, being in reacquired status, is not. Oh well, I still think I am getting a good deal here. Lincoln is essentially paying all TT&L, doc. fees, etc, to the tune of probably $8k+. Also, having paid off my truck moves this process from here along quicker since Lincoln Financial (or whatever they are called) is not involved.

I wish, no that is on me and I don't have another truck to get me through. I agree, I ordered the same thing but prices have gone up a bit. Not a huge deal but not good either. I am more determined then before to get this truck exactly the way I want it. May take some time. I kept the Tonneau cover for the next one. My deal has requested to move it up to a higher priority then the 10 I am at now and we have not heard anything back as of yet. Fingers crossed we can get it moved up.

Greetings fellow travelers on the Ford Order Express. First time poster. Ordered 1/20/2022, order confirmed 1/24/2022. Patiently waiting like everyone else. I have appreciated reading this forum for the past two months. Really appreciate the info that has sustained me for the duration. Here’s hoping we all get what we’re hoping for…and not what we deserve. ?

Finally, the end of our order journey. Not fun, but worth the wait!

This is encouraging:

Good to know - at least now I can quit obsessively checking my email till next week…

Don`t talk on the book of faces or to the twitters about the Ford facilities. OR ELSE..... Ok Ok I`ll watch what I say. (big brother is watching) But there`s one shortage that I just got to point out, "Experience". Back in the day (<-- yeah I`m old) if two experienced decision makers talked it over must likely you`d have a workable plan or a point to start refining the plan. Today... you can put a bucket full of these diverse decision makers together on a WebEx or in a conference room and you get the completely screwed up plans that come out their not a drop of common sense faces. BUT.... we are posting profits I guess whoever figured out that expanding the final assembly process all over the countryside was a frickin genius, definitely one of the better guessing decision makers. Who`d a thought ground based and overhead conveyance for moving units would give way to tractor trailers for final assembly. Ford is multi national, inclusive, a rainbow coalition but over flowing in manufacturing application background and experience? not so much. Remember the decision makers great idea for profit making....the Sollars - St. Petersburg plant.... ahh experience.

Have your dealer contact the zone rep and see if they’ll make it a priority 1 considering the circumstances,

After my dealer making me feel like I wouldn't get my car until September I got an email yesterday from Lincoln with a VIN number and a scheduled build date of May 30th. Woo hoo.

I can’t believe I forgot to post photos in here! After I install the Raptor grill lights I’ll add those photos!

I'm just trying to understand what the h*** a 2-seater, side by side is!

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.

I think F350buyer is just misunderstood. I'm sure he or she will be back soon to reply and let us all know how the F350 is. Lol

Isn't everything in SoCal unaffordable unless you’re ultra rich?

It means you may get scheduled next week or you may not. At this point it just depends on what is in queue and what can be built each week.

I’m famous! Or is that infamous?

Just heard back on getting this pulled up to a higher priority then a 10 and it is a no go. Wish I had a contact to reach out to. My dealer is good, really good and got me taken care of on the last one. Just cant get the support on this one.

Haha, I pasted this from another forum and forgot to take out the reference to akirby.

No change.

No change in status at this time

Thank you so much!

Glad everyone is ok. I can’t imagine what the other vehicle must look like.

I rolled my 2010 F250 back in January (ice patch, 4x4 H but no traction control or ABS). Stuck the landing on all 4. All I got was 2 small glass cuts on my hands despite landing on the corner of the roof just over my head. Absolute tank of a truck. Got my order in 3 days later for a F350, its in production now.

Oh man, that sucks! Thank you for checking....Have a great Easter weekend.

Congratulations, hopefully you get the shipped notification in a couple of days.

Lets see, are we getting a clearer picture the further along the democratic socialists' path we get? Gas prices? Food prices? Inflation? Deadly exiting policies? Throw the gates open and leave them open policies? But there is relief in sight, E85 crap and a Ford 3% increase in our hourly rate this year.... (Cost of Living increase )

In Transit - Received Ramp 8P, Shelbyville Mc, KY Apr-06-2022, 08:05 ET. ETA Apr-26-2022

In Transit - Arrived at Junction Point Gateway Yard, IL Apr-08-2022, 13:28 CT.

Well you have a VIN now so that is a better sign. Scheduled to Day (Apr-22-2022)

In Transit - Shipped Rail - Railcar # TTGX697528 (Csx Transportation ) Ramp 1K, Kentucky Truck, KY Apr-10-2022, 17:05 ET.

I’m sure glad to see another F-450 getting built. I’ve got an F-450 Platinum on order. Hopefully my build week will quit pushing and actually go into production.

It’s like having a Tesla wall that can take you places. The way battery development is going, we’re going to see a lot more battery range in the near future

There is a difference between a grid going down (failure) and a grid in a high peak usage (brown out). If the transfer switch senses a loss of voltage from the main grid, it will disconnect from the main and utilize only the home source. If there is still voltage from the grid, excess power from the home source is sent back into the grid. Most utilities, either by law or just good customer service, have net metering so that if you generate excess power, you are credited that. So if you use 1000 kWh for the month, but generate 800, you only pay the utility for 200. They way it was explained at our electric coop meeting was that BEV's charging at night, during off peak hours, help to level load the system, making it more efficient. Brownouts happen because peak demand out paces generation capacity. It is not economical to build capacity to meet the peak demand when that demand is probably only 1% of the usage over a year. If there is mass adoption of EV's, it makes it more economical to build in extra capacity, as the base load during day and night gets closer together and that 1% peak load case becomes less of an increase from the base load. For example if the average daily usage is 1 MW per hour with a base night load of 0.5 and day load of 1.5, but on say 3 days a year during peak summer that usage gets to 2.5, if I have a system that is designed to handle 1.5 with 20% margin, I am still 40% short of handling that peak load. However if my base load increases to 1 at night and 2 during the day, I would run a system that could handle a peak of 2.5, and with emergency generation from backup sources could handle something higher, making brownouts less likely.

@CBears finally! I love it! She’s just as beautiful as all the others!! And as long as you are happy that is all that matters my friend

You don’t know that. The semiconductor companies can easily favor one set of customers over another in their allocations.

In Transit - Received Ramp 5R, Twin Oaks, PA Apr-10-2022, 18:39 ET. ETA May-13-2022

Hell yeah @CBears! Nice truck ?.

Picked mine up this afternoon.

I have an Arctic Fox... it's tough to find a dealer east of the Mississippi river, much less a rally... Now, when I retire, all bets are off, except I won't go into any west coast state.

Very cool. Sitting in mine now. Great times!

Weird, I had no idea it came with a yaw sensor. And I've got the freaking thing ordered on my '22 (that may never get built).

Summthinn just isn`t right here???? MSNBC - NBC - CNN (I know CNN) bringing up the Biden Boy`s name in news reports whaaa?

not necessarily...given those units may have been ordered over a year ago, a LOT of people moved on, lost patience or bought something else....

Beautiful truck

Atlas Blue Metallic - Hard to beat

Both Edge and Nautilus are being produced. If we only build one or the other it’s usually because of a parts issue. You’re welcome