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  1. Per the order guide... XL gets base cloth seats. XLT, regardless of options, gets "unique cloth" (or "premium cloth" I believe it's depicted elsewhere). That means with or without Tremor or Black Appearance Package, the seat material does not change. XLT Black Appearance Package would still get you the slightly nicer cloth seats, they're just black. Lariat, regardless of options, gets ActiveX. Lariat Black Appearance Package would still get you ActiveX, they're just black. Black Appearance Package is straight Black Onyx, not the Black Onyx/Medium Dark Slate combo in the cheap XL seats. So BAP is not the XL cloth nor the XL color scheme.
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  3. I don't see a single design element that looks like it was inspired by the mustang two. What are you on lol? Give me two.
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  4. I have not looked any further, but I believe you are right. I may have jumped the gun on that (well, the person I copied it from that tweeted it jumped the gun perhaps ?)
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  5. The transportation processes have been in place for decades and, up until the market changes in the past couple of years due to labor and equipment shortages, problems with railroad equipment and labor shortages and a number of other factors, the processes work. At the plant level, you have a backlog of vehicles stored in various locations waiting for microchips or other parts as well as available rail cars, waiting to be loaded onto rail cars. Vehicles produced and released for shipping, not being held for parts or other concerns, are usually the first priority to get loaded onto rail cars. Vehicles in storage are stuck often waiting for longer periods until rail cars are available. With thousands of vehicles being held in multiple storage lots, it's a logistics nightmare to identify vehicles that can be shipped, match those vehicles with rail cars available that are destined for the assigned final rail ramp destination, etc. The vehicles have to be identified, located, labor assigned to retrieve and move the vehicles for loading and get it all done efficiently so that rail cars get loaded as quickly as possible without time wasted. The rail cars then have to be matched to the appropriate rail carrier that is either headed to the final ramp destination or intermediate junction point for transfer to the appropriate rail route. Once the vehicle is loaded and the rail car has left the plant, the rail carrier controls the situation and Ford has no control. At the same time, the rail carrier has its own factors to deal with including the general mess that the transportation system is struggling with such as equipment and staff shortages, equipment failures, etc. Once the rail car arrives at the final ramp destination, there may be delays due to a backlog of rail cars waiting to be unloaded, staff shortages, etc. Once unloaded, the vehicles are transferred to the carrier firm under contract to Ford, to then deliver the vehicle via car carrier to the dealership. In normal times, vehicles were usually dispatched, loaded onto carriers and delivered to dealerships within 3-7 days of arrival at the ramp. However, many of the same factors and logistics complicating the transportation process nationwide, equipment shortages and especially staff shortages, also affect operations with the carrier firms and the ramp operations. Vehicles are inspected at the ramp prior to being dispatch for delivery and, once dispatched to be loaded onto a carrier, a driver is assigned to deliver the load. The drivers load the vehicles onto the carriers and are responsible for in-transit damage not identified when the vehicle arrived at the ramp. Retail orders are identified with green Window Stickers for expedited delivery, but again, the general state of issues with the transportation system, labor shortages especially, along with the high volume of retail orders is a factor. Dealers can call the dispatch departments at the ramp and request expedited delivery for sold vehicles. The dispatch departments usually know in advance and will usually do everything possible to accommodate the Dealer's request. In the past couple of years, I've seen a number of vehicles at the ramps for extended periods that were identified and held per orders from Ford for undisclosed reasons. Dealers have 24/7 access to the Vehicle Visibility reporting system that includes the entire order history including all scheduling, production and shipping status updates. Every single status change is listed on the report, including every location change while the rail car is moving. The Vehicle Visibility reports also include specific notations for vehicles that are on microchip hold. There's a lot of vehicle tracking information throughout the transportation process which is available through various resources. The transportation system, whether it be the railroads or trucking companies, are all overwhelmed with conditions nationwide affecting all product types and industries. If there's a communication problem, it's the lack of communication between Dealers and their retail customers, as well as outdated, speculative and/or inaccurate information being provided because dealership personnel are either too lazy, can't be bothered or incompetent to access the resources available in order to provide customers with the accurate information they require. I hope this helps answer at least some of your questions and/or helps provide some perspective from someone that's dealt with these issues for 35+ years!
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  6. Or it's the same car with a different skin
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  7. This ought to be in the competition forum.
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  8. Hopefully not. The Thunderbird has had its time and should remain in the past. It's an example of being badly managed through multiple generations with the last successful model, sales wise, being 1983-1986. The 1987-1988 series was mediocre and the 1989+ series a complete disaster with excessive additions to the standard equipment list that priced it out of consideration for most buyers. Improvements is subsequent years were too late to improve sales, especially with consideration to the market changes at the time. The introduction of the all-new, limited production 2002 Thunderbird was a complete disaster based on the inferior Lincoln LS chassis and highly inflated Dealer ADM pricing, etc. The 4-year, limited production set at 25,000 vehicles per year ran for the first two years (2002 & 2003MY) and then dropped substantially due to lack of interest and sales.
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  9. I may be the only one, but I don't mind the styling of the Mustang II. I certainly prefer its look over that of the 1971-73. Of course, its "performance" is terrible, but a restomod could take of that.
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  10. I understand completely. Based on how the order guide is worded, it is EXACTLY the same seats you would get without the BAP just in black. There are no upgraded seats.
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  11. It's going to share a lot of cab structures with F-150 like it does now. Sheet metal will probably have some differences.
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  12. We’re getting a dual message here, Ford is seeing way more intest in its EVs than it originally estimated a few years ago, so a lot of this is also thanks to Tesla busting the market open and showing buyers what proper EVs look like, a credit to Ford that it got Mach E as close to Tesla Y as it did. The current Lightning was definitely a placeholder intended as limited production before next Gen Lightning went prime time. So yeah, Ford being over run with BEV orders right when all production is being stifled by lack of chips and other critical parts. In a nutshell, Ford should be curing the current production constraints before trying to sign up Dealerships to BEV contracts and wish lists, get your own house in order first. I’m not convinced that price hikes will affect demand so much as all vehicles have increased in price, I just sense getting out of the soup of constraints is going to drag on and on which will make production ramp up a moot point for Ford and maybe GM too, they’re counting on Ultium to do big things ….but will it if they ar equally constrained?
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  13. Exactly. Expect the same seats that would normally come on that trim, just in black, unless Ford says otherwise. The order guide doesn't indicate a change in seat material for the Black Appearance Package, just a change in color.
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  14. Uber expanded its Comfort Electric program beyond California today, and specifically mentioned Mustang Mach-E in the press release as a "premium EV" choice available for riders. Comfort Electric goes national ⚡️ | Uber Newsroom Metro areas with Uber Comfort Electric availability as of September 15, 2022. Atlanta Austin Baltimore Boston Charlotte Chicago Connecticut Dallas-Fort Worth Denver Houston Las Vegas Los Angeles Miami New Jersey NYC Suburbs Philadelphia Portland (Ore.) Sacramento San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Seattle St. Louis Vancouver (Canada) Washington D.C.
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  15. I don’t really care if the screens are connected together or not. Both look fine to me. On the bright side, this means that lower trims are still getting big screens.
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  16. I guess this means no more Ecoboost HO either, although they might boost the HP since it’s mentioned they revised the base 2.3. Regardless, if they need to cut these costs to ensure the V8 models get more attention so be it!
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  17. Ecoboost Mustang to lose manual transmission only 10% of buyers went for a manual.
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  18. My F-450 arrived at Granger's yesterday. Ordered 12/21, built 6/28. 6/28-9/13 is 11 weeks to travel 609 miles (by road), though it left Louisville by choo-choo. 11 weeks to flatten the curve?? Stone Gray XLT, diesel, 4x4, all of the towing goodies I could get. Standing in for my 2012 longbed SuperCab, I am looking forward to the 142" wheelbase and the wide front axle. I am thinking larger Super-Single wheels/tires and a Titan 50 gallon tank to set in front of the 5th wheel. When I leave Grangers, I head SW to Hull PorterTrailers to hook up my new 26' gooseneck HD with 16,000# GVWR. Feeling pretty tickled! Best wishes to folks still waiting.
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  19. Just 4 days shy of the 8 month mark. I just took delivery today. I did not feel like I was going to be one of those ones that would say it was worth the wait, but it totally was. Best of luck to all of you who are still waiting. And thanks to everyone on this forum who has provided insight and information during this process!
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  20. How ironic that ordinary people suffer the throttling of increased borrowing rates because the rich and powerful increase prices all around them and then claim inflation is bad for the country. Yes, there have been wage increases but those haven’t kept place with price hikes. The reserve looks determined to send those living on the edge bankrupt and homeless in order to cool the economy. Doesn’t seem right…
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