Deanh

DOH!...at least Ill be late for my own funeral....lol

given the Superduty being a gooseneck/ 5 th wheel mainstay Id bet hybrid being the better option....we will see

read into this as you please....hybrid/ EV tech coming Superduty way? Public Affairs F-Series Super Duty Production Expands to Canada, with Future Multi-Energy Technology Ford Motor Company earlier today made an exciting announcement that we are expanding Super Duty production at our Oakville Assembly Complex in Ontario, starting in 2026. This move initially adds 100,000 units of Super Duty production to meet customer demand. In addition, we shared that we will add multi-energy technology to Super Duty in the future, in support of our electrification plans.

And then getting extorted by customers for free oil changes in return for a good survey...............

Ford sometimes becomes more focussed on perifial product rather than the vehicles themselves....FORDPASS was another they rammed down dealers throats...forget the actual sellable product, make sure you sign everyone up for FORDPASS or youll lose Dealer incentives....years and years ago it was all about getting e-mail adress's or dealer cash linked to that "program" was nixxed, it was somewhat ironic as a salesperson being told how important it was to maintain personal relationships with customers, only to see, once e-mail adress's were supplied....Ford backdooring the very same people...

...sidebar...theres very little profitability in teh Mavericks...IMO, ditching the Ranger Supercab is a major mistake....amoungst other questionable lineup deletions..

definmitely an availability issue, compounded somewhat by the deletion of the Supercab...

Thats Fords theory/ thinking for sure...leverage.....kinds pisses me off to tell the truth, you cant order vehicles for stock you want, so you compromise and they sit, rewarding Ford with flooring...meanwhile retail orders for customers are taking 6 months or more....and then theres fleet orders getting completly ignored....I had 4 Transits on order for one company, all ordered same day, 3 arrived, 4th arrived 137 days later, client has a Purchase order for all 4 at once, so we paid flooring whilst waiting for the last unit....conspircy theory in there somewhere

still out there...just took a phone call..."Hey I saw your high roof Transit on your website...what are you guys doing, I can get 10-11k off on a Sprinter......................"....its 9.35, and already time for a Gin and Tonic...

annoyingly...even our 5B orders are downloaded onto our website making it look like we have additional inventory for sales...and GOOD inventory ie R1C's......* Transit 148 inch midroofs...the phone calls are relentless..

Problem is flooring, with todays interest rates the flooring charges are downright terrifying if a Dealer has a large inventory.......

dont forget stock orders are effected by commodity issues...all fine and dandy getting inventory...only to find its missing a really popular option....Hardtop anyone?...Sasquatch anyone? V6 engine anyone....

Iliterally just saw a priority 19 show a scheduled build date....I give up...............

and sometimes we dont have a choice....they get changed dfrom outside sources ( Ford ) quite often...may/ may not be to do with commodity issues...my OWN Bronco orders priority codes were a bloody roller coaster and were NOT changed by our Dealer principle whom is in control of that....

like seemingly everyone of Deans orders....lol...Im not kidding...Ive been cursed....