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VIN: 1FMCU593X9KA35637 Receipt Date: 4/18/2008 Serialize Date: 8/7/2008 Segment Date: 8/7/2008 Sequence Date: 8/18/2008 Blend Date: 9/3/2008 Produced Date: 9/9/2008 Gate Release Date: 9/15/2008 Ship Date: 9/15/2008 Arrival Date: Sold Date: Although I haven't had official confirmation yet, it looks like the shipping delays (and late reporting) were due to the effects of the hurricanes that hit the south. Which isn't unbelieveable, because the same thing happened when Katrina hit.

VIN: 1FMCU59349KA56130 Receipt Date: 5/28/2008 Serialize Date: 8/28/2008 Segment Date: 8/28/2008 Sequence Date: 9/11/2008 Blend Date: 9/16/2008 Produced Date: 9/22/2008 Gate Release Date: Ship Date: Arrival Date: Sold Date:

VIN: 1FMCU49399KA56165 Receipt Date: 5/13/2008 Serialize Date: 8/28/2008 Segment Date: 8/28/2008 Sequence Date: 9/16/2008 Blend Date: 9/19/2008 Produced Date: Gate Release Date: Ship Date: Arrival Date: Sold Date: 1FMCU49399KA56165.pdf

VIN: 1FMCU49359KA48757 Receipt Date: 5/8/2008 Serialize Date: 8/21/2008 Segment Date: 8/21/2008 Sequence Date: 9/10/2008 Blend Date: 9/12/2008 Produced Date: 9/21/2008 Gate Release Date: Ship Date: Arrival Date: Sold Date:

VIN: 1FMCU49339KA42388 Receipt Date: 8/4/2008 Serialize Date: 8/14/2008 Segment Date: 8/14/2008 Sequence Date: 9/4/2008 Blend Date: 9/5/2008 Produced Date: 9/13/2008 Gate Release Date: 9/15/2008 Ship Date: 9/15/2008 Arrival Date: Sold Date: I can't say for certain, these are unusual circumstances. Your delaer should be able to give you a ballpark based on his normal delivery times.

VIN: 1FMCU49379KA35444 Receipt Date: 7/2/2008 Serialize Date: 8/7/2008 Segment Date: 8/7/2008 Sequence Date: 9/2/2008 Blend Date: 9/5/2008 Produced Date: 9/12/2008 Gate Release Date: 9/15/2008 Ship Date: 9/15/2008 Arrival Date: Sold Date: Although I haven't had official confirmation yet, it looks like the shipping delays (and late reporting) were due to the effects of the hurricanes that hit the south. Which isn't unbelieveable, because the same thing happened when Katrina hit.

VIN: 1FMCU49399KA48762 Receipt Date: 5/10/2008 Serialize Date: 8/21/2008 Segment Date: 8/21/2008 Sequence Date: 9/10/2008 Blend Date: 9/12/2008 Produced Date: 9/21/2008 Gate Release Date: Ship Date: Arrival Date: Sold Date:

Nothing yet.

VIN: 1ZVHT88S595133476 Receipt Date: 4/26/2008 Serialize Date: 7/31/2008 Segment Date: 7/31/2008 Sequence Date: 8/22/2008 Blend Date: 8/25/2008 Produced Date: 9/3/2008 Gate Release Date: 9/23/2008 << Revised Ship Date: Arrival Date: Sold Date:

I do not disagree that the system could be better. The problem that there has to be a "balance". The existing allocation system is "an attempt" at balance. It is by no means perfect, it can definitely use some improvement; but it will never be perfect to everyone. A FIFO system won't work, either. Anyone that has ever bought (or tried to buy) concert tickets in the past 25 years will tell you that. It used to be that the person that was willing to camp out at the box office the longest got the best seats. Then came Ticketmaster, first by telephone, then by computer. Now the poor shmuck that camped out for three days falls behind those with the fastest speed dial or the quickest internet connection. And now the ticket-camper guy is at the mercy of buying his tickets from scalpers. If they didn't have an allocation process in place, the dealer with the fastest fingers would have all the orders, and none for anyone else. I wish I had the power to make everyone happy, I don't think anyone does though.

Please post: Your address, Your credit card number The amount you owe on your mortgage and Your bank account balance? Private info, you say? You seem to fail to realize that Ford is not the government. They aren't paid by your tax dollars. It is a PRIVATE company. So are the dealers. Just because you put a deposit on a vehicle, it doesn't entitle you to any "transparency". Please list any other manufacturer that is "transparent"? Seriously. Walk into Circuit City and order a widescreen TV that's not in stock and has to come from Japan or Korea. Call them back in two weeks and ask them where it is in the factory or container ship on the Pacific it's in. They'd laugh at you. Your liason between you and the manufacturer is your dealer. That's what their job is, that's why they make their money. What you want is more for free. You want someone to set up a publicly available tracking system, and administer it, but then what you forget is that you need to have someone there that will need to answer all the questions that will come up (ie "why isn't my car shipped yet?" x1000.) All the while you want the best price, cut the profit (ie pay) on the guy whose job it actually is (ie you wanted to use XPlan). Somebody needs to get paid for the work, because the I see how you treat those who do it for nothing and there isn't any reward in that from what I see. I tried to provide these things for you for free. Look at the hassle it's become. Why in the world would Ford want to expose itself to that situation? You abuse this system, you go back and forth between here and the dealer, playing the "I've got an information source, let's see if you're honest with me" games, and then threatening to sue because you aren't getting your way. Which is why I can't involve myself with your order any more. Because I'm not going to jeapordize my 20+ year career by overstepping "my" boundaries. You refer to anyone else who doesn't agree with you as part of some conspiracy to "hide the truth of what happens in the plant". But you didn't know it was me when you decided to be Mr Smart Guy, did ya? Yeah, I'm trying to hide what goes on inside the plant. That's why I wrote the FAQs, that's why I spend my time answering people's questions. Just because the username didn't match up with mine you ASSUME AGAIN that someone's out to hide things from you.

Thank you.

...continued...because I'm sick and tired running around here dispelling rumours and assumptions. I'm thinking it's a good time to put the tracking on indefinite hiatus.

I haven't seen any hybrids in the system that have shipped since around the 10th, I don't know why, and there's no way to find out unless someone at the plant comes forward. It's a batch hold of some sort -- could be anything from a supplier being out of stock for a part to a part engineering change they want to incorporate into the vehicles before they ship. Would I be concerned? No. Obviously, if there is some issue, they are holding the vehicles until they're ready to ship, which is better than than shipping the vehicles and dealing with the issue later.

VIN: 4M2CU39379KJ08725 Receipt Date: 8/21/2008 Serialize Date: 8/28/2008 Segment Date: 8/28/2008 Sequence Date: 9/12/2008 Blend Date: 9/18/2008 Produced Date: Gate Release Date: Ship Date: Arrival Date: Sold Date: 4M2CU39379KJ08725.pdf

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VIN: 1ZVHT88S975249566 Receipt Date: 4/5/2006 Serialize Date: 9/5/2006 Segment Date: 9/5/2006 Sequence Date: 9/12/2006 Blend Date: 9/20/2006 Produced Date: 9/29/2006 Gate Release Date: 9/30/2006 Ship Date: 10/10/2006 Arrival Date: 10/30/2006 Sold Date: 11/11/2006 Sorry, the window sticker is archived.

VIN: 1ZVHT82H585167378 Receipt Date: 10/30/2007 Serialize Date: 12/13/2007 Segment Date: 12/13/2007 Sequence Date: 12/17/2007 Blend Date: 12/19/2007 Produced Date: 1/9/2008 Gate Release Date: 1/9/2008 Ship Date: 1/10/2008 Arrival Date: 1/30/2008 Sold Date: 1/30/2008

VIN: 1FMCU02709KA42287 Receipt Date: 8/8/2008 Serialize Date: 8/14/2008 Segment Date: 8/14/2008 Sequence Date: 9/4/2008 Blend Date: 9/9/2008 Produced Date: 9/15/2008 Gate Release Date: 9/15/2008 Ship Date: 9/16/2008 Arrival Date: Sold Date: Enjoy your new Ford.

VIN: 1FTWW31RX9EA07917 Receipt Date: 8/8/2008 Serialize Date: 8/28/2008 Segment Date: 8/28/2008 Sequence Date: 9/12/2008 Blend Date: 9/18/2008 Produced Date: Gate Release Date: Ship Date: Arrival Date: Sold Date: 1FTWW31RX9EA07917.pdf

Your vehicle is at the dealership. VIN: 1FMCU93G59KA35225 Receipt Date: 8/6/2008 Serialize Date: 8/7/2008 Segment Date: 8/7/2008 Sequence Date: 8/14/2008 Blend Date: 8/22/2008 Produced Date: 9/5/2008 Gate Release Date: 9/5/2008 Ship Date: 9/8/2008 Arrival Date: 9/17/2008 Sold Date:

Hi, please go to the bottom of this page and click the "New Topic" button and start a tracking thread of your own rather than posting in someone elses. Thanks.

No change yet, sorry.

VIN: 1FTWF315X8EC09894 Receipt Date: 6/22/2007 Serialize Date: 6/22/2007 Segment Date: 6/29/2007 Sequence Date: 8/17/2007 Blend Date: 10/4/2007 Produced Date: 10/26/2007 Gate Release Date: 10/26/2007 Ship Date: 10/27/2007 Arrival Date: 10/31/2007 Sold Date: 12/3/2007 1FTWF315X8EC09894.pdf

Enjoy!