NH_Bulldog

How did you place an order 2 1/2 weeks into the future?

My friend had a scheduled build week for the week of June 6th (this week) and his sticker showed up last Thursday June 2nd, with the tracker currently showing “In Production”. Start looking for your sticker towards the end of this week!

I know it happens, mine was built 3/22, shipped 3/25 by rail and at my dealer 4/4. But I have helped a number of people on here track their deliveries and trucking delays from the rail ramp to the dealers have been taking weeks, not days. My only real point was that it got there unusually quick and was unusually sold with a green window sticker, so has anyone tracked it and checked to be sure it was actually sold? Lastly, given all the factors in play, I find it difficult to believe it was sold by accident. I suspect the dealer knew exactly what they were doing, had a customer willing to pay a premium for that truck and/or there is a relationship between that buyer and the dealer, and the dealer also knew that there would be no repercussions by selling that truck that they knew was committed to the one that actually ordered it and didn’t give a damn.

I was under the impression that retail orders had a green window sticker with Special Order on it instead of the typical blue window sticker, and unless you are really close to the factory, how did it get there so quick? Every day we hear about people waiting 3, 4, snd even 5 weeks for delivery. Are you 100% sure it was actually delivered and sold?

Don’t read too much into it. Although we all want it to work on-demand, and all the time, this tool of convenience goes in and out of service frequently.

Actually, until you pay for the truck and take physical possession, you haven’t bought anything……It belongs to Ford and/or the dealership.

The point is that the parts are not available, and no amount of complaining is going to magically fix that (it isn’t due to a microchip shortage). The seat issue affects all models that the seat was available in, and none are getting made with those seats. I wanted features in my truck that were not available, or became unavailable at some point in the process. I didn’t whine about it, I found solutions, and I am satisfied.

The same seat, they just don’t include the bladders. The credit for $300 is the same amount that the parts cost.

So you are the guy that goes to a fine restaurant, orders filet mignon and the waiter comes back out 5 minutes later and says “sorry, we have run out of filet mignon, may I offer you a Porterhouse instead?”. You indignantly stand up, throw down your napkin, and walk out the door vowing to never dine there again because they “arbitrarily” decided they had run out of filet mignon and were not able to serve you something they don’t have. You go to the next best place, but it is just the next best place, and dang it, they don’t even have filet mignon on the menu so you order the Porterhouse. All the while trying to convince yourself that it is just a matter of principal. If the lack of a massaging seat bothers you that much, cancel your order and take your $500 deposit and go buy a Chevy 1500?

Seriously, throwing a fit because you can’t get a butt massager? Sounds like a first-world problem to me. The only items GM is retrofitting are heated rear seats, heated steering wheels, and parking assist features (all of which are available on a Ford). They don’t even offer massaging seats in the HD trucks at GM. What about all the features that GM eliminated and won’t be retrofitting? Cylinder cutoff, auto start/stop (good riddance), HD radio, wireless charging pads, and more. My brother has had his 3500 HD Denali Crew Cab on order since November and hasn’t received a build date yet. It isn’t a Ford issue, it is an all manufacturer issue. Maybe you could try Toyota and see if they have butt massagers?

This is a VERY common issue and it really has nothing to do with Ford and it is not at all limited to TX. These rail facilities serve multiple vehicle manufacturers, and right now there are more vehicles to be transported than there are trucks or drivers to move them. Factor in a long bed crew cab or a dually, and the wait is even longer. I have seen some people waiting 3-4 weeks from rail yard to dealer.

Hey, I just saw that your truck was delivered to the dealership this morning, CONGRATULATIONS!

Check the specs, your driver seat is probably a 10-way and the passenger may be an 8-way.

I wouldn't worry until you get the window sticker. The pictures are stock images that are one-size-fits-most, they are not 100% accurate. My friend's truck lists Tremor options on his and he didn't order a tremor

I had a 2020 Escape that had no CD player either, they started phasing them out around 2019 I believe. My Explorer Limited had a 5 or 6 disc CD player that I never used because years ago I just copied all of my CD's into iTunes and loaded them on my phone (last time I checked it was 1,485 songs) but even then, I find myself listening to Pandora or Sirius/XM anyway. Just think of all that space you will gain by not having stacks of CD's kicking around in the truck

My friend just got the coveted email this morning! Ordered January 24th and Scheduled to be built the week of June 6th. It is an F250 XLT 6.7L Diesel Crew Cab Short Bed. No major constraints, but does have Twin Panel Moon Roof, Spray-in bed liner, front and rear wheel well liners and splash guards.

I get that the OP was just illustrating an interesting point, it is really an unprecedented situation that is worth noting. When we were looking for our truck, it was crazy how the pre-owned prices were at or above costs for new, so we bought new…a pretty simple choice for us. We traded our F150 in for more than what we bought it for 3 years and 35,000 miles ago.

From what I understand you can get Connected Built-in Navigation which comes with 3 years of service. Connected services include live traffic, weather, gas and restaurants, etc. If after 3 years you don’t subscribe, it will revert to the built-in (imbedded) GPS with no connected services. The other version is a Connected Navigation 90 day trial. After 90 days if you don’t subscribe, you get a nice map with no GPS function. My last truck - 2015 F150 - had Sync2 and factory navigation with an SD card for maps, and I liked it enough that I put my Garmin in a drawer. My current truck - 2022 F250 - with Sync3 also has factory nav and I am not really liking it as much as I did my previous system. However, I do like that I get all the connected services in the navigation unit through the Sirius/XM subscription I already have.

Mine hit Ramp RA8F in East Brookfield, MA on March 30, was unloaded March 31 and picked up and delivered to my dealer in NH on April 4. There are a lot of factors involved since these ramps serve all manufacturers, not just Ford. Driver availability is the big bottleneck right now.

We were doing better on our return trip from camping…..until I got on it to see what it would do on a series of long uphill pulls in the right lane passing cars that were in the fast lane but driving slow. Overall very happy with the power, handling and responsiveness even when towing the camper. Once I get over having so much fun with the new truck, I think I can see 9+ mpg towing which is where my 3.5L EcoBoost was.

it is .4% off the dealer invoice plus the administration fee. .4% is .004 times the invoice. Subtract that figure from the invoice, then add the admin fee and you have the X-plan cost for that vehicle. As a real-word example, my invoice was $58,228. Multiply that times .004 and you get $232.91. Subtract that from the invoice cost and you get $57,995.09. Add the admin fee of $275 and you get the X-plan cost of $58,270.09 which is a discount off the sticker of $3,284.91. An even easier way to figure it out is to go to the X-plan site, and then navigate to vehicle search or build your own, and the website will show the X-plan cost for that vehicle as the price. Once there is a window sticker generated, the vehicle should appear in the dealer inventory search online and you can see what the X-plan cost is. An even easier easy way is to just ask your dealer what the X-plan cost is. Mine was greedy and elected not to participate in the X-plan (their choice), but at least I knew the cost.

A little diesel fuel gets a campfire going nicely, and without the WHOOMP of gasoline. YMMV

In NH we have no sales tax but registration for our 22 F250 was $956 for this year, but did include title and vanity plate fees and at the full 18 mills. Actual registration is closer to $55/year and the mill rate drops to 15 in year two, then 12, 9, 6, and then to 3 for as long as you own it. It’s almost all deductible, so I get it back.

Today we towed our camper from NH to Central NY. Up and over the mountains in Southern VT (hit some snow) and then West on I-90. We had a real strong headwind right out of the west of 25+ mph. Got to our destination and our milage was 7.4 mpg on 87 octane. On the way home this weekend I am going to fill up with 91 octane and see if a tail wind or no wind makes any difference.

On a related note, I know people with turbos that like to dump the resonator so they get more turbo whistle from the exhaust. To each their own I guess.