Received a Mach-E First Edition surprise gift! 3D printed fractal pony with VIN display.

[Ixoye]

And Leo . . . your VIN is showing. You may want to blank that out.

What can someone do to you knowing your VIN? it's publicly available on every car. You can go take a photo of it in public today?

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[Ixoye]

A fractal pony. I guess a hidden benefit of buying a First Edition.

Jealousy building up.

Hope this isn't someone pretending to be Leo. But if it is you, long time fan from the TechTV days and still follow you building your empire on TWiT.

 

[Jako607]

Does anyone know where these pony trophys are coming from. I called Ford customer relations and they said they are coming from the Ford dealership. I bought my FE from dealer stock. I don't know if I qualify.

Here's what the letter that came with it said

 

[MParkour]

Does anyone know where these pony trophys are coming from. I called Ford customer relations and they said they are coming from the Ford dealership. I bought my FE from dealer stock. I don't know if I qualify.

They are coming from "Ford Performance" according to FedEx. Yes you should be getting one. I bought my FE off the lot and my pony showed up today.

 

[Ponypower50]

Mparkour, When did you buy your car? I bought my Rapid Red on 2/22. Had to pay MSRP, but it a great car.

Thanks

 

[Griddlez]

That garage is awesome. So is the car and pony lol.

Just got mine today! I love how the pony we get matches the color of our car ?

 

[ChasingCoral]

Just got mine today! I love how the pony we get matches the color of our car ?

Fractal pony looks more Race Red, but who's counting.

 

[GoGoGadgetMachE]

Fractal pony looks more Race Red, but who's counting.

see, this kind of stuff is why that place in FL said "ROBERT IS HERE" and not "MARK IS HERE".

 

[kgautam28]

A fractal pony. I guess a hidden benefit of buying a First Edition.

Got one too

 

[JSW]

And just like that, this 3-week FE owner is salty again....

 

[jhalkias]

What can someone do to you knowing your VIN? it's publicly available on every car. You can go take a photo of it in public today?

Yes they are. However tying you personally to the VIN is not. Maybe no harm, but those who value privacy may not want it out there and linked to them. This car is a rolling computer and who knows if someone someday could hack into your car knowing the VIN ala a Daniel Suarez novel.

 

[SteelMach]

Yes they are. However tying you personally to the VIN is not. Maybe no harm, but those who value privacy may not want it out there and linked to them. This car is a rolling computer and who knows if someone someday could hack into your car knowing the VIN ala a Daniel Suarez novel.

Or like a 2015 Jeep Cherokee (they knew the "IP Address" which presumably somewhere is tied to VIN)

https://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/

 

[fallguy]

Does anyone know where these pony trophys are coming from. I called Ford customer relations and they said they are coming from the Ford dealership. I bought my FE from dealer stock. I don't know if I qualify.

I didnt know anything about it until this thread. I bought my FE from a dealership 3 weeks ago yesterday. Just happened to be browsing and it was there, test drove it, and bought it a few days later. I don't remember filling anything out for it, and the dealership did not say anything about it. Total surprise for me. I think I still have the box it shipped in, I can look when I get home.

 

[MrRossKeys]

Ugh. I got my car on Feb 12th and still hasn't even shipped.

Got my car on Feb 12th also. Just want to point out that I kept looking for a FedEx email but it never came.

Received my pony yesterday.

 

[JellyBelly]

Mach Drop FE order ... delivery date Feb 22 and Pony gift received March 9.

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