11/7/22 Build Week Thread for 2023 MME's

[astrorob]

Hopefully Bender Bending Rodriguez gets here in time for X-Mas!

i'm gonna make my own MME!

i just checked my railcar and for the first time CSX had status... which is "empty" and "departed". this correlates with my dealer saying my MME was turned over to Jack Cooper. i guess this means in a couple of days maybe ford chat will have a new railcar number for me.

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[23MachE]

For sure something is def weird, would be awesome if you got that rate just play on the edge of caution as it doesn't seem to be lining up with anyone/information out there.

Looks like you were all right to be skeptical:

 

[astrorob]

@23MachE ok that makes sense, 4.49% is what i was told for a GTPE (but under the options program). maybe the interest rates are the same for a traditional loan. options only goes 36 and 48 months if i'm not mistaken and given the 72months and payment they quoted you this has to be a traditional loan.

 

[TheWalkerMME]

i just checked my railcar and for the first time CSX had status... which is "empty" and "departed". this correlates with my dealer saying my MME was turned over to Jack Cooper. i guess this means in a couple of days maybe ford chat will have a new railcar number for me.

I got the same status from CSX for the first time ever. I hope it will just travel the rest of the way by truck, but probably no such luck. FC is still showing the same railcar# even though it has been emptied; so I don't know what to think about that.

 

[kb199]

i'm gonna make my own MME!

i just checked my railcar and for the first time CSX had status... which is "empty" and "departed". this correlates with my dealer saying my MME was turned over to Jack Cooper. i guess this means in a couple of days maybe ford chat will have a new railcar number for me.

“With blackjack and hookers! Wait, forget the MME”

Huh- maybe then mine is on another car somewhere else as well. I’ll see what my dealer says…

 

[NiceandSimpleMache]

@njb Any good news yet? Also what color did you get for your MME?

 

[njb]

@njb Any good news yet? Also what color did you get for your MME?

I have not done FC today. I feel like such a pest every time I do it so I have to want new information enough to overcome that. My delivery date has not changed, yet...

I got Rapid Red to come full circle from my first Mustang which my mother convinced me not to order in "Arrest me Red" and not to get a convertible. She might have been right about the not wanting a convertible year round in the midwest, but I always regretted not getting the bright red.

 

[23MachE]

Thanks for trying to curb my enthusiasm XD (no sarcasm, I actually want that). Here's more things that keep my hopes up a little.

The TTX wikipedia article lists this about the company (so they do appear to be an automotive carrier):


The TTX about equipment page lists the following (so I think NS tracking is changing the prefix to TTX for any of TTX's railcars, including TTGX, ETTX, CTTX):


Please correct misunderstandings I have above, because I don't want my hopes so high if it doesn't make sense. But I do think NS is accurately tracking the TTGX railcar number. FC this morning says that's still my accurate railcar number (but they still don't show any update since Junction Point in Laredo on 11/19). My dealer is a little slow to respond and just keeps telling me it's in Texas (which would line up either with what FC sees in Laredo, or if they have VINView, and it's still in Texas, which lines up with this NS tracking).

It turns out my tracking was accurate!

Per NS tracking, my railcar was dropped off at the automotive yard in Mira Loma, CA, this morning. Dealer confirms that they see the change in status as now in Mira Loma (their last update was Laredo, TX on 11/19), and that it's scheduled for delivery to the dealer 12/10 (which seems kinda long for me, 11 days to make it 30-something miles).

Either way, I've been fortunate enough to avoid the Kansas City mess, and to avoid this potential impending railroad strike, and should have my car in the next couple weeks and be eligible for the $7,500 federal tax incentive!

 

[astrorob]

Either way, I've been fortunate enough to avoid the Kansas City mess, and to avoid this potential impending railroad strike, and should have my car in the next couple weeks and be eligible for the $7,500 federal tax incentive!

really interesting - so some cars did take an alternate route to CA, but perhaps it was only those cars destined for southern california? i'm in Kansas City and i guess now it's a question of whether the car gets lost in the shuffle there or is loaded onto another train car anytime soon.

 

[njb]

@njb Any good news yet? Also what color did you get for your MME?

Curiosity won out and I did a FC.

Still have the last updated of 11/26 at 6R in MO. I don't know if I get another train car though. You will for sure going to the East Coast.

I did check on our AOK car and it has made it's way back to TX and it still says it's empty so we are most certainly not taking that one anymore.

Your Vapor Blue would have been my second choice.

 

[NiceandSimpleMache]

Curiosity won out and I did a FC.

Still have the last updated of 11/26 at 6R in MO. I don't know if I get another train car though. You will for sure going to the East Coast.

I did check on our AOK car and it has made it's way back to TX and it still says it's empty so we are most certainly not taking that one anymore.

Your Vapor Blue would have been my second choice.

Well, I just finished checking out who I'm going to go with to finance my MME. Ford (4.99) or My Credit Union (5.24), Plus my insurance is cheaper for some reason. Won't complain about that. lol

 

[njb]

Well, I just finished checking out who I'm going to go with to finance my MME. Ford (4.99) or My Credit Union (5.24), Plus my insurance is cheaper for some reason. Won't complain about that. lol

Are you selling or trading in a car?

We have two college age sons on our policy so insurance never goes down.

 

[NiceandSimpleMache]

Are you selling or trading in a car?

We have two college age sons on our policy so insurance never goes down.

I'm trading in my Passat. Which most likey will get about 5 to 7K for it. Hopefully.

 

[njb]

I'm trading in my Passat. Which most likey will get about 5 to 7K for it. Hopefully.

Did you try using this link to see if you are on one of their trucks:

https://www.unitedroad.com/delivery-receipt

 

[NiceandSimpleMache]

Did you try using this link to see if you are on one of their trucks:

https://www.unitedroad.com/delivery-receipt

Yes I did and it's inactive but also say in DE. I guess this is the place it will go to from MO. I guess.

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