Build Date slipped a week. Ugh.

[Kamuelaflyer]

Luckily for Ford people will forget this in ~17 seconds and the Mach-E will be a hit. Just look VW... diesel-gate has been forgotten, ID3 sitting for months because of their rush to market, forgotten. Remember when Elon said heat pumps were stupid (not his exact words)... forgotten. Not trying to start a fight about VW or tesla, just easy examples regarding our short-term memory.
It's a pet-peeve of mine.

I think a lot of what we're going through is the pain of transitioning the dealership system into something else or a better version of the current system. I also think people aren't giving enough credence to just how disruptive the pandemic is. Yeah, I'm tired of hearing about it too, but it's well beyond the automakers, every manufacturing sector from the guys who make tiny springs to those who assemble an aircraft are hugely impacted and nearly completely disrupted. I'm trying to get a subcompact tractor for our 10 acres (going on 6 months now). Yeah, good luck with that.

The service sector isn't immune either. The U.S. ALPA represented passenger airlines have over 500 pilots in quarantine with confirmed cases of COVID most traced to work or work related. Flight Attendant numbers are higher and the freight airlines have been working people to death (not literally) while suffering similar issues.

We just see the end result and wonder how any of this could be real. Bad management! I think we all realize that's not true though. In the end, all of these annoyances we have will fade into vague memories as we finally get our MME's and enjoy the car Ford built. Or whatever make and model we might ultimately choose.

Your mileage may vary (literally).

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[Redundant]

Exactly, that little bug got me for a while. Well my MACH B-DAY is this week, will see. Hopefully they start shipping soon and all the drama around here dies down. Looking forwarding to delivery day even if it's not till Jan 2021.

Well, I tried yesterday with no luck. This morning, I finally got the date to show up and indeed, mine has slipped a week. Went from the week of 12/20 to 12/27. Ah well. I was worried about my car being built near Christmas, now I have to worry about my car being built near New Years Eve. Yikes.

 

[VegStang]

My invoice date was on 11-27, checked again today- hoping for a nice surprise production date 10 days later- tomorrow. Then on to those scary logistics.

 

[trutolife27]

my own build date I could of have moved up but I keep it December 20th. It now has been moved to January 4th. Which I'm fine with. Wait till your in your mache and people are looking, stopping asking you about it. In some places, you might be the only one around for a while.
You might be like a movie star lol.

 

[supertramp]

my own build date I could of have moved up but I keep it December 20th. It now has been moved to January 4th. Which I'm fine with. Wait till your in your mache and people are looking, stopping asking you about it. In some places, you might be the only one around for a while.
You might be like a movie star lol.

Darn... That would be worth a wait Unfortunately in my area there is a zero chance I could be a "movie star" , especially considering my late order date.

 

[VegStang]

Something tells me there might be a few others running around before mine here in Silicon Valley, but hey, gotta be better than a tesla- the lot at my spouses' work is full of them, or was anyway

I'll be happy to have the only one on my street. An after holiday build date sounds better than right before or in-between.

my own build date I could of have moved up but I keep it December 20th. It now has been moved to January 4th. Which I'm fine with. Wait till your in your mache and people are looking, stopping asking you about it. In some places, you might be the only one around for a while.
You might be like a movie star lol.

 

[JellyBelly]

With some of the build dates slipping, it will interesting to see what happens to the whole bunch of Mach Drop FEs scheduled for the week of Jan 4.

 

[ChasingCoral]

Something tells me there might be a few others running around before mine here in Silicon Valley, but hey, gotta be better than a tesla- the lot at my spouses' work is full of them, or was anyway

I'll be happy to have the only one on my street. An after holiday build date sounds better than right before or in-between.

It'll still be a rare car.

 

[TheVirtualTim]

I think a lot of what we're going through is the pain of transitioning the dealership system into something else or a better version of the current system. I also think people aren't giving enough credence to just how disruptive the pandemic is. Yeah, I'm tired of hearing about it too, but it's well beyond the automakers, every manufacturing sector from the guys who make tiny springs to those who assemble an aircraft are hugely impacted and nearly completely disrupted. I'm trying to get a subcompact tractor for our 10 acres (going on 6 months now). Yeah, good luck with that.

Yep! I went to use my oven this summer and all the LED segments lit up on the control panel and nothing worked. I went online to see if I could order the board and... my oven was too old -- replacement parts were no longer available. So time to order a new one.

Then the shocker... 4 months to get a new oven! Everybody is delayed getting parts, being able to run plants at regular capacity, etc.

 

[eltonlin]

Yep! I went to use my oven this summer and all the LED segments lit up on the control panel and nothing worked. I went online to see if I could order the board and... my oven was too old -- replacement parts were no longer available. So time to order a new one.

Then the shocker... 4 months to get a new oven! Everybody is delayed getting parts, being able to run plants at regular capacity, etc.

So in other words, don't break anything until supply chain returns to normal!

 

[mamejunkie]

Does this mean it slip or built?

 

[eltonlin]

Does this mean it slip or built?

Produced, so it should have completed the entire build process. Now waiting to ship... Now whether it slipped depends on what your original build date was supposed to be...

 

[VegStang]

Congrats!

Does this mean it slip or built?

 

[GoGoGadgetMachE]

just easy examples regarding our short-term memory.
It's a pet-peeve of mine.

wait, what were we talking about?

 

[rplinpa]

Mine was the week of the 13th and moved to the 20th.

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