01/03/22 Build Week Chat

[jimmythekid]

My delivery date is gone too.
003316
297/540

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[The Quiet Man]

Mine too.
Hope this isn’t an attempt to stop us from complaining about the delays using dates we have been given.

 

[jfwyant1966]

I can't even get into the tracker.. I do see my WS date keeps moving, latest was 2/23

The WS date changes every two weeks. It might just be a date that they review the order on.

 

[jonkMACHE]

Some first impressions (I will likely start a new thread with detailed impressions after a few weeks)

• 100% worth the wait. Like all of you, getting this car has been a journey of many ups and downs, but believe me the end result is worth it.
• Looks-wise, Ford knocked it out of the park. I'm clearly biased, but it's the best looking vehicle I've ever seen sub-$100k. It looks good in pictures - it looks better in person. It's been less than 24 hours, and I've already received an unsolicited compliment from a complete stranger. Highly recommend the grabber blue color.
• The pickup on the car from 0-60 is outstanding. I live in NYC and most of my driving is at these speeds. The car performs very well in this range.
• Regarding acoustic glass - I have no idea if they changed the material, but I do live in a very noisy city and I found the ride the be remarkably quiet.
• The weather is around 32F right now, and the battery did drain pretty quick. Drove around 35 miles yesterday, and it drained about 18% of the battery (mine is an extended range). Didn't do a single bit of preconditioning so hopefully that will improve. Highly recommend the extended range if you're going to be driving it in cold weather.
• The quality of the suspension surprised me (FYI, I'm initially driving it in whisper mode). I know this has been a complaint for many, so I was a tad worried about this, but I found the car to handle well. You will feel the road (it leans towards a performance suspension), you will feel any potholes, but I did not find any excessive bounciness that would give me motion sickness. Bear in mind I was driving this on NYC roads which are notorious for their poor condition. In fact, the quality of the ride in my 2022 ME seemed a little better than the 2021 ME I test drove, so I wonder if Ford made some tuning adjustments to the suspension. I think as long as someone's not expecting it to ride like a Cadillac Escalade they'll likely be fine with the suspension.
• Have not tested the kick lift-gate... I'm assuming it doesn't work... don't really care about this feature anyway.
• Interior and exterior build quality seems excellent.
• Ford dealership experience was great, although they did convince me to buy the $800 LoJack anti-theft GPS... NYC is unfortunately a high-crime area now, and I'll be giving the fob to vallets, so a GPS on the car was worth it for my peace of mind. I used Ford options and got all the incentives and rebates I was hoping for.

 

[OrchidMania]

It looks like all our delivery dates have disappeared. Hopefully it means they're on the way and not that May/June was too optimistic!

Anyone call Ford Marketing to see if they see anything different on dates...

 

[jfwyant1966]

I asked my sales rep about the dates not being there and he said that they may be doing site maintenance right not.
I guess we'll see after a day or two.

 

[lonndog]

Not only did they remove the estimated delivery dates from the tracking page, they changed the name of the last bubble.

Misspelled.

The estimated delivery dates remain on the https://www.ford.com/buy/manage.html?reservationId=******** page.

 

[jfwyant1966]

Not only did they remove the estimated delivery dates from the tracking page, they changed the name of the last bubble.

Misspelled.

The estimated delivery dates remain on the https://www.ford.com/buy/manage.html?reservationId=******** page.

Mine is a little different from yours

 

[lonndog]

Mine is a little different from yours

Ouch! ?

 

[dww]

My tracker didn't update yet but I did get a letter from Ford 2 hours ago that my Premium AWD ER has been built and will be delivered between 4/4 and 4/10. Hopefully the chip shortage is almost over for all of us. BTW....3316-409/540 and we ordered 6/10/21. Delivery date a few days ago was 5/27.

 

[devmach-e]

Still on a chip hold. Still a late May delivery day. Still sad that I don't have my car.

Hmmmm, my car may be on its way. Despite no longer having an ETD on the shop.ford.com tracking site, the car has shown up on my dealer's website as listed as being "in transit". Window Sticker link is missing from the dealer's website, though. No e-mail from Ford that it has shipped, nor has the Built status updated on the tracker site. I am cautiously hopeful.

 

[roroshah]

Got the built email last night, estimated delivery is the first week of April (the first estimated delivery was mid-February, which slipped to mid-May).

 

[wombats3]

Got the built email last night, estimated delivery is the first week of April (the first estimated delivery was mid-February, which slipped to mid-May).

Great news!

When did you order and what model?

 

[jimmythekid]

Sharing a post from the Price Protection thread on the Mach E Forum site....
https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/price-protection.14010/post-361688

 

[MetrowestZ]

Cue <Its Happening.gif>. Just got the email that mine was built with a delivery date sometime in the middle of April. Note that this is instead of the previous date of delivery of May 22nd which was after the previous delivery date which was February 22nd.

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