Funny, right after I ask the question, my dealer sent me an email saying the car is here and ready for last step. Lol
Yea same here, I bet is has to do with the Ford automated system and then the dealer just emails you when they get the chance.
Congrats!!! @NJ_MachEWOW guys, it's home.
I kind of went off the build week thread grid the past couple days as my car got closer-- I just wanted to be extra safe I wasn't tipping off my dealer about how excited I am about this car just in case they wanted to pull any shenanigans. As it turns out, I didn't need to be worried-- everything went great.
My car got taken off the train car on Thursday the 12th-- at that point I was bracing for delivery at any point. United Road updated on Sunday night to tell me the car was scheduled for delivery to the dealership Monday. By late Monday morning I noticed United Road update to "in route", and it was delivered by noon (soon after, I got the "Complete your Purchase" email from Ford). I couldn't get the Complete your Purchase website to work at all-- the Financing link just errored out-- so it was completely useless to me. My dealership didn't reach out to schedule pickup until the next day-- the prep/charging/detailing was done by that afternoon, and today (Wednesday) we spent about two hours getting paperwork finalized (half of it was just waiting around for the Finance Manager to be available).
Couldn't be more thrilled. X-Plan pricing, full $2,500 Options Rebate and 2.49% Ford Options interest available from the time or order (January) honored with me hardly having to bring them up. All in all, with very little down payment, my finance charges are completely covered by the rebate. So I'll still be coming out ahead vs a cash purchase.
Other tidbits
-Got the Interior Protection Package but the carpeted mats were still in there as well. (from others, this seems typical)
-My dealer let me put $2500 of my down payment on my cash-back credit card. Nice to get a tiny extra rebate there!
-Applied the deposit towards my down payment with no issues-- no need to get a refund/fight for it back, etc.
-X-Plan's $100 doc fee cap is MUCH appreciated-- doc fees seem quite high in NJ.
-No sales tax-- New Jersey may not always have a lot going for it but no sales tax on EV's is one of them!
-Price protection-- not relevant for me as somebody who ordered in January but no doubt in my mind they would have honored it based on my positive experience... There was no need to push for anything.
-Trade-in-- we're going from a one-car household to (at least temporarily) a two-car household-- plan is to eventually give the Fit to family who will need it more
-Only thing I was sad about the dealership experience was not being able to see a Lightning (dealer hasn't gotten there's yet).
-For those in New Jersey wondering-- I went with Malouf Ford-- very happy with it all.
-It was just over four months from initial order to delivery for me. Other than a few GT's that I've seen sale through the process quicker, I know I was VERY lucky to get the car that quickly--my 20+ week estimate was 18 weeks in reality.
First Impressions
-Not sure I'm noticing a bumpy ride like a lot of others have mentioned in other threads. Maybe it's just because I'm coming from such a basic previous car (Honda Fit) where I feel everything.
-I haven't turned on 1PD yet, wanted to make it home first.
-Rear-View mirrors are indeed tiny, I'm going to miss the blind spot camera on my Fit for city driving.
Thanks build week thread for all the moral support and info over the past few months. It's been a great journey and nice to be home. Now I'm going to sit back and cheer the rest of you on as you get your Mach-E's (and maybe do a bit of driving as well).
RWD. My family has only ever had FWD or RWD cars, even when we were living up in New England with rough winters. We just swap to winter tires when we need them. Maybe some day I will be convinced, but for now we are happy to keep things simpler and cheaper.
Yeah I got the automated email within an hour of the United Road delivery- it was barely off the truck. It took until the next day to hear from the sales manager (my main dealer contact). With tons of cars going in/out, I wasn't worried about the communication delay.
Well, well, well. Long work day, stopped by my stalking spot and what did I see....
I can't imagine it will take that long... The delay emails seem to have no relationship with reality, especially for those who got delayed by a month while their car sits a short truck ride from their dealer.
You should totally run in and ask to peel off the white stickers.Well, well, well. Long work day, stopped by my stalking spot and what did I see....
Do you have a rail car number? Not sure which part of VA you are in. But if you are in the DMV area, Norfolk Souther transports the car to Wilmington, DE, then trucked to the dealer.
It still might! Ford's estimates are only estimates!
Thanks! Yours will be there soon I'm sure! I havent heard from the dealer yet, just the automated stuff. Going to hold off on calling them and not tip them off to me stalking the lot this week ?
I don't have a rail car number yet, has been at Ramp 6P since May 5 2022.
