05/23/22 Build Week Chat

[jimmykcmo]

My GB GT just arrived today at the dealer (north of Seattle), won't be able to take delivery until Monday from dealer, online cart only had 2k Options as the only incentive available. The online trade evaluator is waaaaaaaaaay low for either of the vehicles I'm looking to trade in FYI.

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[USC]

They should. That site (today) gives me $500 and 3.9% for Florida but just last Sat... I got $1000 rebate and 2.7%

If the dealer is adding points... that's on them. Since you are in CA... I think you get $2500 in rebates and the rate should be similar.

Can you help me how this work on 2K rebate? I am in California.
are they just reduce 2K from my purchase? Is there any string to this?

 

[voxel]

Can you help me how this work on 2K rebate? I am in California.
are they just reduce 2K from my purchase? Is there any string to this?

If you ordered before Dec 8, 2021... you should get $2K or $3K (depends on trim) price protection.

Ford Options rebate is separate and they will lower the price by another $2500 (I think that is the number for CA.. in FL it's only $1K). No real strings except you have to use Ford Options + Ford Credit so you can't just pay the full amount in cash.

 

[athompson264]

Going to pick up mine in the morning! So excited! Although not too excited about my interest rate...

I'm in PA and going with the regular auto loan and the sales guy said that with all my info and a 72 month loan that my rate is 5.39% >_<

 

[USC]

If you ordered before Dec 8, 2021... you should get $2K or $3K (depends on trim) price protection.

Ford Options rebate is separate and they will lower the price by another $2500 (I think that is the number for CA.. in FL it's only $1K). No real strings except you have to use Ford Options + Ford Credit so you can't just pay the full amount in cash.

thanks so much for your help ? How do i find out rate ? if i ordered in 1/2022 . I am in CA

 

[Caulk-E]

For my fellow 5/23 build weeks in the Bay Area...I've been tracking my Mach-E making its journey on Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) rail line from Mexico to California. I originally was under the impression that *all* Mach-Es go to Kansas City and then from there, they make their trek to the final destination. As it turns out, my Mach-E reached Corpus Christi, and traveled north to Fort Worth. But instead of continuing north towards Kansas City, my Mach-E started making its way west, first stopping at Vernon (TX), and then Memphis (TX), and now it's in Amarillo. I've been seeing west coast deliveries timelines decrease by a large margin. It might have something to do with Mach-Es no longer going to Kansas City for west coast deliveries. Food for thought...

 

[USC]

For my fellow 5/23 build weeks in the Bay Area...I've been tracking my Mach-E making its journey on Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) rail line from Mexico to California. I originally was under the impression that *all* Mach-Es go to Kansas City and then from there, they make their trek to the final destination. As it turns out, my Mach-E reached Corpus Christi, and traveled north to Fort Worth. But instead of continuing north towards Kansas City, my Mach-E started making its way west, first stopping at Vernon (TX), and then Memphis (TX), and now it's in Amarillo. I've been seeing west coast deliveries timelines decrease by a large margin. It might have something to do with Mach-Es no longer going to Kansas City for west coast deliveries. Food for thought...

Most of people in CA getting car in 3-5 weeks now.
Can you share your detailed tracking? I am 2 weeks after you

 

[Caulk-E]

Most of people in CA getting car in 3-5 weeks now.
Can you share your detailed tracking? I am 2 weeks after you

I did the Ford Chat to get my railcar number. If it’s going to CA, it should be TTGX. Then I did this 3 times a day:

1. Call 800-635-5768
2. Wait for the prompt and Press 2.
3. Wait for the prompt and Press 2.
4. Enter the letters on the numeric keypad then press #. As in: TTGX will be 8849
5. Enter the numbers for your railcar (it’s the numbers after the TTGX) then press #.

in my experience, I’ve found Ford Chat tracking to be a few days behind the railcar tracking above. YMMV

 

[Bigfeets]

For my fellow 5/23 build weeks in the Bay Area...I've been tracking my Mach-E making its journey on Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) rail line from Mexico to California. I originally was under the impression that *all* Mach-Es go to Kansas City and then from there, they make their trek to the final destination. As it turns out, my Mach-E reached Corpus Christi, and traveled north to Fort Worth. But instead of continuing north towards Kansas City, my Mach-E started making its way west, first stopping at Vernon (TX), and then Memphis (TX), and now it's in Amarillo. I've been seeing west coast deliveries timelines decrease by a large margin. It might have something to do with Mach-Es no longer going to Kansas City for west coast deliveries. Food for thought...

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BNSF Institutes Carload Embargo to Ease California Congestion - Railfan & Railroad Magazine

 

[LUV_RED]

Ford chat gave me my railcar number (TTGX...).
Called and followed the prompts as @Caulk-E and others have described.
My Mach-E made it to San Diego at 12:53am this morning!
Hopefully, will get to my dealer in a few days.

Ordered September, 2021
Order converted to 2022, January 31, 2022
Built June 14 and shipped June 15.
Arrived by rail to San Diego July 9.

 

[Bruin89]

Hi all. Long time lurker, first time poster to this thread. I haven't had anything to offer previously, but thought I'd share some news with my fellow NorCal friends.

I ordered a CAR1 in early November through Cartelligent, which placed the order for me with Ford Fairfield. I was never asked to put down a deposit with or through Cartelligent for the dealer. (I did pay a fee for their services up front.) I got a copy of the dealer order and then: Nothing, for about six months. The agent would, at my behest, check with the dealer periodically but they had nothing to report. Since I didn't place my order directly from Ford I didn't get the occasional email updates directly from them, like many of you have shared over the months. I had many doubts that the order was actually valid.

Finally in late April they gave me a 5/23 build date, then the VIN shortly afterward so I could start using the order tracking site. (When it worked, which is still problematic.) The build date turned out to be the 5/25, then using the tools many of you have posted I saw that it was indeed flagged for the recall. With that, I thought that I was sunk and expected this would add weeks to the actual delivery, but as we've all seen Ford came through with the fix pretty fast! I had one chat with Ford two weeks ago when they told me it was in Corpus Christi but couldn't give me any rail info and I never followed up. BTW, I'm Batch 6015.

Having not checked anything since then, other than continuing to see it still just showed "Shipped" on the order tracking site, I was just about to ping my Cartelligent agent when he beat me to it this morning. I was a bit shocked to hear that it was delivered to Ford Fairfield, and should be prepped and delivered to their office for pickup by early next week!

This car was so far from a reality for so long I truthfully tried not to think about it much because the waiting was killing me. Now that it's here I've got so much to do!

Thanks everyone for all the comments and education. Very helpful community!

 

[SinaiKD]

Called the dealer today and my MME GT had arrived the night before. So I headed over past Ft Worth to retrieve my long awaited MME GT! Good experience and Weatherford SouthWest Ford team was excellent. The sales rep that walked me through all the features was THE most informed rep I have ever dealt with. I usually know so much more about any car, but NOT today. Nice thing about the dealer i used is they are 1.5 hrs from Rockwall... so lovely drive home.

 

[LUV_RED]

Called the dealer today and my MME GT had arrived the night before. So I headed over past Ft Worth to retrieve my long awaited MME GT! Good experience and Weatherford SouthWest Ford team was excellent. The sales rep that walked me through all the features was THE most informed rep I have ever dealt with. I usually know so much more about any car, but NOT today. Nice thing about the dealer i used is they are 1.5 hrs from Rockwall... so lovely drive home.

Congrats! Nice color!
Glad you had a good delivery experience.

 

[Caulk-E]

Ford chat gave me my railcar number (TTGX...).
Called and followed the prompts as @Caulk-E and others have described.
My Mach-E made it to San Diego at 12:53am this morning!
Hopefully, will get to my dealer in a few days.

Ordered September, 2021
Order converted to 2022, January 31, 2022
Built June 14 and shipped June 15.
Arrived by rail to San Diego July 9.

WOW! arrived in less than a month! Congrats.

 

[USC]

Here is what I am wishing for when it comes time to purchase my Mach-E.

$7500 Federal Tax Credit
$2000 California rebate
$750 California clean fuel reward
$2500 Ford Options Plan rebate @ 2.49%
Approx $800 X-plan rebate
Approx $2000 Price Protection

Wish me luck on the last three!

GOOD LUCK--- WISH you get all 6 --

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