4/11/22 build week chat

[foxalfer]

I received a call from my rep at Galpin Ford who said my car arrived there last night. The last info I received from Ford was the car was built on 6/14 and expected to arrive Aug 8 to 14. Mine was one of the GTs in batch 5303. I also received an email from Ford last night with the link to complete my purchase. I am waiting for him to send me a picture to prove it is really at the dealership.

It’s really here, I received these pictures. Now I just need to test negative for Covid so I can pick it up. Hopefully a few more days of waiting.

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[Ninja4hire]

Congrats!! Also wow they have so many MME's there!

 

[OneNess]

Been reading here for months now. It’s time to post.
GT order placed 1/25/22; Batch 5303, build week was moved to 4/11/22 from 4/4/22. Went in Production 4/19/22. Original ETA was 6/5-6/11.
Finally received emails that car was Built 6/10/22 and shipped 6/13 with ETA 8/2-8/8 to the dealer.
With this latest recall situation, wondering when it will arrive. Based on the Ford recall website, my VIN is not affected, but I’ve read enough on here to know better. Keeping fingers crossed for all of us in 4/11/22!

Happy update: My GT is at the dealer, updated, cleaned up, and charging! My salesperson called and said my car has arrived, a few weeks earlier than the estimated 8/2-8/8. And sent a pic of it plugged in. Woo hoo. I can't wait to pick her up! Thanks for all the important information from this thread. Good luck to ALL in our 4/11 group. May everyone get their cars soon!

 

[Ninja4hire]

Excellent! So now there are two SoCal GT's that came in early!
Come on NorCal, Daddy needs a new GT to come in early <Rolls the dice>

 

[FarSide]

I'm glad to see our cars delivering. Here are some first impressions as I did a trip from NY to Provincetown MA over the July 4th weekend:

Drivetrain/Power A+: I love the EV drive experience. I like the quick quiet responsiveness and I feel that I can dice and slice the road stealthily. I don't think I am ever going back to a new car ICE.

DC Fast charging A: on Ford Pass was very easy and the handshakes were faster than expected. No problems at two EA's and one Chargpoint location.

Seats C- I'm very disappointed with the seats, it's my biggest disappointment with the car. They feel large and mushy for a sportier car. We should have had the option to buy the GT seats which I think would have done the trick.

PAAK A-: Surprisingly, Paak pretty much works every time and I suggest all of you set up your door and backup codes.

Ford Pass C. This app is flakey. It basically works but it can be annoying and often commands can't be carried out without multiple tries).

Charging cradle D. This thing sort of sucks. I'm sure I will figure out the charge pad sweat spot but I find the phone not charging because is slid around on the pad. On my long trip, I took my phone out of the case which helped a little.

Fit & Finish B-:. The black on the outside of the car is stained on the passenger side rear door panel. The inside of the car doors scuffs easily. The steering wheel is decent; I like the shape but the fake leather feel comes up just a little short of nice.

Miscellaneous: Maybe I have some start-up learnings but some of my settings don't save. I have turned off the courtesy wipe a few times and it keeps staying on. My XM channel presets were lost. The reverse beeping is annoying, the IRR glass is non-radar friendly and limits you to the cut-outs, I wish the front camera was easier to engage when pulling into parking spots. Rain sense wipers don't come on themselves, I seem to need to initiate them. No rear seat recliner switch or fold-down trigger near the rear gate. I wish there was better information on charging rates, and battery temperature. Setting departure times could be easier. The screen is responsive and probably better than the competition (it did reboot out of nowhere on the highway the other day... that gave me a brief scare). The tire width is a little thin for me. Adding shortcuts on the screen would help.

Overall Score. B+ to A- (not considering recall issues)

 

[pnrmurph]

Great and honest review @FarSide. Agreed on the charging mat. Wondering if that new update for it will help though. I actually love the seats in my Premium. Find them nice and comfy and much better than my prevoius Model 3's seats. Guess everyone's butt is different.

 

[kayzoqueen]

Happy update: My GT is at the dealer, updated, cleaned up, and charging! My salesperson called and said my car has arrived, a few weeks earlier than the estimated 8/2-8/8. And sent a pic of it plugged in. Woo hoo. I can't wait to pick her up! Thanks for all the important information from this thread. Good luck to ALL in our 4/11 group. May everyone get their cars soon!

Yayyy congrats! Sweet looking car! I am just a bit north of LA so hoping mine is right behind you!

 

[kayzoqueen]

I'm glad to see our cars delivering. Here are some first impressions as I did a trip from NY to Provincetown MA over the July 4th weekend:

Drivetrain/Power A+: I love the EV drive experience. I like the quick quiet responsiveness and I feel that I can dice and slice the road stealthily. I don't think I am ever going back to a new car ICE.

DC Fast charging A: on Ford Pass was very easy and the handshakes were faster than expected. No problems at two EA's and one Chargpoint location.

Seats C- I'm very disappointed with the seats, it's my biggest disappointment with the car. They feel large and mushy for a sportier car. We should have had the option to buy the GT seats which I think would have done the trick.

PAAK A-: Surprisingly, Paak pretty much works every time and I suggest all of you set up your door and backup codes.

Ford Pass C. This app is flakey. It basically works but it can be annoying and often commands can't be carried out without multiple tries).

Charging cradle D. This thing sort of sucks. I'm sure I will figure out the charge pad sweat spot but I find the phone not charging because is slid around on the pad. On my long trip, I took my phone out of the case which helped a little.

Fit & Finish B-:. The black on the outside of the car is stained on the passenger side rear door panel. The inside of the car doors scuffs easily. The steering wheel is decent; I like the shape but the fake leather feel comes up just a little short of nice.

Miscellaneous: Maybe I have some start-up learnings but some of my settings don't save. I have turned off the courtesy wipe a few times and it keeps staying on. My XM channel presets were lost. The reverse beeping is annoying, the IRR glass is non-radar friendly and limits you to the cut-outs, I wish the front camera was easier to engage when pulling into parking spots. Rain sense wipers don't come on themselves, I seem to need to initiate them. No rear seat recliner switch or fold-down trigger near the rear gate. I wish there was better information on charging rates, and battery temperature. Setting departure times could be easier. The screen is responsive and probably better than the competition (it did reboot out of nowhere on the highway the other day... that gave me a brief scare). The tire width is a little thin for me. Adding shortcuts on the screen would help.

Overall Score. B+ to A- (not considering recall issues)

Thank you for such a thorough review!

 

[kayzoqueen]

Great and honest review @FarSide. Agreed on the charging mat. Wondering if that new update for it will help though. I actually love the seats in my Premium. Find them nice and comfy and much better than my prevoius Model 3's seats. Guess everyone's butt is different.

https://www.amazon.com/Mustang-Wire...cphy=9061122&hvtargid=pla-1597506668871&psc=1

In regards to the charging mat, I had this saved to possibly purchase once my car comes, it seems it has higher dividers to keep the phone from moving around? Just a thought!

 

[Ninja4hire]

https://www.amazon.com/Mustang-Wire...cphy=9061122&hvtargid=pla-1597506668871&psc=1

In regards to the charging mat, I had this saved to possibly purchase once my car comes, it seems it has higher dividers to keep the phone from moving around? Just a thought!

I actually just bought this one yesterday
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QC7HGVQ

 

[kayzoqueen]

I actually just bought this one yesterday
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QC7HGVQ

oops mine was for 2021.. lol thanks for sending the correct one ?

 

[FarSide]

Oh.. on my first trip I had a bunch of fun firsts. During my first charging experience - This nice man in a pickup truck ICE'ed an EA charger because he was in a hurry to get three giant bottles of Gatorade and Red Bull. He pulled in like a bat out of hell, he clearly knew what he was doing. I think he is a historian, he likes bumper stickers of former U.S. presidents and had two on his bumper. It was a good time for me to explain to my wife what ICE'ing means. She was super pissed that someone would purposely do this. . Location: EA Chargers- Alltown Fresh Market, Plymouth MA.

 

[awaters]

Well in a shocking turn of events being the last one in the group to leave the factory on 6/25, my GT is currently on a truck an hour away from my dealer. Original expected delivery date of 8/14. I guess I was one of the lucky few that didn't get sent to the back lot of the KC depot because it looked like I was at ramp 6U for no more than 3 days. I'm not hopeful that I have the new HVBJB part# since fordpass showed me up and driving well before the new part was released but I guess we'll see. I'll settle for the software fix for now.

 

[Ninja4hire]

Well in a shocking turn of events being the last one in the group to leave the factory on 6/25, my GT is currently on a truck an hour away from my dealer. Original expected delivery date of 8/14. I guess I was one of the lucky few that didn't get sent to the back lot of the KC depot because it looked like I was at ramp 6U for no more than 3 days. I'm not hopeful that I have the new HVBJB part# since fordpass showed me up and driving well before the new part was released but I guess we'll see. I'll settle for the software fix for now.

They had the part available to them well before they released it to the public, so if you have a "built date" after the cut off you should be good. But fingers crossed just incase!
That does beg the question, if it's possible to find out for sure. The only way I can think of would be for the dealer to pull the battery and tell us the part number (which I doubt is gonna happen unless we get the fail message from the software update).

 

[awaters]

All safe and sound at the dealer. Unfortunately won't be ready for delivery today and I'm leaving the country for a week, but at least no more tracking!

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