I picked up my GTPE from a Frontier Ford and wanted to talk about my experience.

[IamIA]

I picked up my GTPE from a Frontier Ford and wanted to talk about my experience.

I chose Frontier because even though Sunnyvale Ford is closer to me, I have read horror stories about them.
With Frontier, I did not experience any of the ADM-gauging or not honoring the X-Plan or even demanding that everything needed to be written down.

They also were providing me with Vehicle Visibility Report whenever I asked even though I could not benefit from tracing the progress my train was making from Kansas to Richmond due to some automated voice system always reporting that my railcar is empty and in Princeton, Indiana.

On the day of the delivery, I knew about it thanks to the Ford Reservation tracing system (https://seg.fyi/mache-vin/#/details?vin=3FMTK4SXXMME02034&order=9680) and called my dealer who confirmed that it arrived. I picked it up on same day. The Ford emailing system notified me that the car arrived on the following day.

Mike Marrufo (408 655 5916) has been an outstanding professional through the entire process. Always responsive to a phone call but less so to an email, not pushy or smalltalk initiator which I appreciated, nor tried to sell me something that I didn’t ask about.
The X-Plan or California Clean Fuel Reward at point of sale pricing was not a problem nor was there any talk of markups if you order online.
They also honored my request not to drill the front license plate bracket and gave me two key fobs.

However, the important thing is to order online as I have noticed that they do have markups on dealer stock and apparently people are willing to pay up.
In fact, the issue of honoring the MSRP price or accepting X-Plan is something that we did verbally-only and there were no last-minute surprises.

Here are my timelines for Grabber Blue GTPE:
Reservation 1: 1/26/21
Cancellation 1: 2/1/21
Reservation 2: 2/2/21
Order: 4/27/21
Production Scheduled: 9/13/21
Built: 9/24/21
Shipped: 9/27/21
In Kansas City: 10/7/21
At Dealer's: 10/28/21

I am loving the car so far and my point of reference is a Tera World equipped 2018 BMW i3s BEV. I have to say that so far, some of the things I find were better on the i3 are:

the sound system​

the turning circle and visibility​

the key fob.​

Oh, one last question: what is up with calling this a she-car? This is definitely a male and i cringe when i hear people use the she pronoun.

 

[generaltso]

Oh, one last question: what is up with calling this a she-car? This is definitely a male and i cringe when i hear people use the she pronoun.

Did you take a peek underneath just to make sure?

 

[EELinneman]

Did you take a peek underneath just to make sure?

His car identifies as a he car! LOL

 

[Rapid Ed]

No transmission fluid... but it is gender fluid.

 

[Gino_A]

I picked up my GTPE from a Frontier Ford and wanted to talk about my experience.

I chose Frontier because even though Sunnyvale Ford is closer to me, I have read horror stories about them.
With Frontier, I did not experience any of the ADM-gauging or not honoring the X-Plan or even demanding that everything needed to be written down.

They also were providing me with Vehicle Visibility Report whenever I asked even though I could not benefit from tracing the progress my train was making from Kansas to Richmond due to some automated voice system always reporting that my railcar is empty and in Princeton, Indiana.

On the day of the delivery, I knew about it thanks to the Ford Reservation tracing system (https://seg.fyi/mache-vin/#/details?vin=3FMTK4SXXMME02034&order=9680) and called my dealer who confirmed that it arrived. I picked it up on same day. The Ford emailing system notified me that the car arrived on the following day.

Mike Marrufo (408 655 5916) has been an outstanding professional through the entire process. Always responsive to a phone call but less so to an email, not pushy or smalltalk initiator which I appreciated, nor tried to sell me something that I didn’t ask about.
The X-Plan or California Clean Fuel Reward at point of sale pricing was not a problem nor was there any talk of markups if you order online.
They also honored my request not to drill the front license plate bracket and gave me two key fobs.

However, the important thing is to order online as I have noticed that they do have markups on dealer stock and apparently people are willing to pay up.
In fact, the issue of honoring the MSRP price or accepting X-Plan is something that we did verbally-only and there were no last-minute surprises.

Here are my timelines for Grabber Blue GTPE:
Reservation 1: 1/26/21
Cancellation 1: 2/1/21
Reservation 2: 2/2/21
Order: 4/27/21
Production Scheduled: 9/13/21
Built: 9/24/21
Shipped: 9/27/21
In Kansas City: 10/7/21
At Dealer's: 10/28/21

I am loving the car so far and my point of reference is a Tera World equipped 2018 BMW i3s BEV. I have to say that so far, some of the things I find were better on the i3 are:

the sound system​

the turning circle and visibility​

the key fob.​

Oh, one last question: what is up with calling this a she-car? This is definitely a male and i cringe when i hear people use the she pronoun.

Congratulations! Thanks for the info on Frontier Ford.

 

[phil]

Oh, one last question: what is up with calling this a she-car? This is definitely a male and i cringe when i hear people use the she pronoun.

I think she's very pretty.

 

[Peaceowl]

Beautiful?have fun. Thnx for the Frontier Ford info. We are due in next week for our Premium. But may have a chance for a GT soon. Now making a decision is another story!

 

[williswong]

congrats on the delivery! what are you gonna do with the front license plate then?

 

[TheSeg]

I picked up my GTPE from a Frontier Ford and wanted to talk about my experience.

On the day of the delivery, I knew about it thanks to the Ford Reservation tracing system (https://seg.fyi/mache-vin/#/details?vin=3FMTK4SXXMME02034&order=9680) and called my dealer who confirmed that it arrived. I picked it up on same day. The Ford emailing system notified me that the car arrived on the following day.

Congrats on the new wheels! I'm glad my tool still works even with putting no effort into it since April.

Oh, one last question: what is up with calling this a she-car? This is definitely a male and i cringe when i hear people use the she pronoun.

Why do folks need to gender things? You define what your identity means to you. No need to prove it to others. ??‍

 

[IamIA]

congrats on the delivery! what are you gonna do with the front license plate then?

i will not install the front license plate bracket. i think in California, it is not required? I had no bracket on my BMW i3 for over a year and travelled throughout California and police didnt bother me.

 

[williswong]

i will not install the front license plate bracket. i think in California, it is not required? I had no bracket on my BMW i3 for over a year and travelled through California and police didnt bother me.

I thought it was required in california? Anybody care to verify?

 

[TheSeg]

i will not install the front license plate bracket. i think in California, it is not required? I had no bracket on my BMW i3 for over a year and travelled through California and police didnt bother me.

It's required. Getting a ticket for it is a constant dice roll.

 

[mfbrown]

Congrats on the new wheels! I'm glad my tool still works even with putting no effort into it since April.

Didn't know where the Seg tool came from, but THANK YOU!! It is the best and most accurate data we get on our deliveries!

 

[IamIA]

It's required. Getting a ticket for it is a constant dice roll.

my defense i guess will be: look at all those fugly teslas also driving without the front license plate--don't discriminate against me.

 

[buzznwood]

my defense i guess will be: look at all those fugly teslas also driving without the front license plate--don't discriminate against me.

In some areas of CA a good 40% of the cars on the road have no front plate, so it really depends on where you are if they bother handing out fix it tickets. Typically you will get one if you are pulled over for something else, or parking enforcement sees you are not perfectly parked. Airports are also a prime location where your lack of front plate can easily get you a fix it ticket. If you don't want to pay the fine rather then drilling holes in your bumper just get one of these https://licenseplatewrap.com/ and if you do get a fix it ticket then stick in on.

For a supposed green state you would think that needlessly wasting materials making a pointless front plate would be high up the list of things to remove, however in CA the bureaucratic jobsworths have little to no common sense.

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