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I am really thrilled to see that reservation timestamps mean something. Takes a bit of the anxiety away. Of course, that also means your car is one of the early ones off the line - hope they get good practice by the time mine gets there. I have #00004247, so I think I am pretty early in the build.
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Two questions...
Can I get a test drive by July 31st... do a state to state traveling test drive with some of the proto-types.... I understand if not, but I don't think I am going to put $60k on the line without one...
If not, can I switch trim from FE and keep my original reservation date, but not confirm order until later? I'm sure dealers will have vehicles by Dec 31st 2020....
 

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Two questions...
Can I get a test drive by July 31st... do a state to state traveling test drive with some of the proto-types.... I understand if not, but I don't think I am going to put $60k on the line without one...
If not, can I switch trim from FE and keep my original reservation date, but not confirm order until later? I'm sure dealers will have vehicles by Dec 31st 2020....
Models for test drives won't be available in dealerships until Q4 2020, so no. Not sure on your second question. From what I understand, you can switch models when you convert your reservation to an order, not sure about beforehand.
 

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I am really thrilled to see that reservation timestamps mean something. Takes a bit of the anxiety away. Of course, that also means your car is one of the early ones off the line - hope they get good practice by the time mine gets there. I have #00004247, so I think I am pretty early in the build.
Right, it sounds like it's a combination of when you confirm your order and when your reservation was. So a later reservation could get built sooner than an earlier reservation if they wait too long to order... I could see that happening if a recent reservation is willing to order without a test drive, and many want a test drive before completing the final order.
 

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Can I get a test drive by July 31st
I'm not even totally sure there will be dealer demos for test drive by July 31, 2021, let alone July 31, 2020!

OK, mostly joking on that one (mostly). But I'm like you - I'm not committing to anything non-refundable until I get to at least sit in one. And that could very well be a problem even by Dec 31. It sounding like actual customer vehicles are expected to start arriving in Dec (maybe even late Nov), but seems very unclear whether those (assumed) 4000 dealer demos will be sprinkled in that early wave or not. If not, there may be nothing for us to sit in before our reservations expire 12/31/2020.
 


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Two questions...
Can I get a test drive by July 31st... do a state to state traveling test drive with some of the proto-types.... I understand if not, but I don't think I am going to put $60k on the line without one...
If not, can I switch trim from FE and keep my original reservation date, but not confirm order until later? I'm sure dealers will have vehicles by Dec 31st 2020....
If I had to guess, no and no.

Demo units will probably not be available until we are closer to delivery time and certainly not before the press has had a chance to review the car. It's possible these reviews will happen in the next few weeks but I doubt it. Once it does happen, we are going to be bombarded all at once with a flood of articles and videos. Gotta love embargoes.

If Tesla is the example Ford is following, then you'll probably get a half hour appointment with the car to crawl around it and test drive. Since there's a limited number of demo units that all of us have to share, don't expect to have the ability to take it home for the weekend or anything like that. You should probably bear in mind that whatever the range and charge speeds are on the release date, they probably aren't going to be the same a year later. They'll probably be better.
 

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Since there's a limited number of demo units that all of us have to share
I really wish we'd get more info on the latest plan for the timing of those demo units, now that the COVID delays have reshuffled things. It can have a significant impact on those of us that want to sit in one before deciding to commit to an order.

Even if it's just a partial spread. Make the first 300 off the line demo units and spread em around to a few key dealerships in all 50 states, so at least most buyers are within a 2-hour drive of being able to go and sit in one sometime in (roughly) November.
 

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Wondering...when we change the dealership, the original dealership loses $500 bonus. But does the new dealership get anything? $500 may not be much but for this being free money for little work, you would think dealership would try harder to please the consumers.
 

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Models for test drives won't be available in dealerships until Q4 2020, so no. Not sure on your second question. From what I understand, you can switch models when you convert your reservation to an order, not sure about beforehand.
Maybe, just maybe, there will be test drives by Q3 2020. I sincerely doubt any will happen by July 31st.
 

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Maybe, just maybe, there will be test drives by Q3 2020. I sincerely doubt any will happen by July 31st.
There were test drives last year, at least some were able to sit in the driver seat and ride shotgun if not full test drive. Even if I had to drive to Detroit to take a test drive but be able to still order from my local dealer it would be worth it.
 

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There were test drives last year, at least some were able to sit in the driver seat and ride shotgun if not full test drive. Even if I had to drive to Detroit to take a test drive but be able to still order from my local dealer it would be worth it.
In the prototypes. Which I think we heard were not the seats that will go in the production units, along with a variety of other parts/features that aren't the same.

It would still be nice to see and sit in one of those though. But I can see how it could be a little tricky as some people would be disappointed that "xxx" and "yyy" wasn't the same as the prototype they sat in. Plus, they're still using the prototypes for testing.
 

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These bullet points seem very interesting to me. It looks like dealers will need to put their commitment in the online system, and compete with fellow dealerships on the terms/commitments.

* "Make sure your pricing and deposit information is how you want it. - customers will be able to see information for you and all other dealers once the system goes live"
* "If the customers chooses to change dealerships you will not qualify for the $500 reservation bonus."
* "Customers can see dealer price, dealer deposits, and other key details"
That's actually pretty fantastic - considering how difficult it is to get many dealers to give that info
 

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Just got these from my dealer. Looks like some maybe new information.

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This is an awesome sign that Ford is heading in the right direction with this. Straight forward pricing and terms. Very transparent. This makes me a little more excited that they might ACTUALLY be trying to break from their old ways.
 

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Something is afoot. View reservation now took me to an error page.
 

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