There's probably blocks of numbers. I'd guess you're #12 in your block. But how many blocks there are we have no idea. Or how they're assigned.
I see your reservation number was 10040236. What was your order ID?
Various forks have reported different order ID numbers that seem to be related to order IDs between Ford and dealers, or dealers and customers. While it's possible the number relates to the build queue and is based on your order date (late February / early March?), I think it is more likely it is independent.
Interesting thing Mark, my reservation and order are 35995. Yet the same paperwork referred to above also shows an order number of ... 9000. All this is why I gave up trying to make sense of the system in use. It makes sense to someone trained in the system but not to me. I now know how some passengers feel when they look in our cockpits.
I really doubt it has anything to do with build queue. For one thing, I don't think that hasn't even been determined yet. And people were getting the 4-digit Order IDs a month ago when the first orders were converted.
I kind of agree with you here. My Ford rep gave me a copy of what his sales director gave him to had to my file and when I saw him I did ask for it. On this sheet of paper they have an indication of a sale order code which is 3300, that seems to correspond to a K3S Premium AWD and I don't think it is very meaningfull. According to my res date I don't expect delivery before March-April also. They also have a sale code number CB2597 ???? By the way I will send the rep an email since he was suppose to confirm my whish to change to the Light Space Grey seat color, but didn't hear from him yet. Talking about dealer's being on the ball ?????Interesting thing Mark, my reservation and order are 35995. Yet the same paperwork referred to above also shows an order number of ... 9000. All this is why I gave up trying to make sense of the system in use. It makes sense to someone trained in the system but not to me. I now know how some passengers feel when they look in our cockpits.
If my dealer is on the ball (very highly doubtful -- a subject of another thread someday perhaps), I fully expect to see the vehicle in Hilo sometime around the mid-March through the end of April time frame. And I'll probably still not know what the "9000" refers to. A grander version of the Movie "The 300?" The 9,000th MME Orchid Isle Ford takes delivery on? It's a question we'll likely never know the answer to, just like how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.
That's a lot in one post. There is a TON of discussion on the sequencing and priorities, but what is clear is that the reservation and order numbers DO NOT directly determine build scheduling or delivery. Scheduling was supposed to have already been started, so those with reservations but not orders are likely going to be pushed out behind the orders currently in the system. Ford has to make a schedule on orders in hand, not possible orders. That scheduling will involve several components (model, reservation timestamp, NA or EU, etc), and it is clear that 2 orders for the same model and market will be prioritized by reservation timestamp (not number). It is also likely FE will come before premium, which will come before select & rt1.
