Both @trutolife27's source in Cuautitlan and mine have said QC is going to be extremely high of the Mustang Mach E. I expect they will be doing everything they can to make sure the first deliveries are as high a quality as they can. My source said this is the pickiest plant Ford operates.
That said, I fully expect after MMEs have been on the road Ford will find something sufficiently amiss to order a recall that will add a bracket here, replace a strap there, or something. These sorts of thing only happen after cars are on the road and don't limit themselves to first year vehicles. The great thing about OTA is lots of fixes can happen with little inconvenience on our part.
My family and I have been Ford owners for a good number of years and between us have had about 17 factory ordered cars, three of which have been 'new' models. In all of those cars, only one was delayed due to quality issues. I have had only one that has had to be recalled to fix a fault. So I am confident that the build quality is going to be good. I am sure that most people would prefer to wait a little longer to make sure quality is up to standard rather than rush into deliveries and have 'snags' like a certain other EV car maker seems to have. My biggest issue with ford at the moment along with numerous others on this forum is the lack of 'official' information. I have said it before and I don't mind saying it again, the snippets of good intel flowing from the posts of @ChasingCoral and @trutolife27 and their 'informants' has been invaluable, educational and informative. The phrase 'It's not what you know but who you know' springs to mind.
I remember a few years ago buying a first year new hybrid Lincoln model, and it sat in Mexico on a lot at least for a month, maybe two, waiting for various things to happen including the EPA inspections, which seemed to be the biggest hold up. Then finally the train ride across the country (which I was able to stalk) and to the dealer. I hope that situation has become smoother since then.
You wont get any REAL answers on that until they are being delivered to end customers. Asking people that work for Ford how it's going isn't really going to get you an unbiased answer.
“It’s all going very well. No issues.”
Just thinking out loud here... But couldn't you undo the potential underpayment penalty (that I think you are worried about?) by sharply increasing your W-4 withholdings from now until the end of this year, just in case your delivery occurs after 12/31?
Or, possibly easier, make an estimated tax payment.
If that's the issue. There can be a number of things that could be in play here (like purposely taking a large taxable event this year to make sure he had $7500 in federal tax liability).
Nope - the others are correct, I simply didn't pay out as much this year. I'm probably going to up my withholdings and possibly make an estimated payment to (hopefully) be safe. Was simply hoarding the withholdings to use as part of my downpayment.
Cool, that's an easy one to fix then.
Yea - not the end of the world, but ultimately I just want my Mach-E!!! (As we all do, I know...)Cool, that's an easy one to fix then.
As far as I've learned. Upping withholding is better because the worksheet for figuring out penalty doesn't scrutinize the timing of withholdings. But you'll need to pay penalty if you under withhold throughout the year, and then make an estimated payment for Q4 to make up.
