What does it take to get a Mach E?

[bluestarct]

Here is my story.

I reserved a Mach E GT back in January 2020 thinking I could possibly get it by year end. I started following the Mach E Forum some time later. When the Mach Drop happened, I took a chance and ordered a Grabber Blue one through Maxwell Ford in Austin but they never asked for a deposit. If I could get it by end of the year and get the Texas grant for $2k, I thought it made sense to switch.


I watched as the process in Mexico slowly ramped up, the price change occurred (did it lower or raise prices) and finally the original OKTB date came and went and then later the OKTB was given. My car was sent to the plant in December right before Christmas and finally built January 15th and according to the trackers (Ford and Mach E Forum) it was shipped on January 23rd. Then the Stop Ship occurred and people were thinking it was only early production. My car wouldn’t be in it because it was a January build but then it went into Limbo. Being a Mach Drop meant no email updates from Ford. It did not show up in Kansas, it didn’t register on palsapp and according to the dealer it was still in Mexico even though the Ford tracker said it had shipped (VIN 3FMTK3SU9MMA10372 if you want to track it). No email from Ford about what was happening. So mine got caught in the delay. Delivery date got pushed back to March 24th or 68 days from build to delivery. Fustration sat in.


I had talked to the Xpel company shop in Austin last year about getting a full cover of 10 mil. They said that if I get the car in early enough and let them take measurements and use it as the template, then I could get a major discount on the cost. I said sure. But now with the delay, the car would not be in early enough.


My wife never liked the blue but she liked the red. A dealership in Houston was advertising a Red FE for sale. I called them and they said it was available and I made an appointment that night to go do the paperwork on it. When I showed up the dealership, they said the car was not available for sale and that I had spoken to a 3rd party company that the dealership had hired and the 3rd party messed up. The dealer would never take responsibility. I checked the following day and the car was still listed for sale and I chatted with the dealership using one of those horrible chat boxes dealers put on their websites. I asked again about the car and I was told that the car was available for sale. So the dealership blamed the error on the 3rd party and then the dealership failed to correct the 3rd party they hired. Horrible customer service. Stay away from Russell & Smith Ford in Houston.


Going back to an online search, I was able to find a Grabber Blue FE in Bettonville Arkansas. I contacted McLarty Daniel Ford and they said they had two FEs (a blue retail order and a red stock order. I have no idea of how they got two). Unfortunately someone beat me to the blue one but the dealership worked with me and I put a deposit down on the red one. Additionally, Arkansas does not allow balloon loans (for those consumer finance people out there) so I did a regular retail contract. However, Arkansas does not require a front license plate so no front plate bracket installed by the factory (BINGO! @ChasingCoral ).


So I drive to Austin early Saturday morning to fly to Betonville and the dealership is picking me up at the airport. Then I drive the car about 540 miles to Austin stopping in Dallas for the night. I drop the car off with the Expel shop, take a taxi to the airport to pick up my truck and go home. The Xpel shop will have the car 2-3 weeks to do their work. I’ll post the mileage from the road trip but conditions are supposed to be in the low single digits to mid 20’s on the drive.

And my wife is happy because the car will be red. I told her that she could keep the red and I would take the blue when it came in. She said no before I even finished my sentence.

I better like this car as I am doing a lot of work to get it. Let me know if anyone is looking for a Blue FE in Austin. There is one coming in late March.

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[DaveRuns]

Here is my story.

I reserved a Mach E GT back in January 2020 thinking I could possibly get it by year end. I started following the Mach E Forum some time later. When the Mach Drop happened, I took a chance and ordered a Grabber Blue one through Maxwell Ford in Austin but they never asked for a deposit. If I could get it by end of the year and get the Texas grant for $2k, I thought it made sense to switch.


I watched as the process in Mexico slowly ramped up, the price change occurred (did it lower or raise prices) and finally the original OKTB date came and went and then later the OKTB was given. My car was sent to the plant in December right before Christmas and finally built January 15th and according to the trackers (Ford and Mach E Forum) it was shipped on January 23rd. Then the Stop Ship occurred and people were thinking it was only early production. My car wouldn’t be in it because it was a January build but then it went into Limbo. Being a Mach Drop meant no email updates from Ford. It did not show up in Kansas, it didn’t register on palsapp and according to the dealer it was still in Mexico even though the Ford tracker said it had shipped (VIN 3FMTK3SU9MMA10372 if you want to track it). No email from Ford about what was happening. So mine got caught in the delay. Delivery date got pushed back to March 24th or 68 days from build to delivery. Fustration sat in.


I had talked to the Xpel company shop in Austin last year about getting a full cover of 10 mil. They said that if I get the car in early enough and let them take measurements and use it as the template, then I could get a major discount on the cost. I said sure. But now with the delay, the car would not be in early enough.


My wife never liked the blue but she liked the red. A dealership in Houston was advertising a Red FE for sale. I called them and they said it was available and I made an appointment that night to go do the paperwork on it. When I showed up the dealership, they said the car was not available for sale and that I had spoken to a 3rd party company that the dealership had hired and the 3rd party messed up. The dealer would never take responsibility. I checked the following day and the car was still listed for sale and I chatted with the dealership using one of those horrible chat boxes dealers put on their websites. I asked again about the car and I was told that the car was available for sale. So the dealership blamed the error on the 3rd party and then the dealership failed to correct the 3rd party they hired. Horrible customer service. Stay away from Russell & Smith Ford in Houston.


Going back to an online search, I was able to find a Grabber Blue FE in Bettonville Arkansas. I contacted McLarty Daniel Ford and they said they had two FEs (a blue retail order and a red stock order. I have no idea of how they got two). Unfortunately someone beat me to the blue one but the dealership worked with me and I put a deposit down on the red one. Additionally, Arkansas does not allow balloon loans (for those consumer finance people out there) so I did a regular retail contract. However, Arkansas does not require a front license plate so no front plate bracket installed by the factory (BINGO! @ChasingCoral ).


So I drive to Austin early Saturday morning to fly to Betonville and the dealership is picking me up at the airport. Then I drive the car about 540 miles to Austin stopping in Dallas for the night. I drop the car off with the Expel shop, take a taxi to the airport to pick up my truck and go home. The Xpel shop will have the car 2-3 weeks to do their work. I’ll post the mileage from the road trip but conditions are supposed to be in the low single digits to mid 20’s on the drive.

And my wife is happy because the car will be red. I told her that she could keep the red and I would take the blue when it came in. She said no before I even finished my sentence.

I better like this car as I am doing a lot of work to get it. Let me know if anyone is looking for a Blue FE in Austin. There is one coming in late March.

DANG!

 

[ChasingCoral]

Here is my story.

I reserved a Mach E GT back in January 2020 thinking I could possibly get it by year end. I started following the Mach E Forum some time later. When the Mach Drop happened, I took a chance and ordered a Grabber Blue one through Maxwell Ford in Austin but they never asked for a deposit. If I could get it by end of the year and get the Texas grant for $2k, I thought it made sense to switch.


I watched as the process in Mexico slowly ramped up, the price change occurred (did it lower or raise prices) and finally the original OKTB date came and went and then later the OKTB was given. My car was sent to the plant in December right before Christmas and finally built January 15th and according to the trackers (Ford and Mach E Forum) it was shipped on January 23rd. Then the Stop Ship occurred and people were thinking it was only early production. My car wouldn’t be in it because it was a January build but then it went into Limbo. Being a Mach Drop meant no email updates from Ford. It did not show up in Kansas, it didn’t register on palsapp and according to the dealer it was still in Mexico even though the Ford tracker said it had shipped (VIN 3FMTK3SU9MMA10372 if you want to track it). No email from Ford about what was happening. So mine got caught in the delay. Delivery date got pushed back to March 24th or 68 days from build to delivery. Fustration sat in.


I had talked to the Xpel company shop in Austin last year about getting a full cover of 10 mil. They said that if I get the car in early enough and let them take measurements and use it as the template, then I could get a major discount on the cost. I said sure. But now with the delay, the car would not be in early enough.


My wife never liked the blue but she liked the red. A dealership in Houston was advertising a Red FE for sale. I called them and they said it was available and I made an appointment that night to go do the paperwork on it. When I showed up the dealership, they said the car was not available for sale and that I had spoken to a 3rd party company that the dealership had hired and the 3rd party messed up. The dealer would never take responsibility. I checked the following day and the car was still listed for sale and I chatted with the dealership using one of those horrible chat boxes dealers put on their websites. I asked again about the car and I was told that the car was available for sale. So the dealership blamed the error on the 3rd party and then the dealership failed to correct the 3rd party they hired. Horrible customer service. Stay away from Russell & Smith Ford in Houston.


Going back to an online search, I was able to find a Grabber Blue FE in Bettonville Arkansas. I contacted McLarty Daniel Ford and they said they had two FEs (a blue retail order and a red stock order. I have no idea of how they got two). Unfortunately someone beat me to the blue one but the dealership worked with me and I put a deposit down on the red one. Additionally, Arkansas does not allow balloon loans (for those consumer finance people out there) so I did a regular retail contract. However, Arkansas does not require a front license plate so no front plate bracket installed by the factory (BINGO! @ChasingCoral ).


So I drive to Austin early Saturday morning to fly to Betonville and the dealership is picking me up at the airport. Then I drive the car about 540 miles to Austin stopping in Dallas for the night. I drop the car off with the Expel shop, take a taxi to the airport to pick up my truck and go home. The Xpel shop will have the car 2-3 weeks to do their work. I’ll post the mileage from the road trip but conditions are supposed to be in the low single digits to mid 20’s on the drive.

And my wife is happy because the car will be red. I told her that she could keep the red and I would take the blue when it came in. She said no before I even finished my sentence.

I better like this car as I am doing a lot of work to get it. Let me know if anyone is looking for a Blue FE in Austin. There is one coming in late March.

Well done, sir!

I'm picking mine up tomorrow afternoon (visited it today). Then Thursday I have an appointment with our local Xpel shop but it turns out they prefer to hand cut. I'll see what that does for the price.

 

[trutolife27]

Here is my story.

I reserved a Mach E GT back in January 2020 thinking I could possibly get it by year end. I started following the Mach E Forum some time later. When the Mach Drop happened, I took a chance and ordered a Grabber Blue one through Maxwell Ford in Austin but they never asked for a deposit. If I could get it by end of the year and get the Texas grant for $2k, I thought it made sense to switch.


I watched as the process in Mexico slowly ramped up, the price change occurred (did it lower or raise prices) and finally the original OKTB date came and went and then later the OKTB was given. My car was sent to the plant in December right before Christmas and finally built January 15th and according to the trackers (Ford and Mach E Forum) it was shipped on January 23rd. Then the Stop Ship occurred and people were thinking it was only early production. My car wouldn’t be in it because it was a January build but then it went into Limbo. Being a Mach Drop meant no email updates from Ford. It did not show up in Kansas, it didn’t register on palsapp and according to the dealer it was still in Mexico even though the Ford tracker said it had shipped (VIN 3FMTK3SU9MMA10372 if you want to track it). No email from Ford about what was happening. So mine got caught in the delay. Delivery date got pushed back to March 24th or 68 days from build to delivery. Fustration sat in.


I had talked to the Xpel company shop in Austin last year about getting a full cover of 10 mil. They said that if I get the car in early enough and let them take measurements and use it as the template, then I could get a major discount on the cost. I said sure. But now with the delay, the car would not be in early enough.


My wife never liked the blue but she liked the red. A dealership in Houston was advertising a Red FE for sale. I called them and they said it was available and I made an appointment that night to go do the paperwork on it. When I showed up the dealership, they said the car was not available for sale and that I had spoken to a 3rd party company that the dealership had hired and the 3rd party messed up. The dealer would never take responsibility. I checked the following day and the car was still listed for sale and I chatted with the dealership using one of those horrible chat boxes dealers put on their websites. I asked again about the car and I was told that the car was available for sale. So the dealership blamed the error on the 3rd party and then the dealership failed to correct the 3rd party they hired. Horrible customer service. Stay away from Russell & Smith Ford in Houston.


Going back to an online search, I was able to find a Grabber Blue FE in Bettonville Arkansas. I contacted McLarty Daniel Ford and they said they had two FEs (a blue retail order and a red stock order. I have no idea of how they got two). Unfortunately someone beat me to the blue one but the dealership worked with me and I put a deposit down on the red one. Additionally, Arkansas does not allow balloon loans (for those consumer finance people out there) so I did a regular retail contract. However, Arkansas does not require a front license plate so no front plate bracket installed by the factory (BINGO! @ChasingCoral ).


So I drive to Austin early Saturday morning to fly to Betonville and the dealership is picking me up at the airport. Then I drive the car about 540 miles to Austin stopping in Dallas for the night. I drop the car off with the Expel shop, take a taxi to the airport to pick up my truck and go home. The Xpel shop will have the car 2-3 weeks to do their work. I’ll post the mileage from the road trip but conditions are supposed to be in the low single digits to mid 20’s on the drive.

And my wife is happy because the car will be red. I told her that she could keep the red and I would take the blue when it came in. She said no before I even finished my sentence.

I better like this car as I am doing a lot of work to get it. Let me know if anyone is looking for a Blue FE in Austin. There is one coming in late March.

well seems like you got the one you wanted. Waiting vs going and getting. Hope you enjoy it. Mine also was built the same day as yours and long wait still. But i can wait.

 

[bluestarct]

And thank you @mamejunkie for encouraging me to go after the ones in stock.

 

[bluestarct]

Well done, sir!

I'm picking mine up tomorrow afternoon (visited it today). Then Thursday I have an appointment with our local Xpel shop but it turns out they prefer to hand cut. I'll see what that does for the price.

I am glad to hear your car showed up. I really like the Grabber Blue.

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