First Deliveries and Delays

Sweet. I just put some cheap cooper tires on mine considering I'm not going to have it that long. 855 bucks out the door

 

Found mine... minus the graphics

http://shows.autospies.com/gallery/photo.aspx?galleryId=1070&imageId=263969&sort=&=

 

Mike Levine keeps tweeting about trucks at dealerships. So I tweeted him my VIN number and asked him where the hell mine was. In DEARBORN FOR 6 weeks. My brothers, let's bombard him with tweets for our trucks!

 

He actually replied with "Hasn't shipped yet. It'll be worth the wait."

 

Yes, I was told by Ford Performance, today, that orders have shipped to dealers this week.

 

Mike has been replying with that tired old "Hasn't shipped yet. It'll be worth the wait" for weeks now. I'm done with his worthless a$$.

 

I just received this message from my dealer regarding my Raptor with a build date of Nov. 7th:

Brian,

It looks like your Raptor is moving it is on railway so it is making movement and is in Pontiac, Michigan right now. I will continue to watch it and keep you posted, keep your fingers crossed!!

 

Just talked with Isaac, build on 11/2. Send offsite, last update was on Nov 15th. SMH!!

 

Mine was built on 10/17!! According to isaac, last update was 10/27. Sitting in the Dearborn lot. No end in sight guys. I find it extremely frustrating and odd, that a Virginia dealer has 2 raptors(pictures) on their lot that were built on December 1, and my car was built 7 weeks ago, and is still "stone cold" sitting in a parking lot.

 

I'm in the same boat...built 10/27, no update since 11/3. Went to the dealership today. Told them if I didn't have an ETA by the end of next week that I'll cancel my order.

 

There isn't no reason in the world why they can't give you a update Don. At least my dealer tells me once a week the same shit. What did your dealer said when you told them no eta your gonna cancel?

 

They told me that they would contact their Ford Rep and try to get answers and they hoped it wouldn't come to that. At first they told me that because my truck was one of the first ones built, that the later builds prevented mine from shipping because they were put ahead of it in the parking lot. I told them that's a poor way to reward the first ones who ordered; first built, last shipped; btw I've bought 4 new Fords in the last decade. They also tried to reassure me that the transmission, while needing some kind of "retrofit" would be fine because Ford wouldn't let it leave without meeting standards. I told them they were taking their time since there's been no update for over a month. I also told them that while I'm waiting, my trade-in, 2013 Fusion Titanium that I bought at their dealership is continuing to depreciate. There was more discussed, but it was mostly me explaining to them how fucked up the situation is. Dead serious about this though...no update by next week and I'm hitting the reset button. At this point, I'd rather wait out another allocation and a build date and know that I'd get a "glitch free" vehicle, then wait for Ford to get around to my truck, do whatever they have to do, ship it, and pray the fucking thing doesn't die on me once the powertrain warranty expires! Whew...I'm lightheaded...gonna lay down.

 

In the spirit of Christmas, this is what I feel like after not getting a real update on my truck in 6 weeks. This is for all the times we've heard "No updates" "Try again next week" and "soon".

 

I've thought a few times about canceling my order. But if I do, I'm not getting one this year at all.

And I also know it doesn't hurt Ford or the dealer because they will sell it for as much or more anyway.

 

I share your same frustration Don. My dealer told me it's in production, sent off site, located at Dearborn Assembly Plant, Date: TBD. when the truck hits the dealers lot (who knows when that will be) I will ask for them to pony up an extended warrantee, before we finish any deal. Not sure how this will go, but don't hurt to demand.