12/19/2022 build week group

[Boverstreet]

Not sure how long mine sat in Wenatchee but it sat in Portland for at least a week just waiting for a ride to Roseburg - mine wasn’t traceable once it left Chicago I had a hard time tracking mine after that - altogether it took 30 days to get here

Figured as much. Ford has given themselves a good 30+ days to get it here and from the spreadsheet it appears they are taking them all.

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[Newdoc]

Who is ultimately responsible for delivery from the railyard to the dealer? Ford or the dealer? Because the shipping company doesn’t own the vehicle. I’m almost at two weeks sitting in the railyard. I’m three plus hours away from the dealer so I keep rearranging potential transportation to pick it up.

 

[ohnoauto]

Who is ultimately responsible for delivery from the railyard to the dealer? Ford or the dealer? Because the shipping company doesn’t own the vehicle. I’m almost at two weeks sitting in the railyard. I’m three plus hours away from the dealer so I keep rearranging potential transportation to pick it up.

I'm pretty sure the dealership holds that responsibility. I noticed a specific name over and over on the delivery receipts from United Road and called the dealership and asked to speak to him. He said that it was totally doable, transferred me to another person who asked for my vin and said they would see what they could do to get mine on a transport truck, the end of the call sounded somewhat dismissive though so I still have no idea what is actually going to happen.

 

[friethmiller]

According to our 12/19 build sheet the following have pending deliveries:
@Boverstreet, @AKcyn, @b_moar, @BroncoLV, @Newdoc, @FearlessAttempt, @Scott_Wilson, @ohnoauto, @Djaws9, @beechdriver.

Does anyone know if @Combustion_King received their Bronco? Their delivery date has past but nothing on the actual pickup.

Link to spreadsheet

 

[ohnoauto]

According to our 12/19 build sheet the following have pending deliveries:
@Boverstreet, @AKcyn, @b_moar, @BroncoLV, @Newdoc, @FearlessAttempt, @Scott_Wilson, @ohnoauto, @Djaws9, @beechdriver.

Does anyone know if @Combustion_King received their Bronco? Their delivery date has past but nothing on the actual pickup.

Does anyone know if @Combustion_King received their Bronco? Their delivery date has past but nothing on the actual pickup.

Link to spreadsheet

I think @Megla Don is still waiting too. We've been sharing our misery..

 

[Megla Don]

I think @Megla Don is still waiting too. We've been sharing our misery..

Yep, mines just sitting at the rail yard watching transport after transport leave the yard with F150s and Expeditions.

 

[friethmiller]

I think @Megla Don is still waiting too. We've been sharing our misery..

I see him. I was just looking at estimated delivery dates.

 

[ohnoauto]

Yep, mines just sitting at the rail yard watching transport after transport leave the yard with F150s and Expeditions.

Pretty shitty. I saw one Bronco marked with eta of 2/10 at least so maybe they’re moving along soon.

 

[Scott_Wilson]

Last week when I checked with chat mine was at a rail yard in Chicago so still pretty far from Abilene Texas

 

[friethmiller]

Don't feel too bad. They've got the same issues over on the 12/12 thread. Hoping the insanity of this build / shipping process is over for all of you guys very soon.

 

[Djaws9]

@friethmiller updated the spreadsheet. They got my inspection done, we have to sign the paper work but they put dealer plates on it for me and let me take it away....were finishing up everything tomorrow

This bronco is SICK!!!

 

[beechdriver]

Sorry for the long reply, but here’s what I learned… Like everything it seems YMMV. But in my experience your dealer, or more particularly, your salesperson at your dealer will greatly affect how this process goes for you. I have been fortunate that my dealer and salesperson has been awesome. I actually picked up my Bronco yesterday afternoon (I’ll update the spreadsheet).
I asked him about this whole process and here’s how he explained it to me (he happens to be the new car sales manager and was in charge of all Bronco reservations at my particular dealer, so has been on top of everything through the process. He has also been in the industry a while). He said once the vehicle makes it to the local rail yard (assuming coming via rail) the delivery schedule to the dealer is affected by a few things. But mostly they (the dealer) has some flexibility on when they ask for the transporter to deliver the vehicles. There’s a time window they have to work with (they obviously can’t leave the vehicle in the yard indefinitely). He said there’s some sort of “clock” that starts once the vehicle is delivered to the dealer which affects the way they have to start paying for inventory and such. If the dealer knows they have several sales/closings on vehicles in a particular day/week. They’ll try to stagger the deliveries so everything doesn’t just show up at once. They need time for the PDI’s and actual sales process and can only do so many a day.
The way this worked for me… I saw my Bronco was delivered to the rail yard last week. I gave it a couple days, then called my salesperson and told him I was going out of town this week and I’d like to pick it up before I left if possible. He called and got the Bronco added to their next scheduled delivery Monday and I picked up yesterday afternoon.
He also showed me the Smart Vincent system that everyone here talks about, where our price protection is listed.
Overall, while the wait was painful it was well worth it. And a great dealer/salesperson made a huge difference.
Good luck to those still waiting. You’ll take delivery before you know it.

 

[BroncoLV]

According to our 12/19 build sheet the following have pending deliveries:
@Boverstreet, @AKcyn, @b_moar, @BroncoLV, @Newdoc, @FearlessAttempt, @Scott_Wilson, @ohnoauto, @Djaws9, @beechdriver.

Does anyone know if @Combustion_King received their Bronco? Their delivery date has past but nothing on the actual pickup.

Link to spreadsheet

Not sure how accurate the Ford Chat is but as of yesterday my Bronco was still at Blue Island so I am not sure when I will get it. It shipped two weeks ago and my other Bronco that shipped just almost a month ago is still at Blue Island according to Ford Chat so who knows. I originally ordered these from my local dealer in CA so I can't exactly stop by any more. I sent my sales guy a text and am just waiting for a reply to see what he says where they are at.

 

[topflite81]

My Bronco has been setting in it's final rail stop for 12 days about 200 miles away. My dealer just called and said I can pick it up tomorrow! I'm so ready!!!

 

[FearlessAttempt]

According to our 12/19 build sheet the following have pending deliveries:
@Boverstreet, @AKcyn, @b_moar, @BroncoLV, @Newdoc, @FearlessAttempt, @Scott_Wilson, @ohnoauto, @Djaws9, @beechdriver.

Does anyone know if @Combustion_King received their Bronco? Their delivery date has past but nothing on the actual pickup.

Link to spreadsheet

Mine arrived at the dealer last Friday 2/3. I'm waiting on them to get my price protection sorted out because of course that wasn't in the system. Hopefully they get it sorted this week and I can go pick it up on Saturday.

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