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Like Jason, I am curious how long it was from arrival at the rail yard to arrival at the dealer.

This actually makes perfect sense. And what would this entire process be if there wasn’t some drama near the end? It’s right on brand.

Agreed, and the other explanation certainly makes sense too. I do know they have to physically inspect them for shipping damage before handing it off to another transport. I was hoping against hope for today. Also, I am leaving town for 5 days, so it is either by Wed of this week or not until...

Eh, mine has been no pleasure cruise. The salesman is great…the rest of the dealership is not.

Not sure what is true and what is bullshit, but he says that on the ground they don’t use the rail car number for tracking. They use the VIN. And they don’t even have those numbers at the yard until the cars are offloaded and physically logged. So, sometimes they are behind at the yard. In other...

Yup, same car. Don’t know about lost.

You are going to love this..... Turns out that we were on the same car (finally got a copy of the visibility report). So my salesman, who I like a lot, offers to go out and drive it to the lot for me today. Apparently something he has done before. However, the rail yard guys claim it isn’t...

Engage with Mike Levine on Twitter. Seriously. He has been very good about stepping in or addressing these situations, and he even DM‘d me to check on my build when I was stuck in production.

Where are you tracking? BNSF or UP?

It’s happening dot gif

You’ll see movement from Chicago tomorrow I bet. Looks like they move pretty quickly through the heartland once they head south. Hope we all get em very, very soon!

I know they are marking them up because I tried to buy an abandoned order from them weeks ago. It showed exactly like this on their site, and when I called, the price they gave me was $20k over. TBH, I don’t blame them. As long as they aren’t doing it to order holders then they should be able to...

The 6g tracker should show you the official ship date like this pic. I shipped on 9/22 and believe I am on the same train as SpringTXOR. If you left on 9/26 then I’d expect it to be leaving Chicago tomorrow.

What was your official ship date per the tracker?

Autonation Ford Katy. I’ve bought from them before, but back in the days when they were seemingly a larger volume dealer. Never had any issues previously.

Thanks! I talked to a sales manager and emailed with the ordering manager. Both said the same thing. TBH, most of what they know they learned from me. I learned everything I know from this site.

Any updates today? I am 99% sure we are on the same train, but my dealer is useless. He actually told me that there is no way to know the rail car and that the visibility report “doesn’t have that level of detail”. So, I am now relying on you for updates (y)

No. Dealer hasn’t emailed me back. Is that where you got yours, and what specifically should I ask him (if he ever gets back to me)? I always have to send two or three times before he replies….I’m sure they love me there.

Just came back here to post how much rail suuuuuuuucks. Shipped 9/22….one week ago. It left Lomax, IL this morning. Took 6-7 days to get <500 miles due west from Wayne, MI. Sure hope it is at least headed the right direction (south) now, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Assuming we are on the same train since our shipped dates are the same. It blows my mind that it took an entire week to get from Wayne, MI to Lomax, IL less than 500 miles almost due west. At this pace it is going to be a Christmas present to myself.