This would explain why they're trying to offload all of the spare MIC's during what's left of 2024, but it doesn't reconcile with why they would roll out a new MOD top for all trims just for it to be rendered incompatible with future MYs.
Unless all of the shadow black MODs are just painted...
I tried, and no luck for me. It’s possible your vin has an invitation attached to it in their system and therefore your ford account is unlocked for a purchase but either a) the invite went to your spam email, or b) they haven’t emailed it to you yet.
This is the exact point I was getting ready to make. At this point do the beta tops even offer a shred of evidence as to what actual order-holders are going to be receiving? Certainly doesn't seem like it. Is there a beta-top owner out there that would sell theirs lol?
Yeah, there are some unknown's - hence trying to sort it out. I don't see why a dealership would care if the name of the order-holder for an accessory part matches a particular VIN. I reached out to my dealer via email and they said they have zero control over the priority list, nor any...
Not necessarily, for someone creative enough.
Say someone gets the invite link but they have no interest in a hard-top. They could still log-in to their own ford account and place an order with their invite link to a dealership of someone else’s choosing, with someone else’s payment...
I’m not sure that really explains it. According to that post, they had hands on their product 48 weeks ago and they actively depicted themselves conducting the “final assembly.” Not offsite.
it’s worth noting that at this point, 11 months ago, it had not yet been discovered that these tops were...
Seriously, can someone help me understand how this happens? 48 weeks ago this promising update proclaimed that "final assembly had begun." Hard product was photographed and other pictures showed hands-on work being done on the components.
48 weeks. 48. weeks. What on earth has happened between...
SKU: M10500HT for those that haven't found it on the ford accessories site yet. Seems like it will be a long wait just to get the invite for anyone beyond a 2021 MY.
@bmclain is your invite link transferable to other customers?
That was my assumption. So one of the following is true:
A) ADV has prioritized re-sellers over order-holders for quicker lead times; or,
B) Re-sellers expect to have inventory in stock very quickly; or,
C) The lead time is another over-promise/under-deliver
It’s January 26. Has anyone’s hardtop shipped yet?
I’m supposed to be in batch 2 but I don’t have much faith in that timing with batch 1 already being behind schedule, and the countless other missed deadlines.
An introduction to Occam's razor would do you well. A made in china top -- which is far more the simplest conclusion at this point than conspiracy -- at this pricetag is a serious red flag, before even considering the lack of transparency..
Lesser quality standards and cheaper materials. We're...