DEPLOYING AND NEED ADVICE

[Hey19]

First and foremost thank you for your service! Stay vigilant, stay safe! Lot of good advice already.

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[Rebel Bronc]

As a retired first responder, with a son preparing to enter the military, I appreciate your service. I have an extra garage, secure and private, that you can store your Bronco in, free of charge. I’ll keep the battery charged but won’t drive it (too much).
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[BroncoJay]

Stay safe! And I hope your welcome home present is that Bronco buddy

 

[Rover72]

Thank you for your service! Lots of good ideas already & stay safe.

 

[Texas Sunshine]

Reservation holder since July21st here. I recently got orders to deploy overseas for about 10-12mo from May2021.
I still want my bronco more than ever! But I'm wondering if I can still place my order in January and have it so my Bronco is delivered when I return (Mar2022) time or later? What would happen if it is delivered before I return? Is it worth holding onto or placing order this January?
FWIW I want to order a 4dr Black Badlands Sasquatch Lux and also will wait as long as needed for the shadow black top and pullout tail gate. So that should help extend my delivery. But I am not sure if it will come before I return and what my options would be if it was delivered before I return.. Any insight or thoughts would be helpful. Also, I do want to custom order so I would not be happy if I had to cancel my reservation and completely lose my Bronco order.

I would think once you let your dealer know you could have your financing already set up. Get permission from the dealer to have a designated person pick up your Bronco when it arrives. I would even go as far as to take that person to the dealer to meet your salesman. God bless you and thanks for your service!

 

[noahr]

If your dealer can’t make things work, tweet at / contact Mike Levine... if I was him (or anyone else at Ford PR) I’d love to see that you were taken care of so you wouldn’t miss out on your new Bronco.

I like the sentiment but when it comes down to it the only ones who can work this are the dealer, if they are worth their salt and have any integrity they will work the problem to help you out, I know I would, doing a power of attorney for pickup and the process virtually is a great option as well.

 

[noahr]

I would think once you let your dealer know you could have your financing already set up. Get permission from the dealer to have a designated person pick up your Bronco when it arrives. I would even go as far as to take that person to the dealer to meet your salesman. God bless you and thanks for your service!

You can do the full process online and virtually except for some paperwork that does need a physical signature but that can be scanned and faxed

 

[ZackDanger]

I like the sentiment but when it comes down to it the only ones who can work this are the dealer, if they are worth their salt and have any integrity they will work the problem to help you out, I know I would, doing a power of attorney for pickup and the process virtually is a great option as well.

Sure, but I hope that if Ford Corporate reached out to your dealership, looking to arrange some sort of positive PR event, you'd be smart enough to take them up on the opportunity.

 

[Zap74]

Look into this. https://militaryautosource.com/
I bought a Ford Ranger while in Korea. It stayed at dealer until I returned. All paperwork went through MAS.

 

[VGK_Fan]

As a retired first responder, with a son preparing to enter the military, I appreciate your service. I have an extra garage, secure and private, that you can store your Bronco in, free of charge. I’ll keep the battery charged but won’t drive it (too much).
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Ah another kind soul. I was going to offer the same. "What? Those desert pinstripes? They were there when I picked it up for you"

 

[ICT SHOCKER]

Talk to your dealer about holding the Bronco on site until you make it back to pick it up.
I worked for a local motorcycle shop and we sold a lot of bikes to people that were deployed. We would get a call or email about what they wanted. Once the specific bike was sorted out we took a small refundable deposit (usually $500 or less) and stored the desired bike until they arrived to purchase (anywhere from 1 month to 1 year later).
Quite frankly it was the least we could for their service. If they chose not to buy the bike in the end then no harm done.
With a Bronco I would think any dealer would be happy to hold it for you and if they aren't willing to I'd find another dealer.

 

[TXBoy79]

Look into this. https://militaryautosource.com/
I bought a Ford Ranger while in Korea. It stayed at dealer until I returned. All paperwork went through MAS.

I went through them on my 2010 deployment but most dealerships can offer better pricing and I only had 30 days to pick up my vehicle upon return so may not work for OP. I wound up canceling my order with them and went to a local dealership and saved over $10k.

 

[Silver-Bolt]

If it were me, I would wait. If you have deployed before, you know how it goes. You are not coming home early and have a good chance of being extended. I would at least wait until you are 90 days short and then place your order. Much better chance of timing your arrival with the Bronco delivery. Even that is a gamble if you get extended.

 

[RACERED-WT]

If it were me, I would wait. If you have deployed before, you know how it goes. You are not coming home early and have a good chance of being extended. I would at least wait until you are 90 days short and then place your order. Much better chance of timing your arrival with the Bronco delivery. Even that is a gamble if you get extended.

I am certainly keeping this in mind and def not opposed to this if I can maintain a reservation? I'm worried that there is a deadline to place the order for my reservation before they only start making dealer stock.. Going to sit down with my dealer and verify the options for sure.

 

[RACERED-WT]

**Updated the OP

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