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Lol, it's silly with something like this but this dealer actually doesn't charge dealer/doc fees on any vehicle sale. So yes, with an ADM, it's silly but when buying an ordinary vehicle, they don't add fees to the agreed upon purchase price.

Here is a good one local to me. Only a $45,000 ADM.

So sell a lightning for $30k over sticker and thenise an allocation or 2. They are still way ahead on profit and worth losing a few. They should be cutting their allocation in half, not just 1 or 2.

Interesting video I saw of politicians questioning Pete Buttigieg about the amount of power 2 EVs at every home equals to across the year. Based on average mileage, if each household has 2 EVs, it is the equivalent as each household having 25 refrigerators plugged in and asked him if the grid can handle that type of demand. His reply was no... So how is our grid going to be able to handle this 100% transition to EV?

Sorry, never even noticed I was at 100%. Cleared out now.

Yes, looks like crap when majority is blocked off. Remind me of the Explorer PIU which looks like ? ? with their grill. I like big grills if done right. Audi for example looks fantastic and executed well.

But it's not an R Raptor, It's a Raptor R. To me if they are going to emphasize the R now which they are going with the badges at the end with a red R, they should have stayed consistant and kept the last R red on both sides. Again, this would drive me nuts seeing it all the time.

Quick video reveal of the EV SS. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRhCGcKM/?k=1

Ok, gorgeous truck.. wish I could afford one. But one thing drives me nuts. The "Raptor" decals on the sides of the bed. It just says Raptor and the last R is red.. so Rapto R or is it Raptor. And on the passenger side, the first R is red instead of the last one. This would drive me nuts looking at it every day

Maybe they mean that more are shipping therefore that will equate to more sales. Obviously we know they can't count a retail order till it is sold but if Ford knows more inventory is coming.. They be be playing PR (twist on words) and using the words "dealer inventory" yet it's really "customer orders being delivered".

So now you are saying that they should hold onto the vehicles that are missing parts for what could be months rather then release them to the customer if they are willing to take it. If they are not willing to take it, then cancel the order or refuse it. My sister in law is a prime example.. auto start/stop was deleted as well as the rear climate controls. Ordered, built and delivered in under 10 weeks. She will have the rear climate controls added in once available (this was an XLT). Allocation has a huge play in this as well which is on the dealer, not Ford.

It's not just Ford, it's everyone. Have you seen the videos of the 6 figure AMGs with manual sliding seats? Tellurides are on average 10 months from order to delivery.. yes 10 months. GM removing heated seat functionality on their top trims. This is an industry problem, not just a Ford problem.

Buh bye

Huge article from one of the major electric companies in my area stating for customers to expect a 100% increase in electricity costs coming soon. Already submitted to the PUC. Price increases of the MachE coming soon, electric prices doubling coming soon.. Definitely hard to justify going electric.

100% agree

It's a known safety feature (limitation) programmed into the MachE.

Makes me wonder if THIS is why Ford limits it to 5 second WOT. Because of the high current overheating.. so a work around is to limit it to 5 seconds. But even at that, doing it multiple times which is what owners are doing who want to rocket around is now making it show up where Ford thought it wouldn't. Hmmm.. My plan was to order a 23 GTPE so interested to see what happens with this. I personally don't like the idea at all of a 5 second WOT limit on their "performance" version.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/thieves-steal-nearly-1m-worth-121821081.html An estimated $1 million worth of new 2022 Ford F-150 Raptor pickup trucks were stolen from a Dearborn Truck Plant storage lot, a Dearborn city official confirmed to the Free Press. Ford reported the missing high-performance trucks, which have a base model price of $69,905, on June 10 with multiple calls to police during that weekend, Bilal Baydoun, City of Dearborn spokesman, said late Thursday. Dearborn police have recovered 13 vehicles over the last week, mostly in Detroit and a couple in Dearborn, he said after speaking with the Dearborn police chief. "There was evidence of fences being rammed," Baydoun said. "When they (trucks) were recovered, you could see signs of damage and some things were stripped away, tires, that kind of thing. They were in various states of disrepair." One arrest has been made and the investigation remains open and active, Baydoun said. He did not release further details on the arrest.

Does that mean slower acceleration and charging?

LOL, He says Flat Plane Crank.... idiot.

So wouldn't one put it in the competitor forum then?

Failure rate is lower because of so many that havent been delivered. You better believe there are more out there with the 10s of thousands of broncos sitting on those Bronco Mountains waiting for chips.

This type of stuff kills me, this is a known issues which is a defect/design issue. There should be a much higher limit for this on mileage then 84k. They are only extending the powertrain by 24 months. And for those who bought an ESP to prevent these types of costs for these issues are of no benefit then someone who didn't buy one.

We shouldn't have to visit multiple dealers to find the right dealer. What a complete waste of time that is on every potential new car owner. All dealers should treat their customers properly and cut the crap with all the shananigans. To say I have to shop multiple dealers to find the right one is ridiculous. Akirby's way completely cuts that out of the picture about worrying which one is the right one. How about Ford pull the franchise agreements from the dealers that are not the right dealers.

I think it should go the route if, if you order, you get X discount. If you buy on the lot, it's a set price. The problem with ordering is that you sometimes can't wait 2 months. You get in an accident and total your car, you need a car immediately. The discount will help keep inventory from sitting on lots and reduced footprint but there still needs to be some inventory on the lot for someone who needs it immediately.