I understand where you are coming from, however, a counterpoint from someone currently waiting for a Mustang GT to be built is that part of the custom ordering in the age of the internet should be to be more involved in the process. If I could go in and watch I would take time off from work and go the day/s that it will be assembled on. But since that is not possible We are only left with knowing the dates.
That being said I agree with you completely that the forum should be for more than tracking.