They do. They can’t do anything though. On the rail car lookup, it changed tonight to pending pick up so hopefully it’s quicker than May.
Every dealer I have seen with a BS on the lot is charging a premium. It would seem that they are trying to make up for a lack of inventory by increasing prices on what they've got. It would seem that the market supports them.
I think I read here that the scheduling is done on Thursdays, so if scheduled this week we wouldn't know until later in the week. I ordered a week after you and I really hope its scheduled this week. If it is not scheduled this week or next I may just buy another car. My dealer said 16 weeks to delivery which is four months meaning delivery for end of May and the dang thing isn't even scheduled yet. When I first ordered I kept checking local dealer stock and for the same options one was 10k over MSRP and one was 5K over...they sold because they did not reach back out to me after I said no to that price. I can't stand this week to week waiting and the only reason I am waiting now is because I am stubborn and refuse to pay over MSRP lol.
Ordered end of December and haven’t heard squat. Need the vehicle by September at the latest but that’s a far chance from happening at this rate.
At least your dealer gave you some kind of estimate. My salesman basically shrugged his shoulders then later said maybe by miracle it could be as early as late in May, then on Friday the internet sales manager told me 2 months just to get a VIN and build week.
What I read was that they would not receive new stock allocations until May. They already have stock allocations that are scheduled for production (my tiny little dealership has 5 VINs scheduled for production, all lower trim levels though.) I hope this means Ford has heard all the cries and is scheduling as many retail orders as is physically possible. Asking for deeper data on this topic on the Blue Oval forums I got this exchange which I took to mean there are reasons we'll never be privy to because it would piss us off.
I’m the same… I don’t want to pay $$ over MSRP.
In one review the driver said "I wouldn't try that in a CR-V." Over and over the BS proved itself to be capable, not just a funny shaped station wagon with adventurey stickers and plastic wheel flairs. It out performed everyone's expectations.
I just got an email from my dealer saying that the order has been placed! I don't know if the order was slow to happen or if the email confirming the order was slow to happen. Overall, this was lightning fast in comparison to the wait for the actual vehicle though.
Hi Everyone!!!
My coworker ordered a Tesla the day after I ordered my BSBL. His experience has been significantly different than mine. No dealership salesman to give off skeezy vibes. He got a prospective delivery window immediately, and he can check the status on his online account any time he wants. His delivery window is basically the month of June into the first week of July, so the race is on. I'm not betting on Ford.
Pretty impressive timing on that Gladiator order! Hell, quicker than my Rubicon order back in 2018!
And how much more did you pay for that Jeep, or how many things did you forego to make it the same price? What sort of gas mileage are you going to live with for the next 5-10 years you drive it?
That sounds familiar. My family has been trying to get me to ditch my 2003 Mercury Mountaineer for a few years. The check engine light started to periodically light up last May. By August it was on all the time. By December I figured I should look for a new car. I ordered the BS BB in mid-December. By mid-February, the check engine light went off and is back to normal. My wife has joked that the dashboard lights are going out similar to our old 1999 Mercury Mountaineer.
