Ok....NOW, finally for the rest of the story (somewhat?). Given the scarceness of these cars....the LONGGG waits....and the "dog eat dog" world we live in, I wasn't about to divulge what I was doing BEFORE I got "the bird in the hand" and out of the bush. Now that I have it.............
NO......I did NOT....get the one I ordered. I've been looking high and low for one on a Dealer lot....that would take an A plan and deal with me. I finally found one.....that Dealer in Opelika had a Carbonized Grey one with EVERYTHING my order had on it (minus a few minor things like custom matts)...plus 4wheel drive and a moonroof (mine didn't have that). They took my A plan....gave me my military discount (gave me double the discount when I bought it on Thursday last week....as part of a Memorial Day sale and special for the Military). But then, just when I thought the long wait was over....a snag. I finally convinced them the rear bolt fracture recall was just a PCM reprogramming....and they did that. But THEN....they said this one had ANOTHER recall on it! Say what? I looked it up....and yes, those made at the plant between some dates in Dec and Jan....like 6 Dec through 6 Jan or something like that (you can look up the recall....it's a fuel filler tube recall) have this recall. It's Explorer STs and Lincoln Aviators for about a month over the holidays. Fuel filler tube connecting to the gas tank wasn't made to spec. The fix, put a clip on the tube so if you're in an accident, it won't fall off and leak and catch on fire. Ok. so I "bought" the car last Thursday. And then I waited....thinking they'd call me any day and say the "fix was in". Instead, they called yesterday and said "your bank won't pay us the money for your loan, we want our money". I called the Alabama State Employee CU, and sure enough, their policy is....no deliver car to client.....no money for you Dealer. HURRAY! I was thrilled by that policy. So I called the Dealer....after they had called the Credit Union multiple times the same day, apparently trying to "strong arm" to get their money. I told them, look....you want your money....I want my car (they knew my story on the long failed wait on the original order), MAKE THIS HAPPEN. FIX IT.
And just like that, a recall that they told me might take weeks to do....waiting on Ford to ship part(s), was fixed in 24 hours.....ONCE THEY FOUND OUT THEY WEREN'T GETTING THEIR MONEY! Thank God for that CU policy in my favor, gave me great leverage.
Turns out Ford Dealers, don't like waiting for their money, any more....than we don't like waiting for our cars. Pictures of the new Carbonized Gray ST below. Oh, that one I ordered, my daughter wants it. So that saga continues. Dealer says she doesn't get military rebate (I get that, she's NOT military). Not getting the other 1000 dollar rebate I got for ordering (ok, sort of get that, SHE didn't order....but it's still in the family). And, the price is going to go up to TODAY'S prices....she wasn't the original ordering person. Like it's going up about 2,200 bucks. So her deal, minus rebates and with raises in price, is about 3700 more than my deal (she still gets an A plan). She'll take it.............IF................when.... it ever comes in. That 8 January car, built 14 March and sitting in Chicago.....just busted it's FIFTH window....now they don't even wait for the ETA window to come (the latest busted window was 9-14 June). They've already blown that off and told me today....24-30 June. Wait for it.............wait for it...........
But THAT.....is no longer my concern. It's my daughter's problem now. Even if she has to wait another month or two or three....it won't be as bad as the almost 5 months wait I did .....and got NOTHING from the order in the end. But I found my pot of gold (or carbonized gray as it were) at the end of the rainbow............
NO......I did NOT....get the one I ordered. I've been looking high and low for one on a Dealer lot....that would take an A plan and deal with me. I finally found one.....that Dealer in Opelika had a Carbonized Grey one with EVERYTHING my order had on it (minus a few minor things like custom matts)...plus 4wheel drive and a moonroof (mine didn't have that). They took my A plan....gave me my military discount (gave me double the discount when I bought it on Thursday last week....as part of a Memorial Day sale and special for the Military). But then, just when I thought the long wait was over....a snag. I finally convinced them the rear bolt fracture recall was just a PCM reprogramming....and they did that. But THEN....they said this one had ANOTHER recall on it! Say what? I looked it up....and yes, those made at the plant between some dates in Dec and Jan....like 6 Dec through 6 Jan or something like that (you can look up the recall....it's a fuel filler tube recall) have this recall. It's Explorer STs and Lincoln Aviators for about a month over the holidays. Fuel filler tube connecting to the gas tank wasn't made to spec. The fix, put a clip on the tube so if you're in an accident, it won't fall off and leak and catch on fire. Ok. so I "bought" the car last Thursday. And then I waited....thinking they'd call me any day and say the "fix was in". Instead, they called yesterday and said "your bank won't pay us the money for your loan, we want our money". I called the Alabama State Employee CU, and sure enough, their policy is....no deliver car to client.....no money for you Dealer. HURRAY! I was thrilled by that policy. So I called the Dealer....after they had called the Credit Union multiple times the same day, apparently trying to "strong arm" to get their money. I told them, look....you want your money....I want my car (they knew my story on the long failed wait on the original order), MAKE THIS HAPPEN. FIX IT.
And just like that, a recall that they told me might take weeks to do....waiting on Ford to ship part(s), was fixed in 24 hours.....ONCE THEY FOUND OUT THEY WEREN'T GETTING THEIR MONEY! Thank God for that CU policy in my favor, gave me great leverage.
Turns out Ford Dealers, don't like waiting for their money, any more....than we don't like waiting for our cars. Pictures of the new Carbonized Gray ST below. Oh, that one I ordered, my daughter wants it. So that saga continues. Dealer says she doesn't get military rebate (I get that, she's NOT military). Not getting the other 1000 dollar rebate I got for ordering (ok, sort of get that, SHE didn't order....but it's still in the family). And, the price is going to go up to TODAY'S prices....she wasn't the original ordering person. Like it's going up about 2,200 bucks. So her deal, minus rebates and with raises in price, is about 3700 more than my deal (she still gets an A plan). She'll take it.............IF................when.... it ever comes in. That 8 January car, built 14 March and sitting in Chicago.....just busted it's FIFTH window....now they don't even wait for the ETA window to come (the latest busted window was 9-14 June). They've already blown that off and told me today....24-30 June. Wait for it.............wait for it...........
But THAT.....is no longer my concern. It's my daughter's problem now. Even if she has to wait another month or two or three....it won't be as bad as the almost 5 months wait I did .....and got NOTHING from the order in the end. But I found my pot of gold (or carbonized gray as it were) at the end of the rainbow............
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