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The manager did tell me that my order was not a 10 priority but an 11. Also, I talked to him about a V10 and he said that their v10's were getting picked up before the 5.4's were.
Here we go!
cw
Dealer told me Friday that I got bumped because of allocation(?) and it could take up to 120 days or it could be scheduled tommorrow...... sounds fishy....he said that dealers are allocated a % of Lariats out of their total superduties, and once they reach that point (3 at this dealer, I am #4,) they have to go through another cycle(?)1-1 1/2 months, before it will be built. Anyone know anything about allocations? You,Brutus?...Anybody?
They (the sales staff) try to make you feel better by telling you they can get the truck in 6 to 8 weeks and then drag it out when they knew in the first place they couldn't meet a six week deadline.
If I were you I would ask for a complete printout of the order.
I had a Vin# on 9-9 and learned the the build
week of 10-5 today. I've been a loyal Chevy owner
for 20 years, I guess my dealer wants me in a
SD before I change my mind
Ordered a F250SD CC V10 XLT 2 wks ago, found this
chat site a week ago, interesting reading.....
The ordered Truck was from Sawgrass Ford, south Fla. A total of one Month was spent on the websites of Autobytel, microsoft carpoint, Kelly
blue book and a host of links that pointed to one of the afore mention. A total of 8 Ford dealers in the central southern Florida area were talked to and pricing disscussed. Some were more upfront about the ALLOCATION number of super dutys available per month and stated they would order the truck for me but dont expect to see it anytime soon, the profit from a 1.5% of, or 500.00 over invoice does not induce them to sell when arrival comes and there is a cusomer waiting to pay 3-4k over invoice at the door, (so to speak). I was told by some that a flat payment of 1k over invoice would warrant a deliverly date of 8-12 weeks. Again, its been interesting reading here. All in All, Its "supply and demand", "market value add on". I wish everyone
good fortune and short wait.
I ended my quest back at the first dealer I contacted via Microsoft Carpoint, Sawgrass Ford, they not only gave the price quoted via phone but faxed the Spec sheet with all the numbers and signed it. I stopped by Sawgrass Ford, confirmed the paperwork, and was gone in 15 mins.
regards
Maydaytoy
and bugs are gone.
My old 93 Chev will just be fine. With a new hyper chip. dah1
I remember a saying in the computer industry,
"never buy version 1.0 of anything" let someone else figure out the bugs.
The F250SD line has been out since early year so must be up to at least version 1.01 as it takes about six months to get the most annoying bugs fixed. There will be more but usually of lesser
annoyance.
As I also recall, GM used to be the king at releasing new models full of bugs. "let the field test em". On the same note, the last model year of production was usually the best also..
maydaytoy
I have never had so many people stop and look
at a vehicle of mine since I had my 1968 Mustang Conv on a hot summers day. I know for a fact that every Dodge owner is cursing Dodge for not having crew cabs. In the last week I have had 4 Dodge ext cab owners come and take a look at my truck in awe. I love it!
Still can't believe that my truck came in six weeks as I have one of the few crew cabs in town and it is great. I have no complaints yet I especially can't get over the sound system and how the CD player has not skipped.
My dealer also sold me there oil change for life
special which cost $500.00 CDN it gives me an oil change every 5000 Km for as long as I own the truck. I think that this will pay for itself in the first year as I drive my diesel around 60,000 Km's a year.
Hang in guy's as the wait is definitely worth it.
Take care,
Fred.
days, he must be busy driving around that new
Orange Super Duty. Forgot about the rest of us
poor slobs that are still waiting on our trucks.
Hopefully our day will come.....
Five weeks and waiting...
pworange how about a update on that new truck.
With the ESOF, you can still manually engage the hubs or disengage them. So, I assume (I haven't had to try it yet since the ESOF has worked flawless everytime) that if the ESOF fails, you will still have 4WD available. My only uncertainty, and I am not sure if it can happen, is if for some reason the ESOF locked in 4WD, will the manual disengage the hubs?
I believe you are forgetting who is wanting to
sell and who has the money. Never pay anybody
money to treat you bad. There's too many dealers
around to be treated as such. I hope I don't
have to eat my words but if I am jacked around
like you mentioned then I have a very good vehicle
that I'm sure will last another year or until the
"crunch" is gone. I've been a Ford man for many
years but I'm not above driving a new Dodge or a
new Chevy. (did I really say that)
I am anxious to get my truck as much as the next
but if my dealer or Ford cannot produce within a
reasonable amount of time then I'll do something
different.
As for the milage issue, most of us that has
ordered the Super Duty usually pull a recreational
unit or a boat or camper unit. If you go with the
V-8 you have to push the engine somewhat and your
gas milage suffers. With the V-10 you will get
near the same milage while towing with the power
to spare if needed. Its the same reason most go
with the PSD but in my case I hate the noise but
each year it is improving.
I sure hope a company the size of Ford can handle
their orders. The Super Duty is a good looking
truck, Good Luck.
you get back. By the way, how many weeks..
I would like to know what kind of SD you ordered. When I had a serious talk with my dealer about how long it was taking my cc SD v8 to come in he then talked to a ford rep. The next day he said that V10 orders were being picked up faster than the v8's. BUT, take that for what it is worth because I have caught him in two lies already ( or at least he was telling me what the average idiot would want to hear).
What kind of gas milage were you hearing. Three that I know of: One was 9 mpg in a SD 250 cc.
another was also a 250 cc this man quoted me 12.5 intown and 15 on the highway. The last was on a dealers, 250 supercab, He said he drove from here to Houston, TX (7-8 hr drive can't remember exactly) He got 15.3 there and back. the same truck pulled a two horse trailer (with horses) on a two hour trip and got 14.3.
I was going to get the v8, but after talking with more and more people about power and resale value I went with the v10. My '93 f-150 got about 13 mpg. I hope to at least get that in my new truck if it ever comes in. that '74 Delta 88 is getting old already.
I would also like to here some feed back on the v10 problem if there is a problem
Another person tookl the time to email me and said her v10 with 5 speed and 3.73 rear end was getting her 13-14 mpg. She said her truck had 2300 miles on it with about 6-7 fill ups.
I ordered it on 8/18, so that's 36 days! I got it from a much smaller dealership than I had planned, but they had no allotment problems and got the order in that week. V10, L/S, 4X4, the works.
Now how the #$*&!@ am I supposed to concentrate on work today and tomorrow?
I ordered a lariat CC 4X4 ESOF DRW etc etc with everything -- the only delay was the dark red paint which I switched to black.
My $.02
Ryan
player or an after market model I took into
consideration that the factory deck not only had the CD player and a tape deck but upgraded speakers as well. If I were to get this option in a after market stereo(sony)it would have cost me $600.00 (installed) just for the deck which did not include upgrading the speakers. The other option I had was to get a tape deck with a 10 pack CD changer for $500.00 then I had the job of finding a safe place in the cab where it wouldn't be kicked and abused by getting in and out of the cab or from the movement of the seats.(plus the cost of upgrading the speakers). I opted for the factory CD player and I think I made a good choice as I have gone through plenty of rough gravel roads and the CD has yet to skip and the sound is incredible. If I were you I would hang in there and wait for the factory CD player and take advantage of Fords warranty, proper installation with a deck that actually
fits in the dash not on your lap from any bump
you may hit.
Yes, My truck has the power trailer tow mirrors.
I put the rig in the garage once to see if it would fit, I had about an inch clearance on both sides of the mirrors but with the crew cab long box it was to tight to close the overhead door. If worse came to worse and you had to fold your drivers side mirror it would only be a problem in the rain as they are very easily moved. I recently
added a canopy with the rise in the back which
makes the canopy 36" high. Now I really have to
pay attention, I bet I'm inch's away from the
overpasses on the highway. This truck is turning
into a super giant you should see the heads turn when I pull up to a job site.
I bought a 99 F350 Lariat 4x4 Reg. Cab Longbed V10 Auto 3.73ls on 9/2 and left on vacation to Maine from Florida on 9/5 returned 9/20.
Mileage varied from 12.8 (worst) to 14.97 (best). Use was mostly highway with perhaps 700 lbs. of payload including passengers. Speed varied from 60 to 70 mph and a/c was used 75% of the time. I did notice that the fuel light came on with around 8.5 gallons of gas remaining instead of the 3 listed in the manual. I think the gauge is reading about 5 gallons too low. Does anyone know if their is a calibration?
I now have 3,700 miles on the truck and hate to put so many on so quick but it was a good shake down/break in trip.
I'd rather start over with a dealer I can trust.
(so if you have a recommendation for a dealer ...)
(Here's where the internet information never makes it to the salesman - It's well publicized that a CC, DRW 4x4 F350 Lariat is running 14+ weeks on special orders, so if the salesman quotes the standard "4-6 weeks" I know he really doesn't know about SuperDuty delivery issues and can go on to the next one.)
Has anyone seen/heard of a solution?
ESOF on 8/19. I currently drive 97 gmc Z71 that
I waited 23 weeks to get. I told the ford dealer that I did not want to go through that again; so
we'll see.
You may not be aware of this, but at 60 MPH it is more fuel efficient to run with A/C than with the windows down. It has to do with the aerodynamic drag and such. This was one of the facts tossed about during the '73 gas crunch.
Rich
I have the towing mirros and while they do stick out I don't find them a problem. I live in Japan for 5 years and had to park my car in a garage whre I only had about 1" clearance on each side. It was tough at first but I got used to it and never scratched the car in 5 years.
I'll check in on this page every now and then, when I'm not driving my truck. Good luck all!!!
By the way when I was picking up my truck the manager said that things seem to picking up on orders. They ordered a 350 crewcab for someone and it was picked up in just three weeks.