Since I have nothing else to do while I wait for this white whale called Lightning to appear, here are some stats about this build week as of today (courtesy of the man, taxmanhog).
Members of the 8/22 build week = 22
3 members haven't reported a blend day so we know their data isn't current so...
Still in production. 18 days since my blend date of 8/26. I see that a couple trucks in the 8/29 build week group are done as of today. I wish there was some logic to how this works.
I just chatted with Ford and my ETA has now moved from 9/2-9/9 to 9/18-9/24. I am still on a chip hold and the ETA is for when it will be built. The last agent told me that he dates they were giving me were for when it would arrive at the dealer. None of the answers I've received have been...
Here is my chat update.
As you can see, the ETA that these chat agents give are worthless. How can an ETA of the 2nd - 9th be logical if the truck in on hold in the factory.
BTW - the Canadian track site just worked for the first time today
I've put together a snapshot of where this build week and the past two, 8/15 & 8/8, are in the progression from Build Week to Delivery. I think these three weeks should give me a good idea of how the line is running. I'm a little less optimistic about the estimated delivery dates of 9/2 - 9/9...
I stopped by my dealer, Shultz Ford in Pittsburgh, to see if they could tell me anything more than what I got from the chat yesterday (which was it would arrive between today and the 9th). My salesman said the communications from Ford are all over the place and that they pretty much just wait to...
Still in production since 8/26. Ford chat told me this afternoon the ETA for delivery to my dealer is from 9/3 - 9/9. Today is 9/2 and I don't think it will go from Production to Built to Shipped overnight. I'm taking the chat guesstimate with a large grain of salt.
I'm pretty sure the Ford chat agents are using a Magic 8 Ball to make their predictions.
My truck is still in production but is estimated to arrive at the dealership between tomorrow and the 9th. Huh???
Here is another way to look at the timing of the recent production as reported on Taxmanhog's tracker.
8/22 Yellow (20) - 9 In prod., 1 Built
8/15 Blue (31) - 27 In prod., 6 Built, 1 Shipped
8/8 Green (19) - 19 In prod(all), 17 Built, 13 Shipped, 3 Arrived
You can see that Blend to Built is...