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Looks like there was miscommunication at my dealer, but the good news is I now have a VIN and a scheduled build date (a month later, February.) All in all I'm happy now.

I have not received any communication from Ford, and they say they did provide my contact info to them. My projected build date is January 7 according to the email my salesperson received and showed me on his phone; the order was actually placed in November the week before Thanksgiving. My...

Yes, there's no VIN yet, that's the point, just a projected build date. They're thinking maybe a VIN will be assigned tomorrow as Ford apparently processes orders on Thursdays, or so I've been told.

They did, but only by my salesman showing me an email they got about it; it says it's scheduled but no VIN is mentioned there or in their system, just the fact the order was transmitted.

So should my dealer have given Ford my information when they placed my order? I have a potential build date and order number (and order printout) but no VIN, and there's nowhere on the order printout where they could have specified my contact info.

Yes, personal insults are always the answer when confronted about your opinions. 🤦🏼‍♂️ I have been driving vehicles in cold weather for over thirty years. If you disagree, that's fine.

Yes. I mentioned previously, a different dealer used to do a demo where in temperatures below about 15ºF they could push a 911 parked in their lot sideways with little trouble because the summer tires were that useless in the cold.

Not at all true, but I won't argue it with you. Drive on summer tires in the cold if you like, enjoy the body shop. 🤷‍♂️

Dry, no black ice. In cold temperatures, summer rubber is so hard it has near zero lateral grip.

I don't have a VIN yet and it's been over a week (of course Thanksgiving is in there.)

Great story from my local Porsche dealer: Had a customer who insisted on picking up his new 911 with summer tires at night when it came in in January. The roads were clean with no snow, and he said he knew all about summer tires and would be careful. The sales manager watched him pull out...

It's not that they crack so much as they become hockey pucks with zero traction below 40°F.

It's not so much the "phone" per se but rather the charging coil in the charger and the one in the phone need to be precisely aligned, which is why Apple came up with MagSafe and why the same technology is now part of the Qi2 standard. Ford was likely sick of the complaints they got when the...

Correct. The lighted sills and HomeLink are gone from the 401A. In addition the anti-theft package with locking lug nuts and locking center console is an additional $500. The lighted sills (and HomeLink) are not even available as dealer-installed options, which makes me suspect adding them...

How are people opening their garage doors without an opener? I'm going to have to keep my Genie remote in my car just like I've had to for decades. :crying:

1) Warranty 2) Warranty :clap: 3) Car wireless charging pads are garbage and almost never work with most phones (mostly because there are no standards for where the charging coil is on phones, and it must line up precisely with the coil for the charger.)

As I answer questions it seems like it makes more sense to just eat the cost and get the studded Nokians.

It's Colorado, so winter temps range from 75ºF (seriously!) to -10ºF. If the forecast is for snow, I would be driving something else as I also own an FJ Cruiser fitted with Nokian Hakkapeliitta 10 SUV studded snows. For the most part the all-seasons would be to ensure drivability if the...

With the realization that if snow is actually forecast I'd leave the GT at home, how many here kept the summer tires and went for dedicated set of winter wheels and tires as opposed to dumping the summer tires for a set of UHP all-seasons like the Continental ExtremeContact DWS 06 Plus in...

Same here, but with Nite Pony.