Ken Wilson
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Man sorry to hear that. Do you know what priority level the dealership gave you? I got a priority 10 so that may be why why delivery is sped up a little bit?
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2024 GT ETA for pick-up July 10th
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Not to be a debbie downer, but I wouldn't get my hopes up on delivery dates. There is not one 2024 Mustang that has left the plant yet. They don't seem to be shipping them as of yet.
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Yeah I’m not really in a rush either. I prevent myself from getting my hopes up. But hey, each day down is another day closer to taking delivery
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Once upon a time not so long ago manufactures maintained parts storage near the factory and they obtained parts from local (I mean in the country of origin) suppliers. They had a huge amount of money tied up in these parts that could be better used elsewhere. Some efficiency expert came up with this idea of just in time manufacturing. They would order the parts with arrival timed so the parts would be there when they needed them. This reduced inventory and saved money.
While Canada and Mexico where the prime suppliers they had reasonably good control and everything was working great.
Enter China. They could turn out goods much cheaper and for a while the only thing the manufactures needed to worry about was a factory failure or a union strike. Then we discovered supply chain problems. Some of the manufactures weren't a reliable as they should be thank to things like COVID locking down China and the ports being unable to handle the volume of material needed. We saw this happen with the 2023 model where Ford had to close the order books because they had partially completed cars backed up waiting for some part that was stuck in the supply chain. They reached the point where they were looking for place to store cars and some cars spent months outside waiting for parts to show up.
I suspect that the supply chain issues still haven't been fully resolved so Ford is controlling production volume and the order books to avoid storing uncompleted car outside. There are stories of Mustangs being taken out of storage and used for a joy ride so partially completed cars is something they want to avoid.
Be thankful that Ford seems to have learned something from this mess but they probably are still addressing supply chain issues and that could delay your order.
While Canada and Mexico where the prime suppliers they had reasonably good control and everything was working great.
Enter China. They could turn out goods much cheaper and for a while the only thing the manufactures needed to worry about was a factory failure or a union strike. Then we discovered supply chain problems. Some of the manufactures weren't a reliable as they should be thank to things like COVID locking down China and the ports being unable to handle the volume of material needed. We saw this happen with the 2023 model where Ford had to close the order books because they had partially completed cars backed up waiting for some part that was stuck in the supply chain. They reached the point where they were looking for place to store cars and some cars spent months outside waiting for parts to show up.
I suspect that the supply chain issues still haven't been fully resolved so Ford is controlling production volume and the order books to avoid storing uncompleted car outside. There are stories of Mustangs being taken out of storage and used for a joy ride so partially completed cars is something they want to avoid.
Be thankful that Ford seems to have learned something from this mess but they probably are still addressing supply chain issues and that could delay your order.
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Have not read the whole thread, but ETA are highly volatile. For example, our Fusion that we ordered in 2015 sat on a Ford lot getting inspected (bad headlights) for 2 months, and then sat at a train station in Eastern WA for over a week. That is completely outside of Ford's control and they cannot predict or report on those types of delays. Ford will give build weeks, and update on the status of the build, but delivery timelines are estimates.
budman00000
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Don't forget to take ballons to the dealership and take tons of pics to post...
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Relying on China needs to stop...
Lastoutlaw_21
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I wish that would happen. But The US is too greedy to pay their own people in their own country. A lot of big companies have moved their plants from the US to China or other countries without labor laws and cheap wages. They will pay 4 dollars an hour rather than 10-20 plus dollars and they do not have to pay insurance. So I do not see that ever changing.
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Sadly aware LOL It's the govt's fault for allowing it far back.
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I can't argue on that point as well. Least Mexico is a trade partner though.
Lastoutlaw_21
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Yeah there should be penalties for doing that, especially of we use our Tax money to help that company out. But I think that just creates more issues.
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This is what happens when you place embargo's on your biggest trade partner where you tied up most of your manufacturing for decades. Idiot leaders will do that.
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