✅ 7/11/22 Lightning Build Week Group

[wighty]

You should've been here like 37 pages ago when I was whining about the same thing. It's ridiculous.

lol still wouldn't have helped I guess, right? Unless you could change it at that point after the order was through.

I'm going to have to sleep on this. And then do a bunch of 0-60 launches tomorrow.

I have to imagine the base XLT has all of the hardware necessary for ACC. Maybe I can convince myself to hold out that they would release it as a software upgrade? Hell I'd pay a reasonable amount for it, even.

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[Commercial Sales Ford]

Rough day huh?

As @Ford Senior Master Said Yesterday us sales guy aren't meant for this manual labor stuff, haha.

 

[Ford Senior Master]

Great Morning guys. My rail car arrived at the distribution yard this morning.

 

[Commercial Sales Ford]

Well boys... I picked up the truck today and I think I just had my back break over something that I didn't know was not included with the base XLT... adaptive cruise control.

I think I'm selling the truck. It is completely asinine that they tie that feature, which my 2014 outback had, to the copilot 2.0 system (that required the $10k upgrade) and not include it in the base active system that has all of the other safety features with cross traffic and such, already has front facing cameras, etc.

I was a little ticked front heated seats weren't included in the pro to XLT upgrade, that I think I could live with. I don't think I can live without adaptive cruise control.

Oh no sorry to hear that, if it makes you feel any better I'm having ordering remorse and really wishing I got the Extended Range battery now. Trying to find a dealer who has a ER so I can go trade my SR in on it.

I was being cheap at the time because I didn't want to Spend 80k On a truck but really whats the difference from 72k and 80k.

 

[Yellow Buddy]

Great Morning guys. My rail car arrived at the distribution yard this morning.

Is it unloaded yet?

I feel so lost now, there’s nothing to track

 

[Yellow Buddy]

Oh no sorry to hear that, if it makes you feel any better I'm having ordering remorse and really wishing I got the Extended Range battery now. Trying to find a dealer who has a ER so I can go trade my SR in on it.

I was being cheap at the time because I didn't want to Spend 80k On a truck but really whats the difference from 72k and 80k.

Yea…that was basically cost of batteries for that upgrade. If you can swing it that’s worth it

 

[Ford Senior Master]

Is it unloaded yet?

I feel so lost now, there’s nothing to track

I'm not sure about unloaded. I know it reached the end of line at Mccalla this morning.
Im sitting on the porch with my (now happy) wife drinking a cup of coffee. I just told her I don't know what to with my time now. I can brain dump all this train stuff. Now it's on to teaching her how to use route planners and stuff.

 

[Ford Senior Master]

While drinking my second cup of coffee I realized I had not shown my wife the Frunk mat I bought for the Lightning. It was securely stowed away in my daily driver so I went to get it. When I showed it to her and explained the neat velcro Lego looking blocks that go with it she suddenly reached a realization. What did she say? It wasn't "Babe thats really cool" It was "What the hell do you mean it goes in the trunk? Are you telling me you bought carpet for the trunk but not for where you actually ride?"
Here we go again with the damn carpet!!

 

[EVfuture]

Is it unloaded yet?

I feel so lost now, there’s nothing to track

I think when truck gets unloaded, and railcar gets empty tracking is no longer available. Thats how it is in my case

 

[Yellow Buddy]

I think when truck gets unloaded, and railcar gets empty tracking is no longer available. Thats how it is in my case

That's exactly true. I meant more the convoy part. When it was on rail it was exciting, every couple of hours there could be an update. Now....we just sit and wait.

 

[Yellow Buddy]

While drinking my second cup of coffee I realized I had not shown my wife the Frunk mat I bought for the Lightning. It was securely stowed away in my daily driver so I went to get it. When I showed it to her and explained the neat velcro Lego looking blocks that go with it she suddenly reached a realization. What did she say? It wasn't "Babe thats really cool" It was "What the hell do you mean it goes in the trunk? Are you telling me you bought carpet for the trunk but not for where you actually ride?"
Here we go again with the damn carpet!!

I tried to explain to my wife the yard, convoy, and how I can only pick it up when I get back and before we leave. She glazed over and said "Don't you have to leave for the airport soon?"

 

[Ford Senior Master]

@TaxmanHog update today may not be that impressive but by the end of this week we may see close to 50% of our build week delivered.

 

[Ford Senior Master]

I think when truck gets unloaded, and railcar gets empty tracking is no longer available. Thats how it is in my case

Now we can track through Oviss. Watch it go from pending pickup to expected delivery. I'm still waiting for mine to change from inactive. See.. there's still refreshing to do just no more 1-800's every thirty minutes.

 

[RavenYZF-R6]

Anybody in this group figure out how to track Canadian National Railway? That’s why my dealer listed for my truck in the 7/25 week.

 

[EVfuture]

Now we can track through Oviss. Watch it go from pending pickup to expected delivery. I'm still waiting for mine to change from inactive. See.. there's still refreshing to do just no more 1-800's every thirty minutes.

I tried few VIN numbers from my dealer, and they dont show up in Oviss. I dont think there is any way to track it on my own

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