✅ 8/22 Lightning Build Week Group

[PiMatrix]

@Granger Ford website payment system is down. I have tried 4 times to purchase a 8/100 plan in the last 24 hours. Not sure what's up.

EDIT. It worked on my phone. $1210 for 8 years/100,000 miles Premium plan. A steal.

Great! I would followup with an email to [email protected]. Send her your VIN, address, what you ordered, and receipt you received. Ask her to update ford pass Monday (she is out today) as you heard the rates are increasing Tuesday. She is inundated right now but told me she would act on our purchase Monday if the dealer marked as sold as that is required to enter into Ford's extended warranty system. If the VIN is entered on Tuesday then only the new price would apply and the dealer will not eat the delta.

Unfortunately it seems ours didn't arrive today although the cashiers check from bank arrived FedEx an hour ago. Dealer was willing to get all paperwork done so our rate didn't expire and go up a percent on Tuesday, it was only good for 2 months then re-apply needed. I was upfront with dealer on the great Graner deal at 50$ over cost. He said it was a good price but they didn't sell Ford anyway, they had their own. He said for a new EV design like this with so much electronics that 1K for 8 years is probably a good idea, one event could pay for the cost. That was my thinking as we normally never do extended warranties but seems worth it in this particular case. We added the lighting option on as I imagine one light could be 1000 to replace as they are all sealed. I think I saw that this warranty also includes the charger which based on early date on temperature measurement might not last eight years. If I'm reading the EV extended warranty correctly and that is covered, then that is another reason to do as they charger will be used alot.

A note on NY trade-ins, I didn't know that you received the full value of the tradein applied so that no NYS tax is due on that portion. So a private sale of car would have to be over 8.125% higher to make it worth it.

Do people test drive the new vehicle before they hand over the final payment and close? Even if our extended warranty goes up 10-15% I think worth it to check things out before handing over payment early given last minute rush module delivery surprises to date and the rush to ship cars.

On another cautionary tale, dealer told us on phone today that three sales people are out sick with Covid since our 2 hour visit early Friday. We were only people wearing mask in the whole large dealership. Not a time to let down your guard or your new lightning maybe be driverless for while! The rumors of Covid being over is wishful thinking.

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[FordEVTruck]

Great! I would followup with an email to [email protected]. Send her your VIN, address, what you ordered, and receipt you received. Ask her to update ford pass Monday (she is out today) as you heard the rates are increasing Tuesday. She is inundated right now but told me she would act on our purchase Monday if the dealer marked as sold as that is required to enter into Ford's extended warranty system. If the VIN is entered on Tuesday then only the new price would apply and the dealer will not eat the delta.

Unfortunately it seems ours didn't arrive today although the cashiers check from bank arrived FedEx an hour ago. Dealer was willing to get all paperwork done so our rate didn't expire and go up a percent on Tuesday, it was only good for 2 months then re-apply needed. I was upfront with dealer on the great Graner deal at 50$ over cost. He said it was a good price but they didn't sell Ford anyway, they had their own. He said for a new EV design like this with so much electronics that 1K for 8 years is probably a good idea, one event could pay for the cost. That was my thinking as we normally never do extended warranties but seems worth it in this particular case. We added the lighting option on as I imagine one light could be 1000 to replace as they are all sealed.

A note on NY trade-ins, I didn't know that you received the full value of the tradein applied so that no NYS tax is due on that portion. So a private sale of car would have to be over 8.125% higher to make it worth it.

Do people test drive the new vehicle before they hand over the final payment and close? Even if our extended warranty goes up 10-15% I think worth it to check things out before handing over the check early given the surprises to date.

On another cautionary tale, dealer told us on phone today that three people are out sick with Covid since our 2 hour visit on Friday. We were only people wearing mask in the whole large dealership. Not a time to let down your guard or your new lightning maybe be driverless for while!

We did drive our truck before we paid. We didn’t ask to…the owner asked us if we wanted to. I didn’t want to put too many miles on it so I took a short jaunt.

I also got the lighting coverage on the Ford Protect plan. $70 is short money for that extra coverage.

 

[KndrTH]

Then, most likely they will haul your truck to the dealer once it arrives at the rail yard.

okay. so it doesn't mean it is already at the rail yard, correct? ford chat still tells me the last update is blue island, which was the status update from 9/21

 

[slojim]

KndrTH,
Blue Island, Illinois is what Ford Chat tells me too.
I also live in California.
We have the same build week.
Is the railcar TTGX979132?
If so, both of our trucks are on it.

 

[FordEVTruck]

I took a drive around the neighborhood last night and I drove to our local hospital, which is a five minute walk from my house (1/4 mile) and they have eight free EV chargers.

Why would I EVER pay? 24 hour security and I can walk there. Oh, and it’s FREE!! According to Car and Driver, I should be able to get there in under 13 seconds at a speed of 112 mph!

My town hall also has two free chargers and that is also 1/4 mile away, but it’s up a big hill to walk home. No thanks.

 

[Skidrowe]

I went to the DC fast chargers that are a mile away from my house on Friday. My truck was one of the three in the picture posted earlier in this thread. They just happened to be free that day for some reason. As friends have been asking me all the questions EV owners get, I tell them about that and ask them when was the last time they went to the gas station and the gas was free for that fill up. I'm loving my truck!

 

[KndrTH]

KndrTH,
Blue Island, Illinois is what Ford Chat tells me too.
I also live in California.
We have the same build week.
Is the railcar TTGX979132?
If so, both of our trucks are on it.

I was once given railcar GTW 504277 (Canadian National Railways). But now they say there is no railcar associated with my truck. So has yours also been basically stuck there since 9/21?

 

[Invictus]

I think there is a lot of us in the same situation....last update 9/21 (+/-) in IL. I created a thread in the regional section for all us California folks so maybe we can keep on top of status.

https://www.f150lightningforum.com/...ifornia-october-deliveries.12498/#post-264472

 

[TaxmanHog]

Just signed up with Charge Smart with my provider National Grid. $.05/$.03 per kWh rebate if you charge between 9pm and 1 pm (summer is $.05).
Yes please! Easy to do. And you get a $50 bill credit too!! Let’s see if it actually works.
It brings my cost per kWh to $0.14. Not bad!

I'm doing the same, but be careful, TOU credits only for Mon-Fri 2100 hrs. to 1300 hrs. following day.

I just got home from 175 mile road trip to club-house, and charged my lightning up early Sunday morning, NO TOU credits for this session. BTW ~70 MPH, heat on ~72º, outside temps low 50's

Started at 99%, ended evening at 32% recharged to 90%, imputed energy to get back to 99% to evaluate trip performance would be ~97KW with a 1.8 M/KW performance.

This how I made out month of September

Last 30 days running since I signed up.

 

[TaxmanHog]

okay. so it doesn't mean it is already at the rail yard, correct? ford chat still tells me the last update is blue island, which was the status update from 9/21

Exactly, think of it as a reservation for when your truck arrives, they have a tentative slot for you to be hauled to your dealer pending actual rail arrival.

 

[TaxmanHog]

 

[M4rked1]

10 days sitting at the train yard less than an hour from the dealer. Ugh

 

[M4rked1]

Delivery window shifted officially.

10/4 to 10/10

 

[Granger Ford]

@Granger Ford website payment system is down. I have tried 4 times to purchase a 8/100 plan in the last 24 hours. Not sure what's up.

EDIT. It worked on my phone. $1210 for 8 years/100,000 miles Premium plan. A steal.

Sorry for the hassle.

 

[FordEVTruck]

Sorry for the hassle.

No hassle at all @Granger Ford. You guys rock! It was my browser not you.

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