My plan is much the same - though waiting until I wear out my first set of rubber. At that point get the bronze wheels with a nice tire and put true snow tires on the OE rims.
2009 Fusion, under body is rusting significantly to the point my mechanic wanted me to get another car by last year. Ordered a '22 maverick and have had to roll over \ re-order a '23... The son's '16 focus and wife's '17 focus are good.
Very common among Ford vehicles. It's happened on our 2009 Fusion, our 2016 Focus, (waiting for it to happen on our 2017 focus), etc. I was happy that when replacing our '16 focus tires, Tire Rack threw in a set of lug nuts for free.
If it's ever built, our 22 (now 23 Maverick) would be the 7th Ford in a row that we've purchased. Should they not manage to complete that build, our streak will stop at 6. It'll then be time to move on and order a Nissan Frontier or Toyota. Ford should pay attention and realize that brand...
As someone who earned a degree in Theater Production, I LOL'd Godot. Yep, the waiting is all too real.
In our house, vehicles are typically named by color. My wife's Focus is Magnetic Grey so we just call it Magnet, my son's Focus is Blue Candy so it's named Blueberry. Our Maverick...
Reordered my '22 as a '23 on Saturday - Lariat Hybrid Lux, 360 and 360 assist, moon roof and spray-in bedliner. Alto Blue, Priority 13. Asked for a 10 or 11 and was told all those had already been assigned. Considering this would be my seventh Ford from this dealer, candidly I was hoping for...
I didn't order CO, by my Alto Blue was no longer a premium color either. I questioned that but it seems only Hot Pepper Red came with an additional fee for '23.
Lariat Lux, Hybrid, Alto Blue, Moonroof, CP360 + CP360 Assist, Spray in. Basically the same as I ordered (at least functionally with CP360) 11/15/21 -- minus the flaps, mats and tonneau.
Order the hitch or you'll find you won't get the trailer wiring... A few forum members had that issue with their '22 models and it was apparently a big PITA.