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I wrote "refundable Maverick deposit" in the memo line of the check. A different dealer was upfront that they wanted a $500 nonrefundable deposit, unless you had some sort of life change event. I declined and walked out.

I suspect that part of the problem is that Ford just laid off 3,000 of their white collar staff to prepare for the transition to electric cars. I have worked in other industries where it was not uncommon for people to be laid off only for management to figure out that they actually did...

I don't understand how the overseas warranty works but it looks like you are spending around $5,000 on special warranties and several shipping charges. I also would not assume that a US built car can easily be resold in Germany to a German because their pollution and safety requirements are...

I basic question. Where is the Ford chat feature? I looked through the Ford website and the only chat I could find seems to be mainly for Sync support and seems to require a VIN.

I agree. The big mistake they made last year was allowing people to enter way too many orders so in addition to frustrating customers they lost a lot of money with price protection and special orders. All they need to do it to close the order book when they have six months worth of orders...

It sounds like the dealer was really trying to be the "good guy" here by making sure that that all their unfilled 22 orders were entered as 23 orders. It sounds like people will lose out on their price protection by not getting an order in before the order book closes today or tomorrow. I...

A huge advantage of the Ecoboost is that if you order one you will have a much better chance of actually getting it. Only 35% of 2023s will be Hybrid and my impression is that a lot of 22 converted carryover orders that should have priority were hybrids. Back in July when the order books...

I set up a preorder for a XL Hybrid with Copilot 360 in July when the order bank was scheduled to open on August 2nd. Now that it is clear that the XL and Hybrid production will be limited it looks like that will be a unicorn that I am unlikely to get even with a long wait. If they start...

I am retired now and will not put a lot of miles on the Maverick(if I ever get it) since I do not have a commute and we have a different car for road trips. According to the Flood Ford online quote it will only cost about $900 for a 8 year 60k mile $50 deductible Ford Premium Care (their best)...

Fyi there is a short video that shows Atlas Blue next to Velocity Blue.

Ford lost a lot of money paying price protection and special offers so I am sure they are trying to avoid getting into that situation again. It would make a lot of sense to cut off orders when they have taken orders for six months production so that they can do a mid year price increase for...

I ran into the same problem with my XL and changing it to silver worked. It is not clear if they will fix this and allow you to change it back to Atlas Blue or leave the restriction in.

Assuming that you do not an incentive from a 2022 order that was rolled over the easist thing to do is to get the order entered at the other dealer, get the confirmation, then cancel the old older and get your deposit back. They have not explicitly said it but this year it sounds like with the...

I ran into and several other people have reported it but the system has a glitch where it will not let you order Atlas Blue for an XL. They were able to change it to silver, which would be OK for me, and it works just fine and I will try to get it changed later.

35% might not be as bad as it sounds. The reason is that things like the AWD, tow package, an tremor require the ECO. That could leave something like a third ECO because of requirements. A third ECO by choice A third Hybrid by choice.

That would also allow them to have a mid year price increase and any new orders would be at the new higher price. One complication is that a prior post I saw mentioned that they may start making the 2024 model year by early summer so they can get back to the schedule where new models hit the...

Update: After hearing that the order banks may close as early as Monday I dropped by dealer at opening time and it turns out my salesman was on vacation. I was able to get someone else to enter the order for me. That was around 9:00 AM eastern time before the other time zones were likely...

I had the same problem with an XL on Saturday so it is Silver for now. I will try to get it changed to Atlas Blue later.

Thanks for the heads up on this. It turns out that the salesman who I was dealing with was on vacation until Monday which is why my order had not been entered. At this rate the order bank could be closed by the time he gets back I got someone else to get the order entered and I got the...