Pre-ordering for a MY23 in Canada

[Milton Jeff]

Had a conversation with local dealer in Oakville today. Have a retiree friend from Ford plant in Oakville who referred me there. His good friends daughter is apparently the GM there. A sales consultant from there called me and I told him what I wanted (Hybrid XLT Lux) and he configured it, and sent the build to me to sign. I replied back that when we actually place the real order I will want it also signed by the dealership once we know accurate pricing. He seemed to think he can actually enter the order with Ford corporate but I am not so sure. Gives me a bit of an uneasy feeling.

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[icegradner]

Hard to say, not sure if Ford Canada has ever actually closed the order banks. Ford in the US did months ago, but Ford Canada seems to do things differently.

 

[Last Truck Ever]

Sounds like he's just taking your "pre-order," a preliminary configuration so it's ready once Ford announces the details, hopefully a bit before the order windows open. Lots of dealers around me are doing such "pre-orders," some as a bit of a con, to get you to commit to their dealership early, some as a bit of actual, very real prepwork, particularly if it's a dealership that's going to have a LOT of orders to input. I know of at least two local dealers who (at least say) they have closed their pre-order books, which I doubt on the one hand (who's going to turn down sales) but on the other hand believe if it's a situation where they only have X# of people who will be inputting them and don't want to piss off all the people who are going to be pins and needles that day waiting on a confirmation email.

But, with order windows not open yet, this is all just speculation.

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