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I am a long hauler, and many of you will just say goodbye and that is fine. I ordered my Maverick 9/4/21. My wife’s car had started leaking through the Pano roof (Sportwagen) but it has been dry in California so I figured we could wait. In my dealers defense, my sales person texted me every Monday at 9 am to tell me it was not scheduled. Ok- we ride it out. And wait.
We got a build date in November, and got really excited! My box of stuff I had gotten for my truck moved into the living room. And then we got pushed. We have at this point waited a year, and seen the same vehicle delivered over and over.
Around early December, I started seeing trucks delivered that were ordered in the one week window orders were opened, while I still had a fake build date (I think it was January 9th- whatever day it was I had to call my dealer and tell them how to convert my order to 2023 so they could sell me less than what I had ordered 16 months prior, and folks with new orders were getting their trucks).
I guess I got pissed after 16 months and went and looked at a Niro. Guy handed me the keys. I sat in the car…he told me to drive it. I have never done any of that in a Maverick. After 16 months. I liked the Niro- hated the 6k ADM, so I found a dealer that offered the trim I wanted at MSRP. Three days and I had the car.
It gets 48.9 mpg average and we love it….
But my truck. Finally got a build date for February, got it this Friday. I cannot afford it now that we have a new car- but there it is at long last unless it gets pushed again. 17 months without a test drive? At what point do we call Ford on this bullshit? I guess if they are still selling like they are and we have nothing, but there is something seriously wrong with how this company is doing things. How long can Ford pull this for every model?!
We got a build date in November, and got really excited! My box of stuff I had gotten for my truck moved into the living room. And then we got pushed. We have at this point waited a year, and seen the same vehicle delivered over and over.
Around early December, I started seeing trucks delivered that were ordered in the one week window orders were opened, while I still had a fake build date (I think it was January 9th- whatever day it was I had to call my dealer and tell them how to convert my order to 2023 so they could sell me less than what I had ordered 16 months prior, and folks with new orders were getting their trucks).
I guess I got pissed after 16 months and went and looked at a Niro. Guy handed me the keys. I sat in the car…he told me to drive it. I have never done any of that in a Maverick. After 16 months. I liked the Niro- hated the 6k ADM, so I found a dealer that offered the trim I wanted at MSRP. Three days and I had the car.
It gets 48.9 mpg average and we love it….
But my truck. Finally got a build date for February, got it this Friday. I cannot afford it now that we have a new car- but there it is at long last unless it gets pushed again. 17 months without a test drive? At what point do we call Ford on this bullshit? I guess if they are still selling like they are and we have nothing, but there is something seriously wrong with how this company is doing things. How long can Ford pull this for every model?!
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