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Re: Where are the damn Hybrid Escapes [rjl3jax] by teperilloux
Jul 17, 2007 (7:07 pm)
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Replying to: rjl3jax (Jul 17, 2007 2:45 pm)

My local Ford dealer in Portland, OR, has 9 hybrids and most others have only 1 at most 2. Problem is the dealer wants MSRP or higher, won't honor X or A plan and is a general pain to deal with. Their reasoning is they get a special allocations from Ford and sounds like they want to make enough on these to make up for the hundred SUV's on their lot they will end up heavily discounting... What sucks is they have the hybrid I want! Premium AWD, with chrome and audiophile (no Nav) in pearl metallic. I refuse to pay full MSRP and they won't trade another dealer for a hybrid.!
 
I think I'm going to order from another dealer at x plan. I don't understand why most dealers have none and then a random dealer gets 10 at a time. I'm with you and glad I'm not a Ford shareholder.
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Re: Where are the damn Hybrid Escapes [rjl3jax] by cloftus
Jul 17, 2007 (7:35 pm)
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Replying to: rjl3jax (Jul 17, 2007 2:45 pm)

You are so right! The story I get from the sales manager is that they are selling fast & it will slow down when gas goes down...but I don't believe that either. The hybrids I find on-line w/Ford (hundreds of miles from my home) are still showing up weeks later. So unless they aren't updating their listings...they just aren't selling.
 
They would be selling like crazy if they would build them, market them & give them a decent price. Free moon-roof for the non-hybrid 2008 Ford Escape, but nothing for the hybrid. And while I'm venting, why doesn't the government keep those tax incentives going? I know the Escape still qualifies, but why should they end at all?
 
The salesmen just want to sell a car, and they have no hybrids to sell, so they try to steer you to anything else, and like typical salesmen most of them are irritating. Yes, it happened to me, too, & I was boiling mad, maybe we went to the same dealership.(on the Florida east coast)
 
I ordered mine over 2 weeks ago, & was told today that it will be built in September & will be OCTOBER before it arrives...If I wasn't getting the X-plan price I think I would fly up north & drive one home. I can't wait!
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Re: Where are the damn Hybrid Escapes [teperilloux] by dhuang2
Jul 18, 2007 (4:14 pm)
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Replying to: teperilloux (Jul 17, 2007 7:07 pm)

I will talk to Ford Customer Service if their dealers did not response to my request. For example, You may send your complaints to Ford Chiefs:
Mark Fields(mfield27ford.com) or Alan Mulally (amulallyford.com). Usually, Ford works hard to satisfy customers if their dealers didn't.
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Re: Where are the damn Hybrid Escapes [dhuang2] by sksuh
Jul 27, 2007 (2:59 pm)
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Replying to: dhuang2 (Jul 18, 2007 4:14 pm)

Thanks for the complaint email addresses of the Ford Chiefs!
 
I sent an email query two days ago asking where my Escape Hybrid is after 2.5 months of waiting. Received a detailed reply today advising that it is currently in transit and should arrive in mid-August (or three months after I ordered it).
 
Glad to know that Ford does listen from time to time.
 
Stephen
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Why advertise them? by bob05
Aug 08, 2007 (6:05 am)
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Simple question: if there are no Escape hybrids available, then why is Ford running non-stop 0% plus cash back advertising on the vehicle? The commercial is on every Red Sox game here in Boston, but there are no Escape hybrids that I know of available here.
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just got mine and its is great by chucklesva
Aug 08, 2007 (4:48 pm)
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I ordered mine at the end of may and i picked it up july 30th. it took about 8 weeks and was painless. I got it for the x-plan pricing. i have about 300 miles on it and it is great, very quiet and on my 1st fill up i averaged 34 mpg and that is mostly highway driving at the speed limit or a little less. i handles great and drives just like regular escape. i purchased at williamsburg ford in williamsburg va.
hope you all get your soon
chuck
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Easy to order,hard to get by mickeyrom
Aug 12, 2007 (8:15 pm)
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My daughter has been waiting for two months for her Escape, and there is no news when Ford will get the needed parts from Japan.Has anyone heard anything about this strange situation.
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Re: Easy to order,hard to get [mickeyrom] by cloftus
Aug 13, 2007 (1:27 pm)
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Replying to: mickeyrom (Aug 12, 2007 8:15 pm)

I ordered mine in late June (East Central Florida) & was told last week it is now going to be October/November before it arrives. I wasn't told anything about the parts, just that they are behind on assembling them.
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Re: Easy to order,hard to get [cloftus] by mickeyrom
Aug 13, 2007 (4:25 pm)
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Replying to: cloftus (Aug 13, 2007 1:27 pm)

Just to think I was just recently reading how they couldnt get rid of the Esacape and Merc. Hybrids.Times sure change.

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