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| I'm going to order a FEH (4WD, loaded with most everything except the chrome) and was wondering how long I should plan on waiting for it. I'm in no rush, but do want to avoid hitting the model change-over interval, if at all possible. This will be my first-ever Ford (last 5 cars were custom-ordered Saturns), so feel free to offer your US$0.02 worth. | |
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Replying to: hshort1 (Jun 17, 2005 8:56 pm) |
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I placed my order for a FEH 08 back in July and was given a 12 week wait estimate. Finally in December after getting tired of pestering my local dealership, I followed the advice of a poster in this form and emailed Mark Fields and Allan Mullaly at Ford with the hope of speeding things up. At first things looked promising. The sales manager at the dealership had been contacted by the regional rep, who in turn had been contacted by the executive office. I was told my order was being expedited. It's now the middle of January and I just finished speaking with my dealership. They tell me they hope to get a build date this month which would mean delivery by March. Are you kidding? How was that expedited? If I had placed my order in December I could understand it, but I had placed it in July. I read posts here from people waiting 4-6 months. Am I going to be the first to wait 8 months? Did anyone else have to wait that long?
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Replying to: drlarsen (Jan 16, 2008 5:57 pm)
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Replying to: fmorriso (Jan 17, 2008 9:55 am) The order was placed in Canada which does include some options in the base package not included in the USA. Of course I'd love to just buy one off the lot in the US (I'd save time and money), but Ford doesn't allow that...
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Replying to: drlarsen (Jan 17, 2008 10:01 am) Stephen 2008 FEH 4WD
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Replying to: sksuh (Jan 17, 2008 4:44 pm) It seems odd that had I have been there an hour earlier I likely would have drove one off the lot. Since then, none have ever been on the lot since.
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Replying to: drlarsen (Jan 17, 2008 5:07 pm) 
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Thanks for the info. I asked the sales manager for an explanation and it sounds like there's a certain number of FEHs available to a given region. Canada in general receives a much lower proportion than even California. Not exactly fair, but I guess it makes sense. |
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Replying to: chucklesva (Dec 25, 2007 7:52 am) I've had my car for almost a month now, (3100 miles on it) driving in central Florida, and using the econ button. The best mileage I've gotten was when I took it to the mountains & was coasting downhill a lot. Then I got 31.9 mpg at the best. Don't get me wrong, I'm still thrilled with the gas mileage, but I'm looking for improvement. Any advice? |
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