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Folks, I am new to this forum, only started looking for either a FEH or MMH a week ago. Had a 02 Mazda Tribute for two years and really liked the car, wife gave it up to our daughter in Texas. She wants the hybrid - bad - and I'm probably going to go along since the last 2 car buying decisions have been mine. I've seen on the message board a lot of frustration about ordering delays, which I may not want to go thru. Also, there are several dealer locally that seem to have inventory, but the trucks all have the full boat of accessories, and my guess is that all (or at least most) of the ones shipped to dealers are like that to maximize dealer and FMC profits, since they're not making money on these, or are just barely. So my question is, if I want to get one of these (either type) by April, can I trust the system to work on a special order, or do you think I'll be forced to just get the best deal I can locally. There are about 8 showing up as available in the DC/MD area. Also, what types of incentives or discount buying services, like Costco, are available that the dealers will take? Cheers, |
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Replying to: baysailor (Jan 20, 2008 8:40 pm) My daughter bought a Toyota Highlander Hybrid, and while it's very nice....it cost so much( $38K) that it will take 10 years to recover the money it cost in gas savings. |
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Replying to: baysailor (Jan 20, 2008 8:40 pm) I checked into the Costco buying program too. No dice on the FEH. The web site asked me if I still wanted to be referred to a dealer, even though there would be zero price advantage. Out of curiosity more than anything else, I clicked on Yes. It referred me to the Ford dealer in Tysons Corner, VA. The guy contacted me and assured me that if I order a FEH (which is my personal preference), they would not add any such $3000 "premium" to the price tag. The Ford dealer in Leesburg, VA also promised not to add the "premium", so I'll probably end up ordering from the folks in Leesburg but have the service done closer to home at the Sterling, VA dealer. I don't want to take delivery until mid-April, so I'll take my chances and order a FEH in early March. If it takes a long time to build (battery shortage, taxi fleet priority or whatever), so be it. I'd rather get exactly what I want. I'm a patient person. Every car I've ever bought except one has been custom ordered. Heck, back in 1986, I ordered a Chrysler unaware that two weeks later, UAW would be on strike and ended up waiting 3 months for the car. The only thing that even slightly concerns me about ordering a FEH is the model year change-over period when assembly lines traditionally shut down for whatever retooling is necessary to build the next year's editions. I have no idea when that is for the FEH, but I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.
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Replying to: baysailor (Jan 20, 2008 8:40 pm) |
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Replying to: fmorriso (Jan 21, 2008 8:12 am) The current estimate for production of my factory order FEH is March at the earliest. That means I'll have waited a full 8 months before receiving my order. If you have 8 months to wait, then by all means place a factory order. Otherwise, I'd recommend one off the lot.
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Replying to: baysailor (Jan 20, 2008 8:40 pm)
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Replying to: drlarsen (Jan 21, 2008 8:42 am) Perhaps because I'm 1/2 Canadian, and 1/2 USA by ancestry, I'll only have to wait 1/2 as long in metro DC area? 
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Delivery times for most vehicles can be found at the following links: https://www.wheels.com/fleet/reference/assembly/html/assembly_lines.asp or http://www.donlen.com/production_trucks_ford.asp Delivery time for the FEH shows up to 30 weeks!
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Replying to: yvrcody (Jan 21, 2008 8:14 pm) As I understand it, they're all made at the same plant! |
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Replying to: drlarsen (Jan 16, 2008 6:57 pm)
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