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Re: Has anyone received their 2009 Escape Hybrid? [hdtech] by fmorriso
Jul 09, 2008 (5:01 pm)
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Replying to: hdtech (Jul 08, 2008 10:19 pm)

It won't make you any happier, but I was just in Denver the second week of April, to take in the "Frozen Four" and meet my cousin and his wife, who live in Longmont. I guess I should have stayed long enough to order my FEHL, right? Then again, I'm not sure I would want to drive back to the suburbs of DC as the first trip in the new vehicle.
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Re: Has anyone received their 2009 Escape Hybrid? [neuroboy002] by hdtech
Jul 09, 2008 (9:16 pm)
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Replying to: neuroboy002 (Jul 08, 2008 11:23 pm)

thanks neuroboy. I have asked the dealer for a VIN but I dont think it would be there yet until they get an allocation.
 
The other details about the priority number is very interesting too.
 
Thanks for all the help from everyone. This site is awesome.
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Re: Has anyone received their 2009 Escape Hybrid? [hdtech] by gmilonas76
Jul 11, 2008 (7:56 am)
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Replying to: hdtech (Jul 09, 2008 9:16 pm)

How long does it generally take to obtain the VIN number once the order is placed with the dealer. I ordered my FEHL on 06/24/08
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Re: Has anyone received their 2009 Escape Hybrid? [gmilonas76] by rilian1
Jul 11, 2008 (2:11 pm)
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Replying to: gmilonas76 (Jul 11, 2008 7:56 am)

I ordered on 5/06/08 and received my VIN on 6/26/08. Car was built 7/08/08 and am told will arrive in Minnesota 7/28/08 or thereabouts.
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Re: Has anyone received their 2009 Escape Hybrid? [michaelweho] by bjcarter
Jul 11, 2008 (3:15 pm)
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Replying to: michaelweho (Jul 08, 2008 6:15 pm)

I was told there is a weather delay on shipments. That was yesterday. Unfortunately, the dealer was unable to elaborate.
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Re: Finding a dealer for X-plan [papalima] by baraboodad
Jul 12, 2008 (10:26 pm)
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Replying to: papalima (Jun 20, 2008 12:26 am)

Sounds like the Seattle dealers haven't changed a bit since I finished medical school and left there.....
 
Have they learned how to actually fix vehicles brought for maintenance?
 
(Dodge didn't have a clue on that, but was good at charging anyway!)
 
Wisconsin dealers at their worst are better than the Seattle dealers I dealt with... good luck anyway (and we have a real good dealer/Ford service shop in Reedsburg, WI, though it's not the closest to where I live.)
 
More to the point, I had my order for a green 09 FEH Limited 4WD placed on 6/30 or so. No VIN yet, but the order is in and accepted. Now in the waiting game...
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Re: Has anyone received their 2009 Escape Hybrid? [gmilonas76] by fmorriso
Jul 13, 2008 (7:32 am)
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Replying to: gmilonas76 (Jul 11, 2008 7:56 am)

The key is dealer allocation. No allocation = No VIN = No vehicle. Ask your dealer if they have an allocation that they can use for your order. Until that happens, your order is going to sit in a "CLEAN/UNSCHED" state in the CONCEPS (ordering) system like my April 21 order is currently doing.
 
I went to my dealer Saturday and watched him log into the CONCEPS ordering system, pull up my order and show it to me. The top part of the screen shows the Order Type (1=Retail), Priority (mine happens to be 12, which is where the "ordering guy" at this dealer starts numbering type 1 orders) and when the status was last checked/updated (07/10 in my case). The bottom of the screen shows the "event history" of the order. Mine has a single line dated 4/21 showing when the order was accepted into the Unscheduled Order Bank (USOB).
 
The ordering guy came over and said they are working to convince Ford to schedule my order to be built, but they are having trouble getting allocation. As soon as they do, since my order has the highest assigned priority number at this particular dealer, barring any "commodity issues", it will be scheduled first before the only other FEH order this dealer has taken.
 
Bottom line: Nothing is going to happen to move an order out of the USOB until the dealer gets an allocation slot to use to fulfill that order.
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Re: [burnsva] by alfredck
Jul 13, 2008 (8:49 am)
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Replying to: burnsva (Jul 03, 2008 4:06 pm)

Re tax credit, does the 60,000 mark apply to just the Ford Escape, or both the Ford Escape and the Mercury Mariner? I'm wondering if we'd have higher chance of getting the tax credit with the Mariner Hybrid.
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Re: [alfredck] by burnsva
Jul 13, 2008 (1:04 pm)
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Replying to: alfredck (Jul 13, 2008 8:49 am)

The tax credit applies to the combined sales of the FEH and MMH.
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Re: Has anyone received their 2009 Escape Hybrid? [hdtech] by ursacat
Jul 13, 2008 (5:38 pm)
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Replying to: hdtech (Jul 09, 2008 9:16 pm)

Hi all,
 
Just wanted to post an update.
 
FEH - Limited - X-Plan. Initial Delivery date 7/10/08. Sonoma County California.
Have VIN / PIN/ Contract and production date.
 I'd like to thank all for their detailed analysis.
 
Checked with the dealer today. Has not arrived but "expected" delivery this coming week.
 
I hope I'm not the first one to receive!
 
I'll let you all know.
 
Regards,

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