First Edition + Frustration

[rgwinn]

I have a FE reservation. I will gladly wait. My daughter has a WT with a June 21st build date. I admit the early scheduling is a little baffling but, it’s only been a few hundred.

There have been no retail deliveries yet, probably not till August, so it seems a little premature to be bailing on an FE order, there will only ever be ONE First Edition.

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[OJ Simpson]

I reserved an FE before the second 3500 units were announced. No production date for my order yet.

 

[Bronco4]

I reserved an FE before the second 3500 units were announced. No production date for my order yet.

We all did...

 

[Compta38]

How is your issue any different than it is for the rest of us who may potentially get a very late 21MY? I don't want to take delivery of a 21MY the 3rd week of December when I could get a 22MY three weeks later.

 

[Monster1926]

I’m 100% with you. If I were able to push my FE to a 2022 I would. I get in and out of cars often and it pains me to purchase a 2021 in the 4th quarter. The only other vehicle I will trade it for would be a warthog. I didn’t expect FEs to be the first ones off the line. I learned from the gladiator launch. With the growing hard top issues I really expect them to get pushed up since their the only model that has to be built in 2021. I seen a scheduler and it showed all FE will be built by august. On the flip side being in manufacturing I would rather be a later build than an early one. Gives them some time to make adjustments to the process.

 

[ZackDanger]

I reserved an FE before the second 3500 units were announced. No production date for my order yet.

It seems the announced the second 3,500 *after* they accidentally accepted 7,000 reservations.

Instead of infuriating half of all FE reservation holders, they just announced double the production.

(One rumor is, instead of the system allowing 3,500 FE reservations total, it allowed 3,500 each of the 2 and 4 door.)

 

[Monster1926]

How is your issue any different than it is for the rest of us who may potentially get a very late 21MY? I don't want to take delivery of a 21MY the 3rd week of December when I could get a 22MY three weeks later.

Probably because we don’t have the option to have our FEs built as 2022s. You have a choice.

 

[Compta38]

Probably because we don’t have the option to have our FEs built as 2022s. You have a choice.

Not when vin is created.

FE people could always alter their order to something else and go 22MY if theyre selected too late, right? The 22MY BnP will probably come out later this summer and I could easily see folks changing orders to 22MY if they see something desirable and their number hasn't been drawn yet.

 

[Monster1926]

Not when vin is created.

FE people could always alter their order to something else and go 22MY if theyre selected too late, right? The 22MY BnP will probably come out later this summer and I could easily see folks changing orders to 22MY if they see something desirable and their number hasn't been drawn yet.

Correct we could move our orders to a different trim if it hasn’t been scheduled. I did see a schedule showing all FEs produced by the end of August. If the interiors we’re more appealing, I would’ve switched mine. I’m not a fan of the tan in the wildtrak and the orange stitching in the badlands.

 

[Bronco4]

If this Thursday is FE scheduling it might give us more insight on how much weight the time stamp truly has in the scheduling process. All FEs are basically equal minus the towing package. Ford would have to schedule 3000 FEs for just about all dealers to get one. Will it be dealer allocation or time stamp? WE will see. Your thoughts?

 

[Krisegon]

The 22MY BnP will probably come out later this summer [...]

By September...

 

[NotApplicable]

I did see a schedule showing all FEs produced by the end of August

I believe I know what spreadsheet you’re talking about, and if it’s what I’ve seen, that’s a 100% theoretical build schedule put together by a forum member with no actual internal Ford knowledge.

 

[TJconvert2.7]

Pretty cool all the FEs get a number plate, I wish all my21 came with one.

 

[Monster1926]

If this Thursday is FE scheduling it might give us more insight on how much weight the time stamp truly has in the scheduling process. All FEs are basically equal minus the towing package. Ford would have to schedule 3000 FEs for just about all dealers to get one. Will it be dealer allocation or time stamp? WE will see. Your thoughts?

I’m gonna say allocation. Which I feel is bullshit and I’m the only FE reserved at my dealership.

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