Thanks, I asked because I’m taking delivery this week and getting those ducks in a row now so that there aren’t any issues. My biggest concern is my dealer waiting a day to even notify me, like in your case. I’d be livid, especially because they won’t give me the rail car info.
Lol. 7 milesHow many miles were on it when you took ownership from the Dealer? After 3 days!
got me a 4 door Black Diamond ordered reserved 8/8/2020 ordered 2/6/2021 still waiting for emailThe wait was worth it!
Picked up my 2 door/2.7/Mid BD today from the dealer. First impressions from a quick inspection and the drive home:
- MIC top looks good! I will look at it closer tomorrow and see if I can find any imperfections, but overall it looks about how I would expect from molded plastic.
- Cactus Gray looks great as always
- I took the roof panels out for the ride home and they came out pretty easily even with the roof rails on.
- The 32” Grabbers and the steelies look better in person, at least on the 2 door. I was thinking of upgrading to bigger tires, but I think that will get kicked down the road at least for a little while.
- Averaged 21.1 mpg on my 80 mile drive home, switching between Eco and Sport mode and varying my RPM.
- 8 inch screen is plenty big enough for my liking
- Marine vinyl feels great, smoother than most vinyl seats I’ve felt. Feels a little different than my boat. Also feels like it could definitely get hot in the sun
- Not a lot of rear seat legroom at 6-1, I won’t be using it but if someone is interested I added a pic!
- With the seats folded down, there will be ample cargo room for my needs.
Timeline:
7/13/20 reservation (11pm ET)
2/22/21 order
5/27/21 scheduled for production w/o 7/12
6/26/21 received email “in production”
7/12/21 BLEND
7/13/21 built
7/14/21 shipped
7/16/21 arrived at dealer (Thayer Ford in Bowling Green, OH)
7/19/21 sitting in my driveway
I absolutely was planning on adding 33s. When I saw it in person, it looked better than expected on the 32s. I’ll probably replace them with 285/70s when these wear down.
Agreed, that’s why I ordered it! High package would’ve been a nice option on BD but I assume it wasn’t offered because it would cannibalize some Badlands ($$) orders.
That will be coming soon! I had a straight drive home on the highway, all I can say is that Sport felt great, it’s zippy when you want it to be! I was going pretty easy on, it but the 50-to-70 mph rampup was nice and quick. And Eco was getting me 22ish mpg going 70mph.
