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jaruss01

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8/21 date sitting firm

For those few with a Saturday build date, or those familiar with the manufacturing process - are there any specifics we need to know?

-Workers on OT. Are there more common mistakes made on Saturday builds?
-Any downside to be on a non weekday? Ie they don’t finish that day, and things carry over to Monday and you could lose a couple days. Or certain parts can’t make it since department/supplier closed for the day, etc
-Are there any positives? I could only think of negatives to be on a Saturday. Ha.

(yes, I’m running out of questions to ask leading up to delivery lol)
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I had a Friday build day and it was late in the evening and it got bumped to the next week. So depending on where you are at in the rotation you could possibly get bumped to the following week, depending on MAP shutting down that could bump you til September...

sorry not trying to be the bearer of bad news, just telling you what happened to me..

but maybe u will get built and shipped, a lot of us are sitting in quarantine, or the heap pile or the island of misfit toys awaiting shipment.
 

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I think that at this point, 96% of us have no idea what's going on with the build dates and have decided to stop trying to guess. I highly doubt that will even be your build date. If you're lucky, it will be close to that and pass its inspection and ship soon after! Not trying to crush your soul...well not fully at least, but build/blend dates are a crapshoot nowadays.

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You don't have any control over the day it's built so why stress over it?

But if you do want to stress about it, I'll give you this anecdote. At the union shop I work at, quality and output goes down on Saturdays. It goes down further on Sundays on double time. Enjoy!
 

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Awesome! Just wanted to validate that concern - I guess....
 

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As a former factory worker (Volant Ski)...I don't think Ford allows Rum Thursdays so all should be fine with Saturday builds. Pretty sure Webasto has Rum Thursdays though so rolling the dice there if you have a MIC build.
 

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8/21 date sitting firm

-Are there any positives? I could only think of negatives to be on a Saturday. Ha.

(yes, I’m running out of questions to ask leading up to delivery lol)
Good grief man. The majority of us don't even have a build date out here so I would say the positive is you are actually scheduled. Celebrate that and quit sweating the day of the week that it is "supposed" to get built.
 

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I had an Instructor in my HVAC training who at one time worked at the local Chevy assembly pLant. He told us how he ordered a Nova, that was one of the models they built at that plant. He went on to describe how he walked the assembly line from start to finish with his Nova, and would tell all the workers at every part of the line how this Nova was his personal car. He then added, it was the worst vehicle he ever owned. There is no rhyme or reason or magic formula to prevent getting “ the one”. Just remember, the odds are in your favor.
 

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yeah, my mom's husband used to work at the GM plant in Linden. (now it's a minimall, I think?) and he told me to never buy a car built on a Friday... bc everyone got paid on Thursday, and there was a local bar that would cash checks... hahaha

But that was like 30yrs ago... so I'm sure people aren't like that anymore. :rolleyes:

Good luck with your I normally don't work on a Saturday, but Ford f'd this up so bad now I have to come in on the weekend, build!

;)
 

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yeah, my mom's husband used to work at the GM plant in Linden. (now it's a minimall, I think?) and he told me to never buy a car built on a Friday... bc everyone got paid on Thursday, and there was a local bar that would cash checks... hahaha

But that was like 30yrs ago... so I'm sure people aren't like that anymore. :rolleyes:

Good luck with your I normally don't work on a Saturday, but Ford f'd this up so bad now I have to come in on the weekend, build!

;)
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In my world we call that Thursday and Friday.
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