Months ago I saw a picture of a preproduction one that had the plug way up high on the passenger side of the engine compartment. It appeared you’d have to open the hood to use it. My F150 has the plug behind the bumper. Much more convenient.
Could be, mine have always been behind the bumper tied to the frame. Personally, I’d rather have it up higher. In the really old days they came out below the grill and above the bumper. I’m getting too old to knee in the snow at 20 below to plug my truck in. Fortunately, this truck will sleep in the garage!
THAT is How its supposed to be!Update 1: One thing I wasn't able to capture in my bullets was the value of the time I spent with Albert here on the forum. Before his contributions here, my reservation was at a local dealership here in the chicago area. For the record, I still think that dealership is a great one and hopefully that will continue as I bring them the Bronco for service. I should expect nothing less, but you never know. But regardless, Albert Sent Me! His work and time here has been invaluable for a lot of people and he earned my business fair and square. And I know he was doing it right since 1000's of other people came along too. It's no exaggeration to say I will think of him every time I climb inside. I'm sad I never had the opportunity to meet him in person, but I know that he was a great man who treated people the way they should be treated, and that is more important than any new car or truck. Albert, you the man!
Update 2:
On arrival we drove down to the Ford building which serves as an awesome delivery center. As you can see in the pictures, they are still working on a beautiful mural on the side of the building that is almost done. There are going to be so many great photos in front of it.
After walking in, I met with Amanda and we started going over everything about the Bronco. She helped me get my phone setup, FordPass working, and some of the sync 4 system settings. From there, we removed the two front top panels and put them in the included bag. The panels are light, but later on in the drive I put them back on and found the cabin noise to be very nice and more quiet than I expected. With the panels off, it is noisier of course but not uncomfortably so while doing 70mph. Another fun fact, it started drizzling while I had the top off to the point I was using the front wipers, yet no water was getting in the cabin. I was astonished, expecting to get soaked. But upon stopping to put the panels back on, I could not find a drop of water in the front or rear row. I guess the wind coming over the windshield was enough to push the rain back before it could fall in? But I digress...
After putting the top in the trunk, they let me pull it out of the delivery room and we took a bunch of photos outside, as attached. Everyone at the dealership was coming over to say congrats and it was a really great time. Nothing like any other car buying experience I've had, but I know the situation is unique with the Bronco with availability being what it is. Everything about the experience was great.
After the photos and our pineapple pizza lunch (I had to), I met with Anthony and his colleague in the finance department. They looked for the best rates available and gave me options which I appreciated. They did offer an extended warranty package and tire/wheel coverage, but after discussing the options I decided to pass, which was no problem. No pressure or discomfort.
One thing to note, they promote a warranty product called EG Assurance, not the Ford extended warranties. https://www.egassurance.com/ if you want to read up on them.
I never heard of that company before and have heard horror stories about 3rd party warranties, so that was my main motivator to pass. I see online they have a 4.6 rating on Google, so if you are interested in extending your warranty, look into that product as its what they prefer to offer. Having purchased many cars before, I know the finance office is a profit center, but I appreciate that Granger was not a hard sell experience. I know I could have come in with a lower financing rate if I really did my work before coming, but I'm ok with what they offered if they are making money on the loan, I want Granger to be profitable for all the effort they are making.
They will let you put up to $2,000 of your down payment on a credit card, which I did on my FordPass card to get the points. I opted not to use or redeem any points toward this purchase, but they can lookup what you have and apply that if you like.
They also give a lifetime powertrain warranty if you get all your routine maintenance there, wish I could take advantage of that by being closer.
Overall the experience was fantastic. We have another reservation there for a 22 which we have 99'ed until more details come out about tops. I cant wait to get back there and buy another with my dad. I feel very confident he will be trading his JL wrangler rubicon in after driving mine.
Bottom line, everything about Granger is the real deal. They did what everyone else said was impossible with a smile on their face. No gimmicks, no gotchas, and they did nothing to compensate me for this review. They earned it and as such, it was my pleasure to write this and answer any other questions anyone has.
Fire away!
I hope someday we can all get a reunion of Granger Broncos together and celebrate with and as a part the Granger family.
___________________________
I know there are lot of details everyone is looking for, so i'm going to do my best to share as much as I can in bullets. I will expand with the experience further along.
- Reservation Date: 7/13/20, as soon as the site opened. Took a number of retries to get though, but while everyone was watching the reveal video I was pushing my reservation through.
- Reservation Number: 10120049
- Order Conversion Date: 1/22/21
- MSRP: $62,695.00
- Scheduled for Production email: 4/15/21
- Original build week: 6/7/21
- Actual Build / Blend date: 6/23/21
- Gate Release: 6/25/21
- Shipped Date: 6/28/21 via Rail (CSX to BNSF Route: MI > Blue Island, IL > Kansas City, MO > Omaha, NE)
- Rail car: TTGX995925
- Expected delivery date: 7/14/21 - 7/20/21
- Actual arrival date at Granger 7/9/21 about 5pm via truck
- Got the news 7am Saturday in an email from Zach
- Drove to Urbandale, IA Sunday afternoon
- We arrived at Granger 11:30 am Monday morning (Had to work remotely in the morning, yes it was killing me)
- Met Amanda, Sean, Jay, and Brandon on arrival, everyone was awesome!
- We all shared some pineapple pizza for lunch
- Had an easy, quick trip through the finance office, no surprises or gotchas.
- Final price paid: $1300 Under Invoice ( I will share actual if Zach says it's ok, @Zach@Granger )
- No trade in
- Financed through 5/3rd bank at a rate of 2.64 for 72 with 5K down, 802 credit score. (If you want to bring your own financing, start early. I tried to use penfed, but their document process is very slow)
- Payments of 818/month, no prepayment penalty
- Started the trip home around 3pm (17 North to US 30 to Clinton, IA, and then I 88 the rest of the way)
- In the garage at 10:30pm (So thankful it fit!)
- Got the first good night's sleep in who knows how long
- THANKFUL TO EVERYONE AT GRANGER, THANKFUL TO ALBERT, THANKFUL TO EVERYONE HERE
PenFed could have been 1.99 for 60 if I started earlier. Ive heard DCU goes as low as 1.49.
Thanks Abe for the photos.Update 1: One thing I wasn't able to capture in my bullets was the value of the time I spent with Albert here on the forum. Before his contributions here, my reservation was at a local dealership here in the chicago area. For the record, I still think that dealership is a great one and hopefully that will continue as I bring them the Bronco for service. I should expect nothing less, but you never know. But regardless, Albert Sent Me! His work and time here has been invaluable for a lot of people and he earned my business fair and square. And I know he was doing it right since 1000's of other people came along too. It's no exaggeration to say I will think of him every time I climb inside. I'm sad I never had the opportunity to meet him in person, but I know that he was a great man who treated people the way they should be treated, and that is more important than any new car or truck. Albert, you the man!
Update 2:
On arrival we drove down to the Ford building which serves as an awesome delivery center. As you can see in the pictures, they are still working on a beautiful mural on the side of the building that is almost done. There are going to be so many great photos in front of it.
After walking in, I met with Amanda and we started going over everything about the Bronco. She helped me get my phone setup, FordPass working, and some of the sync 4 system settings. From there, we removed the two front top panels and put them in the included bag. The panels are light, but later on in the drive I put them back on and found the cabin noise to be very nice and more quiet than I expected. With the panels off, it is noisier of course but not uncomfortably so while doing 70mph. Another fun fact, it started drizzling while I had the top off to the point I was using the front wipers, yet no water was getting in the cabin. I was astonished, expecting to get soaked. But upon stopping to put the panels back on, I could not find a drop of water in the front or rear row. I guess the wind coming over the windshield was enough to push the rain back before it could fall in? But I digress...
After putting the top in the trunk, they let me pull it out of the delivery room and we took a bunch of photos outside, as attached. Everyone at the dealership was coming over to say congrats and it was a really great time. Nothing like any other car buying experience I've had, but I know the situation is unique with the Bronco with availability being what it is. Everything about the experience was great.
After the photos and our pineapple pizza lunch (I had to), I met with Anthony and his colleague in the finance department. They looked for the best rates available and gave me options which I appreciated. They did offer an extended warranty package and tire/wheel coverage, but after discussing the options I decided to pass, which was no problem. No pressure or discomfort.
One thing to note, they promote a warranty product called EG Assurance, not the Ford extended warranties. https://www.egassurance.com/ if you want to read up on them.
I never heard of that company before and have heard horror stories about 3rd party warranties, so that was my main motivator to pass. I see online they have a 4.6 rating on Google, so if you are interested in extending your warranty, look into that product as its what they prefer to offer. Having purchased many cars before, I know the finance office is a profit center, but I appreciate that Granger was not a hard sell experience. I know I could have come in with a lower financing rate if I really did my work before coming, but I'm ok with what they offered if they are making money on the loan, I want Granger to be profitable for all the effort they are making.
They will let you put up to $2,000 of your down payment on a credit card, which I did on my FordPass card to get the points. I opted not to use or redeem any points toward this purchase, but they can lookup what you have and apply that if you like.
They also give a lifetime powertrain warranty if you get all your routine maintenance there, wish I could take advantage of that by being closer.
Overall the experience was fantastic. We have another reservation there for a 22 which we have 99'ed until more details come out about tops. I cant wait to get back there and buy another with my dad. I feel very confident he will be trading his JL wrangler rubicon in after driving mine.
Bottom line, everything about Granger is the real deal. They did what everyone else said was impossible with a smile on their face. No gimmicks, no gotchas, and they did nothing to compensate me for this review. They earned it and as such, it was my pleasure to write this and answer any other questions anyone has.
Fire away!
I hope someday we can all get a reunion of Granger Broncos together and celebrate with and as a part the Granger family.
___________________________
I know there are lot of details everyone is looking for, so i'm going to do my best to share as much as I can in bullets. I will expand with the experience further along.
- Reservation Date: 7/13/20, as soon as the site opened. Took a number of retries to get though, but while everyone was watching the reveal video I was pushing my reservation through.
- Reservation Number: 10120049
- Order Conversion Date: 1/22/21
- MSRP: $62,695.00
- Scheduled for Production email: 4/15/21
- Original build week: 6/7/21
- Actual Build / Blend date: 6/23/21
- Gate Release: 6/25/21
- Shipped Date: 6/28/21 via Rail (CSX to BNSF Route: MI > Blue Island, IL > Kansas City, MO > Omaha, NE)
- Rail car: TTGX995925
- Expected delivery date: 7/14/21 - 7/20/21
- Actual arrival date at Granger 7/9/21 about 5pm via truck
- Got the news 7am Saturday in an email from Zach
- Drove to Urbandale, IA Sunday afternoon
- We arrived at Granger 11:30 am Monday morning (Had to work remotely in the morning, yes it was killing me)
- Met Amanda, Sean, Jay, and Brandon on arrival, everyone was awesome!
- We all shared some pineapple pizza for lunch
- Had an easy, quick trip through the finance office, no surprises or gotchas.
- Final price paid: $1300 Under Invoice ( I will share actual if Zach says it's ok, @Zach@Granger )
- No trade in
- Financed through 5/3rd bank at a rate of 2.64 for 72 with 5K down, 802 credit score. (If you want to bring your own financing, start early. I tried to use penfed, but their document process is very slow)
- Payments of 818/month, no prepayment penalty
- Started the trip home around 3pm (17 North to US 30 to Clinton, IA, and then I 88 the rest of the way)
- In the garage at 10:30pm (So thankful it fit!)
- Got the first good night's sleep in who knows how long
- THANKFUL TO EVERYONE AT GRANGER, THANKFUL TO ALBERT, THANKFUL TO EVERYONE HERE
