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[Bossburton]

Thanks for the update Muzzzza. Have you received an email from Ford yet confirming DH shipped.

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[muzzzza]

Unfortunately no Ford email, in fact I’ve never received one from them like others I’ve seen on here. Not from lack of trying, I’ve spoken to Ford Cust Service multiple times & also dealer got involved but never fixed.
My dealer has been great, sending Vista updates which seems to have all the info including compound exit date & ship name. That’s the best update I’ll get I guess.

 

[VB50GT]

My dealer told me that when you signed your contract, there should have been a Privacy Statement from Ford - if you ticked "No" to the "do you want all the marketing etc" question you won't receive all the update emails from Ford.
I know I have only received a couple of emails - nothing like some reported on here.

 

[Bossburton]

I don't recall the Privacy Statement from Ford but I have received two emails from Ford. First one was confirming I had a car in production and the second on 12 September stating my vehicle had been built and left the Flat Rock plant in Michigan, transported to Baltimore where it will board the next available ship. Also, we will be in touch again once the ship is on it's way.
Even though the Screenshot noted the vessel Torino and this ship sailed on 28 Sept I'm hoping to get confirmation, which is yet to arrive.
Have to feel for Muzzzza as he has been let down by Ford, big time. It shouldn't matter if you said No to the Marketing. The whole process of keeping buyers informed along the way (and this has been a long long road to get our cars) has been minimal at best. No complaints about my dealer as the screenshots have been supplied regularly. But they have had a lack of information to deal with as well.

 

[86RIOT]

Unfortunately no Ford email, in fact I’ve never received one from them like others I’ve seen on here. Not from lack of trying, I’ve spoken to Ford Cust Service multiple times & also dealer got involved but never fixed.
My dealer has been great, sending Vista updates which seems to have all the info including compound exit date & ship name. That’s the best update I’ll get I guess.

I feel for you, I only got one email myself But the Torino has a pretty direct schedule!

 

[muzzzza]

Actually the latest schedule looks a bit odd, going back to Baltimore again? If this is the case the strike has led to a 1 week delay into Pt Kembla. This is how it looked last week. Anyway what’s a few extra days after the delays so far.

 

[SnowyB]

There are, must be marks for drilling front supplied plate holder which is huge.....the flow brackets so much better, and once number plate, you can't see them on front of car

Hope you are enjoying the car mate. I picked up mine on Saturday, currently got no front plate on after scratching my head with the dealer I saw this and have ordered the flow plinth and bracket today.

Also, do your puddle lights work properly? Mine didn't but seem to only work when the mirrors are folded in now, which is the opposite of what the online manual says?

 

[N1T3MRE]

Hope you are enjoying the car mate. I picked up mine on Saturday, currently got no front plate on after scratching my head with the dealer I saw this and have ordered the flow plinth and bracket today.

Also, do your puddle lights work properly? Mine didn't but seem to only work when the mirrors are folded in now, which is the opposite of what the online manual says?

The only time I have seen them working was when I walked passed the car on day 2 to duck over to the servo to get some brekky....the car was locked at the time and it did its little wake up dance, trying to work out if I can get changed to a DH logo

 

[SnowyB]

The only time I have seen them working was when I walked passed the car on day 2 to duck over to the servo to get some brekky....the car was locked at the time and it did its little wake up dance, trying to work out if I can get changed to a DH logo

Yep, same as mine.

I have a set of the dark horse lamps on order from autoware, they are a few weeks away still when i last asked.

 

[Adamrx11]

Great to hear you’re loving the car.

I have a GT and there’s no hood movement, so as mentioned above it will need adjustment

I'm already taking mine to the dealership for a misaligned hood but notice that my hood also raises at high speeds on the highways especially when big rigs pass. What do I need to ask them to do for that?

 

[86RIOT]

I'm already taking mine to the dealership for a misaligned hood but notice that my hood also raises at high speeds on the highways especially when big rigs pass. What do I need to ask them to do for that?

i work in a service dept, just describe your issue as above. If the advisor is semi competent, they should be able to organise and rectify the complaint.

after the repair ask what been done, and if you can have a copy of invoice with the repair outlined. As I see this as a warranty repair. Just in case a repeat repair may need to be done.

hope that helps

 

[Adamrx11]

i work in a service dept, just describe your issue as above. If the advisor is semi competent, they should be able to organise and rectify the complaint.

after the repair ask what been done, and if you can have a copy of invoice with the repair outlined. As I see this as a warranty repair. Just in case a repeat repair may need to be done.

hope that helps

It does thank u for the advice

 

[N1T3MRE]

For all those wondering...the answer is yes

 

[Bossburton]

Muzzzza your DH details for car and process dates are exactly the same as mine.
Your Vin must be close to mine also. My last four numbers are 1178.

Actually the latest schedule looks a bit odd, going back to Baltimore again? If this is the case the strike has led to a 1 week delay into Pt Kembla. This is how it looked last week. Anyway what’s a few extra days after the delays so far.

 

[Bossburton]

Latest schedule for Torino (as of 9 Oct) shows departure from Baltimore on 12 Oct duration 33 days and ETA Bne 14 Nov. As you say a few extra days. Fingers crossed no further delays.

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