How many miles did yours come with?

[24RapidRed]

5.3 in the dealer showroom. When I picked it up it had 7.2. The salesperson took it and filled the gas tank up. Which was nice since I flew to Indianapolis and was driving it back home to Michigan the same day.

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[Alan Applegate]

Exactly 283. It was driven from one Ford dealer to mine. No biggie to me, as I got exactly what I was looking for.

 

[89Trooper]

Right around 7 for me!

 

[HWill]

Doesn't sound right. 27.8 miles is steep for a newly order vehicle and PDI does NOT take a week to perform. Seems a little shady to me. Mine had almost 6 miles on it when it came off the truck.

I think anything north of 10 miles is questionable. Perhaps yours incurred some miles in transit, maybe they needed to transfer it to another rail car or something. Since it was ordered I doubt it was involved in a dealer trade. Miles can accrue with trades between dealers. Even if the dealer took it for a PDI ride, I've never seen a new one north of 10 miles. Something is definitely up. You are right to be disappointed.

The PDI process does not take a week to perform. I was actually there when my car came off the truck and watched the PDI. I would say mine took 2 hours but only because they had to free up a tech to do the PDI which took 30-45minutes if I recall. I didn't have them install the underbody air strakes.

PDI can take longer and even go into days if there are other vehicles in front of yours and they need to schedule a tech for it. Also, which is not part of PDI that can extend your wait is if you have any dealer add-ons.

My car coming off the line was drove at least 6 times before I took delivery. All usually short distances.
There can be additional movement at staging areas and even the dealership moving it around before PDI.
PDI drive varies on the dealership from what I have seen, mine was a 4-5mile trip without getting gas.

Under 30 miles doesn't sound bad at all, not sure why you want to stress him out with misinformation.

 

[RebelMan]

Under 30 miles doesn't sound bad at all, not sure why you want to stress him out with misinformation.

Really? Let's examine...

1. The OP was curious, i.e., he asked what people thought, and I answered.
2. The OP was not "stress"ed, he was disappointed, and I concurred.
3. No one was misinformed but you have misunderstood.

Of the dozen or so vehicles that I purchased new, over the years, NONE were anywhere near 30 miles. IIRC the highest was 12 and that was after a trip to the gas station. In fact, I purchased a 2019 F-150 that sat on the lot for nearly a year, and it only had 7 miles on it. All but one were purchased off the lot. Near 30 miles on the OD for a new vehicle that the OP ordered is excessive, period.

 

[HWill]

Really? Let's examine...

1. The OP was curious, i.e., he asked what people thought, and I answered.
2. The OP was not "stress"ed, he was disappointed, and I concurred.
3. No one was misinformed but you have misunderstood.

Of the dozen or so vehicles that I purchased new, over the years, NONE were anywhere near 30 miles. IIRC the highest was 12 and that was after a trip to the gas station. In fact, I purchased a 2019 F-150 that sat on the lot for nearly a year, and it only had 7 miles on it. All but one were purchased off the lot. Near 30 miles on the OD for a new vehicle that the OP ordered is excessive, period.

I guess reading is hard for you when I listed the reasons a vehicle ordered can have that many miles on it.
Misinformation is you stating it is excessive when you don't know what all the vehicle has been through and not knowing the process.

 

[RebelMan]

I guess reading is hard for you when I listed the reasons a vehicle ordered can have that many miles on it.
Misinformation is you stating it is excessive when you don't know what all the vehicle has been through and not knowing the process.

I have a clearer understanding than you do. You don't know what happened anymore than I do. We are both speculating here, however, the odds are in my favor. School is out now.

 

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[HWill]

I have a clearer understanding than you do. You don't know what happened anymore than I do. We are both speculating here, however, the odds are in my favor. School is out now.

I actually have a very good understanding of what happens when a vehicle is rolled out of the assembly line.
Like I stated there are many things from there to the dealership that can add miles on vehicles. With my vehicles that I track, my experience at rail yards, and the vehicle order/purchasing process I know a thing or two.

I have seen some vehicles come off the truck with 30-40 miles before.

You are assuming there is cause for concern.

I didn't even go over the random cars that are picked to run the test track as from my knowledge they rarely ever done on special order vehicles.

Like I said cars are moved from staging area to staging area and depending on the amount of cars, location or other issues sometimes those vehicles are moved a lot.

I never said I know exactly what happened to his car but shared what can and does happen when a vehicle leaves the assembly line.

So to be clear you are the one assuming and I was just letting him know why and how the miles could be there, no speculation there at all.

 

[RebelMan]

So to be clear you are the one assuming and I was just letting him know why and how the miles could be there, no speculation there at all.

You are losing focus. I never questioned your experiences. However, you weren't just informing the OP. You also called me out on misinformation which is a total misunderstanding on your part. If you would have just given an account of your experiences and left it at that I wouldn't be here, but no you had to antagonize, and I take exception to that.

What you describe would be the exception not the rule. I guarantee you if it were the rule there would be massive public outcry on the matter. If it were my order that came loaded with the mileage the OP mentioned (even if we assumed your theory) I would certainly have something to say about it as I am sure many others would too (like the OP did with the genesis of this topic).

It's pretty clear the OP was looking for a consensus and by all accounts of this thread alone his mileage is not typical. He wasn't looking for speculative justification, which you seem intent on delivering.

 

[HWill]

You are losing focus. I never questioned your experiences. However, you weren't just informing the OP. You also called me out on misinformation which is a total misunderstanding on your part. If you would have just given an account of your experiences and left it at that I wouldn't be here, but no you had to antagonize, and I take exception to that.

What you describe would be the exception not the rule. I guarantee you if it were the rule there would be massive public outcry on the matter. If it were my order that came loaded with the mileage the OP mentioned (even if we assumed your theory) I would certainly have something to say about it as I am sure many others would too (like the OP did with the genesis of this topic).

It's pretty clear the OP was looking for a consensus and by all accounts of this thread alone his mileage is not typical. He wasn't looking for speculative justification, which you seem intent on delivering.

You saying you "have a clearer understanding than you "I" do", does question my experience.

I quoted you because you said "Even if the dealer took it for a PDI ride, I've never seen a new one north of 10 miles. Something is definitely up. You are right to be disappointed." This might be what you have seen but is wrong and is "misinformation".

Even on this Forum there are a lot of people that have taken delivery with more than 10 miles. In your defense I can see how someone would think a new vehicle should have less than 10 miles but it doesn't happen often.

I didn't really describe the exception but just what happens as you can see in the thread linked on the 3rd post of this topic.

I wasn't justifying anything just stating the facts and what usually happens. Jumping to conclusions and stating what does and can happen is two totally different things.

I'm sure that thread eased the OP's tensions, you might want to read it to see how common it really is.

https://www.mustang7g.com/forums/threads/how-many-miles-were-on-your-car-at-delivery.159332/

 

[LoneRanger57]

6.4mi

 

[YamenGT650]

19 miles…
I don’t see the big deal if it’s slightly more or less…

 

[HWill]

19 miles…
I don’t see the big deal if it’s slightly more or less…

There really isn't.

Most are worried the cars are abused and driven hard. And some are, there are a bunch of stories of cars being hot-rodded by dealership personal, used for food runs and other stuff.

 

[RebelMan]

You saying you "have a clearer understanding than you "I" do", does question my experience.

I quoted you because you said "Even if the dealer took it for a PDI ride, I've never seen a new one north of 10 miles. Something is definitely up. You are right to be disappointed." This might be what you have seen but is wrong and is "misinformation".

Even on this Forum there are a lot of people that have taken delivery with more than 10 miles. In your defense I can see how someone would think a new vehicle should have less than 10 miles but it doesn't happen often.

I didn't really describe the exception but just what happens as you can see in the thread linked on the 3rd post of this topic.

I wasn't justifying anything just stating the facts and what usually happens. Jumping to conclusions and stating what does and can happen is two totally different things.

I'm sure that thread eased the OP's tensions, you might want to read it to see how common it really is.

https://www.mustang7g.com/forums/threads/how-many-miles-were-on-your-car-at-delivery.159332/

I have a clearer understanding of the original post. If that statement taxes your ego then that would be a you problem. Furthermore, my accounts are factually based, not misinformed. You are free to disagree, but you would be wrong.

No car should come from the factory with 30 miles on it but if it does because of additional QC or FRAP or whatever then it should be documented as such. If its's not documented, then NO ONE KNOWS what happened. It's ALL speculation. You're trying to justify that it's not. You can't.

Saying what you think, may, can, and does happen is again all SPECULATIVE. You could be right, but NO ONE KNOWS for sure. I don't like it and neither do a lot of other people because we are left to wonder. It would be foolish to assume that no questionable actives take place in transit/delivery of our vehicles and that's what gripes us (that give a damn).

I indulged you by reviewing the link you provided covering the same ground (which we are beating to death here) and again the vast majority have vehicles with far less than 30 miles on. Like I have been saying there are a few exceptions, and some people are okay with that but just as many if not more are not. Regardless NO ONE KNOWS what happened to incur those extra miles and THAT IS THE POINT and it's NOT okay.

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