Ford is sending out order forms

[Don weller]

no idea. I would imagine that it won't be open to everyone at the same time as it might allow someone with a quick "trigger finger" to jump way ahead of those that ordered early on. ...it might be a per dealership thing. So, if a dealer allocated 10 in the first shipment and they only had 8 reservations, then all 8 at that location might get their notice to place their orders early on. If that same dealer with 10 coming had 20 reservations, then the remaining 10 would have to wait until the next round. ...assuming all 10 from the first batch actually follow through. I would be very surprised like REALLY surprised if all 150,000 of the reservations make good. ...or if even half of them do. $100 really isn't much skin in the game and it is refundable. I think Ford knows that. Either the interest fades as they wait. Move on to something else. Life changes. ...or they just want to get details early. Even the fee to order isn't that bad through my dealer. $500 to $1000 depending. It's refundable too. So... yeah. Could get interesting. I would imagine that given the "order only" nature of this dealers may make the ordering fee non-refundable. I can't say I'd blame them for that. So people aren't ordering tricked out top dollar models and then walking away.

I would expect ford to follow what they did for ordering a bronco. They put the ordering information online, you picked the options you wanted and went to your dealer and placed your order, that's what my Grandson did.

 

[corradoborg]

no idea. I would imagine that it won't be open to everyone at the same time as it might allow someone with a quick "trigger finger" to jump way ahead of those that ordered early on. ...it might be a per dealership thing. So, if a dealer allocated 10 in the first shipment and they only had 8 reservations, then all 8 at that location might get their notice to place their orders early on. If that same dealer with 10 coming had 20 reservations, then the remaining 10 would have to wait until the next round. ...assuming all 10 from the first batch actually follow through. I would be very surprised (like REALLY surprised) if all 150,000 of the reservations make good. ...or if even half of them do. $100 really isn't much skin in the game and it is refundable. I think Ford knows that. Either the interest fades as they wait. Move on to something else. Life changes. ...or they just want to get details early. Even the fee to order isn't that bad through my dealer. $500 to $1000 depending. It's refundable too. So... yeah. Could get interesting. I would imagine that given the "order only" nature of this dealers may make the ordering fee non-refundable. I can't say I'd blame them for that. So people aren't ordering tricked out top dollar models and then walking away.

Allocation will definitely play a part, but it shouldn't matter when someone fills out their order form too much, as long as it's before whatever deadline Ford sets. The timestamp of each of our $100 reservations are what should establish the pecking order at each dealership. Aside from that, you should only be able to move up in line through attrition, as not all reservations will convert to orders.

 

[frunk]

I am not following you on this. I filled out the reservation on line with a credit card so they get the money at the same time don't they

 

[Don weller]

I am not following you on this. I filled out the reservation on line with a credit card so they get the money at the same time don't they

Yes if you use a credit card ford got the money. I did the same thing, I actually got an email from Ford telling me they got the money, that was back in May.

 

[corradoborg]

I am not following you on this. I filled out the reservation on line with a credit card so they get the money at the same time don't they

Yes, and the timestamp of when that happened determines the order of the waiting list. NOT the reservation number.

 

[Don weller]

Yes if you use a credit card ford got the money. I did the same thing, I actually got an email from Ford telling me they got the money, that was back in May.

 

[goose2]

I was told by Ford customer service that they will go in the order your reservation was put in so hauling ass to your local dealer to be the first one to order probably won’t do any good. There will be a few that won’t take there reservation so that will be the only way to move up the pecking order. If you were past the 35,000 reserve I would not plan on one in 22.

 

[1st ford]

if you call Ford customer service will they tell you were your reservation falls in line? I registered on day 3 and that night on the news it said they already had 45,000 reservations. Im assuming a 60% conversion rate which still leaves me in the 27,000 range.

 

[frunk]

I can not wait to get my new Lightning. The old Lightning is get tired.

 

[jrueter]

View attachment 134 I can not wait to get my new Lightning. The old Lightning is get tired.

I grew up near an Amish community. You would occasionally see stuff like this, or the buggy tricked out with crushed velvet interior and fuzzy dice hanging from the roof!

 

[Don weller]

I grew up near an Amish community. You would occasionally see stuff like this, or the buggy tricked out with crushed velvet interior and fuzzy dice hanging from the roof!

Did you grow up in Pennsylvania.

 

[jrueter]

Did you grow up in Pennsylvania.

Maryland, but visited the Pennsylvania Dutch Amish regularly

 

[Don weller]

Maryland, but visited the Pennsylvania Dutch Amish regularly

I live in pa. 38miles north of Hagerstown they go by my house on a daily basis it night I see there blue lights on the buggy and hear the boom box playing and see the occasional glow of a cigarette haha.

 

[Lobtsering2003]

Ford is sending out our order forms in early September and Will start production in late September They told me today on the phone.

They lied.

 

[nuttalbay]

Ford is sending out our order forms in early September and Will start production in late September They told me today on the phone.

Here we are at the end of November and Canadians still can't get an order form...what gives?

 

[rtw819]

Here we are at the end of November and Canadians still can't get an order form...what gives?

Everyone is still waiting. No U.S. "order forms" yet either. It's still Fall for a few more weeks or so, so technically there is still time. Maybe it'll be an early Christmas present -- who knows.

 

[LEHuskey]

Everyone is still waiting. No U.S. "order forms" yet either. It's still Fall for a few more weeks or so, so technically there is still time. Maybe it'll be an early Christmas present -- who knows.

I'm hearing January now... only rumors online, though. Nothing substantiated. My dealer is telling me it'll be 2023 before I'll get my lightning.

 

[frunk]

I'm hearing January now... only rumors online, though. Nothing substantiated. My dealer is telling me it'll be 2023 before I'll get my lightning.

Is he saying that because you where late in reserving or what