10/4 Build Week Club

[Crawfunkle]

According to dealer I’m scheduled for 10/4 as well. No window sticker showing either. Will verify with FP chat in morning

Interested to hear what FP tell you. I'm 1 week out from my supposed build day of 10/6 - still no window sticker.... beginning to suspect i've been pushed back once again. Haven't checked in with dealer or FP for a week or so - sick of getting the bad news.

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[Dd08]

Well I was just about to start looking at some other options for a truck (off the lot, 2022 order, lightning order) and was actually emailing the dealer as I went to go check on production for my 2021. Build date of 10-04 seems to finally be sticking. Window sticker was not available yesterday but is now up today!

https://www.windowsticker.forddirect.com/windowsticker.pdf?vin=1ftew1ep1mke50413

 

[ib_jigged]

Well I was just about to start looking at some other options for a truck (off the lot, 2022 order, lightning order) and was actually emailing the dealer as I went to go check on production for my 2021. Build date of 10-04 seems to finally be sticking. Window sticker was not available yesterday but is now up today!

https://www.windowsticker.forddirect.com/windowsticker.pdf?vin=1ftew1ep1mke50413

Nice, I see you are only about 140 miles north of me!

 

[Kingtermite]

Got my window sticker today (Build day 10/6 per Ford Performance)! Yay!

 

[Crawfunkle]

Window Sticker just loaded - I can't get too excited but holy sh!T I can't believe i'm finally seeing progress.

 

[ib_jigged]

I want my window sticker!

 

[Bigboypants]

Got my window sticker today, does it mean my truck will be build next week right? On tracker still shows ETA 1990/01/01 and nothing else, ordered 2021/03/23

Anyone knows how long will it take for my truck to be delivered from Kansas to Canada/Ontario?

 

[Lar]

I want my window sticker!

Ordered 5/18 with several build dates, most recently 10/4. Window sticker now available this am with blend date 10/5.

 

[ib_jigged]

Ordered 5/18 with several build dates, most recently 10/4. Window sticker now available this am with blend date 10/5.

KC build or Dearborn?

 

[ib_jigged]

Well, no window sticker yet, but I just checked the Ford Tracker and I now have this!

I about shat myself! I placed my order with the dealer on 5-13. Exactly 20 weeks to get to this point!

 

[Crawfunkle]

Well, no window sticker yet, but I just checked the Ford Tracker and I now have this!

I about shat myself! I placed my order with the dealer on 5-13. Exactly 20 weeks to get to this point!

Now that your status is "In Production" You should see the WS anytime now... I put the over/under for # of times you check the tracker Today at about 845, hah.
It's so weird though... when my WS first loaded, my status still said "In order processing", then after a while it updated to "In Production"... no consistency, just chaos and randomness over at Ford.

 

[ib_jigged]

Now that your status is "In Production" You should see the WS anytime now... I put the over/under for # of times you check the tracker Today at about 845, hah.
It's so weird though... when my WS first loaded, my status still said "In order processing", then after a while it updated to "In Production"... no consistency, just chaos and randomness over at Ford.

I would really like to know how many times since June 15th I have clicked the link I have saved for the window sticker site! I'm sure it's way over 1000! Probably about 200 since last Friday when I was just over a week from my build date alone!

It sure is a good feeling when you see some movement! Almost as exciting as becoming a new dad!

 

[Blinky]

Now that your status is "In Production" You should see the WS anytime now... I put the over/under for # of times you check the tracker Today at about 845, hah.
It's so weird though... when my WS first loaded, my status still said "In order processing", then after a while it updated to "In Production"... no consistency, just chaos and randomness over at Ford.

Software developer here and if you want to know what I think is likely happening and why the data gets updated at different times keep reading.

The delay/update difference between tracking data and window sticker showing up is likely due to web server caching. The data gets stored in servers closer to end users from a central database to provide better response and load times. The data in these servers closer to users only refreshes every so often from the central database. Specifically PDF generation (like the window stickers) takes compute time, so for something that may only update once a week, having it update only every hour or even only once a day is generally a good trade off for performance and cost.

For the tracking information its more that they have multiple web servers responding to queries so that one server doesn't get overload with requests and no one gets any tracking information. Saving the data on these servers, and only updating periodically, prevents the central database from being overwhelmed.

These are different times and in previous years the delay would likely not be noticed. This year however . . .

I don't think it is randomness or chaos in this instance, just real world technical cost/benefit analysis.

Just picked my truck up yesterday. It took 6 months to the day from ordering to receiving it. I was checking the tracker more than was probably healthy. Super happy I waited for the truck I wanted instead of finding something off a lot.

 

[Dd08]

Got my window sticker today, does it mean my truck will be build next week right? On tracker still shows ETA 1990/01/01 and nothing else, ordered 2021/03/23

Anyone knows how long will it take for my truck to be delivered from Kansas to Canada/Ontario?

I'm wondering this as well.. I bet there is a thread on the process but is there really an average ETA between build date and delivery?

My dealer still thinks I'll be waiting on a chip once it's produced and still doesn't anticipate delivery until December?

 

[Crawfunkle]

Software developer here and if you want to know what I think is likely happening and why the data gets updated at different times keep reading.

The delay/update difference between tracking data and window sticker showing up is likely due to web server caching. The data gets stored in servers closer to end users from a central database to provide better response and load times. The data in these servers closer to users only refreshes every so often from the central database. Specifically PDF generation (like the window stickers) takes compute time, so for something that may only update once a week, having it update only every hour or even only once a day is generally a good trade off for performance and cost.

For the tracking information its more that they have multiple web servers responding to queries so that one server doesn't get overload with requests and no one gets any tracking information. Saving the data on these servers, and only updating periodically, prevents the central database from being overwhelmed.

These are different times and in previous years the delay would likely not be noticed. This year however . . .

I don't think it is randomness or chaos in this instance, just real world technical cost/benefit analysis.

Just picked my truck up yesterday. It took 6 months to the day from ordering to receiving it. I was checking the tracker more than was probably healthy. Super happy I waited for the truck I wanted instead of finding something off a lot.

Cheers Dave, some interesting and great insight there. I'm just super anxious due to long delays and reading too much into it. We're all probably hounding the tracker too much.

Enjoy your new truck, no doubt you'll a perma-grin like a fox eating guts.

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