Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

[inco]

I think Ashley and the dealer are both getting frustrated, so it's not just me anymore. :waiting: Still no responses forthcoming. We know not why the vehicle has not moved in over a month now.

 

I'm thinking maybe it can't. Perhaps some damage was done along the way to the rail cars, or their contents and perhaps they cannot be delivered. Nobody wants to step up and say so. If there are no issues, then why hasn't somebody answered with a response, rather than leave us in the dark.

 

So I'm leaning to the thought that the car cannot be delivered and am going to ask the dealer to see what is out there that has been delivered and not sold yet. Don't want to give up this car since it has the package I want, but on the other hand I cannot wait and sit it hoping it will arrive. If we can't get the shipping company, or Ford, or both to provide an explanation then maybe it's time to move along.

[acdii]

Here is something I know about car delivery. When the rail car reaches its off loading destination, the rail company clears its records of it, no longer on the books, destination reached, so you will get no further updates until the rail car has been emptied and back in the possession of the rail company. At this point it is up to the rail yard to off load the car and load it on a truck to its final destination. Here is where tracking is lost since no one particular company is involved. The company offloading the car puts it in its lot, then contracts out to the local trucking companies and loads them based on destination. If a truck has less than a half load for any given location, then it doesn't get loaded. It will only get loaded when a truck for your local area has a full load, until then it sits.

Some rail yards have a finite amount of time a car can sit on the lot unloaded, so until a truck is available, they leave them on the rail cars.

 

In any case, no one will be able to get a sitrep on the car unless they actually go to the rail yard and ask about it, then you have to find the right person who may or may not give you the time of day let alone where your car is.

[inco]

Thanks for that information Acdii, it offers me a glimmer of hope. Dealers must really be upset about this process too because without product they don't get the cash flow to close the deals. That must be a big hurt to them.

 

Anyway the system needs to change and be improved. With information technology out there you would think someone would invent a tracking system that offers real time updates from the car even.

[hermans]

Here is something I know about car delivery. When the rail car reaches its off loading destination, the rail company clears its records of it, no longer on the books, destination reached, so you will get no further updates until the rail car has been emptied and back in the possession of the rail company. At this point it is up to the rail yard to off load the car and load it on a truck to its final destination. Here is where tracking is lost since no one particular company is involved. The company offloading the car puts it in its lot, then contracts out to the local trucking companies and loads them based on destination. If a truck has less than a half load for any given location, then it doesn't get loaded. It will only get loaded when a truck for your local area has a full load, until then it sits.

Some rail yards have a finite amount of time a car can sit on the lot unloaded, so until a truck is available, they leave them on the rail cars.

 

In any case, no one will be able to get a sitrep on the car unless they actually go to the rail yard and ask about it, then you have to find the right person who may or may not give you the time of day let alone where your car is.

I don't know, if you look at Cyderman's updates there are plenty of them that show the final delivery destination to the dealer along with the date it is delivered. My own update on both cars showed them being delivered to the dealer.

 

Here's an example:

Delivered - Final Delivered (Auto Transport Group Llc ) F74990 - Horizon Ford Seattle, WA Jan-10-2014, 13:17 PT.

Edited January 15, 2014 by hermans

[acdii]

When I tracked mine, when it arrived at the rail yard until it was dropped off at the dealers door, there were no updates available. Every day there was an update as to where the car was until it arrived, then all it said was at rail yard pending delivery. This is to a Chicago rail yard, a busy one too.

[inco]

So when a vehicle has arrived by train it now goes to the "Twilight Zone". That's the name I'm attaching to the vast gap of information. We know it's 'out there' but nothing else. ;)

 

I contacted my dealer yesterday and have asked them to find another car. No choice. It is not logical to sit here and know nothing. :gaah:

[acdii]

It's in the hands of the "handlers" of the rail yard. Have you gone to the Ford site and done a regional search? Build a car with the options you want in the area code you are looking in, and it will list a few dealers and what they have on hand.

[inco]

Scrap everything. It's here! And alive and well! The dealer just got it...... :happy feet: :happy feet: :love_shower:

[acdii]

Scrap everything. It's here! And alive and well! The dealer just got it...... :happy feet: :happy feet: :love_shower:

Congrats! See, it was in limbo waiting for a truck! :) Dont rush to it, let them make sure its clean and prepped, and everything is working before you pick it up.

[corncobs]

Scrap everything. It's here! And alive and well! The dealer just got it...... :happy feet: :happy feet: :love_shower:

Congrats! I agree with acdii let them go thru the car carefully it has been sitting for a while. Nice to know that there is another happy FFH owner on the road soon.

[inco]

_{People come and go in our lives, like passing ships in the night. Here today and perhaps gone tomorrow. Sometimes the contact is so fleeting that we tend to forget them and how we met and maybe what impact they made on our lives. So with having said that.....}

 

_{I want to go on Record and thank Ashley for her help in the arrival of my FFH. She kept asking and poking around trying to get me answers and I wanted to thank her for her time and efforts. If I were there with her she would have a Great Big Canadian Bear Hug. :)} :mademyday:

 

_{So Ashley thank you, thank you, for your part in helping make this happen. :thumbsup:}

[inco]

Ok I might have mastered how to post a picture. It looks like it is here and as you can see, it's black. I was asked to post it because in it's present form, I would normally be reluctant to share. But to keep a certain member happy - you know who you are - right? The things we have to do to make others happy. :worship: It's sitting at the dealer's lot just off the truck.

Edited January 17, 2014 by inco

[acdii]

I like the angle it was taken, the mirror lines up with the chrome trim, and makes it look symmetrical. BTW if you discover your wheels swapped out someday with 18" Ti wheels.........wasn't me.

[inco]

In your dreams....The car is stashed at a secret location and I have alerted CBS that it's possible that an American driving a HiTi might try to sneak into Canada to "extract" certain things. CBS is Canadian Border Services by the way and since we are such a small country, it would take you a lifetime to find it! :play:

 

I specifically chose the appearance package because of those rims, plus the fact that I'm not a fan of leather anymore - it's a matter of the seats not warming up fast enough for me and who wants a cold butt? Don't forget - this is Canada. Cloth is faster and more forgiving and with that package you get a slightly better looking seat, and maybe better built?

Edited January 17, 2014 by inco

[acdii]

The one thing I really miss about my 2010 Sport were the rims. Too bad they wont fit the 13. I dont mind the rims I have now, they look pretty good when rolling(when they are clean). They sparkle when the sin hits them just right.

[inco]

"They sparkle when the sin hits them just right."

 

Aha another reason to alert the Border Patrol - his rims are sinners. Probably borrowed from Midnight Auto. :sneaking:

[hermans]

Ok I might have mastered how to post a picture. It looks like it is here and as you can see, it's black. I was asked to post it because in it's present form, I would normally be reluctant to share. But to keep a certain member happy - you know who you are - right? The things we have to do to make others happy. :worship: It's sitting at the dealer's lot just off the truck.

Is this a picture of your car?

[inco]

I hope so. The dealer is the only one that knows for sure.

[DeeCee]

Congrats on the new "wheels"!

 

Based on the title of this thread it only came a few of weeks late.

[hermans]

I hope so. The dealer is the only one that knows for sure.

Just wondering because that is the same picture that Jeff H posted of his car on the Blue Oval forums.

 

http://www.blueovalforums.com/forums/index.php?/topic/55619-2014-fusion-se-hybrid/&do=findComment&comment=889189

[inco]

Yes, at Jeff's prodding I posted that picture there and he worked his magic I guess. Anyway it should be ay my dealer's place now and I'm going over to take a peek at it. They will be installing the remote start on Monday and change the licence etc. and then I'm scheduled to pick it up on Tuesday.

[jeff_h]

Yes, at Jeff's prodding I posted that picture there and he worked his magic I guess. Anyway it should be ay my dealer's place now and I'm going over to take a peek at it. They will be installing the remote start on Monday and change the licence etc. and then I'm scheduled to pick it up on Tuesday.

 

No magic, just asked for an update from a source that would be impartial and if there was something that had gone wrong with the car like being damaged in transit and it showed on the status, the cyberdman update would have very likely had shown that and exposed that someone else in the mix was BS-ing, but I guess not and it just sat on a train for a long time without the drama. Glad that you finally got it.