Dealer was heasatant, but offered to hold my trade in value till truck came in from order. Wanted to order Lariat HD Payload which is late availability. Dealer was hesistant to hold trade in because of this, and said that was a HUGE value to me, blah blah blah. So is it really that big of a deal? So how late maybe one or two months later than other models? Did not pull the trigger yet.

 

Crickets?

 

I read this when you first posted but your question is slightly vague. Are you looking to verify if your dealer is being unfair or wondering about delivery time for actually receiving the truck?

There are quite a few unknowns even with trucks that don't have late availability components so adding the known late availability could get risky for your dealer to lock in a trade in valuation on your truck. Retail orders aren't even going to be hitting until February or March then adding late availability could mean even longer. It's not inconceivable to think of a scenario where trucks might not be coming in until late spring or early summer of 2015. A valuation in late September 2014 would be 6 months old if the truck landed at your dealer at the end of March 2015. It seems fair that your dealer wouldn't lock in a trade value six months out with so many variables in production. GM had huge issues producing enough vehicles to meet demand in 2014 specifically Denali optioned units. I heard that if you want a sliding rear window in a GM truck right now it's a six month wait just for that option.

I think that Ford is going to produce and push out a few units right away to meet their January 2014 commitment of delivering the new F-150 this year but in reality 2015's won't be readily attainable until second quarter of 2015. Ford has to complete the Dearborn rework then shut down Kansas and retrofit that facility. After the Kansas retrofit is complete can they produce at full capacity.

Don't be expecting many discounts for the next year.

 

I disagree on availability. Dearborn will be up to full steam by November, even 2 shifts will out pump out enough for dealers to have some in stock. 54 jobs an hour, for even 2 shifts, 7 days is allot of trucks. Come February KC and Dearborn will be full speed @ 60,000 trucks a month, 3 shifts.

 

Thanks for the reply, and I was just seeing if he was pulling my leg about holding the trade value, and if it was that really good of a deal since I haven't shopped any other dealers.. I just figured late availability would only be a month longer. He came in about $1,000 lower than I would have liked.

 

 

A set of Lariat HDPP trucks?

 

Glitch in the matrix... or the SQL. There's been several of these lately - totally unrelated necroposts on very old, long-since-abandoned threads. I'd write one or two off to a PEBKAC issue - but there's been at least 5 or 6 I've seen.

 

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