Has anyone ordered a Mach 1 yet

[Bikeman315]

Named after Dan Gurney. Look him up. One of the best race car drivers to date.

From his teams website.

http://allamericanracers.com/dan-gurney-biography/

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[wingnutt]

Gurney was credited, but it was patented as the Zaparka Flap about the time Dan was born...

http://cirodesignracing.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Gurney-flap-research.pdf

...not taking anything away from Dan, as it was his team that put it to work

 

[Atlas1]

Gurney was credited, but it was patented as the Zaparka Flap about the time Dan was born...

http://cirodesignracing.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Gurney-flap-research.pdf

...not taking anything away from Dan, as it was his team that put it to work

Let’s just stick with gurney flap. It has a better ring to it than zaparka flap lol

 

[Excalibur1]

Wow! Thanks. If I dont learn something Zaparka everyday, I am backing up.

Congrats on stopping my spread of salesman style fictional bilge.. ;)

 

[wingnutt]

lol, don’t feel bad...the only reason I know that, it was a “gotcha” question on the check ride to fly Caravans on the UPS feeder routes back in late 90s, early 2000’s

 

[Nardly]

Ford is all over the place with their projected production dates LOL...

3/19 - came to agreement with the salesman on my order.
3/22 - dealership placed the order with Ford.
3/25 - Ford emails me with a production date of May 31.
3/26 - Ford emails a production date of May 3.
3/27 - Ford emails a production date of May 24.
4/9 - Ford emails a production date of May 17.

And the order tracking site always seems to lag a few days behind the emailed updates. Come on guys, this should not be that difficult.

I haven't gotten any emails from Ford. Am I the only one? Is there something the dealer needs to do for me to get these?

 

[fastergt350]

I haven't gotten any emails from Ford. Am I the only one? Is there something the dealer needs to do for me to get these?

Call your dealer and ask for a VVR, up to date information on that VIN#.

 

[Bikeman315]

Let’s just stick with gurney flap. It has a better ring to it than zaparka flap lol

Not only that but Zaparka was given the patent for the idea. It was never turned into a useful product until Dan did it.

http://cirodesignracing.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Gurney-flap-research.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurney_flap

 

[Nardly]

Call your dealer and ask for a VVR, up to date information on that VIN#.

What is a VVR?

 

[hbash]

Call your dealer and ask for a VVR, up to date information on that VIN#.

Well, I think the question is how to start getting the notifications from Ford. Personally, I unfortunately don't get along all that well with my dealer... too late now. So, I deal as much as possible with Ford direct.

 

[fastergt350]

What is a VVR?

Vehicle Visibility Report

 

[Bikeman315]

Well, I think the question is how to start getting the notifications from Ford. Personally, I unfortunately don't get along all that well with my dealer... too late now. So, I deal as much as possible with Ford direct.

Question.....If you do not get along with your dealer what kind of penalty would you be hit with to back out of your deal? You might be surprised if he were happy for you to back out as yours would become a stock car he might be able to sell for more. Something to think about.

 

[hbash]

Question.....If you do not get along with your dealer what kind of penalty would you be hit with to back out of your deal? You might be surprised if he were happy for you to back out as yours would become a stock car he might be able to sell for more. Something to think about.

Backing out has several costs for me:
1 Getting back deposit... potentially okay
2 Going to Iowa and getting from Granger... i have my car to trade in, i live in NYC, so the round trip is about 2200 miles -> a week off of work
3 Getting onto the back of the process/queue
4 Getting the title back for my trade-in as the car has a title that states the auto loan was paid but isn't "clean"
5 This is the biggest issue: My bank loan (I have the check) would have to be re-drafted and not sure how agreeable the bank would be to that

 

[Bikeman315]

Backing out has several costs for me:
1 Getting back deposit... potentially okay
2 Going to Iowa and getting from Granger... i have my car to trade in, i live in NYC, so the round trip is about 2200 miles -> a week off of work
3 Getting onto the back of the process/queue
4 Getting the title back for my trade-in as the car has a title that states the load was paid but isn't "clean"
5 This is the biggest issue: My bank loan (I have the check) would have to be re-drafted and not sure how agreeable the bank would be to that

Yeah, this is complicated. Maybe bring them some Dunkin' Doughnuts and coffee. Might sound strange but I've done it and it works.

 

[Mikepol2]

I haven't gotten any emails from Ford. Am I the only one? Is there something the dealer needs to do for me to get these?

I'm guessing the dealer would have had to include your email address when they entered the order but I'm not sure. I have heard other guys commenting that they're not getting emails too. You might be able to call Ford customer service and ask if they can add your email address to the order, if you have the order number.

My dealer sucks, I've asked 3 times for updates and the salesman either ignores my text or says sorry I've been really busy. But the Ford emails are notoriously inaccurate too so I don't know that there's a "good" way to track it.

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