Welcome to the Forum.:wavey:Wife and I ordered a 2016 Limited today. I and the sales guy were both surprised we still could. No ETA expected for a while but will be stunned if it doesn't arrive well before July when the present incentives end. She currently drives an 03 Eddie Bauer with 150,000 miles that's still running well and being handed along to our eldest who *should* get a license in July. It was the only way to get the colors and options she wanted. Purchased for about $800 under invoice, not including any rebates, and intend to take $500 plus 0%APR when it arrives. Figured that was a decent deal, and didn't have time to haggle much.
Congrats. It will likely be one of the last of the 2016 builds seeing as how the 2017 models are slated to start production June 6th. I think there's a good chance you'll see it by the end of June.We just got our VIN (ordered last Wednesday) with a build date for the week of May 30th. Do you think it will be here by the end of June???? We'll find out!
Congrats. It will likely be one of the last of the 2016 builds seeing as how the 2017 models are slated to start production June 6th. I think there's a good chance you'll see it by the end of June.
Peter
Great news is that I'll have owned it for a week and it will already be last years' model
Maybe I'll get a discount?
My parents ordered a 2016 Limited Explorer on March 28th.
The dealer just notified us almost 4 weeks later on April 22 that our order didn't make the cut. What's up with that?
Welcome to the Forum.:wavey:My parents ordered a 2016 Limited Explorer on March 28th.
The dealer just notified us almost 4 weeks later on April 22 that our order didn't make the cut. What's up with that?
My parents ordered a 2016 Limited Explorer on March 28th.
The dealer just notified us almost 4 weeks later on April 22 that our order didn't make the cut. What's up with that?
My parents ordered a 2016 Limited Explorer on March 28th.
The dealer just notified us almost 4 weeks later on April 22 that our order didn't make the cut. What's up with that?
One of two things happened. Dealer didn't have any more allocation to have one built OR your parents chose a combination that was no longer available. I had explained earlier that as you start to approach the end of life of a model year, certain parts become unavailable (it is called "balancing out"). They order X amount of this and X amount of that in anticipation. Could come down to paint color, moon roof availability, polished rims, 2nd console, bucket seats etc etc.
So lets say your parents ordered a white Sport with moonroof and they balanced out all moonroofs (all moonroofs were spoken for on builds prior to this one), then your parents order gets kicked because they don't have any more to complete the build.
This is exactly why I had said earlier that just because you place an order towards the end that there is no guarantee that it will be built. That is the risk you take.