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Just wanted to publicly say thank you to Randy Wilson (HARLEY6LF250SDU) for his effort in trying to get me a crewcab Raptor before the new year. I absolutely had to take delivery of a truck prior to the end of 2010 for tax reasons. Everything was looking good until Ford wound up putting a hold on all of the initial 2011s due to BCM failures.
Randy did everything he could to get this truck moving, including getting Ford/SVT to mark it "hot", making a special trip to Dearborn to try to acquire it, and calling just about everybody and their brother who he knew at Ford to find a way to get a hold of it. At the end he couldn't get mine out in time. He was successful in getting my brother's truck to him (very similar situation), likely due to his truck being built a week later.
From what we can tell, my truck was one of the first to be put on hold due to the BCM issue (i.e., the one with a VIN serial number one digit lower than mine made it out, but mine didn't). All the hold trucks were parked nose-to-tail in lots, so mine was going to be one of the last ones out, no matter what.
I did wind up getting an identical truck which happened to have made it out to CA. This truck was built nearly ONE MONTH after the one I had ordered through Randy, and had just shown at a dealer out here. Wound up buying the dealer stock truck on the 28th after Ford still couldn't confirm the whereabouts of the ordered truck.
Throughout the entire process, Randy was straight up with me on the status. Every bit of information he obtained from Ford he relayed to me. He informed me at each step what was *likely* to happen next (and when), but also cautioned with examples of where he'd previously seen things not go as expected.
I do wish Ford had been more public about the BCM situation, but certainly can't argue with holding back product until they know it is sound.
In any case, I am finally a Raptor owner (will post pics in a bit). Wish it could have been done through Randy and would highly recommend his service. He's hardworking and honest, and going through him means you never have to deal with a car salesman.
Randy did everything he could to get this truck moving, including getting Ford/SVT to mark it "hot", making a special trip to Dearborn to try to acquire it, and calling just about everybody and their brother who he knew at Ford to find a way to get a hold of it. At the end he couldn't get mine out in time. He was successful in getting my brother's truck to him (very similar situation), likely due to his truck being built a week later.
From what we can tell, my truck was one of the first to be put on hold due to the BCM issue (i.e., the one with a VIN serial number one digit lower than mine made it out, but mine didn't). All the hold trucks were parked nose-to-tail in lots, so mine was going to be one of the last ones out, no matter what.
I did wind up getting an identical truck which happened to have made it out to CA. This truck was built nearly ONE MONTH after the one I had ordered through Randy, and had just shown at a dealer out here. Wound up buying the dealer stock truck on the 28th after Ford still couldn't confirm the whereabouts of the ordered truck.
Throughout the entire process, Randy was straight up with me on the status. Every bit of information he obtained from Ford he relayed to me. He informed me at each step what was *likely* to happen next (and when), but also cautioned with examples of where he'd previously seen things not go as expected.
I do wish Ford had been more public about the BCM situation, but certainly can't argue with holding back product until they know it is sound.
In any case, I am finally a Raptor owner (will post pics in a bit). Wish it could have been done through Randy and would highly recommend his service. He's hardworking and honest, and going through him means you never have to deal with a car salesman.
LOL.
