gschofield
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In 2012 I was lucky enough to purchase my very first brand new vehicle. A 2013 Raptor. This truck quickly became my baby. I loved it like a child. Even like a prized pet. Unfortunately in July of last summer my nightmare began. I had to go out of town for a week so I dropped my truck off at the local ford dealership for some scheduled maintenance and a detail. As I had done many times before. On the day before I was to come home I got a call from the dealership. I expected it to be the service guy calling to say my truck was ready and they were leaving it at the airport. Instead, it was the GM of the dealership calling to say my truck had been stolen. Wait, it gets worse. I got this call on a friday. As the story goes, the dealership was broken into Sunday morning, early. They broke into the detailing shop, moved about 4 vehicles to get to mine, found my keys in the office, and drove it away. The worst part...they didn't report it stolen to the police until Thursday afternoon. That was 4 days after they discovered the break in. Their reason was a policy they had to do a complete inventory before reporting any vehicles stolen, so they can know exactly what got taken. Forget the fact their video system clearly shows only my truck being taken. It was obviously targeted. Not only that but supposedly a cop ran the plates of my truck on Monday morning, but because it hadn't been reported it didn't come back stolen. Chance lost. Needless to say I haven't seen the truck since. Anyways, back to the story. The dealership offered me a loaner until they could get things straight with the police. Once they did that I sat down with the owner and GM to discuss options. I had been told by the police and my insurance that I should sue them. This being a small city I didn't want to do this. The dealership asked what could they do to make this better. I said it was simple. I wanted to be the first person in the city to get a new 2017. Second, I wanted a truck to drive until my new raptor came in. Third I wanted to pay not a cent over the dealerships cost for the new one. They agreed. I had our lawyer draw up papers and everyone signed. I was given a beautiful 2016 limited to drive. I sat down with a sales person and optioned out my brand new 2017 raptor. Avalanche grey, fully loaded, 4 door super crew. I was toldI could expect it sometime in October, at the latest middle of November. Well, as you all probably know, delay after delay after delay. I had been given delivery dates over and over again. Well, finally, I am happy to announce today I drove my brand new Raptor home. I love it already. It still hasn't really sunk in. As soon as I got home I tore open the manual and supplementals for some reading. Tomorrow i will dig into it a bit better, as well as a drive in the back country snow covered dirt roads for some high speed runs. Anyways, I wanted to share my story. Maybe I shared it in the wrong spot. if so, I apologize.
