Who will be the first member to take delivery???

[hkguns]

Rest of Pics. As they haven't plowed half the streets and more snow coming this weekend, will definitely try weather mode. Lol

What dealer?

 

[akaie15]

What dealer?

We ordered from the same dealer in Troy, Michigan.

I imagine he's out driving so I'll answer for him.

Dean Sellers Ford.

 

[17Jake]

Dropped @ dealer Dec 12

 

[solsurfr]

You are actually lucky to have a later build date. It seems like the trucks built the last couple days of November and on seem to be the ones coming off the line and going right to transportation.

You may have your truck before my first customer gets his truck and it was built on 10/14. You may even beat my truck which was built 11/27

Interesting. I just checked ETIS and the screen populated with a 08.12.2016 (Dec 8, 2016?). The minor features column is also populated. Any hints as to what this means?

 

[PW2006]

Interesting. I just checked ETIS and the screen populated with a 08.12.2016 (Aug 8, 2016?). The minor features column is also populated. Any hints as to what this means?

Your build date is Dec, 8, 2016. Congrats!

 

[03'Darin]

early December is good. You'll have your truck well before people who had build dates back in October.

 

[Pacific Wheel]

Dropped @ dealer Dec 12

That magnetic SCAB looks great!! Definitely the setup I'm going with when the time comes.

 

[Pic18]

First Review

Akaie15 already answered the question, but to confirm I bought the truck at Dean Sellers Ford in Troy, Mi.

So let's start first impressions. I had previously seen a few in person at car shows and a manufacturers cars running around Detroit, but this thing really is a beast in person. They parked it next to an escape and it completely dwarfed it. It truly looks awesome from the outside.

The drive. The truck had 7.5 miles on it when I got it and strangely 2 engine hrs? I reset the trip computer and drove tonight to an indicated 66 or so miles. MPG for the trip on mixed roads was 17.4 mpg. About 70 percent of my driving was in normal mode, 20 in weather mode and 10 in sport.

Transmission: So in normal mode the truck is definitely trying to get to the highest gear as soon as possible. On most starts from a red light it would skip 2nd and 4th gear and be in 10th by the time I hit 40. Overall it shifted smoothly but you could feel it on occasion hunt around a bit for a gear when you were changing speed. I was being overly sensitive to it, but you could feel some shifts (mostly lower gears) and can actually feel it down shift at times (once again mostly in the lower gears). That said the shifts in reality felt better than most if not all automatics I have driven. The only weird sensation that stuck with me was the 1 to 3 shift which causes a brief hesitation in acceleration. This only happened in Normal mode when I was accelerating fairly easily, if you were a little more aggressive with the gas or in Sport mode it would use 2nd. I did feel what i thought were two "hard" shifts from 1st to 2nd in sport mode, but after thinking about it I believe i just got a bit of wheel spin (with TC intervention) as the roads were wet with patches of snow. I didn't have much time in Sport but it definitely held lower gears (6th at 40 vice 10th) and shifted more aggressively.

Suspension: So I was only out for a short while but the truck was a bit stiffer than expected. Not a bad thing at all, but I assume like a track set up on a car, the faster you go the better it works. For some reason they set the air pressure in the tires a bit high (44 psi vice the recommended 38) so that may have influenced the ride a bit, but overall I was very satisfied with the ride/handling and glad it is not too soft in day to day driving. As stated in reviews the truck tracks straight and handles corners well for such a large vehicle. I did hit some washboard type ruts on a dirt road and got a bit of chatter and rear axle hop but it handled it well and recovered quickly (with a bit of oppo).

Overall I am really happy and can't wait to drive it a bit harder once it is broken in and get a chance to thrash it off road. My only real complaint is mostly my fault. As I ordered in July before there was much details (and not being that familiar with Ford products) I assumed the 801 A package with SYNC 3 and larger screen included some type of navigation. I saw the "voice activated" navigation option but thought this just added "voice" to the navigation that was already included. Once again my mistake and Apple carplay works fine so i can get navigation that way, but if I knew it didn't come with a stand alone (which is surprising for a 50K truck) I would have added that $795 option.

Anyways I am tired and need to go to sleep now. I will try and add more after some more seat time.

 

[Tonecapone]

Akaie15 already answered the question, but to confirm I bought the truck at Dean Sellers Ford in Troy, Mi.

So let's start first impressions. I had previously seen a few in person at car shows and a manufacturers cars running around Detroit, but this thing really is a beast in person. They parked it next to an escape and it completely dwarfed it. It truly looks awesome from the outside.

The drive. The truck had 7.5 miles on it when I got it and strangely 2 engine hrs? I reset the trip computer and drove tonight to an indicated 66 or so miles. MPG for the trip on mixed roads was 17.4 mpg. About 70 percent of my driving was in normal mode, 20 in weather mode and 10 in sport.

Transmission: So in normal mode the truck is definitely trying to get to the highest gear as soon as possible. On most starts from a red light it would skip 2nd and 4th gear and be in 10th by the time I hit 40. Overall it shifted smoothly but you could feel it on occasion hunt around a bit for a gear when you were changing speed. I was being overly sensitive to it, but you could feel some shifts (mostly lower gears) and can actually feel it down shift at times (once again mostly in the lower gears). That said the shifts in reality felt better than most if not all automatics I have driven. The only weird sensation that stuck with me was the 1 to 3 shift which causes a brief hesitation in acceleration. This only happened in Normal mode when I was accelerating fairly easily, if you were a little more aggressive with the gas or in Sport mode it would use 2nd. I did feel what i thought were two "hard" shifts from 1st to 2nd in sport mode, but after thinking about it I believe i just got a bit of wheel spin (with TC intervention) as the roads were wet with patches of snow. I didn't have much time in Sport but it definitely held lower gears (6th at 40 vice 10th) and shifted more aggressively.

Suspension: So I was only out for a short while but the truck was a bit stiffer than expected. Not a bad thing at all, but I assume like a track set up on a car, the faster you go the better it works. For some reason they set the air pressure in the tires a bit high (44 psi vice the recommended 38) so that may have influenced the ride a bit, but overall I was very satisfied with the ride/handling and glad it is not too soft in day to day driving. As stated in reviews the truck tracks straight and handles corners well for such a large vehicle. I did hit some washboard type ruts on a dirt road and got a bit of chatter and rear axle hop but it handled it well and recovered quickly (with a bit of oppo).

Overall I am really happy and can't wait to drive it a bit harder once it is broken in and get a chance to thrash it off road. My only real complaint is mostly my fault. As I ordered in July before there was much details (and not being that familiar with Ford products) I assumed the 801 A package with SYNC 3 and larger screen included some type of navigation. I saw the "voice activated" navigation option but thought this just added "voice" to the navigation that was already included. Once again my mistake and Apple carplay works fine so i can get navigation that way, but if I knew it didn't come with a stand alone (which is surprising for a 50K truck) I would have added that $795 option.

Anyways I am tired and need to go to sleep now. I will try and add more after some more seat time.

Nice first review. Thank you for taking the time to write it on the same day as receiving your truck. Its good to get a real world opinion from a FRF member. I'm a bit envious though. Mine has been built since 10/20 and still no word.
Tone

 

[ineedaBubble]

In for more updates!