The drone videos seem to show a slowdown or stoppage. The cars that have been waiting for transport have almost all left and there are no cars taking their place. It is also evidence that my car is currently still “in production” 16 days (and counting) after receiving a VIN. That is about twice as long than it should take. Some forum members who were expecting delivery have indicated that the cars which had recently left the plant have panel alignment issues and they are being delayed in the service centers to fix the problems. Taking all those pieces of information together, it would indicate that something’s is obviously wrong in the plant at this point in time.
My front turn signal light was only working intermittently . They replaced the wiring harness. The left window sunscreen was not working properly. In that case, they replaced the motor. All minor issues in my humble opinion. We have a Ford pickup that has had no fewer than 10 safety recalls in 5 years. So comparatively speaking, I find these matters a nit. I love this car!
So sorry to hear the delay of your car. A number of things could be causing that such as not passing their QA inspection and having to replace or address something. I am afraid that I disagree with your assessment of cars on the lot. While a lot of white wrapped cars have moved off of the lot this last week, and there are not many new cars being wrapped and sited there, there are lots of new cars staged in a couple areas that were not there before. While a cursory view might show that the cars are not moving, a more detailed look shows that those cars are being moved as more are being produced. The key to look at in the last few videos are the white cars in the staging area close to the production building. You will see that many of the white cars have moved to another staging area and or are gone between May 9th and 11th. Rows with dark (black with maybe a couple of red) and white cars are being replaced with rows of just dark cars. This indicates to me that they are moving cars out as more are being produced All of the staging areas are much more active regarding the movement of car as compared to the April videos. Lucud still has a long ways to go to make production estimates but I am greatly encouraged by what is see. Hang in there! I am envius of your position. You are so much closer to getting your car then I am.
I will disagree on the car numbers. There are fewer total cars every time Bear does a flyover. There are a few more unwrapped cars in the staging area but that increase is paltry compared to the number of finished cars that have left. The cars in the staging area are there likely because they are either missing parts or need to go back and be reworked. In either case, it is a factory issue. Cars are not getting finished and the timelines between VIN and delivery are increasing. Since I and others in the forum can directly attest to that fact, again, it indicates some sort of problem at the factory. Production and delivery has slowed not increased.
I feel like this would be a huge story and could not be hidden if true. We would see the news plastered all over the place.
Agreed
Agreed. So, let's just shut this down.
