I have been told that the Ford Credit parking lot near the vehicle service center has a notice telling not to park in the lot because they expect a lot of management lease vehicles returning back. Can anybody living close by in Dearborn confirm if this is accurtate.
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To the guy saying GSRs misuse the M-plates, there's a lot of calibrators that are driving them. Also, because of the lack of people in person, there's not enough people to cycle through the test vehicles that have parts on them. So those that are in daily are driving more often to get mileage & monitor for DTCs, etc.
A wise Ford manager once told me… “don’t worry about others just about yourself”. I loved my job and coworkers but now hate Ford Motor Company for what they have done to people. So glad I left the company.
Won’t ever buy another new Ford vehicle or recommend them. Sorry about the people that are collateral damage as a result of poor sales. Many employees I know no longer support the product.
A company with bad leadership, bad morals and poor quality gets what they deserve.
Lots of chatter on this site about going and buying a Toyota. My experience is mostly good at Ford and some bad, with a couple of sour experiences for retirees with cost ups on promises made before retiring. What I don't know is how this sends a message without hurting current employees. So Toyota prospers at the expense of Ford. Exactly how will that help Ford ever be successful to pay your pension, match your savings plans, or provide a lump sum to those left?
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Are you referring to the dealer or a Ford management lease return to Ford directly? I am not aware of how management vehicle leases are handled. Thanks.
I suspect it is true. The camera module on my lease went bad in mid July.. I made an appointment to have it looked at - they got me in within 10 days. Had to order the part. Part came in a week later, but they can't get me in to repair it until end of September. They only thing I could think of is that they'll be processing a lot of turn backs, so my despair got pushed out.
Just buy the vehicle and do a trade-in as down payment for a Toyota.
There are definitely perks to being in calibration and having 7 day drives. On the other side it is a little bit of black magic to work with half developed software and prototype vehicles. The required tests needed to go thru certification are numerous. You really are driving your office around. During the peak test times I would have 3 or 4 vehicles in the lab and the one I was driving was usually a spare that needed some debug. Complexity drives more vehicles and work. We tried to share between Ford and Lincoln but sometimes the features were different and you needed both vehicle types. I we would have fully developed our dyno testing and really reduced our complexity we could probably get rid of half of the test cars. EVs will change all of this and the rush to the pumps on Friday afternoon will be a remember when story to tell.
Is your neighbor a calibration engineer? If so, he is supposed to basically live with the vehicle. Depends on the job. Most however should only do it for business reasons and limited to 12 days per month.
A lot of gsr’s misuse the testing vehicles. My neighbor never bought a vehicle.He always drives a M plate. This is Ford for you.
Not true. I know.
Interesting. I was told that the last few LLs who have left on their own have chosen to buy their vehicles as it's cheaper than buying a new one.
Maybe a friends and family picnic