My 99.5 had 50 miles when I picked up. Was a factory order and railed from KY to Fontana, CA. Dealership said I could wait until next week for haul-away, or they would be driving three units the next day. My choice.
I had been waiting 8 weeks for schedule, build, and transportation, so I told them to drive it out. Picked it up the day following. Depending upon where railhead is relative to the dealer, some will have employees retrieve, particularly if they don't have much else and don't want to wait for Ford's haul-away.
mine had about 27 kms on it, that's because i had bushwackers and a spray in liner installed and my sales guy had to drive the truck to the the two places.
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RIP 2008 CC LB 6.4...Rolled 3.5 times and walked away with only 4 scratches....Brand new 2010 F-350 CC LB 6.4 Lariat SRW, Camper package, Snow plow, dual alternators, cab lights, Back up camera and tail gate step, Rhino lined box, 6 inch pro comp lift kit, 35"x 12.5 toyo Mt tires, Buckstop outback bumper, 12000 warn winch, 4 lightforce driving lights on bumper, Spartan tuner and dpf delete with 4 inch mbrp exhaust, Winter studded cooper tires...stock size.
mine had 40 miles on it when i picked up from the dealer. it was convoyed from the factory but it was not selected for a qc ride (no letter or anything from the factory).
is there anyway to tell if it was selected and they just didn't give me the letter?
Mine had about 40 miles on it, but no note in the glovebox or anything.
It was an ordered vehicle, too. I've wondered why it had a few miles on it when I bought it.
I work for a dealer both Ford and now GM every single vehicle will have diffrent miles on them. Say for instance it's a factory order, when it get's to the dealer it will have a few miles on it than the service dept has a tech PDI the vehicle. The tech has a checklist that he goes over-checking fluids, checking bolts and hoses everything than they take it out to make sure there are no squeaks rattles pulling anything. That's one reason for miles another is dealer swaps if a salesman sells a car that they dont have in there inventory they have to try and get it from another dealer so if you go to the lot and you drive a new 2011 truck and it has miles on it it's one of those two reasons. Hope this explains
Mine was not ordered but had 43 miles on it when I picked it up. I assume that was just test drives because mine was on the lot about 8 months.
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2010 F350 6.4 DRW 4x4 FX4. Lariat ultimate package, homelink, 3.73 limited slip, line-x bedliner. white platinum metallic tri coat with 2 tone adobe and camel leather interior. Born on date: 09/2009 Delivered 5/27/10 with 43 miles
Currently 76K on the clock as of may 11'
Mods:
*Scan Gauge II
*CAT/DPF stock exhaust
*Recon cab, mirror, and fender lights
*High idle Mod
*20K Curt 5th wheel
*100 gallon aluminum flush mount fuel tank with direct fill into factory tank.
*Flush mount tool box
*Tinted windows
*Airlift bags on rear with compressor and 2.5 gal tank
I do not remember the exact miles, but I believe it was approx 20 when I picked up my 2011 factory ordered DRW F350 from the dealer 3 weeks ago.
As of today, I'm already up to about 140 miles!
I, too, had worked for Ford (now retired) and although it has been a number of years, I can still remember seeing trucks being driven out of the factory after final assembly. I'm not an engineer, but a finance guy. However, the way I've seen those trucks being driven at that point in the process was not the what I'd describe as careful driving. ("Gentlemen, start your engines!")
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