Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
As some of you have been following my other thread, my new 08 5500 was ordered in July and built 1 Aug 07 based on the Chrysler Computer... than it was moved to a lot and sat, and sat... ...
At the time we ordered there was no provision for engine heater, or exhaust brake on the order sheet (computer), in fact we ordered before we had pricing... I expect the truck to have both included in the base price... .
I was told that I'd get the same deal, invoice, -$1000. 00 and any rebates including the farm bureau rebate... . so we'll see what the final price is when the trucks ready.....
I received notice the other day that the truck was finally moving to the US... . and I should expect delivery sometime during the 3rd week of Oct... .
I dropped a note to the dealer and my sales guy was at a training class in Dallas TX on the new trucks... . they had 2 or 3 of them sitting there(Dallas TX) but were not allowed to drive them because of some steering problem... He tells me that all the production had to be altered in Mexico before they could load them onto the rail cars because of this steering problem... .
The good part is the truck is moving, the bad part is that I have to be in Vegas for a 10 day business trip and trade shows... APRA, SEMA, AAPEX and I'm guessing that it will be my luck the truck will arrive when I'm gone and will have to sit for my return... .
We've already ordered metal for the custom bed and have started to build that... I'm guessing it will be mid Nov before we have it on the road...
We are replacing a 00 F550 with close to 500K miles... . I would have liked a quad cab but couldn't buy the truck in a long enough frame and didn't want to go to that trouble... If this truck performs well in the first year I'll need to order at least 1 more truck... .
10/12/07 - Truck now set for delivery to dealer next week... .
10/19/07 - Truck is now in Phoenix... . no clue why its not in Spokane it really doesn't matter much... I'm sitting in a motel in Canada and couldn't pick it up any way... ...
10/24/07, Had a note from the dealer, truck is moving from Phoenix to Spokane I was driving south on I-15 today... in Idaho and passed 4 semi's with a flat beds each with (2) 5500's on them... one trailer had 2 that were the ones I'm sure going to Spokane for Inland Power and MY TRUCK... I called the dealer on the cell and confirmed the fact that the Inland Power truck was white and told him I'd passed them... . He said he'd look for them tomorrow and call me... . I'm gone for 10 days so its going to sit until I get home. .
At the time we ordered there was no provision for engine heater, or exhaust brake on the order sheet (computer), in fact we ordered before we had pricing... I expect the truck to have both included in the base price... .
I was told that I'd get the same deal, invoice, -$1000. 00 and any rebates including the farm bureau rebate... . so we'll see what the final price is when the trucks ready.....
I received notice the other day that the truck was finally moving to the US... . and I should expect delivery sometime during the 3rd week of Oct... .
I dropped a note to the dealer and my sales guy was at a training class in Dallas TX on the new trucks... . they had 2 or 3 of them sitting there(Dallas TX) but were not allowed to drive them because of some steering problem... He tells me that all the production had to be altered in Mexico before they could load them onto the rail cars because of this steering problem... .
The good part is the truck is moving, the bad part is that I have to be in Vegas for a 10 day business trip and trade shows... APRA, SEMA, AAPEX and I'm guessing that it will be my luck the truck will arrive when I'm gone and will have to sit for my return... .
We've already ordered metal for the custom bed and have started to build that... I'm guessing it will be mid Nov before we have it on the road...
We are replacing a 00 F550 with close to 500K miles... . I would have liked a quad cab but couldn't buy the truck in a long enough frame and didn't want to go to that trouble... If this truck performs well in the first year I'll need to order at least 1 more truck... .
10/12/07 - Truck now set for delivery to dealer next week... .
10/19/07 - Truck is now in Phoenix... . no clue why its not in Spokane it really doesn't matter much... I'm sitting in a motel in Canada and couldn't pick it up any way... ...
10/24/07, Had a note from the dealer, truck is moving from Phoenix to Spokane I was driving south on I-15 today... in Idaho and passed 4 semi's with a flat beds each with (2) 5500's on them... one trailer had 2 that were the ones I'm sure going to Spokane for Inland Power and MY TRUCK... I called the dealer on the cell and confirmed the fact that the Inland Power truck was white and told him I'd passed them... . He said he'd look for them tomorrow and call me... . I'm gone for 10 days so its going to sit until I get home. .
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