The Pending Orders Crew

We have had a few Crew members take delivery recently. Including yours truly. I would like to extend my congratulations to those who are now Zoomin' and would like to say on behalf of the rest who are still waiting; PLEASE, put your Trib in the garage and visit us again soon and often!<br><br>For those pondering a Tribute or have recently ordered, I invite you to join the "Pending Orders Crew" (sounds like the army). I would like to ask those here who have placed a factory order for an ES or LX (DX's are just too common), but have not yet received their Tribute (or have just recently received), for the following info:<br><br>

tribby,<br>are some of the older orders NOT updated because the people are not active in the club still?<br><br>is it safe to assume that most or all 2000 orders have now been fulfilled? I dont see any 2001 orders with vin #'s yet. Is the avg wait still 5-6 months?<br><br>thanks

ES; FWD; ABS-yes; 1LX-no; Order-2/19/01; Status ?<br>Color- Desert

Tinoman, your assumption that those older orders are not updated is correct. I can only surmise that those persons have not logged back into our club for a long time to notify us. I will probably delete those old orders within a few weeks if they are not heard from soon.<br><br>I wish I could give you a definitive answer to your question regarding old 2000 orders all being fulfilled. But that is the reason I started the Pending Orders Crew list. This list is the only factual info we have to go by. But use it only as a guide not as a rule for how long your order will take.<br><br>I am under the assumption from "rumors" that I have heard that Mazda only planned on building "roughly" less than 60,000 Tributes for this model year. We are fast approaching that figure. Based on current production stats 60K Tributes will have been built by "roughly" the end of June. Which would coincide with the end of model year run.<br><br>Looking at the Grand total model year's production of Escapes Vs. Tributes built, the rumored Ford/Mazda goal of 4 Escapes for every 1 Tribute clearly places the Escape behind schedule (currently 2.5:1).<br><br>Hang in there Tinoman! If you don't need a new car by yesterday then hold tight. Your Tribute will be produced near the end of the production cycle which, in my opinion, makes for a better built vehicle.<br>

I ordered a Sunburst red 4WD, LX, 1LX, Tribute 2/9/01. I have not received a VIN. Please ad me to the CREW!

u2luvdogs:<br>ES 4WD; ABS-yes; Order-3/2/01; Status-NO VIN: Color-Mystic Black<br><br>Please add me to the Pending Orders Crew

Please add me to teh Pending Orders Crew too:<br><br>ES FWD;ABS-yes;Order-4/29/01;Status-no VIN;Color-Platinum<br><br>Thanx,<br>Jim