I'm putting the chart in here again, so you don't have to look back to cross-reference.
- The squiggly line on the left represents the timeline of actual orders (VIN assignments). Ordering opened on 5/6/21 and VINs started at 100001. That's the bottom left of the chart. As time has gone by (X axis) the VINs have gone up (Y axis).
- The thin blue line in the middle represents the "theoretical" date that your truck should have been built, based on the assumptions listed (9/13 start of production, 6000 trucks/week), and also assumes that everything is built sequentially by VIN. Obviously, those are huge assumptions, but it was a starting point.
- The thick blue band represents the theoretical delivery date (3-4 weeks after the theoretical build sheet date).
- All of the dots represent "actual" build dates for each VIN.
Long story short, you see where your dot is on the order timeline. In a perfect world, you would trace to the right and expect your truck to be built where that horizontal line touches the thin blue line (late February in your case). But as you can see, RAM is building trucks all over the spectrum. People who ordered in May are just getting trucks build (e.g., kev21) while other people who ordered in October (and even November) are also getting trucks built.
If your dot ends up being to the left of the thin blue line, then you're fortunate (or bribed Ram, as
@monkeypunch so eloquently said).
If your dot ends up being to the right of the thin blue line, then you're getting "screwed".
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