c7jim

I'm at status 3300 with a production date the week of 1/26/15. Does anyone have a production date before that? Apparantly GM takes off for 3 weeks for Christmas. I dying to hear fellow A8 purchaser's reviews.
Also, does anyone e know what the time is between production and delivery? I'm in California.
Thanks

dcher

My TPW is Jan 19. But l too live in CA. Expecting at least 4 weeks delivery time after it leaves factory. Expecting mine by the end of Feb.

jiperri

I am also at 3300 with a TPW of 1/19

dcher

Where do you live? If you are near factory you could have your by the end of Jan. I guess best case would to do museum delivery

Snorman

I'm at 3000 with a 2/2 TPW. But my car is coming to Florida for the remainder of the winter.
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docf

I'm at 3300 with TPW of 1/19/15 and live in Fl. I expect end Jan or 1st of Feb. delivery of my A8

time2run

I'm also at 3000 with a TPW of 2/2. Hopefully by time the Z06 gets here the temps will be warm enough to get it out and have some fun.

george vee

I'm at 3000 with a TPW 1/26

CONMAX

also at 3300. TPW w/o 1/19. it is z07, 3lz, carbon fiber dash, CFZ. blade silver, red interior. R8C museum delivery expected around 2nd week of feb for pick-up. i am from CA so about a 2200 mi drive.

i expect i will have to have oil changed along the way if auto is same as manual and it shouldn't be different.

fdxpilot

Cars that were picked up on the first A8 consensus have TPWs of 01/19, 01/26, or 02/02. Remember that that's a target week, and the car can come off the line anywhere from Monday morning to Friday afternoon. Only rarely does it get made early. Occasionally, the car will slip to the next week, if some kind of delay in parts delivery occurs. Earlier this year, big snow storms kept engines from shipping to Bowling Green.

Right now, no one besides the folks at the factory know whether the A8 cars will undergo an extended QC hold, like the first production Z06s did. That was 2 weeks. If there is no QC hold, cars are normally released for shipping within a day or two of build date. Then Jackie Cooper, the shipping company, has 10 days to get the cars off the plant lot. They normally try to get a full truckload of 11 cars, all going to the same general area, before they send it on its way. Once the truck leaves, it could deliver the cars as early as 1-2 days for areas near Bowling Green, to 1-2 weeks for all other areas have truck delivery, to 3-5 weeks for areas that have rail shipment, which would be California.

Just as an aside, Museum Delivery cars generally have a 14 day minimum hold after build date. Deliveries generally take place 2-4 weeks after production, depending on the schedules of both customer and the Museum. They can only do 8 cars per day.

BTW - I have the same TPW and expect to do Museum Delivery in mid February.

alandi

According to my dealer who called last week I am at 3300 with a production date the week of Jan. 19. It is an A8 2LZ, red/red with DTH twin black racing stripes, Q6U black AL wheels, C2Z roof panel and a few minor goodies.

v jet

Two will be delivered this weekend to my dealer, both blue, going to see how they look.

HogwildC7

I want a A8 only because am 6'2 and the stick is very hard for me to drive. I wonder how many will drive daily.

williammease

What is the difference between a status 3000 and a status 3300? My car is status 3000 and production date on 2/2/15.

Patriot77

I have a firm allocation for an automatic but have not placed my order yet. Don't want to take delivery in Feb. Too many blizzards and ice storms. Going to place the order very late in December hoping that it doesn't come in before March.

docf

So far I see 5 verified 1/19 TPW: Docf, ji perri, dcher,Conmax,alandi which makes 5 forum members--surely must be many more!!! Does anyone know for sure if 1/19/15 will be the first production A8's?

fdxpilot

Earliest I have seen on several different forums.

Remember that the plant is making a max of 350 Zs per week, and the A8 is constrained at 75%, so a max of 262 or so A8 Z06s per week. Kinda gives you an idea how few new vette owners are actually online in a forum.

RHINO DC

TPW of 1/19. Hoping to have around the first of February.

Z062008

A8? Sorry!!

JoesC5

I know of two that will be getting their A8's in the first production runs. One is a forum member, but not on your list, and the other is not a forum member.

From Kerbeck and Reliable.