Time between order placed & queued
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The most significant factor is if your dealer has an allocation and if they prioritize your order into such allocation. Allocations are handed out in a bi-weekly process called consensus. Larger dealers may get 40 or more in a single consensus, very small dealers (in terms of Corvette sales) may get none.
Generally speaking, model (excluding verts that will not be available until about 4 months after coupes) or options should have no impact (realistically they can if there is a shortage of some kind - in this case, the option is said to be on constraint).
Generally speaking, model (excluding verts that will not be available until about 4 months after coupes) or options should have no impact (realistically they can if there is a shortage of some kind - in this case, the option is said to be on constraint).
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Under normal circumstances and if your dealer has an available allocation you can see it move in a couple of weeks or less. That's not to say that your car will be built at the end of that couple of weeks but it will get queued and a TPW (target production week) would be assigned.
The problem right now is the model launch and production startup. The plant sets the timing of the build sequence and until the switch is flipped for customer cars to be coming down the line there is a longer lead time from order placement to production sequencing.
The problem right now is the model launch and production startup. The plant sets the timing of the build sequence and until the switch is flipped for customer cars to be coming down the line there is a longer lead time from order placement to production sequencing.
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If it is four total, that is four cars over the next six months of production.
I don't know how large of a dealer your are working with on your order.
There is another consensus cycle tomorrow.
There are folks with cars that were ordered back in May when the order window opened and have been picked up and queued (3000 status) and have sat there for several weeks now. The list isn't moving.
Based on your being second, I have some doubts about the allocations that your dealer has because there have been two allocation cycles and it seems to me if you are number two you should have been picked up.
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How many allocations did your dealer get for their "Initial allocation estimate"? This was given to dealers months ago and was an estimate of the total number of allocations they could expect to receive in the first 6-9 months. All eligible dealers got at least 1 allocation in the first consensus (late May). There were 2 consensus cycles in July (none in June). The next consensus cycle is to start August 1.
Since you are supposedly #2 at your dealer, my guess is that your dealer has a very low "initial allocation" and therefore you could sit at "ordered" for some time.
Since you are supposedly #2 at your dealer, my guess is that your dealer has a very low "initial allocation" and therefore you could sit at "ordered" for some time.
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Late June is when I actually made the deposit and there was some dealer confusion/flux about some order codes,so once the dealership got them and set it, finally popped on the Chevy site 7/3. I don't know the total allocations they have , but they only mention four. About the only option I didn't get is the convertible.
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I placed my order with the dealer on 22 May. I was number 14 out of 31, but 4 of those ahead of me were for verts, so I was actually number 10.
My number came up on 19 July (10 days ago). We finalized my options and my order was submitted in the system that day.
I just checked a couple of minutes ago and I am now Q'd for Production.
But I really don't know when it changed status. It's probably been a whole week since I've checked. I just didn't expect it to happen that fast.
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Options aren't the issue. Allocations are the issue. It sounds like your dealer has only 4 for the initial 6-9 months. They already got 1. So, the other 3 are going to be spread somewhere over the next 5-8 months at roughly 1 every 2 months. You might get your car picked up in one of the August cycles, but you may not. And this assumes that there are no constraints on any of your options when your "slot" comes up. For example, the Carbon Fiber Dash (RPO FAY) is currently very constrained - only a handful each consensus - hoping it opens up soon.
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Late June is when I actually made the deposit and there was some dealer confusion/flux about some order codes,so once the dealership got them and set it, finally popped on the Chevy site 7/3. I don't know the total allocations they have , but they only mention four. About the only option I didn't get is the convertible.
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I told them I wanted FAY but if it was a problem to go ahead and take it off. Looks like a supplier stands to lose a lot of business. Don't know how GM picks suppliers but a lot of people may be disappointed when they don't get what they order. It's like dangling a 100 dollar bill in front of you then snatching it away. Still an awesome car to have!!!
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You would think that GM would ask the supplier to step it up. Making more forms/dies on a 5 axis CNC doesn't take that long, a few days. The skilled labor to make CF parts will take longer if they if they don't have them on hand. The main thing is how much heat GM wants to throw. If I have to wait too long (months), I may throw in the towel and walk.
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Not sure if this will help at all....
I placed my order with the dealer on 22 May. I was number 14 out of 31, but 4 of those ahead of me were for verts, so I was actually number 10.
My number came up on 19 July (10 days ago). We finalized my options and my order was submitted in the system that day.
I just checked a couple of minutes ago and I am now Q'd for Production.
But I really don't know when it changed status. It's probably been a whole week since I've checked. I just didn't expect it to happen that fast.
I placed my order with the dealer on 22 May. I was number 14 out of 31, but 4 of those ahead of me were for verts, so I was actually number 10.
My number came up on 19 July (10 days ago). We finalized my options and my order was submitted in the system that day.
I just checked a couple of minutes ago and I am now Q'd for Production.
But I really don't know when it changed status. It's probably been a whole week since I've checked. I just didn't expect it to happen that fast.
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It can be found in the menu bar at the top of www.chevrolet.com, select Ownership and then Order tracking.
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You would think that GM would ask the supplier to step it up. Making more forms/dies on a 5 axis CNC doesn't take that long, a few days. The skilled labor to make CF parts will take longer if they if they don't have them on hand. The main thing is how much heat GM wants to throw. If I have to wait too long (months), I may throw in the towel and walk.
If your dealer actually HAS four allocations, it could be spread out over the next NINE months for production. That means your car could be built sometime next year.
What you don't know and haven't asked your dealer is a very simple question for them to answer: "How many Corvette allocations in the first round do you have?"
If the salesman doesn't know, the Sales Manager, General Sales Manager, F&I person, or Owner will know.
And if the number is zero, 0, you will be waiting BEYOND most likely 6 to 9 months for a Corvette to be built for you.
There are 900 dealers on the list out of about 2700 dealers who received an allocation of cars to be built w/in the first 6 to 9 months. Is yours one of those 900? Only you can find out (based on the relatively meager information given).
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http://www.chevrolet.com/order-tracking.html
It can be found in the menu bar at the top of www.chevrolet.com, select Ownership and then Order tracking.
It can be found in the menu bar at the top of www.chevrolet.com, select Ownership and then Order tracking.
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Your dealer will give it to you.
Once you reach "Queued for production" on that website you are at at least 3000 for an order status. ANY TPW you get at this point is not firm and your dealer shouldn't give you one until order status 3300.
Once you reach "Queued for production" on that website you are at at least 3000 for an order status. ANY TPW you get at this point is not firm and your dealer shouldn't give you one until order status 3300.