Missing door sills?
Melting Slicks
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Burning Brakes
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After watching the assembly process during my museum delivery, and watching the final stages, going through the quality assurance inspection by no fewer than 12 individuals, an error such as this totally confounds me. I just don't see how such a glaring error could occur. It just doesn't make any sense. How it got passed all of the inspectors, including the final guy who drives it off the assembly line, who is looking mostly at interior items, is just bizarre.
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After watching the assembly process during my museum delivery, and watching the final stages, going through the quality assurance inspection by no fewer than 12 individuals, an error such as this totally confounds me. I just don't see how such a glaring error could occur. It just doesn't make any sense. How it got passed all of the inspectors, including the final guy who drives it off the assembly line, who is looking mostly at interior items, is just bizarre.
Melting Slicks
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From: Minnesota
My dealer received his first Vette last week and I went over to see it, heard the PDI tech mention to the salesman that the standard sills were missing on this car too, are they on backorder?
The interior looked incomplete without the sills installed.
The interior looked incomplete without the sills installed.
Pro
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From: San Diego California
It is kind of mind-boggling how it could occur, Drake, but while it's irritating that it happened at all, at least it's something easily corrected without concern about it becoming a recurring problem.
Le Mans Master
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I guess GM figures that they can ship the car and let the dealer worry about it. How far will the plant go ? We ran out of the proper wheels and tires but we will still ship the car ? No magnetic shocks so install the standard ones ? That sucks for quality.
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After watching the assembly process during my museum delivery, and watching the final stages, going through the quality assurance inspection by no fewer than 12 individuals, an error such as this totally confounds me. I just don't see how such a glaring error could occur. It just doesn't make any sense. How it got passed all of the inspectors, including the final guy who drives it off the assembly line, who is looking mostly at interior items, is just bizarre.
I, for one, am still waiting for photographs. With a cell phone, they should be posted by now. And the other "missing" items in interiors some are mentioning.
If these trim items are missing, as they may be, I would be quicker to point the finger (as some sensible CF members have done) at a delivery driver or maybe a kid at the dealer. The folks here who have stated and actually believe a new C7 is leaving Bowling Green in less than 100% complete condition need their heads examined.
Melting Slicks
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I'd think this is the likely story. I just can't believe something this obvious made it past everyone at the plant. With all the attention surrounding the QC, I just can't believe it made it off the line with this glaring mistake.
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Thanks. 
Great looking car!
It's a toss-up. Take the car and wait for replacements, which I presume you did, or reject the car and someone else would grab it. The part(s) will come to the dealer in due course. A call to GM CS would help.
I still blame the delivery service or some 'tool' at the dealer. It did NOT leave BG that way.
Great looking car!It's a toss-up. Take the car and wait for replacements, which I presume you did, or reject the car and someone else would grab it. The part(s) will come to the dealer in due course. A call to GM CS would help.
I still blame the delivery service or some 'tool' at the dealer. It did NOT leave BG that way.
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I, for one, am still waiting for photographs. With a cell phone, they should be posted by now. And the other "missing" items in interiors some are mentioning.
If these trim items are missing, as they may be, I would be quicker to point the finger (as some sensible CF members have done) at a delivery driver or maybe a kid at the dealer. The folks here who have stated and actually believe a new C7 is leaving Bowling Green in less than 100% complete condition need their heads examined.