Rail Shipment
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Rail Shipment
Its bad enough to wait months and months for a delivery, but then to add insult to injury, many Vettes are shipping rail and the wait is perhaps another month. I am praying that my Vette will be delivered by June 21, which will be one month since it shipped, so that I will have it for the road trip I have planned ever since I ordered the dang thing.
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Its bad enough to wait months and months for a delivery, but then to add insult to injury, many Vettes are shipping rail and the wait is perhaps another month. I am praying that my Vette will be delivered by June 21, which will be one month since it shipped, so that I will have it for the road trip I have planned ever since I ordered the dang thing.
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From: Rye New York
Uy, I didn't need to read that. My car has been built 13 going on 14 days ago and is still on hold at BG. I at least figured it'd be a day or two to ship as most around me have been experiencing but if I still have a month I think I'll shoot myself! I too have a road trip planned for the break in. Good luck to you brother! To us all.
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I feel for those suffering the same fate (waiting during that time was the hardest part of the overall wait!)
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Rail does not add months and months and please recall I was a very earlier oppose to Corvette using rail and that was in August long before it became apparent that most autorack rail cars could not handle the Corvette.
My point, using rail adversely effects the time from shipping to delivery but in most cases by a few days and not by a few weeks. But Chevy Customer Care should be made aware that this method of transportation is not acceptable to any Corvette retail order buyer whose dealer is located more than 600 miles from the Bowling Green Assembly Plant.
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My point, using rail adversely effects the time from shipping to delivery but in most cases by a few days and not by a few weeks. But Chevy Customer Care should be made aware that this method of transportation is not acceptable to any Corvette retail order buyer whose dealer is located more than 600 miles from the Bowling Green Assembly Plant.
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I'm curious: For those that saw many weeks between the car being shipped and it arriving at the dealer - was the arrival date near the predicted date given to the dealer by GM upon invoicing? My car was shipped last week sometime (not exactly sure when) and GM is telling the dealer an estimated delivery date of 6/25. I am in Seattle, WA, so about as far away from BG as possible.
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From: Longview Texas
Once a car is shipped by rail, it could circle the country for weeks before delivered.
I learned that when I ordered a Camaro that shipped from Canada. Luckily, I found a system that I could track the railcar, so it made it a little easier to wait.
Glad I live in Texas. My C7 was delivered by truck less than 2 days after it left BG.
I learned that when I ordered a Camaro that shipped from Canada. Luckily, I found a system that I could track the railcar, so it made it a little easier to wait.
Glad I live in Texas. My C7 was delivered by truck less than 2 days after it left BG.
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I'm curious: For those that saw many weeks between the car being shipped and it arriving at the dealer - was the arrival date near the predicted date given to the dealer by GM upon invoicing? My car was shipped last week sometime (not exactly sure when) and GM is telling the dealer an estimated delivery date of 6/25. I am in Seattle, WA, so about as far away from BG as possible.
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I'm curious: For those that saw many weeks between the car being shipped and it arriving at the dealer - was the arrival date near the predicted date given to the dealer by GM upon invoicing? My car was shipped last week sometime (not exactly sure when) and GM is telling the dealer an estimated delivery date of 6/25. I am in Seattle, WA, so about as far away from BG as possible.
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Are some of you telling me that the dealer is informed of approx delivery date upon invoicing ? When is that, at the time it physically leaves Bowling Green? My salesman has been telling me all along that it would be about 3 weeks. If that's based upon what BG told them I should see it any day now. I am just wondering how BG can predict, being that the rail companies can be all over the place, moving rail cars off to the side for days at a time. My assumption has always been that my salesman was basing it on what they have been experiencing on prior shipments.
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From: Fullerton Ca
Any thing can happen with rail shipments, 
Build Date 5/5
Shipped to Ohio 5/22
Bayed 4B00 BG 6/3
Per. Dealer & GM , in Ohio 6/3
Per. Dealer, car arrived 12:30 pm 6/4
Picked up 6/9
Believe me the wait will be well worth it.
Build Date 5/5
Shipped to Ohio 5/22
Bayed 4B00 BG 6/3
Per. Dealer & GM , in Ohio 6/3
Per. Dealer, car arrived 12:30 pm 6/4
Picked up 6/9
Believe me the wait will be well worth it.
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I would have considered museum pick up but I was told still charge destination charge plus 990 for museum delivery plus and another 800 to watch it being built with no guareenty or refunds if it does not happen when they said. That is $2700 plus 2 plane tickets two times plus hotel and food.That is sure a good game they have.
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5/28 - My car was built
5/29 - Shipped to Toledo, OH
6/01 - Bayed in Ohio
6/05 - On Route to Milpitas, CA
6/14 - In Utah
Dealer in Elk Grove, CA says the car will be here by next weekend.
5/29 - Shipped to Toledo, OH
6/01 - Bayed in Ohio
6/05 - On Route to Milpitas, CA
6/14 - In Utah
Dealer in Elk Grove, CA says the car will be here by next weekend.
Last edited by rd_404; Jun 16, 2014 at 01:02 PM.
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I would have considered museum pick up but I was told still charge destination charge plus 990 for museum delivery plus and another 800 to watch it being built with no guareenty or refunds if it does not happen when they said. That is $2700 plus 2 plane tickets two times plus hotel and food.That is sure a good game they have.
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Bag pick up
What a crazy expense. If you want to watch it built $800 plus no guarantee and no refund I'm told shipping 995 pls pick up 990 plus two trips for air hotel rental car etc. I scrapped the idea when it added up to over $4000 that's a ten day dive trip to some place very warm.