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Old 04-19-2015, 07:49 AM
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I would open a chat session with Chevy Customer Service online and see if they can confirm this information..
Old 04-19-2015, 08:08 AM
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I would open a chat session with Chevy Customer Service online and see if they can confirm this information..
It would be interesting to see what shows up as traffic associated with this particular C7's VIN.
Old 04-19-2015, 09:34 AM
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GM will build you another car the same way. Even when Z-51 is on constraint the zone sales reps can get cars built with no constraints.
Old 04-19-2015, 01:46 PM
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I wonder what they will do with the damaged cars...
Old 04-19-2015, 03:17 PM
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I wonder what they will do with the damaged cars...
Sometimes they go to technical colleges for dissection and study.
Old 04-19-2015, 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by AORoads
I know there was a lot of snow in BG. But, does anyone know for sure that there was a major flood either in the loading area or the plant? Usually there's more than 1 car at a loading zone.
My car sat in BG for an unusual amount of time and my dad heard from another source that there were cars allegedly stuck in or behind piles of snow causing delays. My car built on 3/11 arrived fine on 4/3. This is the first I've heard of any flood damaged cars. I'd think we would've heard about more flood isues. Kinda strange...
Old 04-19-2015, 11:17 PM
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This is a good answer for BG , BUT ours has been in Toledo since Mar 6. Nobody has an answer for this !!
Old 04-20-2015, 12:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Raiderh20boy
This is a good answer for BG , BUT ours has been in Toledo since Mar 6. Nobody has an answer for this !!
Remember, it's a "shortage of rail cars "
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Not the case here. Know of another car on truck going to another nearby dealer that was lost. My dealer is a local, mid-sized operation, family owned. They showed me the Chevy email saying they had credited (meaning they were awarding) the dealer with another slot to order a Vette. Dealer was confused when he read the email as it had no explanation as to why the extra credit was being given to them by Chevy. Subsequent phone calls revealed the flooding situation. The same karst (sinkhole) terrain that collapsed part of the Vette Museum often floods during the heavy rains we've been receiving, like 12 inches in a four-day period.
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Originally Posted by C2367
And you wanted the Z51 because you wanted to track the car? I think if they said that they will expedite your re-order then they would not have a problem with a Z51 package option for your car.
Yes, and for added value through time.

Dealers always in constant bickering with factory, and what a VP says on the phone may not be what can happen at the factory. I should know by April 24 if the Z51 package is available.



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