Rail Yard Delay
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Burning Brakes
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you are correct ...it is sitting in Mich. and they will not move it until they get 14 cars to fill the train car ... if I had to do it over I would go to factory to get the car ...heck I even adjusted what I wanted to avoid contraints ..to speed up production ...but little did I know the the shipping is the problem not production.. GM should take a second look at shipping agreements/contracts ..
Drifting
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From: Bellevue WA
you are correct ...it is sitting in Mich. and they will not move it until they get 14 cars to fill the train car ... if I had to do it over I would go to factory to get the car ...heck I even adjusted what I wanted to avoid contraints ..to speed up production ...but little did I know the the shipping is the problem not production.. GM should take a second look at shipping agreements/contracts ..
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Burning Brakes
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yeah paying $1000 shipping to have the car sit in a railyard 8 hour drive from my house ... I already gave the dealer my trade ..so ..down a car ..money tied up ... car was bulit and shipped ..and now it sits in a rail yard ...tell this to friends they cant believe it ...hope i get it before the 2017 model comes out ... what a system !!!!!
Burning Brakes
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From: Upstate NY
yeah paying $1000 shipping to have the car sit in a railyard 8 hour drive from my house ... I already gave the dealer my trade ..so ..down a car ..money tied up ... car was bulit and shipped ..and now it sits in a rail yard ...tell this to friends they cant believe it ...hope i get it before the 2017 model comes out ... what a system !!!!!
Sitting for 4 weeks in New Boston, MI last year.
Traded in my C6 end of July, so like you, down a car, then it arrived 10/27 in Selkirk, NY railyard just a few miles from my dealer?
(I opted NOT to pick it up until 11/1, that was my choice at that point for various reasons)
I DID manage to get around 500 miles on it before hibernating it.
It WILL arrive...but I understand the frustration totally.
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Burning Brakes
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Yep, again, same here unfortunately.
Sitting for 4 weeks in New Boston, MI last year.
Traded in my C6 end of July, so like you, down a car, then it arrived 10/27 in Selkirk, NY railyard just a few miles from my dealer?
(I opted NOT to pick it up until 11/1, that was my choice at that point for various reasons)
I DID manage to get around 500 miles on it before hibernating it.
It WILL arrive...but I understand the frustration totally.
Sitting for 4 weeks in New Boston, MI last year.
Traded in my C6 end of July, so like you, down a car, then it arrived 10/27 in Selkirk, NY railyard just a few miles from my dealer?
(I opted NOT to pick it up until 11/1, that was my choice at that point for various reasons)
I DID manage to get around 500 miles on it before hibernating it.
It WILL arrive...but I understand the frustration totally.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Upstate NY
I hear ya about picking it up, I would've thought twice if I'd known the car would sit that long. (But goes to show the battery did not die?
)Hang tough.
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Burning Brakes
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All needless and pointless ... ordered the car with options that would make it a quick build ....look where that logic got me ..the car got built ..but ...it aint helping me .....
Burning Brakes
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From: Upstate NY
(One + out of it all)
Well, we're at the mercy of where we live, bottom line.
It'll get here, hang in there.
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It could always be worse, my 14 sat on a rail car in Butte, Mt. for 11 days because it was ZERO or colder, and they were afraid to move it because of the tires. It sat there from 12/30/13 to 1/9/14 when it was trucked the final 200 miles to the dealer. That gave me time to buy Michelin A/S 3's and have them delivered to the courtesy dealer, (Fichtner, in Laurel, Mt.) and purchased from Kerbeck.
PS, I ordered the car in mid June of 13, and it was built on either 11/20 or 11/22 of 13.
PS, I ordered the car in mid June of 13, and it was built on either 11/20 or 11/22 of 13.
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Burning Brakes
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It could always be worse, my 14 sat on a rail car in Butte, Mt. for 11 days because it was ZERO or colder, and they were afraid to move it because of the tires. It sat there from 12/30/13 to 1/9/14 when it was trucked the final 200 miles to the dealer. That gave me time to buy Michelin A/S 3's and have them delivered to the courtesy dealer, (Fichtner, in Laurel, Mt.) and purchased from Kerbeck.
PS, I ordered the car in mid June of 13, and it was built on either 11/20 or 11/22 of 13.
PS, I ordered the car in mid June of 13, and it was built on either 11/20 or 11/22 of 13.
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</p><p><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)">I'm sure they have closely examined rail vs truck shipping, along with most other auto manufacturers:</span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)">Here are a couple of my previous posts on the topic:</span></p><p>Those impacted by rail shipping might find the following Automotive News article an interesting read: Are railroads snubbing autos?</p><p> </p><p>Some quotes:</p><p> </p><p>
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</p><p> </p><p>Other high dollar vehicles ship by rail:</p><p><img alt="" src="https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.corvetteforum.com-vbulletin/900x540/80-ar_310209840_d0718165d021a17138eec95accf 94b822f64debb.jpg" /></p><p> </p><p>The M Class starts at $48,000 and can easily top $110,000.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I'm sure "cents" is exactly why they use trains. Sure, truck is faster, but shipping by train is much cheaper:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
you are correct ...it is sitting in Mich. and they will not move it until they get 14 cars to fill the train car ... if I had to do it over I would go to factory to get the car ...heck I even adjusted what I wanted to avoid contraints ..to speed up production ...but little did I know the the shipping is the problem not production.. GM should take a second look at shipping agreements/contracts ..
About 70 percent of new vehicles are moved by rail, according to the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, a trade group representing 12 automakers.
But railroads have been unable -- or unwilling -- to keep up with increases in automotive production since the 2008-09 recession.
Meanwhile, increased demands from shippers of commodities such as grain, coal and oil have competed for limited rail capacity. Rail shipments of crude oil, for example, rose to 415,000 carloads in 2013 from 9,500 in 2008, according to annual reports compiled by the Surface Transportation Board.
Drifting
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Instructor
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From: Nor Cal
It finally arrived at dealer the day before thanksgiving.
I drove it away 48 hours later.
The Frustration level was very high!!
It was worth every second
Burning Brakes
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From: Upstate NY
!My car was built 9/15/14, shipped to New Boston, MI and sat until 10/20/14 before being put on train to New York (Selkirk). Arrived 10/27.
Whereabouts in NY is your car being shipped to? (Mine to Albany)
Godspeed to ya.