Just left you a PM.

 

I bought all 5 of my Vettes exactly as I wanted by ordering. What is a few more weeks?! The last three I ordered from outside the state. Two from Kerbeck as was my last, a Grand Sport. They sponsor this page and are the largest Vette dealer (for a reason, great folks t buy from.) Were selling 25/week. Just click on their logo on the upper right of each page and look at their discounts. Call, order one built "just for you" at Blowing Green and you'll get the ~same discount!

My Grand Sport took 15 minutes on the phone (I knew exactly what I wanted.) Got a small dealer 30 miles away to accept Courtesy Delivery. A flat $250 although worth more in my case versus the first I bought from Kerbeck where I flew to Atlantic City, stayed overnight and drove it home after it arrived!

The Courtesy Delivery dealer did a great job. They also get paid by GM for the prep, in my case for installing the ordered Stage 2 aero package and they found a small paint flaw (I would have missed) and no doubt got paid to fix that! If Kerbeck does not have a name of a local Chevy Dealer who will accept Courtesy Delivery in your area call around and ONLY ask to talk to the financial manager, not a salesman or sales manager! I found a small dealer who does it all the time for the very large employer in that town!

Standard Trans
Only 23% of us buying a standard trans so finding exactly what you want, is not easy. The forum dealers order what folks buy. In our town they would NEVER order a standard trans for stock! It's been slowing happening. I recall my first Vette, an '88 I ordered a standard trans (as have been all my DD's since my first car.) The local dealer said, I'll have to charge you a $2000 non refundable fee as I will have a hard time selling the car if for whatever reason you don't take it! No problem for me. When I brought it to work one of my younger product managers who drove a Vette looked in the car and said joking, "To cheap to buy and automatic!" I just smiled and didn't bother to tell him that for an '88 the standard trans was from Doug Nash who built an old beefy 4 speed with and attached a two speed electrically operated overdrive in the tail shaft! It would be operated in 2nd. 3rd and 4th and the gear ratio's allowed a 7 speed if you engaged properly! That was my 2nd 7 speed! First was a Dodge Colt Turbo with a twin stick 4 speed and overdrive. felt like a truck driver!