C8 Museum pick up program
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Dec 4, 2019, 11:54 PM
Racer
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The benefits of museum pickup are:
a) you get to see your car on the museum webcams for a week or two being admired by museum visitors before you go to take delivery;
b) you get a nice introduction, setup and walkthrough by the museum delivery staff;
c) you get a special plaque that indicates it was on display there and a gold sticker that is affixed to the door jam;
d) you get a museum tour as well as a tour of the vehicle assembly plant (once they start tours running again;
e) you get to ride out of the museum to applause and take pictures with your new car outside the museum; and (most importantly)
You get to drive it home from the museum/factory. Take it from someone who did it before, it’s worth every penny!
a) you get to see your car on the museum webcams for a week or two being admired by museum visitors before you go to take delivery;
b) you get a nice introduction, setup and walkthrough by the museum delivery staff;
c) you get a special plaque that indicates it was on display there and a gold sticker that is affixed to the door jam;
d) you get a museum tour as well as a tour of the vehicle assembly plant (once they start tours running again;
e) you get to ride out of the museum to applause and take pictures with your new car outside the museum; and (most importantly)
You get to drive it home from the museum/factory. Take it from someone who did it before, it’s worth every penny!
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Don't know why it wouldn't be - no different than the other generations that have had that option.
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They generally schedule your delivery within 2 weeks of your car being built, but they are somewhat flexible.
Could be faster for places where shipping is done via truck and rail (roughly over 1000 miles from Bowling Green).
Could be faster for places where shipping is done via truck and rail (roughly over 1000 miles from Bowling Green).
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Racer
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From: Powder Springs GA
The benefits of museum pickup are:
a) you get to see your car on the museum webcams for a week or two being admired by museum visitors before you go to take delivery;
b) you get a nice introduction, setup and walkthrough by the museum delivery staff;
c) you get a special plaque that indicates it was on display there and a gold sticker that is affixed to the door jam;
d) you get a museum tour as well as a tour of the vehicle assembly plant (once they start tours running again;
e) you get to ride out of the museum to applause and take pictures with your new car outside the museum; and (most importantly)
You get to drive it home from the museum/factory. Take it from someone who did it before, it’s worth every penny!
a) you get to see your car on the museum webcams for a week or two being admired by museum visitors before you go to take delivery;
b) you get a nice introduction, setup and walkthrough by the museum delivery staff;
c) you get a special plaque that indicates it was on display there and a gold sticker that is affixed to the door jam;
d) you get a museum tour as well as a tour of the vehicle assembly plant (once they start tours running again;
e) you get to ride out of the museum to applause and take pictures with your new car outside the museum; and (most importantly)
You get to drive it home from the museum/factory. Take it from someone who did it before, it’s worth every penny!
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f) The customer is presented with an individual one year NCM membership.
g) R8C customers also have the opportunity to get on track for complimentary touring laps in NCM Corvettes at the NCM Motorsports Park.
g) R8C customers also have the opportunity to get on track for complimentary touring laps in NCM Corvettes at the NCM Motorsports Park.
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Papillion must have had a really bad experience, as he always responds to these questions. I feel bad for him. For everyone else I have talked with, it is has been a positive experience. Below is a summary of my museum delivery copied from a previous thread....
- One-on-one tour of the factory and assembly line
- One-on-one tour of the Museum including access to many behind the scenes operations. On the day we were there, we were allowed in the garage area where they were finishing up restoration on a beautiful 1967. They let my girlfriend start it up again for the 'first time' since restoration. We were able to talk with several technicians, mechanics, and other Museum personnel, that the normal visitor would not experience.
- Access to a "Museum Delivery Only" part of the Gift Shop where you can order special items not available to the general public
- Your car on display behind velvet ropes in the Museum, and on webcam. I had several friends watch the delivery live.
- By the time you drive home, the break-in period has been completed
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Museum Delivery was a nightmare with our C7. Very early in the model run, the museum guy doing the delivery had no clue. He said 'dunno' more than he answered questions. His chronic mantra, you should read the book when you get home. Huh? He had plumber's butt on the live stream which got a chuckle from our friends who tuned in. Not sure if our 10 year old granddaughter saw the humor though? The guy didn't know how the top worked 'exactly' when he demo'd it with the FOB. And didn't allow it to completely close. Which drained the battery without us knowing. When we got ready to leave, our dream car wouldn't start. All the techs were gone. It would be the next day before someone could jump it. As much as we said we don't want to buy any souvenirs, we just wanted to escape the asylum at that point. He dumped us in the gift shop and said he be back in 15-20 minutes. To take a leak and a smoke I'd assume. It was a colossal clown car of missteps. Though none very funny.
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Thank You!
Thank You guys for your detailed experience.(With the exception of MoooFooo...Sorry brother!) I wrestled with this with my last 2 Z's and I think Im going to pull the trigger with this one. Sound like one hell of an experience and Im not getting any younger. Would make a nice trip with my wife not to mention motor break in trip ride home. The hardest point now is the waiting game for the new Z06...I HATE this part!
***Do you really get to watch your car on a web cam displayed in the museum? That would be interesting to see how the spectators react to your new baby!***
***Do you really get to watch your car on a web cam displayed in the museum? That would be interesting to see how the spectators react to your new baby!***
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I picked up my 2014 back in February of 2014. The morning we were flying into Nashville, I heard the news that a sinkhole had occurred at the NCM. I immediately got on the computer to look at my web cam. I was relieved to see my car sitting there undamaged. As we learned during our visit, the sinkhole had happened in the sky dome and the rest of the museum was not impacted.