Production has started!
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If this has already been talked about in another thread, feel free to delete it. I have a family friend that works at the Bowling Green plant. He messaged me yesterday on Facebook to see if I still had my C8 order because he was hearing a lot of people were cancelling their orders, I said of course I still have mine. He said they started production on retail models on Monday but the line was not running super good and he has had some long boring days. But good news that it has started before schedule, bad news the line is not running very efficient yet.
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If this has already been talked about in another thread, feel free to delete it. I have a family friend that works at the Bowling Green plant. He messaged me yesterday on Facebook to see if I still had my C8 order because he was hearing a lot of people were cancelling their orders, I said of course I still have mine. He said they started production on retail models on Monday but the line was not running super good and he has had some long boring days. But good news that it has started before schedule, bad news the line is not running very efficient yet.
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If this has already been talked about in another thread, feel free to delete it. I have a family friend that works at the Bowling Green plant. He messaged me yesterday on Facebook to see if I still had my C8 order because he was hearing a lot of people were cancelling their orders, I said of course I still have mine. He said they started production on retail models on Monday but the line was not running super good and he has had some long boring days. But good news that it has started before schedule, bad news the line is not running very efficient yet.
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It must be a huge task to coordinate all of the suppliers so that all of the parts needed to build a car are on hand. Not only on hand, but checked out to be sure that the initial batch is made to spec. Then, when a problem is found with one part, the whole line is held up until that gets worked out with the supplier and new parts are made available. It's difficult enough with a new Corvette, but can you imagine what this process is like for a new Boeing aircraft?
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I wasn't surprised when he said they were not running very good yet but hopefully it is something they can correct quickly. I am still at 1100 and don't have a TPW so hopefully I can get that soon.
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I am still at 1100 also. My dealer said probably the February allocation. Fingers crossed!!...I'm waiting to see when the February allocation will go in...thinking it's around the 20th...
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See tei link in this thread: Customer Ordered 2020 C8 Corvette Production Already Began…Has Begun…Will Begin Soon! It explains what is going on.