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After a 7 week journey my C8 arrived at the dealership in CO late yesterday.
Congrats, it looks great! Just curious why you didn’t get it courtesy dealer delivered to Cali.
The two local Chevy dealers are not the greatest....and would charge more than the transport cost. I tried to purchase through them but they would not go below $15k over window. The dealer I bought from did $3k over, so I get the feeling that they just priced the courtesy delivery high in spite.
Los Angeles here, order in with Mike Furman/Criswell. I've heard nightmares about LA area dealers absolutely being dicks about Courtesy Delivery. When my deposit becomes an order, I'm gonna call around and see what's what. I heard there's a dealer in Ventura who's fine w/ Courtesy Delivery for a seemingly normal amount of $$
Los Angeles here, order in with Mike Furman/Criswell. I've heard nightmares about LA area dealers absolutely being dicks about Courtesy Delivery. When my deposit becomes an order, I'm gonna call around and see what's what. I heard there's a dealer in Ventura who's fine w/ Courtesy Delivery for a seemingly normal amount of $$
I live in Ventura County (Simi Valley) and my local dealer is an idiot (I’m being kind). I was surprised by Rydell in Northridge as they are the largest Corvette dealer in SoCal, but they just turned their nose up at a courtesy delivery....but they definitely fit the “dick” description. They will end up being my service dealer for warranty, etc, so let’s see how that goes. I didn’t go as far as Ventura itself as there is a dealer there (Crown Chevy?), but I didn’t check with them.
I live in Ventura County (Simi Valley) and my local dealer is an idiot (I’m being kind). I was surprised by Rydell in Northridge as they are the largest Corvette dealer in SoCal, but they just turned their nose up at a courtesy delivery....but they definitely fit the “dick” description. They will end up being my service dealer for warranty, etc, so let’s see how that goes. I didn’t go as far as Ventura itself as there is a dealer there (Crown Chevy?), but I didn’t check with them.
It isn’t any better south in the OC. My C7 Vette dealer in Irvine couldn’t do an oil change without screwing it up. For problems, I was always dealing with the DSM.
I have a Porsche Cayenne and have the same bad service with local dealer. You’d think in year round gearhead central, it would attract better people. Only good experience I’ve had on service is Tesla where the Techs are well trained and they fix it at your address and do auto OTA updates.
Last edited by cj2driver; Mar 24, 2021 at 12:41 PM.
It isn’t any better south in the OC. My C7 Vette dealer in Irvine couldn’t do an oil change without screwing it up. For problems, I was always dealing with the DSM.
I have a Porsche Cayenne and have the same bad service with local dealer. You’d think in year round gearhead central, it would attract better people. Only good experience I’ve had on service is Tesla where the Techs are well trained and they fix it at your address and do auto OTA updates.
I hear ya on Porsche...I now have 2 (used to be 3). Lucky for me my neighbors son is
an Indy and knows Porsche extremely well and is brutally honest. He does his Dads Vette and I’ll be taking the C8 to him for maintenance (after the freebie).
I just got my order through Rydell in Northridge Wednesday for my c8, and am at 2000 event. I live in Washington state, and have to pick it up there. They said I would have to pay Calif taxes if it rolls down the road, (which is way higher then here), and could not do courtesy delivery to Wa because the order was already in for delivery.
They charged $2,000 over MSRP ( I heard it went to 5K later on), but I don't mind because otherwise I would not get one.
Just curious if I should be careful with these guys from your comments. Also anything I should watch before I get it shipped to me ?
I just got my order through Rydell in Northridge Wednesday for my c8, and am at 2000 event. I live in Washington state, and have to pick it up there. They said I would have to pay Calif taxes if it rolls down the road, (which is way higher then here), and could not do courtesy delivery to Wa because the order was already in for delivery.
They charged $2,000 over MSRP ( I heard it went to 5K later on), but I don't mind because otherwise I would not get one.
Just curious if I should be careful with these guys from your comments. Also anything I should watch before I get it shipped to me ?
Thanks, Mike
The dealer, I.e, Sales were absolutely unreasonable as far as price, or at least what I was willing to pay. They would not go under $15k for a dealer spec car. If I were to order, they would do it for $5k over window but they said it would be a 9 month wait. At that point, late January, the market was not as hot, opposed to ludicrous now, and there were some dealers willing to do $5k over window on dealer inventory that was in bound. That’s when I found my C8 at 95% of the spec I would have ordered....and at $3k above window. I must have gone to Rydell four or five times to “deal” on 3 cars on the lot, for sale to take home that day, and they would not go below $15k over window.
So when I purchased from out of state they wanted $1750 for a courtesy delivery....it was $800 to ship the car via Plycar from CO to my door (will be here next week).
Their service department is very good from what the local Corvette Club says and they have three C8 “Master Mechanics” that went to Detroit for some sort of three month training back in early 2020 before all the shutdowns.
So service, OK, Sales, NoKay based on my experience. I wouldn’t be concerned with the PDI process.....also, when you buy a car in CA, just like any State, you get a 90 day temporary plate that does not require registration. I’m paying my sales tax after I get the car and I’m good to drive it on the road as it will have CO temp plates and I will have 90 days from the purchase date to register the car in CA....but you must have insurance (yeah, like I’m going to drive this thing one inch without insurance in CA the uninsured motorist capital on the planet).
So I wouldn’t be concerned with the process of getting the car although I have no personal experience with them as far as their customer service with an ordered car, that is, how proactive they will be in keeping you informed as to status rather than you hounding them for info....Congrats on the order, can’t wait for mine to be real in a few days.
I am having my C8 delivered to Rydell in Calif. Any idea how long it takes to arrive? Mine was built 4/27 - thx
Thats the $64k question....they are or were trucking from BG instead of rail. If they still are I would say 2/3 weeks, if by rail 6/7 weeks. The dealer will be able to tell you with their tracking software. Of course they won’t know by which method it ships until after it actually leaves and where the first waypoint is going to be as all C8s are trucked to Toledo if they are goin by rail.
Originally Posted by SoCal C8 (yeah, like I’m going to drive this thing one inch without insurance in CA the uninsured motorist capital on the planet).
Not so fast.... when it comes to uninsured drivers, CA is not even in the Top 10.
The “estimated” ~14% in CA means the highest number of uninsured based on population and doesn’t include those who don’t even have a DL. My son is a Manager at an insurance company and the number of hit and runs are shocking.....those don’t even count as uninsured in the crappy state of Kalifornia.
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