Bonehead Mistake Ordering 2022
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In the past, 3000 was a pretty solid cutoff. For the C8, with very long times between orders going 3000 and their actual TPW, there have been a number of changes allowed at 3000. However, it seems that 2022 is being setup such that there won't be these extremely long times between 3000 and the TPW date. So, 3000 may again become a hard cutoff for order changes. Worth a try to push your dealer to push Chevy to allow the change. But don't wait, do it tomorrow.
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In the past, 3000 was a pretty solid cutoff. For the C8, with very long times between orders going 3000 and their actual TPW, there have been a number of changes allowed at 3000. However, it seems that 2022 is being setup such that there won't be these extremely long times between 3000 and the TPW date. So, 3000 may again become a hard cutoff for order changes. Worth a try to push your dealer to push Chevy to allow the change. But don't wait, do it tomorrow.
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It actually has to do with the fact that there were no June allocations, the July allocations were much smaller than previous months and the factory has not had to shutdown due to supply chain issues recently. So, the backlog is significantly lower than it has been for quite some time.
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I'm coming from the BMW scene and they are very popular with the enthusiast M owners. But for the aforementioned reasons they take a lot of effort from the owner. Definitely do some research to see if that's what you want... I would just try to do whatever possible to get MSRC added to the order. Though if you go with KWs may be able to sell the Z51 suspension to someone with a base car to recoup some costs.
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The thing is, if you drive it for year while waiting for a 22/23, you still might be able to flip the non-mag car for a profit (or at least break even). If you end up feeling that the non-mag is acceptable, you have months to cancel your new order.
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Good morning all. When I ordered my 2021, I was on the ropes with color (Silver Flare or Red Mist) and other options. The salesmen told me I can change at any time. He will let me know when Chevy loads my car that is ready to build. He called me and I made my final choices. Your salesman is lazy and is the bonehead.
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Good morning all. When I ordered my 2021, I was on the ropes with color (Silver Flare or Red Mist) and other options. The salesmen told me I can change at any time. He will let me know when Chevy loads my car that is ready to build. He called me and I made my final choices. Your salesman is lazy and is the bonehead.
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Did you actually read the OP's post? It states his order is at 3000. All July orders that were matched to an allocation went to 3000 yesterday. I've been dealing with GM's order system for well over 20 years.
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You can see posts here from someone that had a car at 3000 with Kerbeck and he was able to get it changed and it bumped him to a much further out TPW. It *is* possible, but I think once you hit 3500, not possible at all.