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Analysis of Ciocca Orders - updated as of 09/20/21
Originally Posted by Faste60
I started a thread looking for 2022 orders but did it under Ciocca's name. I'd like to capture data from all dealers. Here is my spread sheet, please post your Dealer, date of 1st Deposit of the date you went on their wait list if they have no deposit required, your Wait List number if the dealer has one, the date of your second deposit or formal order, and your 3000 date and your TPW. See the spread sheet to see what I'm trying to do.
I will update the daily spread sheet here to make it easier to track. Check your data to make sure I've got it right. There are 50 on the list as of 8/11, The date of the last update is at the top of the sheet.
9/19, One new buyer No status updates
09/20: Attached is the analysis of the Ciocca Order Tracking List. Total value of 2022 Corvettes ordered is: $24,546,135.00
Sounds like the experience I had when I ordered my first C7 Stingray! What an experience!
Check my status with BG today ------Went to 3400 today with a TPW of 9/20/21! Was assured my car would be built this week!!!!
7/31/21 Ordered
9/13/21 3300
No waiting list except for the 2022 allocations.
Congratulations and thanks for the nice story. I hope you have many, many great times with it. The experience you're having is certainly one of the benefits of C-8 ownership. Enjoy.
My C-8 being built Thursday will be my first NCM delivery and my 6th Vette. I imagine our ride home from BGR will be similar to what you experienced.
Sounds like the experience I had when I ordered my first C7 Stingray! What an experience!
Check my status with BG today ------Went to 3400 today with a TPW of 9/20/21! Was assured my car would be built this week!!!!
7/31/21 Ordered
9/13/21 3300
No waiting list except for the 2022 allocations.
I started a thread looking for 2022 orders but did it under Ciocca's name. I'd like to capture data from all dealers. Here is my spread sheet, please post your Dealer, date of 1st Deposit of the date you went on their wait list if they have no deposit required, your Wait List number if the dealer has one, the date of your second deposit or formal order, and your 3000 date and your TPW. See the spread sheet to see what I'm trying to do.
I will update the daily spread sheet here to make it easier to track. Check your data to make sure I've got it right. There are 50 on the list as of 8/11, The date of the last update is at the top of the sheet.
9/19, One new buyer No status updates
Thought this had uploaded earlier but perhaps it was operator error. The total $ value of all 2022 Corvettes on the list is: $24,546,135
So yesterday, I became popular at the function I assisted, people asked about the Corvette in the parking, then people coming to my table and asking me to come outside and show them my beautiful ride. This red Corvette calls for attention everywhere it goes so far, I wasn’t expecting that at all. To own a Corvette today it’s an amazing feeling.
My C5 was the first one in town and county and maybe state. So much so a NJ State Cop pulled me over just to see it. YES it is an amazing experience to have the first new gen Corvette in town. I'm a black guy but going with a Red and Black thyme. The RED will attract attention and feed my 76 yo ego. It will attract so much attention my wife will never take it out alone. And like all my Vettes no garage queen, it will be my prim driver and all over town. I'll have 10K on it in a year. ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My first spread sheet delivery. I'm happy for you.
Reading your post made ME smile and soooo happy for you.
Cheers!
Originally Posted by Rafa7
Oh' boy, I'm glad you asked, I need to get this out of my chest, haha! I have become the most popular man in Georgia, or the second one, third, or whatever if you know what I mean :-) ...for sure thou, it feels like I’m ‘the man’ of the hour LOL
The rest of the saga… last Saturday it became very real, we drove to RHD in Atlanta to pick up my 2022 Corvette VIN# 131. We finished picking up my Corvette at the dealer around 8:40 pm Saturday, one word to describe taking delivery: sensational! If you don't feel like you're on top of the world when taking delivery of your brand new C8, you're doing all wrong ...or you must be like this older gentlemen who I meet at my local dealer picking up his 2021 Corvette about two months ago who has purchased 74 new cars through his life (what a thrill for his wife, she was there with a huge smile too).
After picking up the C8, most of us in the family took turns driving the Corvette around Duluth/Atlanta. We were five (wife, daughter, son, son’s best friend and I), we felt like kids with a new toy which we couldn’t let go, non-stop joy riding the brand-new spanking Corvette, what a blast! The car is fantastic, it's everything I thought it will be plus 100 times better. After a quick bite to eat we headed back to Savannah (and my son back to college, Chattanooga, TN). We took the local route back home which meant we got home late, after 3:30 AM (due to prior commitments back in SAV the next day we couldn’t stay in ATL overnight). Anyhow, a couple of times at red lights two people made me roll down my window to tell me how beautiful my ride was, many others were making signs about the car while driving. At a gas station for a quick stop in Athens GA, after the football game had ended, the Corvette attracted people like a magnet who came around the car drooling 😊 also a drunk person who couldn’t stop talking about the car sexiness and curves, was he right! I decided quickly that was enough glory to feast on at that location. To say the least, I’ve now decided to hangout around gas stations LOL yesterday at SAM’s club a similar situation happened too, but without the drunk (I think…).
A little background, no one that really knows me knew anything about me getting into the C8 waiting list or the Corvette purchase Saturday, not at work, not at church/school, not neighbors, nor our family except for my wife and three children. The uniqueness circumstances of burying a Corvette today help us kept quiet about it (except for you guys here in this forum no one knew). So yesterday, I became popular at the function I assisted, people asked about the Corvette in the parking, then people coming to my table and asking me to come outside and show them my beautiful ride. This red Corvette calls for attention everywhere it goes so far, I wasn’t expecting that at all. To own a Corvette today it’s an amazing feeling.
Later in the afternoon we started adding and installing the many accessories I had accumulated over the last few months, including a few décor items for the garage.
So, what it’s like to own it: spectacular! And I hope everyone here joins me soon if you don’t already have one. Cheers!
Credit for the photos: @Atlantan
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Analysis of Ciocca Orders - updated as of 09/20/21
