Quality hold
Melting Slicks
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From: Lakewood Ranch, FL
I don't think that would help at all in this situation. The damaged wheels were preventing them from being shipped out. In fact, I think a number of people DO plan to get aftermarket wheels, so they don't care if the wheels are damaged, but they still can't get their car.
There is a reason many of us have learned that it is necessary to go aftermarket for wheels of quality and in more friendly sizes to enable better replacement tires in not so acutely low profile sizes that it is difficult to find shops willing to mount tires. Go aftermarket and forget wheel troubles.
Melting Slicks
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From: Texas
The whole situation has got to be a monumental logistics nightmare when hundreds or even thousands of cars need to be stored and their 'usual' storage area was never envisioned to need to hold so many cars at once, let alone hold them in a way that allows easy ingress/egress of cars in order of build date.
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From: Taylors, SC
Just imagine if you were waiting for a your new truck!
https://www.gm-trucks.com/gm-storing...th-fork-lifts/
https://www.gm-trucks.com/gm-storing...th-fork-lifts/
Instructor
Joined: Nov 2020
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From: Lakewood Ranch, FL
No no I didn't mean your car is waiting to fill a truck, but that cars for smaller markets could be stored in the same area and that the cars not on QC hold but waiting for a carrier combined with cars on QC hold has led to a jam packed lot with little room to reach earlier cars.
The whole situation has got to be a monumental logistics nightmare when hundreds or even thousands of cars need to be stored and their 'usual' storage area was never envisioned to need to hold so many cars at once, let alone hold them in a way that allows easy ingress/egress of cars in order of build date.
The whole situation has got to be a monumental logistics nightmare when hundreds or even thousands of cars need to be stored and their 'usual' storage area was never envisioned to need to hold so many cars at once, let alone hold them in a way that allows easy ingress/egress of cars in order of build date.
This makes sense…..my Dealer said today he was told it’s a trucker shortage problem and his still waiting for 10 cars to be delivered that are delayed.
Melting Slicks
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From: Harrisburg PA
Just imagine if you were waiting for a your new truck!
https://www.gm-trucks.com/gm-storing...th-fork-lifts/
https://www.gm-trucks.com/gm-storing...th-fork-lifts/
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From: Middletown, DE
I hope this is the next-to-last post for me here.
Thanks (I strongly believe) to great efforts by Mark M. at MacMulkin, Shane at the Museum, and (probably) the GM rep who happened to be at MM yesterday and whose ear Mark M bent on my behalf, we were just told by Shane W that our car will get the taillight replaced this morning and be delivered to the Museum at 1:00 today.
So we are taking the calculated risk of getting on a plane to Nashville out of PHL at 3:30 today. Fingers crossed...
Thanks (I strongly believe) to great efforts by Mark M. at MacMulkin, Shane at the Museum, and (probably) the GM rep who happened to be at MM yesterday and whose ear Mark M bent on my behalf, we were just told by Shane W that our car will get the taillight replaced this morning and be delivered to the Museum at 1:00 today.
So we are taking the calculated risk of getting on a plane to Nashville out of PHL at 3:30 today. Fingers crossed...
Melting Slicks
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From: Lakewood Ranch, FL
if you end up getting bumped to Friday, maybe I’ll see you there! My flight out of Philly is tomorrow evening.
Good luck!!!!
Good luck!!!!
I hope this is the next-to-last post for me here.
Thanks (I strongly believe) to great efforts by Mark M. at MacMulkin, Shane at the Museum, and (probably) the GM rep who happened to be at MM yesterday and whose ear Mark M bent on my behalf, we were just told by Shane W that our car will get the taillight replaced this morning and be delivered to the Museum at 1:00 today.
So we are taking the calculated risk of getting on a plane to Nashville out of PHL at 3:30 today. Fingers crossed...
Thanks (I strongly believe) to great efforts by Mark M. at MacMulkin, Shane at the Museum, and (probably) the GM rep who happened to be at MM yesterday and whose ear Mark M bent on my behalf, we were just told by Shane W that our car will get the taillight replaced this morning and be delivered to the Museum at 1:00 today.
So we are taking the calculated risk of getting on a plane to Nashville out of PHL at 3:30 today. Fingers crossed...
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I don't think that would help at all in this situation. The damaged wheels were preventing them from being shipped out. In fact, I think a number of people DO plan to get aftermarket wheels, so they don't care if the wheels are damaged, but they still can't get their car.
Melting Slicks
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From: Lakewood Ranch, FL
But isn't the same thing true, that GM wouldn't release them to the customer, so if they had the bad wheels, they still wouldn't be able to get their car and replace them? Or am I missing what you're saying?
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I was built 2 days after you and my dealer confirmed today my ETA is 12/8 as well BUT he said 80% of the time this is wrong. I'll feel better when I hit 4200 and Shipped until I hold my breadth.
Melting Slicks
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From: Texas
Just imagine if you were waiting for a your new truck!
https://www.gm-trucks.com/gm-storing...th-fork-lifts/
https://www.gm-trucks.com/gm-storing...th-fork-lifts/
Pro
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Dealer texted me later after earlier telling me my ETA was 12/8 that my event code is now 4150 which is Original Invoice. I have no idea how GM moves through their codes but I was at 4000 last Friday, 4D00 on Monday and now 4150 so hopefully that means I am 100% out of QC and just waiting to be moved to 4200--Shipped!
Pro
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Dealer texted me later after earlier telling me my ETA was 12/8 that my event code is now 4150 which is Original Invoice. I have no idea how GM moves through their codes but I was at 4000 last Friday, 4D00 on Monday and now 4150 so hopefully that means I am 100% out of QC and just waiting to be moved to 4200--Shipped!
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Instructor
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From: Lakewood Ranch, FL
Dealer texted me later after earlier telling me my ETA was 12/8 that my event code is now 4150 which is Original Invoice. I have no idea how GM moves through their codes but I was at 4000 last Friday, 4D00 on Monday and now 4150 so hopefully that means I am 100% out of QC and just waiting to be moved to 4200--Shipped!
Pro
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I do not know how - I just got an email saying he activated it for us. If they are a Chevy dealer they must know how to activate this on all their cars.
