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Old Nov 17, 2022 | 12:11 PM
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Picked her up on Tuesday at my dealer after doing a courtesy from Rick Hendrick in GA. Both dealers did a very good job. For those that are waiting it took 7mo from the first deposit to receiving the car and 3000 to finished was 38 days. My local dealer is relatively small and does not get many Corvettes, but when I picked mine up, they got their first C8 which was a 70th anniversary Z06. Nice car, maybe my next one.



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Congrats, very nice!

Interesting that they don’t get many C8’s but they got a first round Z06 allocation…
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Old Nov 17, 2022 | 12:26 PM
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As far as I can tell, 7 months is extremely good turnaround! Enjoy it! You picked one of the best colors!
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Very odd indeed. They have not received a single Stingray and their first C8 was a Z06. They did have several of the C7 Z06's and maybe that got them an allocation. It was sold to someone in SoCal.

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Interesting that they don’t get many C8’s but they got a first round Z06 allocation…
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Thanks. They originally quoted me 10mo's.

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As far as I can tell, 7 months is extremely good turnaround! Enjoy it! You picked one of the best colors!
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Congrats on picking up your C8. You certainly have a gorgeous car.
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Nice!
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Fantastic color choice.
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Originally Posted by Drew888
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They are very much worth the wait. Totally enjoying mine. Beautiful C8 enjoy it.
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Nice car! I got my C8 from Rick Hendrick in Duluth, GA and got it in five months. When I picked it up the Corvette Sales Manager told me that with his wait list and projected allocations for the 2022YM he had already sold all of them.

Curious - if you did get it from Hendrick in Duluth did they make you take their $8,500 accessory package? They instituted that effective 9/1/21 - I didn't have to pay it - but I heard that they had quit making people pay for that package.
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It was RH Duluth. No accessory package since it was a courtesy delivery from BG to my dealer. I believe it is still a requirement, but never hurts to ask. They did me a favor because my employer has purchased a few Corvettes from them previously. Most of the stuff in package is good to have or needed, window tint, clear bra etc.

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Curious - if you did get it from Hendrick in Duluth did they make you take their $8,500 accessory package? They instituted that effective 9/1/21 - I didn't have to pay it - but I heard that they had quit making people pay for that package.
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