Museum delivery...why?
Le Mans Master
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From: Destrehan Louisiana
It is fun.
Got my 2008 this way. You get a personal tour guide for both the factory and the museum. Your car will be on display in the museum under those beautiful lights. After your tours and an orientation with your car you get to drive it home on a fun road trip. The whole experience was just a great time. I reminisce about it now and then and it forces a smile to my face.
-Dale
Got my 2008 this way. You get a personal tour guide for both the factory and the museum. Your car will be on display in the museum under those beautiful lights. After your tours and an orientation with your car you get to drive it home on a fun road trip. The whole experience was just a great time. I reminisce about it now and then and it forces a smile to my face.
-Dale
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I did it on my C7. Its kinda fun. I might do it again. I liked the idea of getting in the car and driving it cross country immediately.
The factory bit is interesting but not a big deal. Its more the adventure than anything. Dealers are so boring.
The factory bit is interesting but not a big deal. Its more the adventure than anything. Dealers are so boring.
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I picked up my C7 at the factory and headed South. I got the car about 4pm and headed south to Memphis. It started some snow flurries about an hour later. That night we got hit with an ice storm and 6 inches of snow on the ground. Then drove the next day to Dallas with snow all through Texarkana. I hadn't driven in snow in over 20 years. Its an adventure!
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '06
Thanks for the head up.
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Aren't you supposed to break the Vette in... have to keep it under 65 and don't hold RPMs too long in the same spot for 500 miles or so. If I do NCM delivery, I will hook a trailer up to my Durango and drive my C5 down there on the trailer and then put the C8 on the trailer and stare at it to the whole way back in my C5. I hope my C5 (or my **** in that seat) can make the 7 hour drive.
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I personally do not think there is a better Corvette delivery experience than what the NCM offers. From the shorter transport distance, faster turnaround from production to delivery, unsurpassed PDI service before delivery, the potential for any issues to be properly addressed due to the proximity to the plant, thorough tutorial about the car from delivery staff, the entire experience is well worth the investment. I took NCM delivery of my 2017 Grand Sport and will continue to do so for any Corvette order I place in the future. Here's a link to my post about that experience: https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...erience-3.html
Burning Brakes
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From: Williamson County, TN
I’m in TN, Nashville area only about an hour South of the factory, plus Wife has family there in BG so it’s really an easy decision for me.
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I was just at the museum about 3 weeks ago. The “unsettling” part to me is how poor of a job they do keeping people off of your car waiting for delivery. The Z06 I saw sitting there had literally been fingered by everyone that walked by it. Little kids with toys in there hands etc..... IMO they could def do a better job of keeping people off of the car. Hard barriers a few feet out would suffice.
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I'm sure it's a great experience...BUT...there is no way I would drive a high end car "cross country" without PPF being on her...if you are not exceedingly lucky you will get home with a pretty beaten up car...i.e. rock chip and dents and possibly worse (I caught what I believe was a bolt on my 550i driving her home from just south of my hometown a few years back that did considerable front end paint damage).
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Not since C7
Drifting
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I'm sure it's a great experience...BUT...there is no way I would drive a high end car "cross country" without PPF being on her...if you are not exceedingly lucky you will get home with a pretty beaten up car...i.e. rock chip and dents and possibly worse (I caught what I believe was a bolt on my 550i driving her home from just south of my hometown a few years back that did considerable front end paint damage).
There was this one thing that happened in Arkansas. I was out in the boonies (sorry for being redundant, I already said I was in Arkansas) and ahead of me on the road was a late model Tahoe and a late model Escalade. The Escalade driver was dropping beer cans out the window and the Tahoe was swerving around trying to hit the cans. I just backed way off and waited for Cleetus and Jebediah to run out of beer cans. It took awhile.
Safety Car
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Our Experience
Museum Delivery was a nightmare with our C7. Very early in the model run, the museum guy doing the delivery had no clue. He said 'dunno' more than he answered questions. His chronic mantra, you should read the book when you get home. Huh? He had plumber's butt on the live stream which got a chuckle from our friends who tuned in. Not sure if our 10 year old granddaughter saw the humor though? The guy didn't know how the top worked 'exactly' when he demo'd it with the FOB. And didn't allow it to completely close. Which drained the battery without us knowing. When we got ready to leave, our dream car wouldn't start. All the techs were gone. It would be the next day before someone could jump it. As much as we said we don't want to buy any souvenirs, we just wanted to escape the asylum at that point. He dumped us in the gift shop and said he be back in 15-20 minutes. To take a leak and a smoke I'd assume. It was a colossal clown car of missteps. Though none very funny.
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I did it back in 1996 when the program was new. It was cool back then since they actually put your car in the museum as a display item with a guided to tour. There was no annex with a bunch of deliveries. Of course the cost was less then half of what it is today.
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Burning Brakes
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St. Jude Donor '11
I enjoyed the NCM delivery and drove it back to Chicago. No dents or paint chips (thats just a risk of actually driving a car). Enjoyed the experience and the tour was very interesting. Got to start a car that came off the line. Would I do it again? Probably not, but it was worth it to me to do it once.
All cars have a 2 week QC hold once built. Nobody can pick up a car that was just built. Some cars also get 20+ miles put on them before delivery (NCM or normal delivery) by GM engineers as a spot check.
All cars have a 2 week QC hold once built. Nobody can pick up a car that was just built. Some cars also get 20+ miles put on them before delivery (NCM or normal delivery) by GM engineers as a spot check.
Burning Brakes
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From: DFW Texas
Museum Delivery was a nightmare with our C7. Very early in the model run, the museum guy doing the delivery had no clue. He said 'dunno' more than he answered questions. His chronic mantra, you should read the book when you get home. Huh? He had plumber's butt on the live stream which got a chuckle from our friends who tuned in. Not sure if our 10 year old granddaughter saw the humor though? The guy didn't know how the top worked 'exactly' when he demo'd it with the FOB. And didn't allow it to completely close. Which drained the battery without us knowing. When we got ready to leave, our dream car wouldn't start. All the techs were gone. It would be the next day before someone could jump it. As much as we said we don't want to buy any souvenirs, we just wanted to escape the asylum at that point. He dumped us in the gift shop and said he be back in 15-20 minutes. To take a leak and a smoke I'd assume. It was a colossal clown car of missteps. Though none very funny.
It is not that big of a deal to me and would certainly not pay for it.
Used to drive by the factory in BG 7 to 10 times a year but was always on my way to watch my daughter play a soccer game when she was at Xavier or on my way home to Texas.
Burning Brakes
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From: Williamson County, TN
I was just at the museum about 3 weeks ago. The “unsettling” part to me is how poor of a job they do keeping people off of your car waiting for delivery. The Z06 I saw sitting there had literally been fingered by everyone that walked by it. Little kids with toys in there hands etc..... IMO they could def do a better job of keeping people off of the car. Hard barriers a few feet out would suffice.
I seem to remember the cars in the showroom being roped off, I didn’t let my kids touch any of them.
there was a C7 you could sit in if you wanted.