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Smart Shopper European Delivery Experiences, Advice and Info
251 messages, Last post on Jul 13, 2008 at 5:01 PM
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jkw99, Look on the Canadian sites for these manufacturers, and/or visit a dealer. I have no idea whether there are ED programs in Canada or what the terms are. |
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| Advice from response #70 is correct. There are ED programmes for most European cars. I purchased a MB using ED a few years ago. You'll need to visit a dealership to arrange the particulars.. | |
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I thought I'd post that shipping our new Volvo V70AWD from Heathrow Airport/London to our dealership north of Seattle, Washington took seven weeks, three days. We dropped the car at the shipping agent August 24. It was trucked from London to Bremerhaven, where it made it onto a vessel sailing September 6. After sailing we received a letter from the agent saying the vessel was expected in Port Hueneme, CA (Long Beach) on October 4. It docked on schedule. Getting the car unloaded, out of bond and trucked up the west coast took 11 more days. It arrived in excellent shape -- no complaints. Just one blown fuse. I'm told this time is about average for west coast deliveries, but I thought it was quite good. |
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Tom, It took almost exactly the same time from Sindelfingen, Germany to San Jose, Calif for Mercedes. We weren't apprised of the sail dates, etc. We had to call the MB dealer after six anxious weeks and ask 'where's our car?' FWIW, Port Hueneme is about 100 miles further north near Oxnard. |
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Can anyone tell me whether it's possible to purschase other engine models through the European Delivery system? I was thinking of i.e. buying an Audi A6 TDI V6 instead of the gasoline model markedet in the US. JON |
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| I'd doubt it since BMW, MB and Volvo will only sell you us spec cars. US dealers don't have parts or are trained on other engines and they may not meet emission and safety standards. But you should call Audi. | |
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I would like to order a V40 through European Delivery, but I am expecting our first child in March. I am not willing to gamble that the baby won't come early. Is there any way to have a family member take delivery of the car for me? What does it mean when the person who's name the car is registered in? That certainly does not mean registered in my state, because that is done after it arrives in the states. Is there anyway to have the loan in my name, but the ED paper work to be in another family members name? Surely, there is some way to work this. I don't need a co-signer, but if I had one, could that person take delivery? Anyone have any ideas? |
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| I think you'll be better off phoning Volvo. | |
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Volvo is very firm on this point. You cannot have a proxy or power-of-attorney holder pick the car up for you in Europe. The actual purchaser/owner of the car must appear and show his/her passport before they'll hand the car over. I presume it's because, if proxies were permitted, people could go into business as proxies -- and set themselves up as de facto importers of Volvos, in competition with Volvo's usual dealer distribution channel. If you could pay someone to be your agent and go take delivery of the car for you, what's to stop that person from doing it ten times a day? This is to protect Volvo's dealer network. Also, on European Delivery cars, you can't have dual owners, e.g. husband/wife. One person must be named as sole owner. What I guess you COULD do is have someone else buy the car, get his/her name on all the Volvo paperwork from the word go, and co-sign the loan yourself. But make sure it's someone you trust! BTW, what's the real price advantage on a Euro Delivery 40-series, anyway? |
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The price advantage on a V40 is about $2200 as I want the car configured. If the dealers in the U.S. were coming off MSRP then I would go that route, but at this time that is not happening. You point about a proxy is not completly correct. I called VCNA myself, I have been told that they could pick up the car if their name is on the ED paper work. This is independent of any financial paper work. Also, if I had some else buy the car and then re-registered it in my name, that would cause double tax to be paid. |
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