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Chevrolet Corvette Prices Paid and Buying Experiences

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Re:The rest of the story [jmess] by starrow68
Mar 30, 2005 (10:22 am)
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Replying to: jmess (Mar 29, 2005 10:26 pm)

I still think you are gettin the run around. When K.. at Fichtner said he had an allocation that meant he had a printout with a production week assigned. An allocation is not a waiting game. Either they have an allocation or they don't, and if you aren't getting the car, then they don't. It doesn't get any simpler than that.
 
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Re:The rest of the story [starrow68] by jmess
Mar 30, 2005 (8:38 pm)
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Replying to: starrow68 (Mar 30, 2005 10:22 am)

I have asked the question on several Corvette forums about when a dealer gets assigned an allocation. I have yet to get a complete and satisfactory answer from anyone. Mr K is on the same forums. Unless nobody wants to share the secret it appears to be a far less scientific process than a simple production schedule.
 
You have to wonder why GM would let their dealers log orders if they don't have any chance of getting a car. They could easily bounce any order that doesn't plug into the schedule. Instead they assign it an order number and a status code of 1100. Sort of an unethical thing to do if they know the car will never be built?
 
GM also refuses to answer any questions from customers about orders. They refer you back to the dealer. So a customer has no way to determine if the dealer is being disingenuous.
 
So I stand by my original statement. The C6 order process is a mess and GM is losing customers as a result.
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Re:The rest of the story [jmess] by c5_4fun
Mar 31, 2005 (6:16 am)
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Replying to: jmess (Mar 30, 2005 8:38 pm)

I live in Chicagoland and have seen small dealers with few C6's available and pushing the ONE on their lot, but the high volume corvette dealers have lots of inventory; and from what I've seen the big guys offer a better price. Why not skip the small dealer, locate the car you want with one of the big dealers (through GM buypower?), have it delivered to your home, and be "running it through the gears tomorrow"?
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Re:The rest of the story [c5_4fun] by jmess
Mar 31, 2005 (9:39 am)
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Replying to: c5_4fun (Mar 31, 2005 6:16 am)

Reasonable advice. I have done some buying power searches and haven't found a car that meets my specs. When I do find something close it is loaded to the gills with options like Nav that I don't want. So an order is about the only way it is going to work.
 
The dealers in my direct area are all small time as far a vettes go and have from 0-2 cars on the lot. They have some local price fixing going on where they have all agreed to hold to MSRP.
 
So of course I got a good price for my current order and none of the big guys want to play. So at this point I am starting to talk to some brokers.
 
I think I will probably hang around for another 30 days then pull the plug or roll to an 06. I have already started looking for a replacement. My original thoughts were to get something like a Subaru STI before I started looking at the C6.
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truckload of C6s by elias
Mar 31, 2005 (5:08 pm)
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today on I-495 in MA i saw a car carrier loaded with 6 or 7 C6s. drool.
if/when i can find a dealer who will let me order/buy a 1SA+F55 model at invoice + $1K or less, then i'll go for it.. i'm not holding my breath. maybe next year? 2007? 2008?
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Re: truckload of C6s [elias] by jmess
Apr 01, 2005 (7:52 am)
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Replying to: elias (Mar 31, 2005 5:08 pm)

Your best shot for this will probably be in Sept/Oct for an 05 when the 06s start being produced.
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Re: truckload of C6s [elias] by starrow68
Apr 04, 2005 (8:55 am)
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Replying to: elias (Mar 31, 2005 5:08 pm)

Especially at the intro of the '06 at some of the big internet dealers in the east and midwest if they have stock matching what you want. As teh unload inventory they also are getting another slot in the allocation line for the new model year.
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Re: truckload of C6s [starrow68] by elias
Apr 04, 2005 (5:37 pm)
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Replying to: starrow68 (Apr 04, 2005 8:55 am)

thanks for the great advice folks!
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Re:The rest of the story [jmess] by rfisher
Apr 28, 2005 (2:29 pm)
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Replying to: jmess (Mar 31, 2005 9:39 am)

My dealer told me he had an open allocation for a C6. He said he ordered it and GM accepted it the next day. Now I am just waiting for him to tell me the build date (He said he was going to tell me yesterday). I asked him "Since GM accepted the order it is getting built right"? He said, Yes. (Seems like that's always the case when talking with Stealerships.) He told me 2-3 weeks until I will see the car. That seems a little short. Just wondering if anyone else here had this same situation with their dealer and what was the end result.

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