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#40 of 113 Re: D status vs. D1 status [fury1995] by kirstie_h HOST Jul 20, 2006 (9:15 am)
Replying to: fury1995 (Jul 20, 2006 9:07 am) Well hey! Welcome to the discussions. Thanks for jumping in. Replies to this message: fury1995 (Jul 20, 2006 10:06 am)
#41 of 113 Re: D status vs. D1 status [kirstie_h] by fury1995 Jul 20, 2006 (10:06 am)
Replying to: kirstie_h (Jul 20, 2006 9:15 am) Thanks for the welcome!
#42 of 113 Re: D status vs. D1 status [fury1995] by grendel_cave Jul 20, 2006 (3:31 pm)
Replying to: fury1995 (Jul 20, 2006 9:07 am) thank you for the useful and interesting information. It does explain quite a bit. The dealer I am working with has assured me that the wait will be between 6 to 8 weeks. From reading all the posts, I can tell this has got to be a line. However, this particular dealer has been with the company about ten years and has all sorts of awards for good service and numbers of vehicles sold. He actually showed me the order from another client (for a caliber) and when the car arrived on the lot. It was right at about 8 weeks. Is it possible that some dealers are able to get their cars shipped out faster than others?
#43 of 113 What is a VON? by callaways Jul 19, 2006 (5:14 pm)
Hello everyone, I ordered my Caliber 6 weeks ago and I asked the dealer if it had a order conf code or a VIN yet. They replied today and said it has a VON #18111051. Does anybody know what this is?   Thanks! Replies to this message: bigtsr (Jul 20, 2006 4:47 am) fury1995 (Jul 21, 2006 5:31 am)
#44 of 113 Re: What is a VON? [callaways] by bigtsr Jul 20, 2006 (4:47 am)
Replying to: callaways (Jul 19, 2006 5:14 pm) The VON# is vehicle order number issued to dealer upon receipt of order at DCX. You can check the status or build process of your custom ordered car by calling 1-800-992-1997 and folowing the instructions. Be prepared to wait for car,no matter what salesperson tells you it is probably at least 10-12 week wait. I ordered April 5/06 still waiting.
#45 of 113 Chat night by pf_flyer HOST Jul 19, 2006 (5:47 pm)
The Edmunds Member Chat is on tonight. The chat room opens at 8:45PM ET Hope to see YOU there! Check out the schedule Replies to this message: adder80 (Jul 19, 2006 8:00 pm) neely2005 (Jul 20, 2006 10:40 am) ltdave (Jul 20, 2006 3:54 pm) fury1995 (Jul 21, 2006 5:41 am) mikeorb (Aug 23, 2006 12:53 pm)
#46 of 113 Re: Chat night [pf_flyer] by adder80 Jul 19, 2006 (8:00 pm)
Replying to: pf_flyer (Jul 19, 2006 5:47 pm) Could be the last 8 numbers of your VIN.. That's usually all they need.   BTW I was cruising around to dealerships today (haven't got mine yet), to see if they had any black SXTs in and I started talking to the guy about Manual Transmissions (which I wanted).. He said you could get them in the 1.8 or the 2.4..... 2.4? I mentioned the R/T was only available with the CVT w/ the auto-stick feature.. Well APPARENTLY that's no longer true as he ushered me inside to show me his new order sheet for a FWD R/T with the 2.4L and a MANUAL transmission! According to him they can order them now and list at $21,695 (canadian dollars) plus $1100 shipping and $100 excise tax. So $22895 instead of the $23995 for the AWD R/T.. You lose 2 spinning wheels but gain a real stick! And probably an extra 2 months worth of waiting.   *sorry if someone has already mentioned this, but it's news to me.. It's not mentioned on the dodge.ca site yet. Replies to this message: neely2005 (Jul 20, 2006 10:40 am) ltdave (Jul 20, 2006 3:54 pm) fury1995 (Jul 21, 2006 5:41 am)
#47 of 113 Re: Chat night [adder80] by neely2005 Jul 20, 2006 (10:40 am)
Replying to: adder80 (Jul 19, 2006 8:00 pm) That's good. I knew that they had planned to offer the R/T in a Front Wheel Drive model but I didn't know that it would be available with a Standard Transmission too.
#48 of 113 Re: Chat night [adder80] by ltdave Jul 20, 2006 (3:54 pm)
Replying to: adder80 (Jul 19, 2006 8:00 pm) son of a pup...   if i had known THAT, i would have waited...   oh well...   david
#49 of 113 Re: What is a VON? [callaways] by fury1995 Jul 21, 2006 (5:31 am)
Replying to: callaways (Jul 19, 2006 5:14 pm) The VON# is the "Vehicle Order Number". The VON# is given the very moment the vehicle is ordered. It has nothing to do with the VIN#. Any vehicle ordered by the dealer is given a VON# whether it will or won't be built. The vehicle is given a VIN# when it enters "Firm Schedule" or "D" status.   One of the major issues has been the fact that most all of the earlier Calibers that were ordered were classified as "06" model year even though the Caliber is an '07 model and included in 2006 allocations. Build out for ALL 2006 was on May 15th.   If the dealer had a factory order or "sold unit" WITH a customer name on the order, the factory "flipped" the unit to a "sold '07" unit. ALL OTHERS were cancelled by the manufacture. Dealers then had to re-order all of the Calibers again when the June allocation opened. On another note, fleet vehicles (ie. rentals) had continued to come in because they were also considered "sold units".

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