rcn

Good luck to you as well !!!!

Zymurgy

Sorry to hear that. You picked a small Corvette sales volume dealership. Probably less than 25 total in 2019. They're not in the top 100. At least 11 dealerships in TX with larger Corvette volume, several in the DFW area.

Zymurgy

Friendly may be the largest volume dealer in total, but all that matters in buying a Corvette when demand exceeds supply is their Corvette volume. Other vehicle sales are not relevant.

rcn

Zymurgy - so, in your opinion, am I correct to be skeptical of their claim to have 11 allocations coming up next week when they've only had one allocation in the past 30 days?

Panfish

I question a dealer who says they have X amount of allocation before dealers have been notified of...........well, how much allocation they are getting.

Zymurgy

Skeptical would be putting it mildly. It is possible that allocations for March will increase over previous months, but not over 10 times as many.

How many total allocations were they told they would get for 2020? MacMulkin was told 1172. They've been getting around 70 per month. Do the math for Friendly.

rcn

Zymurgy - methinks Friendly may be "exaggerating".....

I think the best thing for me is to snag either a brand new 2019 Grand Sport or a slightly used (2017-2018) Z06.

Zymurgy

Find out what your current place in line is and how many allocations they had initially. With those 2 numbers you can get a very good idea of when your order is likely to go in. I determined my month on the button back in September after the first consensus.

rcn

I went in at #10 on Feb 4th (was very late to the party.....), I am at #9 now.

I will have to ask them what their yearly allocation is.....

Zymurgy

I need to know how many allocations they had in total. They were told this last year.

rcn

Here is their answer:

32 is what I was told last summer, but that could change, I have 2 built , not here yet on hold, 12 in production, 12 more in prelim status

CorvetteJett

I say just go buy the 2019 GS and trade or sell in 2 years on a C8. At this point why stress and possibly not get the car.

When I hear the term "slightly used" referring to a 650 HP car, I am always skeptical how slightly it was used. Unless you are seriously tracking the car, the GS has plenty of power for the street.

rcn

I hear ya.......it's a fellow forum member that's selling it.....I've been texting him this morning, seems like a good guy.

Eagle Ray 7

Classic got 47 first allocation and 30 on the second. I'm currently 125 down from 135. If anyone at classic grapevine is getting BS numbers you have the wrong salesperson.

Zymurgy

There's been 4 order cycles so far (Sep, Dec, Jan, Feb).

Zymurgy

Based on the 32 total, 1 or 2 per month is about right. 12 "in production" sounds very questionable.

Eagle Ray 7

I know that was just the last 2, probably didn't make that clear. 🙄

direct007

The OP finally stated Friendly Chevrolet, not Classic. Friendly isn't even on the radar as far as volume Corvette dealers....anywhere including Texas. I would bail immediately if I wanted a 2020 (or 2021 Vette for that matter).

rcn

Actually I wasn't the OP, but yes, I did call Friendly this afternoon and canceled my order.

campy09

question about these #s. If 32 was the original allocation and was cut by 20-25% that would take the allocation to ~25. If 2 or 3 were allocated in Sep, Dec, Jan and Feb, that gets you close to 12 in process with the remaining in status 1100. Or with such a small allocation is it unlikely that this dealer got 2-3 out of the gate in September or December?

also, with 2nd shifts is the working assumption that whatever the allocation was for February it’s a good bet it will close to double in March and the final in April?