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Never owned a Corvette and never wanted one until the new C8 came out. After being overwhelmed by all the media hype earlier in the year, decided I must have one in June 2020. Started the inquiry process at local Colorado dealers, needless to say very frustrating! Some wanted deposits to get on their lists, others didn't. Got on some lists that didn't charge and told 1 1/2 to 2 year wait. Nobody at my local dealerships wanted to give me the time of day. Then I found out about the super-dealers and salesmen back east and contacted them. Mostly the same story - give us your deposit kid and hurry up and wait for 1-2 years. In October I called a small dealer in the Midwest that doesn't sell many Corvettes, but had an allocation of about 9 for 2021. Only two people ahead of me on their list. Very helpful, treated me with respect, didn't ask for a deposit until they placed an order. During the next two months they sent me info, a color chart for 2021, and let me know they would be placing my order soon. This morning they called and emailed me that they were ready to place my order. Gave them $1000 down and got the car for msrp and $150 doc fee, that's it! They will let me know where my car is at from now until delivery and order is placed! How many of you have contacted smaller dealers and had this same experience? Am hoping to receive my new C8 HTC within the next 6-12 weeks, still stunned by how fast process is going . . .
It is nice to hear of your positive experience so far. Hopefully, the transaction and delivery will be as stated.
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with your name and order number and ask what your order's status is!
My small Corvette dealer told me everything I wanted to hear. Until they sent my deposit check back. I’ll drop in from time to time to see if they got the C8 they promised me. I wish you well.
On 12/22/20 my small midwest placed the actual order into the GM system. “Change Placed Order” is what it actually says on the printout. They tell me they guess I may see he car as early as the end of April 2021. I bought at MSRP + $150 doc fee and I am spending an extra $500 for a courtesy delivery. Anybody have their guesses as to when I will see the car?
Yes, I do have an order number. Will call GM next week after the Christmas weekend and go from there?
The dealer can place the order but it will sit there until the dealer actually gets an allocation from GM for the order. Based on what the dealer is telling you of April 2021, you order is probably at order status 1100 and will it there until around Feb or March, at which time hopefully your dealer gets an allocation matched to your order and then your order would go to order status 2000. Good luck.
Putting down a deposit to get on the list is pretty common so don't be averse to it. If you truly got an allocation for the next 6 to 12 weeks than you should go buy a lottery ticket with that luck, as the other poster said, 6 to 12 months is more like it with how many people are on lists around the country.
Guess I am doing good on the lottery! Went from 2000 on 12/22 to 3000 on 1/6/21. Spoke to someone at NCM today that has a computer program from GM that allows them to make fairly accurate predictions, and they said it appears to be on target to be built week of 1/25/21. Still overwhelmed by the speed of all this, almost too fast for me!
lol sorry never going to happen. Like some else said maybe 6-12 months.
Ordered mid-December, original TPW was 2/1, plant closure & snow delayed 3 weeks, manufactured 2/24, scheduled to leave BGA 3/16. Not sure how you figure that is 6-12 months?
Congratulations Gil, I look forward to seeing your HTC8!
Thanks, will be interesting to see if it ships before or after projected ship date, and how long it takes to get here. Will let you know when it arrives!
lol sorry never going to happen. Like some else said maybe 6-12 months.
Ordered torch red htc on 12/17/20 and arrived at dealer today, 3/29/21. That is 3 months and 12 days. Theoretically should have come much sooner, but plant was shut down two weeks due to lack of parts, another week because of snow. Finally built 2/25 and it took a month to get to the courtesy dealer because of super slow shipping on GM’s part! So see it is possible to get one fairly quickly with a little luck and calling until you find availability.
Never owned a Corvette and never wanted one until the new C8 came out. After being overwhelmed by all the media hype earlier in the year, decided I must have one in June 2020. Started the inquiry process at local Colorado dealers, needless to say very frustrating! Some wanted deposits to get on their lists, others didn't. Got on some lists that didn't charge and told 1 1/2 to 2 year wait. Nobody at my local dealerships wanted to give me the time of day. Then I found out about the super-dealers and salesmen back east and contacted them. Mostly the same story - give us your deposit kid and hurry up and wait for 1-2 years. In October I called a small dealer in the Midwest that doesn't sell many Corvettes, but had an allocation of about 9 for 2021. Only two people ahead of me on their list. Very helpful, treated me with respect, didn't ask for a deposit until they placed an order. During the next two months they sent me info, a color chart for 2021, and let me know they would be placing my order soon. This morning they called and emailed me that they were ready to place my order. Gave them $1000 down and got the car for msrp and $150 doc fee, that's it! They will let me know where my car is at from now until delivery and order is placed! How many of you have contacted smaller dealers and had this same experience? Am hoping to receive my new C8 HTC within the next 6-12 weeks, still stunned by how fast process is going . . .
Yes, I basically did the same thing. I put a $1,000 deposit down with a volume dealer on the east coast back in July '20. Tired of waiting, so I spent 30-40 minutes making phone calls to smaller rural dealers and found one that had just received an allocation and no one in line. They were also willing to sell it for MSRP. They placed my order for a museum delivery on Feb 12th and I'm currently at 3000 status. Car should be built in the next 2-3 weeks for a late April early May delivery. I also kept my deposit in place with the other dealer should something unexpected happen.
Ordered torch red htc on 12/17/20 and arrived at dealer today, 3/29/21. That is 3 months and 12 days. Theoretically should have come much sooner, but plant was shut down two weeks due to lack of parts, another week because of snow. Finally built 2/25 and it took a month to get to the courtesy dealer because of super slow shipping on GM’s part! So see it is possible to get one fairly quickly with a little luck and calling until you find availability.
Good on you for not listening to all the naysayers and doing your own homework. Enjoy!
Ordered torch red htc on 12/17/20 and arrived at dealer today, 3/29/21. That is 3 months and 12 days. Theoretically should have come much sooner, but plant was shut down two weeks due to lack of parts, another week because of snow. Finally built 2/25 and it took a month to get to the courtesy dealer because of super slow shipping on GM’s part! So see it is possible to get one fairly quickly with a little luck and calling until you find availability.
Congrats on getting your HTC so quickly!!! She’s a beaut
Good on you for not listening to all the naysayers and doing your own homework. Enjoy!
Thanks for the attaboy, much appreciated! It is always so sad to see so many people think that there is only one way to skin a cat, convince themselves that their thoughts are gospel, and proceed to criticize anybody with ideas divergent from theirs. You try to offer them an idea that may help them attain their dreams sooner, but they are blind to them. As the old saying goes, people too often see what they want to see, hear what they want to hear, and believe what they want to believe! My hope is that for those that have been waiting patiently forever for a new C8, think outside of the box, investigate and see if you can figure out a quicker solution!
12-19-2020, 09:36 AM
