njexpress

Hello,
Any experiences in ordering from MM if you are a jersey resident?
I just spoke to a gentleman with MM (Christian) and he said there are no preferred dealers in NJ or north east for that matter and they will have to ship it to me and it will probably cost an extra grand unless I drive up and pick it for free..
Is that your experience too?
cheers.
—njexpress

IrishSpuds

Correct

Lazzz

Yes.

Over the last few years certain courtesy dealers were causing delivery issues, which reflected poorly on MM as they actually ordered/sold the car. Thus, they stopped working with these dealers, so the list is much smaller across the US.

hyprsprt

I got my c8 from MM and what I did was rented a one way car for 1 day I think it was like 100 with tax and drove the c8 home or you can fly to Boston and MM will pick you up from Logan airport as long as it’s during the week and drive the c8 home

njexpress

Thank you all for the input!
yes, given that, I am ranking my options as:
1) Ciocca with 600$ fees, 90 minutes QA way, hopefully no hassle as against the problems reported in corvette forum.com
2) MM, 7 hours away, which would work out about the same in terms of out of Pickett
3) criswell, fees tbd, 3 hours away, tbd fees and more to be researched on buying experience

cheers.
—njexpress

jerrsvette

hi.,
You may want to see if Ciocca will charge their admin fee plus a courtesy delivery fee which would offset shipping cost.
Im on my third from MM. First 2 were shipped to me, the last( by far the best) , was museum delivery. All of which were better than dealing w/ driving on the 95 corridor and risking a cracked windshield or worse

Vetteman Jack

Nice that you have three very good options in terms of a dealer to work with. Doubt you would go wrong with any of them,

Goaty

Funny you mention that, when I drove my C6 down to Criswell to trade in for my C7, I got a cracked windshield on 95 from a truck with all sorts of debris flying out of the back. I was nervous as hell when I did the same drive with the C7 to get the C8.

hyprsprt

ciocca will be longer and their customer service it’s really poor they do not answer emails or phone calls criswell it’s ok but takes too long compared to the other 2, I’m also in NJ central area and if I were you I will pick MM hands down and it’s not even close they have a great customer service it’s the fastest to get an allocation and the waiting list it’s so transparent that you can follow it on their website

madmatster

Central NJ here. I had the same experience working with Ciocca. i felt like they didn't want my business. I've purchased new from them in the past when they were Kerbeck and had a good experience. I went with MM and have a tpw of 6/12. I may rent one way like you did when the time comes. Hope you are enjoying your car.

Thunder22

You migt want to call hawthorne or paramus chevy, they were recently bought by a Long Island dealer and might be more open to courtesy deliveries now... it's worth a shot.