Getting the itch…

[wdc330i]

Originally Posted by ZBB

Still not here.

Dealership is tracking, but I believe the car was damaged during shipping. It was actually at the port in mid April, left the port in mid-May, but has no ETA. I think it's at a body shop waiting parts.

I'm waiting until next week -- there is an identical one at another dealer a couple hours away, and 2 others with different exterior colors (both I'd be OK with) that I will see if they can swap for. Just waiting until early next week to pull that trigger.

Well, that's a bummer.

[lemming]

Originally Posted by ZBB

Still not here.

Dealership is tracking, but I believe the car was damaged during shipping. It was actually at the port in mid April, left the port in mid-May, but has no ETA. I think it's at a body shop waiting parts.

I'm waiting until next week -- there is an identical one at another dealer a couple hours away, and 2 others with different exterior colors (both I'd be OK with) that I will see if they can swap for. Just waiting until early next week to pull that trigger.

Dude. Bummer.

[lip277]

When my parents E32 was being shipped from Germany to the US (Ventura, CA) from European delivery... back in 1994... The car was at the port there for over two months. My brothers wedding was coming up and that was 'the car' that the couple was to use as their escape vehicle.

The dealership was not giving my dad much info. Finally - a week before the wedding, he shows up there with his lawyer and demands to know what is going on with his car (that he has bought and paid for).

They make a few calls (with him there) and find out that the car was found damaged. Evidently, someone wanted the stereo and broke the glass to get to it. They didn't actually get the stereo out of it, but they did make a mess of the dash and one of the passenger door windows.

We were given a new 5 series (E34 I think) to use in place of the 7 till the car came in. We received the car about 3 weeks later. Evidently, they had to wait for parts to complete the work.

The way they handled that left a bad taste in my fathers memory. When he told me he got the E38 a few years later - that suprised me as I figured he would go back to Mercedes. But - as the car he bought was on the lot already, he knew it was in good shape (in his mindset anyway). And that E38 is the one I have to this day 22 years later.

[robg]

Originally Posted by lip277

When my parents E32 was being shipped from Germany to the US (Ventura, CA) from European delivery... back in 1994... The car was at the port there for over two months. My brothers wedding was coming up and that was 'the car' that the couple was to use as their escape vehicle.

The dealership was not giving my dad much info. Finally - a week before the wedding, he shows up there with his lawyer and demands to know what is going on with his car (that he has bought and paid for).

They make a few calls (with him there) and find out that the car was found damaged. Evidently, someone wanted the stereo and broke the glass to get to it. They didn't actually get the stereo out of it, but they did make a mess of the dash and one of the passenger door windows.

We were given a new 5 series (E34 I think) to use in place of the 7 till the car came in. We received the car about 3 weeks later. Evidently, they had to wait for parts to complete the work.

The way they handled that left a bad taste in my fathers memory. When he told me he got the E38 a few years later - that suprised me as I figured he would go back to Mercedes. But - as the car he bought was on the lot already, he knew it was in good shape (in his mindset anyway). And that E38 is the one I have to this day 22 years later.

Oh wow. Yeah that would’ve left a bad taste in my mouth. I remember reading some ED horror stories before I did mine in 2011 but if it were still offered today I’d be tempted. Such a fun experience


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[wdc330i]

Right. I think a lesson here is that we don't even think about whether the "new" car on the lot was damaged and repaired before it got there...

[Terri Kennedy]

Originally Posted by wdc330i

Right. I think a lesson here is that we don't even think about whether the "new" car on the lot was damaged and repaired before it got there...

Back in the day (2002) when I ordered the E46 wagon I had to show the salesman how to call up the "port report" (or whatever it was called) that listed any work the VPC did when the car came off the transport ship.

[ZBB]

Originally Posted by ZBB

Still not here.

Dealership is tracking, but I believe the car was damaged during shipping. It was actually at the port in mid April, left the port in mid-May, but has no ETA. I think it's at a body shop waiting parts.

I'm waiting until next week -- there is an identical one at another dealer a couple hours away, and 2 others with different exterior colors (both I'd be OK with) that I will see if they can swap for. Just waiting until early next week to pull that trigger.

Update. No progress until today. I noticed the same spec was in stock at another dealer and asked if they could trade allocations. Deal done - picking up on Friday.

Deal is below MSRP, and Mazda still has 0.9% financing for 36 months (I considered paying cash — but I can park it in money market and earn a bit more…)

Turns out the delay is supply chain related. The original VIN is still at port waiting for a port-installed accessory. Seems like they are trickling out to dealers…. The car was not damaged…

Excited. But it will be weird to pump gas again…

[wdc330i]

Excited for you! It’s been a long wait.