Boat damaged, delivery delayed
02-23-2008, 03:59 PM
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Just got a call from my dealer. It seems that my car is on a ship that was somehow damaged (ran aground?) while arriving at a port in Georgia. Reportedly, the car isn't damaged. Problem is, my car is to be delivered on the west coast, not Georgia. Looks like I'm going to have to wait a full extra month for delivery. 
I'm pretty steamed but there's really nothing I can do about it. Waiting for delivery is absolute torture to begin with, but for something like this to happen....
The dealer has promised to send me a link to further information. I'll copy it here if it contains any useful information.
Anybody care to guess what the likelihood of damage to the car is?
I'm pretty steamed but there's really nothing I can do about it. Waiting for delivery is absolute torture to begin with, but for something like this to happen....
The dealer has promised to send me a link to further information. I'll copy it here if it contains any useful information.
Anybody care to guess what the likelihood of damage to the car is?
02-23-2008, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by DanP' post='535141' date='Feb 23 2008, 07:59 PM
Just got a call from my dealer. It seems that my car is on a ship that was somehow damaged (ran aground?) while arriving at a port in Georgia. Reportedly, the car isn't damaged. Problem is, my car is to be delivered on the west coast, not Georgia. Looks like I'm going to have to wait a full extra month for delivery.
I'm pretty steamed but there's really nothing I can do about it. Waiting for delivery is absolute torture to begin with, but for something like this to happen....
The dealer has promised to send me a link to further information. I'll copy it here if it contains any useful information.
Anybody care to guess what the likelihood of damage to the car is?
I'm pretty steamed but there's really nothing I can do about it. Waiting for delivery is absolute torture to begin with, but for something like this to happen....
The dealer has promised to send me a link to further information. I'll copy it here if it contains any useful information.
Anybody care to guess what the likelihood of damage to the car is?
Are they saying you have to wait another month because they're going to put it on another ship from Georgia to the west coast or is it going to be transported via a ground carrier? (I assume they're not going to build you a new car -- that would only make sense if there was extensive damage...)
02-23-2008, 04:43 PM
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A repeat performance ??? http://forums.e60.net/lofiversion/index.php/t49294.html Who is driving those boats?
02-23-2008, 04:48 PM
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I have a friend that also has his 335 on the ship! wtf.....
02-23-2008, 05:50 PM
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sorry to hear, where in cali is the car being delivered to/where are you located in cali? As rudy said, VPC will take care of any damage if any, and you won't know the difference....what do you have on order anyway?
02-24-2008, 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='535146' date='Feb 23 2008, 05:35 PM
If there's minor damage, they'll fix it at the VPC/VDC and it'll be good as new. (You'd be surprised how many cars are damaged in transit that are taken care of at the prep center.)
Are they saying you have to wait another month because they're going to put it on another ship from Georgia to the west coast or is it going to be transported via a ground carrier? (I assume they're not going to build you a new car -- that would only make sense if there was extensive damage...)
Are they saying you have to wait another month because they're going to put it on another ship from Georgia to the west coast or is it going to be transported via a ground carrier? (I assume they're not going to build you a new car -- that would only make sense if there was extensive damage...)
02-24-2008, 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by geneatals' post='535161' date='Feb 23 2008, 06:50 PM
sorry to hear, where in cali is the car being delivered to/where are you located in cali? As rudy said, VPC will take care of any damage if any, and you won't know the difference....what do you have on order anyway?
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