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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:	Cars in the UK
Notice:	Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:	COMICS::SHELLEYELD

Created:	Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2584
Total number of notes:	63384

126.0. "What delivery delays ?" by UKOSC::BRUNNOCK (Andy Brunnock - Greyhound Man) Wed Apr 06 1988 10:18

    Who said there was a delay in the delivery of Ford cars ?

    I ordered a Sapphire GLS end of February and got a note back from Car Fleet
    saying it would be delivered mid-June. This was not unexpected considering
    the strike et al. Week before last, I got a call from Hertz Leasing saying
    they could deliver the car slightly earlier than expected. I thought yeah,
    like the end of May. Nope. 7th of April [i.e. tomorrow :-) ]. Delivery time
    of five/six weeks!!! 
    
    Talking to the Hertz Leasing guy it seems that orders for standard
    cars [which mine is, can't afford the spoiler :-( ] get through
    fast. The manufacturers produce a stack of standard models and leave
    them parked outside. When you (or rather a garage) order a standard
    model, they just drive it off the parking lot and deliver it to
    the garage - thus a five/six week delivery time. Cars with optional
    extras require either a standard car to be modified or a car to
    be built including the extras.
    
    I'll enter a reply telling you what I think of it as soon as I have run it
    in [to run in a nerw car, the first 500 miles have to be done over 65 mph,
    right? ;-) ). Anybody thinking of getting one and would like a drive,
    contact me (next week - this week its all mine) on 6291 in DEC Park 1. 
    
    Andy

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
126.5	Pedro should pull his finger out.	PEKING::ATKINSA	PRC Vauxman.	`Tue Sep 28 1993 12:07`	13
	I know that most of the replys on this note refer to the delivery date of fleet cars,but I've ordered a Corsa SRi from Wadham Kenning.I ordered the car in the begining of August and I'm still to receive an estimate on the delivery date.I phoned them again today and they're still no wiser. I'm aware that most car manufacturers close over some of August,but it looks like i'll be waiting until the end of October for my new car,and i'm not very impressed. Andy.
126.6		COMICS::FISCHER	I can always sleep standing up	`Tue Sep 28 1993 13:04`	7
	...and even after all that waiting, it'll still only be a Corsa!!! :-) Ian
126.7	Your just jealous!	PEKING::ATKINSA	PRC Vauxman.	`Tue Sep 28 1993 13:14`	12
	But not just any Corsa, A SUPERMODEL Andy...Preferably Elle Macpherson.
126.8	I'm trying to get a courtesy car.	PEKING::ATKINSA	PRC Vauxman.	`Tue Oct 05 1993 12:57`	10
	Just received the delivery date. 19th of NOVEMBER. My wait is to be 13 weeks not 6 weeks as estimated in Autocar magazine. Andy.not happy.
126.9	Same Date	EBYGUM::PAGETS	Still Working	`Fri Oct 15 1993 15:00`	7
	I've just been informed by the garage supplying me a Calibra, that the delivery date has been moved to the 19th November, from the 15th October - i.e. today. They said this has happened to a lot of their cars. Sean.
126.10	Which garage did you order from?	PEKING::ATKINSA	PRC Vauxman.	`Fri Oct 15 1993 16:36`	9
	I was offered the Demo SRi which I have decided to take.It has three spoke alloys,sunroof,alarm and red,not black like the carI ordered, but the car I originally ordered had no alloys or sunroof. I pick it up tomorrow,i'll let you know what it's like. Andy.Impetience.is.in.my.veins.
126.11		KERNEL::SHELLEYR	No time for catching 'Zee's	`Fri Oct 15 1993 17:12`	9
	Andy I'm confused by your reply. Are you saying you are taking on a Demo pre registered vehicle as a lease car ? I understood that we cannot lease second hand cars or is this a personal buy. Royston
126.12	Clarkson I ain't!	PEKING::ATKINSA	PRC Vauxman.	`Mon Oct 18 1993 08:04`	9
	Sorry for any confusion. I'm buying the car privately,and as the wait was so long I decided to take there demo. Andy. (see Corsa note for a report) ;-)
126.13	How long for a NAUTILUS 16V !!!	ROCKS::BATTARBEE		`Tue Oct 19 1993 13:55`	12
	Seems to be taking a bl***y long time ...... I ordered a 16V Cavalier Saloon in NAUTILUS with Leccie sunroof and trip computer on the 11th AUGUST. Aint 'eard nuffin yet.... So much for a 'preffered" car scheme (perhaps they have run out of the new colour already !!) JDB
126.14	Long wait	EBYGUM::WILLIAMSH		`Tue Oct 19 1993 14:14`	7
	My Calibra took 4 months from ordering to actual delivery. I ordered it Last September, it turned up early January. "Ah, well you see Sir, not many Blue ones around, we've had to order from the Factory, and we have to wait for the boat to come in!" Huw. (pleased with it now though)
126.15	Same here...!!!	COMICS::HALFACREE		`Tue Oct 19 1993 14:50`	15
	I'm still waiting the delivery of my Astra GSi from the old car scheme. It was ordered on the 22-Jul-93, received a delivery date of the 6-Oct-93 which then changed to the 18-Oct and is now the 12-Nov-93. Apparently all orders for Astra GSi's are factory orders as there aren't any at any Vauxhall garage throughout the UK. It's nice to hear that with this demand for Vauxhalls, they are still able to cut production and give there workforce an extra weeks holiday due to lack of demand.!!! Mike (Now I hope they said 1993 and not 1994.....)
126.16	Idle Curiousity	NEWOA::FIDO_T	Conation is the key	`Tue Oct 19 1993 14:53`	8
	As this doesn't directly affect me, this is only a query out of curiousity:- Given that the lease company charge Digital for excess mileage and/or excess length of lease, can anyone explain who pays this excess when the delay is due to the new car not being delivered on time ? Terry
126.17		ERMTRD::CLIFFE	I'll warp my own space-time ...	`Tue Oct 19 1993 15:14`	15
	My Astra diesel is due 15th Nov - after being ordered in early August ! Re - .16 I asked fleet about this, as my car was due up on 4th Sept, and that I am over 60k. They said there is a three month 'grace' period to take late deliveries into consideration. Never asked about the milage. There was a topic/reply somewhere in here that, if I remember, said something like the cost centre picks up the tab after 60K ?? I wonder if these delivery dates are due to sourcing from a restricted garage list ?? I would think they would rather sell them to public first and we get them when the factory makes them.
126.18		WARNUT::ALLEN	It works better if you screw it in..	`Wed Oct 20 1993 10:43`	9
	I wonder if these delivery dates are due to sourcing from a restricted garage list ?? This was certainly true for my previous non-vauxhall car when I was in the car scheme, AND it cost the company significantly more. It's amazing what you find out when you know the garage owner and find him in a pub, most of what I found out I couldn't publish. Let's put it this way, the word that springs to mind begins with car. Digital, like many other companies can do very little about it.