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Just talked to dealer said order has officially been placed and there was no constraints for my build. Cclb. And that my order should be accepted soon

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21 minutes ago, Robbie R said:

Just talked to dealer said order has officially been placed and there was no constraints for my build. Cclb. And that my order should be accepted soon

Nice

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3 hours ago, Tater86 said:

You will not get the VIN until the vehicle is built.

Thanks for the response. My order was accepted on 01 June. My dealer had told me then that we should expect a VIN within a week or two of acceptance. That sounded quick to me. This makes more sense. 

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Drove by the GM assembly plant and snapped some pictures this morning. Both lots at the Flint airport are chocked full of '24 HD trucks, in addition to the entire western storage lot on the main campus.

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16 minutes ago, Ry Guy said:

Drove by the GM assembly plant and snapped some pictures this morning. Both lots at the Flint airport are chocked full of '24 HD trucks, in addition to the entire western storage lot on the main campus.

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Yikes....smh

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This is the new business model. Keep the trucks just trickling into the dealership to give the illusion of some sort of real shortage. Been a lot of illusory things since 2020. 

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Its mostly due to shipping capacity. There's a shortage of rail cars big enough (2 decks instead of 3) to haul these trucks and the standard over the road hauler can only take 4 at a time. Oshawa is really having issues with shipping. Aside from what's in the pics there's another large yard south of Bristol on Van slyke and last I heard there was some over near the old Buick city grounds. You cant assume that all of those trucks are validated and ready to ship. Its likely some were built short and still need items to be ready to ship.  During the pandemic there were trucks seemingly everywhere.  

I had the VIN for my truck several weeks before mine was built. 

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Gm should build a small delivering dealership right next to the factory.  I bet a lot of people would gladly come pick up their orders and help solve the shipping troubles.  Between the $1895 shipping fee and not wanting to wait a month+, I bet they would have a lot of takers.

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2 hours ago, XY74 said:

Gm should build a small delivering dealership right next to the factory.  I bet a lot of people would gladly come pick up their orders and help solve the shipping troubles.  Between the $1895 shipping fee and not wanting to wait a month+, I bet they would have a lot of takers.

Wonder if some the supposed consumer protection laws that prevent vehicle manufacturers from selling directly to customers have some bearing on this as well. 

 

Personally, I'd be there to pick up mine in a heartbeat. 

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GM makes a tidy profit from the shipping fees, not likely they will abandon that plus the dealers want their cut for the PDI and the "wash" that they charge GM for not to mention all the paperwork, tags, insurance verification, title work and who's gonna be there to sell you the super duper paint treatment ? 

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55 minutes ago, 64BAwagon said:

GM makes a tidy profit from the shipping fees, not likely they will abandon that plus the dealers want their cut for the PDI and the "wash" that they charge GM for not to mention all the paperwork, tags, insurance verification, title work and who's gonna be there to sell you the super duper paint treatment ? 

A lot of the dealers out here in Arizona that make that mandatory.  They "treat every vehicle when it arrives" so you can't opt out of it.  Same with window tinting.  $1200 to tint the front side windows...  That's a $120 job if using the BEST film on the market...

 

The one fee that gets me the most, the whole Chapman auto group charges you $399 for the nitrogen in the tires.  $399 for the most abundant atmospheric element on the planet!

 

I'd love to see the Tesla model gain traction.  So many dealers are just crooked.

 

I will say though, I had a good experience buying my truck at O'Rielly in Tucson.  One of the few who don't do the funny business.

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If anyone doesn’t think these “supply shortages” are planned I don’t know what to tell ya. They are, period. 
 

look at ford and GM profits year over year since oh say, 2020. Yeah. Double digits every year. 
 

This is a new and improved business model. 

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3/4-1 ton trucks are a different animal. If you need one your choices are limited. As for 1/2 tons there’s many options for hauling your family. In my area it seems Ford is the first one to blink with 11K discounts and zero financing. The problem is they’ve pushed decent equipped trucks so high there's other alternatives. I remember the days of a car with a hitch pulling a trailer behind it for hauling duties. Even pulling campers.

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12 minutes ago, Pryme said:

If anyone doesn’t think these “supply shortages” are planned I don’t know what to tell ya. They are, period. 
 

look at ford and GM profits year over year since oh say, 2020. Yeah. Double digits every year. 
 

This is a new and improved business model. 

I could not disagree with you more on this. The supply chain was thrown into chaos with the shutdowns and its not going to recover anytime soon. Its a complex issue with a lot of political overtones so I will avoid that part of it here. 

If they were purposely trying to keep supply down why would they be running 3 shift with tons of overtime in Flint ? 

They could accomplish the exact same thing by going back to 5 day a week production and no OT. 

This is a desirable new model with a demand that was pent up for 3 yrs. My truck came in 3 months, my previous trucks took around 2 months. Thats not exactly a huge hit. 

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1 hour ago, Pryme said:

If anyone doesn’t think these “supply shortages” are planned I don’t know what to tell ya. They are, period. 
 

look at ford and GM profits year over year since oh say, 2020. Yeah. Double digits every year. 
 

This is a new and improved business model. 

Make a supply and demand issue make more money.

 

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