Originally Posted by 2010_5thgen

i talkesd to my dealer the other day and they told me they got an email confirming my order? what does this meen for me? i was the first sold order that they had placed. and i ordered an ss2/rs. does this meen im kinda locked in to get mine first, given that i was the first sold order. i am speaking only at this dealership of course. whats this meen?

Originally Posted by JakeRobb

Bump.

Why do people (including Chris, Jason, and Cheryl Pilcher, on the most recent podcast) keep calling this a 30-day delay? (Nobody in this thread has done it, but still)

There are 28 days between February 16, 2009 and March 16, 2009.

Originally Posted by JakeRobb

Bump.

Why do people (including Chris, Jason, and Cheryl Pilcher, on the most recent podcast) keep calling this a 30-day delay? (Nobody in this thread has done it, but still)

There are 28 days between February 16, 2009 and March 16, 2009.

Originally Posted by 1fastdog

Maybe because most folks average out a month to "30" days...? It's a figure of speach, not a result of counting off days with a calendar handy.

Originally Posted by 1fastdog

Maybe because most folks average out a month to "30" days...? It's a figure of speach, not a result of counting off days with a calendar handy.

Originally Posted by Silver2009

Uh no. The dealers are the retail distributor for the manufacturer. The end customer is the true customer. A Kawasaki dealer isn't a Kawaski customer. They are a retailer of the product to the customer (us).

Originally Posted by Bearcat Steve

The dealers ARE Chevy's customers. We are customers indirectly.

Originally Posted by trm0002

BINGO !

Obviously I (we) don't like the idea of a whole bunch of V6s being made first so each dealer can have one on their floor. Unfortunately IMO it makes perfect marketing sense and doesn't surprise me in the least. Exposure is required for a successful launch. Having an actual vehicle at each dealer gives much more exposure 24/7 than we would give driving ours around. It's just the plain and simple truth. That being said, it makes no sense at all that our pre-orders wouldn't immediately be the next thing in line to be built. They don't want to alienate the 10,000+ customers already in line. Putting a round of V6s out doesn't alienate me. Not putting ours out next definitely would.

Originally Posted by trm0002

In the end I have to disagree. I don't know about you but all the cars I've ever purchased come with a bill of sale from the dealer, not GM. The vehicles are invoiced from GM to them. They buy from GM, not us.

Originally Posted by guionM

Debateable.

The dealer actually buys the car from the manufacturer.

Dealer then sells the car to the public with a margin for himself.

Manufacturer has a suggested price, but the dealer can sell it for anything they want to with next to no control by the manufacturer.

So, although we are considered customers, dircetly, though, one can accuarately and correctly say the true customers of the manufacturer are the dealers.