Ahh but the anticpation is half the fun... Alright, maybe only a quarter of the fun.

 

Fun maybe until it gets close to the "rubber room lock up" stage...

Welcome to the crowd Mike330R.


What did you order? As a general rule, Chevy's come faster than GMC's and it seems like folks ordering Crew Cabs get them faster than those ordering Regular or Extended Cabs.


Barring any unexpected delays, my GMC EC is going to be here at about 10 weeks...... I hope. It is supposed to be built this week...

, but it's not a lock yet.....

Edited by: Zeeb

 

I ordered a Chevy, Crew, short bed 4x4 w/ XM, skid plates, towing package and tire lock. Dark Grey.


Hope mine is faster than 8-10 weeks!





The dealer said he had one ordered truck get taken fr a random smog check. He didn't know where it was for a while and when he got it, it had 60 miles on it

 

I'll race you !

Let's see who gets their truck first.


I ordered on 1/13/04. Here in Northern CA (SF Bay Area).


Chevy 2500HD Duramax/Allison EC SB 4x4 SRW


skid plate, dual alternator, winter cover, spare tire lock, 4x4 decal delete


Dark gray metallic/Dark charcoal

 

i ordered my chevy 2500hd lly/allison EC SB 4x4 LT on 01-08-04 and my dealer is about 40 miles
from pontiac east so well see what the wait will be

 

I ordered a 3500 GMC SRW on 12/16 and got a Targeted Production Week (TPW) of 2/2/04. Subtract a week for the holidays, and it comes to 5 weeks. Add 2 weeks for delivery, and it will come to about 7-8 weeks.


It's getting closer! Now, where did I leave that $40,000 in small unmarked bills? Edited by: McRat

 

I ordered my 04 Chevy and 04 GMC and got the Chevy on the lot in 30 days.


No tpw yet on the GMC.

 

You guys need to contact howard_m18 He is one great guy and can help you track your vehicles progress. He helped me track my truck from the factory to the train (it was cool looking on a map following the trains progress) then when it hit the railyard here I knew before the dealer. Talk to howard.


Steve

 

Ordered mine 11-16-01. Rec'vd it 15-05-02. I survived.

 

Ordered my GMC CC DA 4x4 silver Birch sb on 11-25-03, called dealer today they gave me a vin# eng code 2 LLY, truck was built yesterday 1-14-04, How long for delivery from Pontiac to Chicago? delivery is sceduled for 2-13-04. I read this site every night to help supress the wait.

 

Ordered my GMC CC DA 4x4 silver Birch sb on 11-25-03, called dealer today they gave me a vin# eng code 2 LLY, truck was built yesterday 1-14-04, How long for delivery from Pontiac to Chicago? delivery is sceduled for 2-13-04. I read this site every night to help supress the wait.

Lazergrave your ahead of me. I ordered 11-24-03

and only have a TPW for 1-19-04. I called the dealer today to see if I was ahead of the game. He called me back, but didn't find out anything today.


The waiting is like puppy love, always on your mind! Edited by: Voodoo

 

I ordered mine Jan 14th 2004... so let's just see how long mine takes!


It's a GMC CC D/A 2500HD


Skid plates, Dual alt's, decal delete, SLT, White & Beige leather, camper mirrors, tow pkg, and LLY!

 

Lasergrave:


I posted something for you on the other thread about this.

 

Hope mine is faster than 8-10 weeks!

Not to rub it in since I'm in the 9th week, but MINE'S ON A RAILCAR NOW...

 

Mine was delivered 1 day short of 8 weeks. But, I didn't have any delays waiting for the LLY.

 

Mine is at the dealership right now. I'll be taking delivery early next week!!!!!

 

Hi Guys -

I placed an order for a 2500HD on 9/9/03. Making a long story shorter, I just concluded last week that the dealer was giving me a line of BS (I know, you are all shocked and amazed that a dealer would behave so!) and reordered on 1/07. Sigh.... In the meantime I have a garage full of after-market (4" exhaust looks like stove pipe) waiting for a truck to put it on. I have been spending time lurking on this and other forums, collecting info, resisting buying more stuff, and suffering from a bad case of truckus interuptus.

Lots of great info. Thanks to all for sharing. Can't imagine life before internet!

 

I am happy to join the ordered and waiting club. Ordered a GMC 2500HD D/A on 1/9/04. I fully understand you guys being very anxious, I am too. How soon after your order did you get the SON and TPW numbers? I asked the salesman at the time I ordered and gave them a deposit if there was a order confirmation number, he said no. I had a bad experience with a car salesman once, and now really don't trust them much. This is great to hear other peoples ordering info. I think this is great of Howard too. I am glad to hear there is some numbers I should be getting. I wonder if the dealer even ordered my truck? Oh oH, this waiting is really making me paranoid.I will be waiting for any info from others.

 

gottaway,


There is usually only one person at the dealership who orders vehicles. It's done on the computer right at the dealership linked to GM. He'll get a SON before he logs off. If he can't give you the SON (its composed of six capital letters) he hasn't ordered it yet.


GMC's take a little longer than bowties since they only build about 1/3 the number and it took right at four weeks for me to get a TPW.


Part of that was due to the fact that I ordered right after GM started changing all the LB7 orders to LLY. Mine got changed three days after I ordered it, and it was one day after GM accepted the order.


I've posted most of the event codes the dealers get on their VOMS (Vehicle Order Management System) in a couple of different places around here. Once I get my truck, hopefully in the next ten days or so, Diesel Power has agreed to post a list of all of them if I'll get them put together. Then you can check with your dealer every so often and you'll have a better idea of where it's at.

 

if youre lucky you will get to have 12 weeks and counting of agony like me ordered mine oct 16 got a tpw tease of 12/8/03 and then in comes the lly and my tpw goes to 1/12/04 it has been produced so I am looking at 2-3 more weeks 15 total.the best part is i had 3 certificates expire that resulted in 3000 on top of the gm rebates which were up to 3500 in dec when my truck should have came in so actually it was 4000 on top of gms current rebate of 2500.

 

Hi guys I ordered my 2004 Sierra GMC SB D/A 4x4 SLT with the Snow Plow Prep Pkg. on 12-08-03..

After finding this sight I called the dealer and he gave me my TPW of 01-19-04 and my SON. I emailed Howard and he tole me to email him back Monday the 19'th and he will track it for me. Of interest to everyone is this info that I found on the GM media sight:





North American Scheduled Overtime/Downtime for Week of Jan. 19, 2004



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Zeeb,


Thanks for the detailed info. I e-mailed my salesman again (todays e-mail stated "should be within a week" to get the SON). With this new knowledge I really want to know if he ordered it yet.


This whole ordeal seems to be a big game, why does it seem to be a big secret?

 

Well I hate to tell you this, but it is something of a game.


GM only builds so many of each type of vehicle, so the country is divided into zones. Each zone gets an allocation based primarily on their last year's sales. Each dealer within that zone gets an allocation.


These are usually a month to month thing. So in order for your dealer to order a truck, first he has to have a slot. If he doesn't have a slot, the zone rep can pull one from another dealer since sold retail orders are supposed to take precedence over fleet and stock orders. BUT, some dealer is going to lose a unit..... Are you starting to get the idea?


This is where the gamesmanship comes in. If your dealer needs a slot and he's on really good terms with the zone rep, he gets it. Especially if there is a dealer in the zone who the rep doesn't get along with very well. Now, if your dealer is the one who doesn't get along with the zone rep very well, guess what happens?


You get to wait until your dealer gets his normal allocation.


Now it's not supposed to be that way, but whenever you get people involved, there are always politics going around, just a fact of life. While this allocation thing might not be a problem with your order, if it is, would you think the dealer will tell you he can't order you a truck for a month?


The final part of the puzzle is that most dealers, unless it's a high volume operation, tend to only order once a week. So it's not unusual for a week to go by before you get your SON.

 

Thanks Zeeb,


Good information is alot better than no information, even it is not what you may want to hear. This explanation does make sense, just wish the dealer could tell me this. Sounds like you have some inside info. I can take the truth, just it's so hard to hear vague answers from a saleman and be assured everything is fine. So the game goes on.....My ears are ringing from what the salespeople call us "PITA" customers that bug them for info.


The Navy had a motto...... Hurry up and wait!

 

gottaway,


I've been in and around the car business since I was 20. While it's been some time since I actually worked at selling cars, I still have some friends who are in the business.


Bad part of my whole buying experience this time, is that the dealer whom I've known personally and bought every vehicle for the last 33 years from, sold out. So I had to find a new dealer. I think I was successful in finding one since I feel pretty good about how my salesman has handled the whole situation. It made me nervous going to a new dealer, and not dealing directly with the General Manager of that dealership made it worse.


But this guy has answered all my questions. If he didn't know, he told me so and found out what the answer was later. He's put up with my more or less constant checking in without any complaint what so ever. If we get to the pay for the truck part, and that goes as well as everything else, I've got a new dealer. That's one of those guys who you don't even ask the price because you know they'll give you at least as good as you'll get anywhere. The service department will handle any and all questions or problems, even if they have to send it out. And if you ever want another new one, you just call on the phone and he'll call you when it comes in. No hassles, no hagling, no deposits, just two people being honest with each other and good for their word.


So if you felt good enough about these folks to order, give them a chance to show you how they'll perform. They need to get to know you as well. There are a lot of flakes who come into a car dealership all mixed in with all sorts of personality types of real buyers. Folks who know what they want, and who ask a lot of questions, then do what they say they will are rare.