seakayaker7

My dealer emailed me last night that my Q5 was built and boarded. He didn't know the name of the ship but said it would arrive in Brunswick around Nov 5. A quick check at:

The PWL Group

shows "Eternal Ace" arriving about that time. Looks like it will be 11 weeks order to pickup.

ND40oz

Yup, my SQ5 is on that one too, dealer is supposed to call me tomorrow with an ETA for pickup.

ex-quattro PETE

Wife's q5 should have arrived on onyx ace as well. I think its still sitting in Davisville, waiting for a truck to Michigan.

ND40oz

If you were getting any port installed options, they'd have to be done before it gets on the truck as well.

andrios

I hope it doesn't take long to put on supercharged badges...

ex-quattro PETE

... and the rubber mats.

ND40oz

So the Onyx Ace arrived a day early on the 23rd, my vehicle was loaded on a truck yesterday and is supposed to be beginning its trek up to Denver. I would assume the rest of them got the same treatment and are one their way to the dealers.

ex-quattro PETE

Ours is still at port. Dealer told us sometimes it can take up to two weeks for it to get on a truck. Sucks.

jinwa

My Q5 TDI was also on Onyx Ace. Sales manager emailed me that it is now on a truck to local dealer. Can't wait to replace the Acura MDX with the Q5.

idale

Wow, that sucks. I mean sure it can take a while to be released, but that's generally only in the case that you've been selected for a more-thorough search in customs and have extra port-installed accessories and probably a few extra spots of bad luck.

With no port installation it seems like normally vehicles get release in a day or so. I'm sure that it takes varying time based on what options they're putting on (tow hitch is probably the most involved, I'd imagine, though those rubber mats are pretty complicated, too.... ), but should be within a few days normally.

Hopefully it clears whatever hurdle soon and starts coming your way -- if it's not already. I know at least from what my dealer was saying, they don't really have much of any tracking between hitting port and showing up at the dealer. There's a status in Audi's tracking that should denote being released from port, but I'm sure occasionally it might get missed or be slow to propagate or whatever. So hopefully it's not long.