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Old 06-03-2001, 04:16 PM
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Dealer told me 10 days, but that sounds a little quick . . .
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Default that sound quick to me too... considering...

say a freighter can move at 45 mph, which is damn fast.. 45x10daysx24 hours 10800 miles. does he mean once freighter docks in say new york, and takes 10 days to be trucked to san diego?
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No, I believe the ships come straight to San Diego via Panama Canal.
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well if the ships dock in san diego, that is a long trip. No way in 10 days to get to san diego.
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What dealer told you that? I too live in SD, Miramar, Metro and Holen all said 4 months on special order. That was 6 weeks ago.
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Default well it's 4 months from the time they place the order, build the car, ship(long part) delivery = )

I think anyway hehe... Got my A4 from Hoehn off the lot =oP
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I ordered 1st week of March, was told approx 3 months to delivery - which would be NOW! The dealer got the VIN on or around 05/24, and told me the car wasn't leaving port in Germany until 06/04 or 06/05 (which sounds like a long time sitting around waiting for a boat). Then he said 10 days to San Diego, which sounds too damn quick.
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Mine just arrived at the port (San Diego) . . . 2.5 weeks on ship
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Oy. This wait is killing me!
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My dealer said it's two weeks from Germany to the port in Georgia, than about a week on the truck to his lot. The wait for your car to be built is actually the longest part. They can build a car in a day, it just depends on how far back in the line your car's chassis is.

Only 70 more days to go for me.... sigh.


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