View Poll Results: What is the status of your e-tron reservation?
Plan on taking delivery
13
22.81%
Plan on taking delivery, but I'll walk without a deal
20
35.09%
Cancelled due to range projections
8
14.04%
Cancelled due to configuration limitations
2
3.51%
Cancelled due to other
1
1.75%
Honestly don't know what to do
13
22.81%
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What is the status of your e-tron reservation?
04-09-2019, 10:38 AM
#41
I would prefer a Loooong delay. I think the people disappointed are those that paid their reservation fee very early and still don't have a car "in production". I reserved in mid-Feb, locked on 3/28 and went "in production" last week. Why so quick for me? Dunno. Chose Premium Plus and Siam Beige. A lot of the pictures I've seen of produced cars in Germany have Siam Beige, while it doesn't seem to have a high takeup by posters on this forum. Did the color affect it? On 3/20, I asked the site advisor if I could go to the back of the line, or what would the production date be if I made a reservation then (late March). Answer: April/May.
04-09-2019, 10:42 AM
#42
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One last observation. I was thinking more from the beginning of the reservation process and of all of the people who reserved last September who continue to wait seven (7) months later without any knowledge of the numbers. This would not have happened in the "old fashioned" way. I do hope your information is correct. I reserved December 4th and I am just recently in "gearing up for production." I hope you get your e-tron as soon as you expect to and enjoy it tremendously.
04-09-2019, 10:55 AM
#43
I don't want it that soon. I have a lease that is still running. I deliberately reserved late thinking there would be a fairly long line ahead of me. As you pointed out, people have been on the list since Oct of last year. Either the list wasn't that long, or production is way higher than was expected because I just zipped up the line like I was some kind of celebrity bypassing the velvet rope. If the car does come this summer, rather than late this year, as I hoped; I'll be leaving it with the dealer. When the car locked so soon, I asked the dealer if they wanted me to cancel before lock, or let the car come for their stock. They said: "Let it come, please". Looks like there will be no issue with just doing it the "old fashioned way" as my lease end approaches. All the data will be on the table and it'll be a "normal" ordering process--IF there aren't e-Trons "on the floor" at my dealer.
04-09-2019, 02:42 PM
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Apparently we are not limited to Audi Financial from which to lease our e-tron. Ally Bank is one alternative. To find out if your dealership is part of the program, all you need do is go to Ally's dealer locator website: https://www.ally.com/auto/dealer-locator/. The person with whom I spoke by phone at Ally Bank told me that we could ask our dealer's representative to apply to Ally Bank.
04-09-2019, 03:43 PM
#45
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I don't want it that soon. I have a lease that is still running. I deliberately reserved late thinking there would be a fairly long line ahead of me. As you pointed out, people have been on the list since Oct of last year. Either the list wasn't that long, or production is way higher than was expected because I just zipped up the line like I was some kind of celebrity bypassing the velvet rope. If the car does come this summer, rather than late this year, as I hoped; I'll be leaving it with the dealer. When the car locked so soon, I asked the dealer if they wanted me to cancel before lock, or let the car come for their stock. They said: "Let it come, please". Looks like there will be no issue with just doing it the "old fashioned way" as my lease end approaches. All the data will be on the table and it'll be a "normal" ordering process--IF there aren't e-Trons "on the floor" at my dealer.
04-10-2019, 07:49 PM
#47
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So apparently they're not building them by order date. That's frustrating. It gets worse. 9/18 order date, 3/8 lock, supposed to have been in production 4/5. Pretty much loaded Prestige. After Audi support researched the status for 24 hours, they admitted that cars are not being built in reservation order. It's obvious that they are short on inventory of something. Not sure if it's unique to Prestige or some option that they don't have. This is why we are seeing Premium Plus being built ahead of everyone else. Over 6 months and they can't even provide a production date. Not a happy camper.
04-11-2019, 08:20 AM
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04-11-2019, 08:06 PM
#50
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So much for being first in line. I'm starting to wonder if certain dealerships or regions are getting preference. GM does that a lot (ie. Volts went to California first, Corvettes allocated to higher volume dealers)