Welllllll, for thos following this thread, my salesman was going to switch my gear ratio to 4.10 last week, right on the verge of my truck going D1 status (D1 - NO CHANGES) He didn't make it in time. Yesterday he called and suggested we just order a second truck, the only change being the 4.10 gears. This dealership moves a lot of Dodge trucks here in North Texas. Matter of fact, they also sell Fords and despite what is going on nationally, the Cummins outsells the Powerstroke at this dealership.

I told him to go ahead and order the second truck and this morning he phoned back to report that it had already gone into D status and should go D1 before the end of the week!

For those of you waiting on the dealer to get available allocation, you may want to find a high volume dealer in your area.

 

30 to 40 weeks!!!!!! Anybody out there been through the same situation. If so, please tell me that it suddenly appeared on your doorstep with a full tank of fuel. At this point I'm praying for a miracle.


Anyone know any dock workers in Vera Cruz that owes you a favor!!!!

Odie

 

Odie,

I'm in the same boat .

Called DC again and they have no update from 1/20/04.

Then can not even tell me if the rail car arrvived in Veracruz!

They did tell me that the average delivery time to my "zone" was 19 days. My fleet company still says 2/17.

 

19 days from when? DC does 'nt even know where their inventory is! That's sad!!! I would have flown to the factory myself and driven it home. I figure I would have already had it 4 weeks and a nice break in trip

 

Odie,

He did not post when his shipped. I am not a TDR member so I cann't ask.

David

 

anybody out there know "Tobaccogrower" on the TDR. Need to know when his truck was shipped?



Thanks
Odie

 

odie take a chill pill buddy, you are lucky. I ordered aug 5th or so and got mine oct 22. Don't even ask how long it took scotty to get his. You're doing just fine, keep your pants on!

For the record, I was dying and whining too

 

lightman
Thanks for the reply. I just keep reading threads on how guys were tracking their trucks hourly ,by rail. I don't think it would have been so bad,but, on Jan 5th Dc told me that I "should" have my vehicle in about 2 or 3 weeks.
How's the weather in paradise?

 

Odie,

19 days from 1/20/04.

 

If my calculations are correct, that means you got your vehicle yesterday!!! Are the new diesels as quite as they say?How does it handle?

just kidding

 

odie,
Mine was built on 5 Jan and shipped on 7 Jan. At first DC thought the boat set sail from Veracruz on the 21st, but later found it was delayed a week. It left on the 28th, and ported in Baltimore on 4 Feb. Now the dealer has joined a number of others in beating up on the district rep to find out why nothing sent via boat is being delivered. This dealer's waiting on 6 trucks; imagine the $$$ they had to lay out with no idea when they'll get something to sell. Don't suppose DC cares one iota since they got their $$, and the longer it takes to ship the longer they get to hold the holdbback money owed to the dealer...

 

That's pretty cool, TexasZach. You lost almost NO time, maybe a week, by ordering the second truck.

Mine was D1 as of las Thursday, so it is probably on the assembly line as we speak - ship date next Wednesday, 2/18.

Of course, then it has to come by boat, wagon, and horse-drawn carriage to get here to the East Coast., takes about 3-4 weeks, so I should have it by mid March.

I second the large dealers. You guys with no build dates - get your deposits back, and find another dealer with the allocation.

 

Thanks Zeke,

Hopefully Dc will work on this rediculus tracking system they have.

Ps
You would'nt happen to know where the Dist. Rep lives

 

How sad is this? Every couple days my wifes goes on line and opens the following site, turns it up as loud as it possible go and yells " hey, honey is that your new truck in the driveway"


http://www.klenger.net/dodge/2nd-gen.../isb-start.wav

 

http://www.donsautoclinic.com/
This is the web site of my dealer. They are not big movers of Dodge trucks YET , they are a new in Oct. dealer. I have a ship date on my truck already. I believe that the truck orders that come into the factory with a customers name attached to the order will have their truck built before any trucks are built for invetory are, Your truck will arrive with built for YOUR NAME on the window sticker fact sheet. That is the way products are built at GM these days, sold stuff first then for invetory stuff. This isn't 1960 any more. It is after they have your money that they forget who you are in most cases.
Al



ordered 2004.5 325/600, 6spd 3500slt, srw, lb, 373 anti slip, tow group, tow mirrors and a couple other do dads.