02-14-2017, 02:46 PM | #1 | |
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How cars are shipped
Was Googling, and found this little gem.
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18283 Quote:
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02-18-2017, 12:59 AM | #2 |
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This is great. It'll be nice to track the car so we can know if the dealer is doing anything shady and driving our cars and adding miles on it. I'm having trust issues with my dealer :(
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02-20-2017, 10:15 AM | #3 |
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FYI - on 2/14, my car's status was changed to:
4200 - Shipped Curious about the shipping process, I found the information in the original post. I called my dealership (Best Chevrolet in New Orleans - very helpful, BTW!), to see when they expected delivery. They stated that they were scheduled to begin making interest payments (a rough estimate of delivery) on, Friday 2/24. But, they also had a railcar number and told me that it was being shipped via Canadian National railway. I called Canadian National this morning (888-888-5909), was transferred to a "sales broker" and they were able to provide me with the following information: - On 2/20, the car was received from a gateway in Illinois. Evidently, it took almost a week to get it from Lansing to Illinois. - It is going to the Port Allen, LA distribution facility where it will arrive on Sunday, 2/26, at 7am. - From there, it will be transferred to a Union Pacific transport bound for New Orleans. So, you can indeed use the above information to track your car! |
02-25-2017, 10:39 PM | #4 |
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Track with ONSTAR
I learned on the covetteforum.com when waiting for my C7 Z06, if you have the VIN# you can activated the vehicle Onstar and track it geographically with an app on your smartphone. I never did because mine was delivered 7 days after the production date. Give it a try.
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02-25-2017, 11:10 PM | #5 |
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Another thing about rail transport: once you get the car , take it home and do an iron decon to the paint. Dealers do not do this when they prep the car for you. A Good one is IRON -X, you spray it mix it in with the wash, and just wash the car with it, very simple.. It'll save the embedded rail dust from giving you little brown flecks in the paint, in about a year to two, sometimes a lot earlier. Especially on the light cars like white or silver.
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02-27-2017, 06:48 PM | #6 |
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We got some clarification recently. If your dealer is less than 600 miles from the plant, it will ship direct via a truck and not ride the rails.
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03-01-2017, 08:57 AM | #7 |
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Quick update. It's a LOT of work to do it this way. Lots of calls to make and red tape to go through. Then, you have to call at least 2 companies (rail and truck transport) to get the info.
If you are OK with not knowing the exact date of delivery, but would like to know exactly where the car is, just have your dealer activate the OnStar. They may be hesitant at first, because you technically haven't "bought" the car yet. But, if you can convince them to do it, you can see exactly where the car is by using the MyChevrolet app on your phone (in the Navigation section). Depending on your location, you should be able to get a few hours notice of when it will arrive, as you will see it begin to move away from the rail distribution center on a road. |
04-03-2017, 02:56 PM | #8 |
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I ship myself over BNSF and UP on a daily basis.
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04-05-2017, 03:49 PM | #9 |
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Just call onstar to know how to activate and track my car from Lansing to dealer.
They told me the only way is to press the blue button in the car... ????? Helpful I have to know what is the process to explain it to my car dealer.... Is there a topic or something about the way to activate onstar from the car dealer without being in the car? Thank you for your cooperation |
04-05-2017, 04:16 PM | #10 | |
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04-05-2017, 04:18 PM | #11 |
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This is the current number for Union Pacific, 800-877-5123.
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04-06-2017, 12:30 PM | #12 | |
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My dealer doesn't know how to do it And doesn't want to do it! Can you help me and ask your dealer to do it for me? Thank you I will appreciate to set onstar, to check the numbers (accélération, mph...) Just in case.... Go PM if you are ok |
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04-06-2017, 01:14 PM | #13 |
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I called and asked, he said that he can only see their vehicles, not other dealer's. He did say though that it is very simple to activate. Someone at your dealer should know how to. But like you said, may not really want to. It doesn't hurt anything to turn it on early.
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04-06-2017, 03:02 PM | #14 |
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Thank you
I'll try with him again.... |
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