[Richardlord]

Yesterday, I met with my dealer, and we discussed the price increase and the delay in production of my C7. My dealer first informed me that it spoke with its Chevy Rep about my order and it shared that conversation with me. That was an interesting conversation and mostly good news.

First, my dealer informed me that Chevy informed it that Chevy would honor the original price for my C7 that it has had on order for 8 months. So, I at least have my dealer on record as saying to me it shall honor the original price when I go to pick up my C7. Still, it shall be interesting to see how this plays out as for price between my dealer and Chevy when my C7 actually comes in with a sticker price on it.

Second, my dealer nicely fussed with its Chevy Rep about Chevy's tardiness in fulfilling my order. My dealer acknowledged what we know that the Z51 and FAY are the main culprits in conjunction with everything else in my expansive order. The discussion between them centered on the fact that Chevy is not fulfilling "sold" orders and yet is producing cars with Z51 and/or FAY as "unsold" lot cars for the biggest dealers and others. Apparently, they both agreed that didn't make sense, but it is what it is. The Rep would pass that concern along up the chain of command (COC), but I expect the COC shall do what the COC does, which probably is that it shall not change anything.

Third, the Chevy Rep said he would do what he can to push my order along. My dealer says it orders and sells all the C7s it can get, and ordering C7s is not a problem, but ordering and getting what customers specifically and actually want is a problem. My dealer has several customers like me who shall not settle for anything less that what they want in their orders. He says he does not blame us as given what we are spending we should get exactly what we want. As a note, I could have had my C7 months ago if I was willing to drop the FAY, which I was not willing to do - two months ago my dealer called me and told me it could get me my C7 if I dropped the FAY. My dealer says I should get my C7 by May - we shall see. Anyway, I am not too upset with the delay as given the weather we have had, who wants to pick up their C7 with summer tires in the middle of a snow & ice storm? April or May would be a good time to get my C7, and I expect that as soon as the weather warms Chevy dealers shall be inundated with C7 buyers with the new price increase eagerly awaiting them.

Also, does anyone know what "Batching" means in Chevy Speak.