USA/Canada Delivery Thread

[CoryC]

...nearly 3 years later, the day finally came. Special thanks to Ray and company at Lotus of North Jersey for making the experience incredible. 6 hours into ownership, and my fingers are crossed that no serious issues arise, but so far this car is incredible. The feel and the sound... combined with the comfort... I can finally say it was worth the wait. I'm looking forward to my morning comute.

 

[CoryC]

(For those wondering, I was on the 4/6 boat and the car arrived at my dealer in NJ 4 weeks later)

 

[kitkat]

(For those wondering, I was on the 4/6 boat and the car arrived at my dealer in NJ 4 weeks later)

I swear they really actually are delivering these cars in LIFO order.

 

[CoryC]

I swear they really actually are delivering these cars in LIFO order.

Yeah... I'm an example of that for sure. My dealer got about 30 cars, mostly VINs ranging from 1500-2200 before mine got there (0473).

 

[Time2Fly]

los gatos tom sutton @ boardwalk ghosted me haha

Los Gatos delivering! Awesome

 

[3A3968M]

...nearly 3 years later, the day finally came. Special thanks to Ray and company at Lotus of North Jersey for making the experience incredible. 6 hours into ownership, and my fingers are crossed that no serious issues arise, but so far this car is incredible. The feel and the sound... combined with the comfort... I can finally say it was worth the wait. I'm looking forward to my morning comute.
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Congrats!
I see you got a new car inspection sticker that expires in 2 years (the same with me) - I think they screwed up, NJ state does not require an inspection of the new vehicles for the first 5 years. I will be at the dealer in the morning to get my car fixed and will raise this issue as well.

 

[CoryC]

Congrats!
I see you got a new car inspection sticker that expires in 2 years (the same with me) - I think they screwed up, NJ state does not require an inspection of the new vehicles for the first 5 years. I will be at the dealer in the morning to get my car fixed and will raise this issue as well.

Noticed the same thing immediately... not too worried, I'm sure they'll correct that for me.

 

[Hell4Leather]

Noticed the same thing immediately... not too worried, I'm sure they'll correct that for me.

Way to go NJ. 5 yrs of play time.

 

[fcajr]

i picked up my car on Monday and noticed a lot of white corrosion on the supercharger housing. Several others just delivered were the same. Does anybody have any suggestions for cleaning/treating that?
Also wondering if anyone has explored some sort of more protective floor mats. I'm sure the factory matts will get trashed quickly.

 

[Porter]

Yeah... I'm an example of that for sure. My dealer got about 30 cars, mostly VINs ranging from 1500-2200 before mine got there (0473).

Yours came on a later boat though, like mine did.

The original 0400 to 0900 series arrived in the US in December.

 

[CoryC]

Yours came on a later boat though, like mine did.

The original 0400 to 0900 series arrived in the US in December.

Oh for sure... mine was built in October... but didn't land here until 4/6 (CARB state... they kept it over there)

 

[GrahamClark_60-68]

My dealer (Eurocar in So Cal) just informed me this morning that as of yesterday my car is on the water and gave me my VIN. And yep, I know to take that with a grain of salt from many members' experiences, but it's the first news I've had in awhile so I'll take it and celebrate, even if just for a few seconds! I'm definitely in the tail end of VINs (2754), and am really hating to see a lot of earlier depositors still not getting their cars. My deposit was Sept 2022, so I'm not exactly a newbie but definitely not a "senior" member of this club. But still hoping to see mine early in the summer rather than later. Boat spotters, @Nova and others, any info on ships that left the UK on 5/7 that my VIN may be on?

 

[Nova]

My dealer (Eurocar in So Cal) just informed me this morning that as of yesterday my car is on the water and gave me my VIN. And yep, I know to take that with a grain of salt from many members' experiences, but it's the first news I've had in awhile so I'll take it and celebrate, even if just for a few seconds! I'm definitely in the tail end of VINs (2754), and am really hating to see a lot of earlier depositors still not getting their cars. My deposit was Sept 2022, so I'm not exactly a newbie but definitely not a "senior" member of this club. But still hoping to see mine early in the summer rather than later. Boat spotters, @Nova and others, any info on ships that left the UK on 5/7 that my VIN may be on?

Unfortunately, we won't know until the boats arrive in the US...

 

[CoryC]

i picked up my car on Monday and noticed a lot of white corrosion on the supercharger housing. Several others just delivered were the same. Does anybody have any suggestions for cleaning/treating that?
Also wondering if anyone has explored some sort of more protective floor mats. I'm sure the factory matts will get trashed quickly.

Picked mine up yesterday and looks the same as well... I think that's just how cast aluminum looks, when unpolished and unsealed.

 

[Porter]

i picked up my car on Monday and noticed a lot of white corrosion on the supercharger housing. Several others just delivered were the same. Does anybody have any suggestions for cleaning/treating that?

Picked mine up yesterday and looks the same as well... I think that's just how cast aluminum looks, when unpolished and unsealed.

You can use a product like Lear ACF-50 to neutralize and treat the surface. It's a mil-spec fluid used to prevent aluminum oxidation on exposed structures in aircraft. You just need a small amount and it will protect for about 6 months at a time, maybe longer.

 

[fcajr]

You can use a product like Lear ACF-50 to neutralize and treat the surface. It's a mil-spec fluid used to prevent aluminum oxidation on exposed structures in aircraft. You just need a small amount and it will protect for about 6 months at a time, maybe longer.

Thank you!!

 

[seriously]

My dealer (Eurocar in So Cal) just informed me this morning that as of yesterday my car is on the water and gave me my VIN. And yep, I know to take that with a grain of salt from many members' experiences, but it's the first news I've had in awhile so I'll take it and celebrate, even if just for a few seconds! I'm definitely in the tail end of VINs (2754), and am really hating to see a lot of earlier depositors still not getting their cars. My deposit was Sept 2022, so I'm not exactly a newbie but definitely not a "senior" member of this club. But still hoping to see mine early in the summer rather than later. Boat spotters, @Nova and others, any info on ships that left the UK on 5/7 that my VIN may be on?

My car is on the same boat- headed to Galpin.

 

[pc368]

My dealer (Eurocar in So Cal) just informed me this morning that as of yesterday my car is on the water and gave me my VIN. And yep, I know to take that with a grain of salt from many members' experiences, but it's the first news I've had in awhile so I'll take it and celebrate, even if just for a few seconds! I'm definitely in the tail end of VINs (2754), and am really hating to see a lot of earlier depositors still not getting their cars. My deposit was Sept 2022, so I'm not exactly a newbie but definitely not a "senior" member of this club. But still hoping to see mine early in the summer rather than later. Boat spotters, @Nova and others, any info on ships that left the UK on 5/7 that my VIN may be on?

I put down my deposit in Aug. 2023 and my VIN is 24XX and it arrived on the 3/26 boat (still waiting for dealership arrival). I think it's just the nature of a low-volume car manufacturer. At least now, with Geely's money, they can afford to pre-build the cars ahead of time while waiting to sort out CARB certification and seat sensor issues. It could be worse, they can be waiting to build US-market cars until all the regulatory issues are resolved.

 

[seriously]

I put down my deposit in Aug. 2023 and my VIN is 24XX and it arrived on the 3/26 boat (still waiting for dealership arrival). I think it's just the nature of a low-volume car manufacturer. At least now, with Geely's money, they can afford to pre-build the cars ahead of time while waiting to sort out CARB certification and seat sensor issues. It could be worse, they can be waiting to build US-market cars until all the regulatory issues are resolved.

My VIN is xxxx. So it seems that 4-8 weeks, likely closer to 6 weeks is a reasonable time for delivery and prep?

 

[pc368]

My VIN is xxxx. So it seems that 4-8 weeks, likely closer to 6 weeks is a reasonable time for delivery and prep?

I will report back when my car arrived at Galpin. Like I said in an earlier post, they received a car that arrived on the same boat (with a later VIN) 10 days ago.

I think the delivery timing will be more predictable as they finished shipping pre-built cars and work through the logistical nightmare caused by the Baltimore port bridge collapse. The largest shipment of Emria (200+) arrived at US (shipped out after CARB certification) just after the bridge collapse, requiring diverting to ship to NJ. The cars are then trucked to Baltimore for processing (both paperwork and physical preparation) before delivery to dealers. I am in the import business, and just thinking about the extra steps involved gives me a migraine.

P.s. There were thousands of VW group vehicles (Audi, Porsche and VW) stuck at US ports earlier this year because they contain one single chip made by slave labor in a VW factory in China (according to news report) and had to be swapped out before any of the cars can be rleased for delivery.