Blackwing Order Tracking - 2022 Model Year

Well...shit...I tried deleting a couple posts out of the old order tracking thread and I apparently nuked the whole damn thread!

NOTE: the order tracking system is for U.S. based orders only. I can only view orders placed with dealers in the U.S.
NOTE: I will only track ONE order per member. If you have orders in at multiple dealers, pick one...

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[Tall Steve]

For the love of the baby Jesus if y'all are unhappy move on to a freaking Corvette, BMW, or whatever!

 

[rubberduck]

Not sure getting a blackwing out of goat pen is considered hard work. More like subpar work on GMs side. If there was a correlation between hard work and getting a BW, zoomie zoom which stared at his status 5x a day would have gotten one the same day he placed an ordwr

I don't know the particulars about what he has done or has not done, so nothing about what I'm about to say is personal to him or anyone else.

There are other ways to get a 5BW besides staring at this forum and/or waiting on the sidelines (witness post #8,300 above). I don't know how much time an individual spends courting dealers, making in person visits and phone calls. I don't know how much time an individual spends looking for a good therapist that specializes in goat herder anxiety. I highly recommend most of the books by James Allen along the lines of building a success oriented mental discipline.

Also just because the car is delivered to the dealer doesn't mean the rodeo is over, it just enters a new phase.

 

[Rob]

I don't know the particulars about what he has done or has not done, so nothing about what I'm about to say is personal to him or anyone else.

There are other ways to get a 5BW besides staring at this forum and/or waiting on the sidelines (witness post #8,300 above). I don't know how much time an individual spends courting dealers, making in person visits and phone calls. I don't know how much time an individual spends looking for a good therapist that specializes in goat herder anxiety. I highly recommend most of the books by James Allen along the lines of building a success oriented mental discipline.

Also just because the car is delivered to the dealer doesn't mean the rodeo is over, it just enters a new phase.

Doesn't matter if it's a Cadillac or a Corvette....the only common denominator is people's expectations and a growing lack of patience vs reality. We all want what we want, yesterday and we don't want to wait. Instant gratification has become the new norm...sadly...

 

[G.Newt]

Doesn't matter if it's a Cadillac or a Corvette....the only common denominator is people's expectations and a growing lack of patience vs reality. We all want what we want, yesterday and we don't want to wait. Instant gratification has become the new norm...sadly...

I blame Amazon Prime and their damn 2-day shipping. You should see people complain when it takes an extra day or 2. I'm only 30 and 100% a Millennial, but being upset about a $70-$80k car taking longer than expected is some 1st world problem shit. These aren't a necessity and for most of us, this is a 2nd or 3rd car. I would've gladly waited for my 3800 car to get delivered, but I found a used one with 5,600 miles I couldn't pass up. There are definitely plenty of used ones out there that are pretty cheap right now. Buying new at MSRP isn't the deal it was 5 months ago. I see lightly used ones going for mid to low 60's all day.

 

[GTANotch88]

I think the best thing about my goat rodeo experience was my dealer saying the following from day one...
1. No guarantee gm will accept my order and build my car
2. Normal order to delivery WAS 4-8 weeks, but expect 4-8 months If they build it.
3. We don't know much about availability, time will tell.

 

[Rob]

I blame Amazon Prime and their damn 2-day shipping. You should see people complain when it takes an extra day or 2. I'm only 30 and 100% a Millennial, but being upset about a $70-$80k car taking longer than expected is some 1st world problem shit. These aren't a necessity and for most of us, this is a 2nd or 3rd car. I would've gladly waited for my 3800 car to get delivered, but I found a used one with 5,600 miles I couldn't pass up. There are definitely plenty of used ones out there that are pretty cheap right now. Buying new at MSRP isn't the deal it was 5 months ago. I see lightly used ones going for mid to low 60's all day.

It's funny you say that. I just recently took out an Amazon Prime account simy because I order so much from Amazon so it made sense. But if stuff gets delayed, I just don't care. I'm patient and I can wait. I just can't relate to the instant gratification culture of today

 

[Rob]

I think the best thing about my goat rodeo experience was my dealer saying the following from day one...
1. No guarantee gm will accept my order and build my car
2. Normal order to delivery WAS 4-8 weeks, but expect 4-8 months If they build it.
3. We don't know much about availability, time will tell.

You dealer was being completely transparent and honest with you

 

[668LT4]

...people's expectations and a growing lack of patience vs reality. Instant gratification has become the new norm...sadly...

1000% agree Rob. The lack of patience is really amazing.

 

[Matt27]

I blame Amazon Prime and their damn 2-day shipping. You should see people complain when it takes an extra day or 2. I'm only 30 and 100% a Millennial, but being upset about a $70-$80k car taking longer than expected is some 1st world problem shit. These aren't a necessity and for most of us, this is a 2nd or 3rd car. I would've gladly waited for my 3800 car to get delivered, but I found a used one with 5,600 miles I couldn't pass up. There are definitely plenty of used ones out there that are pretty cheap right now. Buying new at MSRP isn't the deal it was 5 months ago. I see lightly used ones going for mid to low 60's all day.

Hell, I'm 28 and didn't even make it to the allocation stage. I was waiting for 3 dealers between the end of the '22 orders and the opening of the '23 order window.

I found my car in stock at MSRP in June, pulled the trigger. Locked in at 3.00% interest. Had it for the full summer vs. waiting on a '23 coming in a Northeast winter.

I probably wouldn't do it at MSRP right now, but at the time? Worth every penny and I would do it again.

 

[668LT4]

For the love of the baby Jesus if y'all are unhappy move on to a freaking Corvette, BMW, or whatever!

I surely agree Tall Steve. But be careful, many here will not!!

 

[G.Newt]

Hell, I'm 28 and didn't even make it to the allocation stage. I was waiting for 3 dealers between the end of the '22 orders and the opening of the '23 order window.

I found my car in stock at MSRP in June, pulled the trigger. Locked in at 3.00% interest. Had it for the full summer vs. waiting on a '23 coming in a Northeast winter.

I probably wouldn't do it at MSRP right now, but at the time? Worth every penny and I would do it again.

Yeah I'm at 6.94% with an 807 FICO, but it will be paid off in July. Yeah MSRP was for sure the move back in the summer. I had to get it in writing for my deposit just to make sure. Now on Autotrader and Cargurus, if you don't need CF, they're readily available with less than 5k miles with anywhere from 7-10k off MSRP. Which means we're getting back to pre-covid pricing. Thank God lol.

 

[rubberduck]

1000% agree Rob. The lack of patience is really amazing.

Lack of patience combined with not putting in much or no effort to affect the outcome is something I roll my eyes at. I come from a hard work, determination, and perseverance upbringing. I’m harder on myself than I am with anyone else. In part because I expect great things from myself and I know I can succeed at anything I put my mind to.

 

[SIX 40]

I saw my first CT5 BW in Austin today in a parking lot. Now I want one again (still). Rift looks great in the sun. I was gonna stop and bother the guy but he had just gotten in to the car and looked like he was leaving.

Happy New Year all!

 

[jbawden]

Safe to say most of us here have lived a life based on hard work, doing more than the minimum, not taking no for answer, and disciplined economic choices (delaying gratification now for something better, later, for instance). To get to 4D00 status, we all made some effort.

Now the few of us that are asking basic customer service questions about the built cars just sitting in Lansing for months on end get labeled entitled first world assholes? If the two choices around here are irrational expectations and passive thumb sucker, sign me up for the former all day long.

 

[MatthewAMEL]

Safe to say most of us here have lived a life based on hard work, doing more than the minimum, not taking no for answer, and disciplined economic choices (delaying gratification now for something better, later, for instance). To get to 4D00 status, we all made some effort.

Now the few of us that are asking basic customer service questions about the built cars just sitting in Lansing for months on end get labeled entitled first world assholes? If the two choices around here are irrational expectations and passive thumb sucker, sign me up for the former all day long.

Agree!

I have bypassed many other cars for the BW despite not getting an allocation for all of 2022 and half of 2023.

I resent being told I haven’t been patient enough. I understand the timeframe to get allocated and built is variable, but the time from production to delivery should be a known and reliable interval. GM’s ‘we have no idea’ is completely unacceptable.

 

[668LT4]

I saw my first CT5 BW in Austin today in a parking lot. Now I want one again (still). Rift looks great in the sun. I was gonna stop and bother the guy but he had just gotten in to the car and looked like he was leaving.

Happy New Year all!

You have such a premier machine already, but I think you will love the more visceral experience offered by the Blackwing 5.

Stay in the queue, it will happen. Happy New Year amigo!

 

[Commonman]

Doesn't matter if it's a Cadillac or a Corvette....the only common denominator is people's expectations and a growing lack of patience vs reality. We all want what we want, yesterday and we don't want to wait. Instant gratification has become the new norm...sadly...

Not sure people waiting for fully shippable cars 6-9 months is an instant gratification issue.

 

[Commonman]

I blame Amazon Prime and their damn 2-day shipping. You should see people complain when it takes an extra day or 2. I'm only 30 and 100% a Millennial, but being upset about a $70-$80k car taking longer than expected is some 1st world problem shit. These aren't a necessity and for most of us, this is a 2nd or 3rd car. I would've gladly waited for my 3800 car to get delivered, but I found a used one with 5,600 miles I couldn't pass up. There are definitely plenty of used ones out there that are pretty cheap right now. Buying new at MSRP isn't the deal it was 5 months ago. I see lightly used ones going for mid to low 60's all day.

Try to get a 5BW manual at MSRP. Your reality is apples and oranges.

 

[Commonman]

I surely agree Tall Steve. But be careful, many here will not!!

I'm sure Tall Steve will be just fine.

 

[Commonman]

For the love of the baby Jesus if y'all are unhappy move on to a freaking Corvette, BMW, or whatever!

Is that the way to look at this problem? Will that solve the problem? Southwest Airlines is a good company. On December 18th they shit the bed and cancelled 67% of their flights in one day due to a large winter storm that overwhelmed their antiquated system software and scheduling processes. They've cancelled 50% of all their flights over a 10 day stretch. Corporate failure of epic proportions. The good news is they know it was an epic failure and their leadership owned it and said they have to fix it. They didn't tell their thousands of displaced, inconvenienced passengers "y'all are unhappy move on to freaking Delta or American or whatever!" You don't have to be an apologist for Cadillac doing a lousy job of delivering cars to good customers in a reasonable timeframe. If you can explain how 6+ months waits with no corporate explanation to dealers or customers is justified you have the floor but don't act like I (THE CUSTOMER) am the problem in this situation.