How long did you wait?

[Deleted member 6627]

How long did you wait for delivery of your new MG5? Placed an order on Saturday. Got a long 2 months to wait. Hoping it will turn up a little sooner.

 

[Jomarkh]

Under two weeks

 

[defeatedbythecat]

Ordered August 25th and they're telling me possibly December

 

[lebelinconnu]

I ordered Monday and was told Jan.

 

[supermegamonkee]

I went in for a long range, but decided to get the standard range in the colour and spec I wanted. Fingers crossed I collect it on Friday.

 

[HarryTheGreyhound]

Went to order a LR just over a week ago and was told Jan. Took a short-range instead as they had one in stock.

 

[Shrink Proof]

Waited 4 weeks. That said, I could've had the car after a fortnight, but I'd got a trip away that was already planned for then and so I wasn't going to be around to pick it up.

 

[smokie]

...Took a short-range instead as they had one in stock.

I am a compulsive impulse buyer but this was one that I didn't compromise on, as I think the additional range will be of importance to me at (admittedly fairly rare) times. In fact the shortish long range was the one and only thing that made me think twice about the car, after an extended test drive.

 

[Freddy]

2 weeks, long range .ordered 3 weeks ago got it last week.

 

[defeatedbythecat]

2 weeks, long range .ordered 3 weeks ago got it last week.

What deal with the devil did you perform?

 

[gazter]

2 weeks, long range .ordered 3 weeks ago got it last week.

Did they fly it over from China?

 

[Deleted member 6627]

Lots of different timescales. Shame there is no online tracking. Would have been great to get live updates. I guess I will just have to sit tight and hope it turns up a few days after my zappi gets installed.

 

[smokie]

If you knew which slowboat from China your car was on you could track it here...

 

[Kithmo]

It's a shame they're not coming over land and across the English channel, there seems to be lots of boats landing there every day.

 

[EVsince2016]

If you knew which slowboat from China your car was on you could track it here...

You can track it, this is their car ship!!

SAIC ANJI PHOENIX Current position (Vehicles Carrier, IMO 9190858) - VesselFinder

SAIC ANJI PHOENIX last position is 22 N, 109 W heading to Shanghai with speed of 13.0 knots. TRACK ON MAP...

www.vesselfinder.com

Its just come back from Chile and is doing a round trip to Phillipinnes now.

 

[defeatedbythecat]

They have more than one

 

[EVsince2016]

They have more than one

Do you know the names?

 

[defeatedbythecat]

Do you know the names?

Someone has posted them in here before. I think there's at least 3

 

[johnd973]

We waited a week and that was only because we wanted it on a 71 plate.

We looked for a dealer that had one in stock and bought their last one. Weren't too worried about trim or colour although we preferred the excite as we didn't want a car with keyless entry. I get the impression some dealers buy batches without having customer orders.

Interestingly I worked on an online order tracking tool for a 'prestige' German marquee a couple of years ago. It was just guess work based on the order date and average manufacturing/shipping times. If the car made it to a customer in line with any info the order tracker gave it was pure luck

 

[gazter]

We waited a week and that was only because we wanted it on a 71 plate.

We looked for a dealer that had one in stock and bought their last one. Weren't too worried about trim or colour although we preferred the excite as we didn't want a car with keyless entry. I get the impression some dealers buy batches without having customer orders.

Interestingly I worked on an online order tracking tool for a 'prestige' German marquee a couple of years ago. It was just guess work based on the order date and average manufacturing/shipping times. If the car made it to a customer in line with any info the order tracker gave it was pure luck

I guess Hermes use a similar tracking system for their parcels.