About a months worth of new deliveries (only 40 cars?) Reservation dates are all over the place now, but most deliveries have been in the low 1200's, and december configurations. (except for one lucky bastard who config in late Jan and was a 1286! ;) )
Reserved #1244 5/29/07
Confirm and Configure: 12/24/07
Ordered red/black passion with fog lamps, sound package, extra instruments, alarm
E-mail received 4/14/07, no contact from dealer
Car arrived at dealer 5/17/08
Took possession at Smart Center Buffalo 5/20/08
356 days from reservation to delivery - I beat a year!
Honestly, I was disappointed in the service at Buffalo. But I love my car!
ETA: Man, I've been looking forward to making this post for a long time!
Last edited by Broken Kid; 05-20-2008 at 04:27 PM.
Ordered 04/27/07 #1213
Configured 12/14/07
Car arrived dealership 05/05/08
Had to sell Subaru Tribeca - Russian bought it to ship to Russia.
Picked up Blue/Silver fully loaded smart on 05/21/08
Delivery went smoothly, but poor Alex at smart had a rough day as he was only one on duty that day and he was buried the whole day.
What a trip this smart is, well worth the wait. It is an absolute blast to drive. It is fantastic. Everyone waiting, hold on your wait will be worth it - believe me. Ours was 390 days.....................................
Ordered 04/27/07 #1213
Configured 12/14/07
Car arrived dealership 05/05/08
Had to sell Subaru Tribeca - Russian bought it to ship to Russia.
Picked up Blue/Silver fully loaded smart on 05/21/08
Congrats! Isn't it great to finally be able to post in this thread?
Congrats! Isn't it great to finally be able to post in this thread?
Amen to that, like I've said the wait is well worth it, but time sure seems to drag. The best thing to do is order - forget - configure - forget - DELIVERY.
I finally picked up my smart after 363 days. My cute li'l bugger even has the same birth day as mine!! ( started building on or around 04/04/08)!!!
Here are the detatails.
Reserved on: May 21, 2007
1236
Confirmed on: December 14, 2007
April 06, 2008, dealer notified me that car was being built in France, no VIN assigned as of then.
Dealer was smart center of Winston/Salem, NC
Passion Coupe, silver with black tridion:
I finally picked up my smart after 363 days. My cute li'l bugger even has the same birth day as mine!! ( started building on or around 04/04/08)!!!
Here are the detatails.
Reserved on: May 21, 2007
1236
Confirmed on: December 14, 2007
April 06, 2008, dealer notified me that car was being built in France, no VIN assigned as of then.
Dealer was smart center of Winston/Salem, NC
Passion Coupe, silver with black tridion:
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I finally picked up my smart after 363 days. My cute li'l bugger even has the same birth day as mine!! ( started building on or around 04/04/08)!!!
Here are the detatails.
Reserved on: May 21, 2007
1236
Confirmed on: December 14, 2007
April 06, 2008, dealer notified me that car was being built in France, no VIN assigned as of then.
Dealer was smart center of Winston/Salem, NC
Passion Coupe, silver with black tridion:
Premium sound system, comfort package, additional instruments, 5/75 extended warrenty, gap insurence.
Picked up car on Thursday, May 22, 2008.
Car arrived at dealer on Monday, May 19,2008 from Jacksonville, Fl
Total time at dealer, including time to trade another vehichle(paid for extended warrenty) Two hours
Dealer was excellent and had most all of paper work done and was actually very fun and pleasant experience. I knew the cost's up front, no haggeling, no waiting around to see "closure manager", none of that. They even shopped around for me to get the lowest intrest on loan(had checked before going and could not beat them)
smartest purchese ever for a vehichle!!!
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