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3/11/11, 05:34 PM

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10-12 days?!? Two donkeys with hemorrhoids could get my car here faster than that!

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Unfortunately, the box cars spend more time stationary than moving. They don't just make the trip with a couple box cars loaded with Mustangs. CSX has also been a PITA lately. Order a railcar and it shows up 5-10 days after expected delivery. Hope that's not been the issue with Flat Rock.

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Over 3 decades with the BNSF and one thing is always true, trains move at the speed of cold syrup, unless the the shipper pays big bucks for shipping on the highest priority Hot Shots. Trains spend more time stationary than on the move, unless big money is involved.

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3/11/11, 05:40 PM

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Gary, we're on CN not CSX, does the same number work for both?

I know but they must share the same call center. That or CSX has a railcar also numbered SP 517499.

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3/11/11, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Locke62

Thanks Matt, for those Boss's traveling CSX rail. You can check on the status
800-235-2352. Automated answer. Type in 1-32818192 #(which is ETTX) then the rail number ## so mine is,
132818192#900640##. Good luck people.

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Does that work for Canadian National also?

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3/11/11, 05:48 PM

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I only researched CSX, I do not know about Canadian national. It took about 15 minutes of Internet time to do this. Actually the post I got the info on was someone tracking a GTO a while ago. I already had the rail car # so it was easy.

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3/11/11, 06:26 PM

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Scott, it had better not have over 20 miles. Or they can keep it....or reduce the price 10k.

I don't mind if mine was one of the cars the factory pulls at random to test. That way, if something is found wrong (whether by driving or static testing) it will be fixed by the absolute best people to fix it. If something is going to break, I'd rather it break while they have it than when I'm driving. If they need to drive it xx miles or so to test or fix something, so be it.

I know the factory has a small rough road (track) they use for finding rattles. I don't know if every car is tested.

That being said, I sure don't want a dealer lot jockey playing around with it.

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3/11/11, 07:17 PM

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That being said, I sure don't want a dealer lot jockey playing around with it.[/quote]

I told my dealer absolutely no test rides when it arrives. I will watch it come off the truck and go into the service dept for PDI. All build tags and papers are to be saved and I'll photo everything for provenance.

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3/11/11, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by 2012YellowBoss

Sparky,

Do you know what exactly it means when it says - returned to plant - autoport limited? Is it further testing, problem or just does not have transportation ready yet (no rail car available)?

Exactly, I don't know. Autoport handles the yard shipping and shipping between VPC and the plant. So it could mean any number of things from simply returning the car from VPC to returning it to the plant for a minor repair/concern. What ends up in VV isn't always uniform -- I think sometimes it depends who's doing the logging that day.

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sparky whats it mean if 0628 has been in 51 still and b/d was 2 23 oldest date on your list ??

It mean's it's still at Ramp 51 waiting to be checked. SOmetimes (as I said before) First in doesn't always mean first out, it depends on who parks it; it may be buried a few cars in.

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3/12/11, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by OAC_Sparky

It mean's it's still at Ramp 51 waiting to be checked. SOmetimes (as I said before) First in doesn't always mean first out, it depends on who parks it; it may be buried a few cars in.

Another resaon first in/first out might not apply - transportation is waiting for a number of cars for the same geographic destination before loading a conveyance.

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3/12/11, 08:36 AM

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Thanks Ron. I just tried it and it said that car was pulled from customer location Flat Rock, MI on March 11 12:29 a.m. and no ETA available.

Arrived Battle Creek, MI March 12, 9:20 a.m...............it's moving.

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3/12/11, 09:24 AM

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Arrived Battle Creek, MI March 12, 9:20 a.m...............it's moving.

Thanks for the update. It will be interesting when/if we get separated or moved to a different train or car.

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3/12/11, 10:27 AM

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Thanks for the update. It will be interesting when/if we get separated or moved to a different train or car.

I got this update from my dealer this morning. The time stamp is 49 minutes before the update I got from CN. At least I have a new ETA and hopefully it's somewhat accurate. My dealer said once it gets dropped in Cottage Grove, MN they can make a call to get it moving right away.

In Transit
Passing (Canadian National Railways )
Lansing, MI
Mar-12-2011, 08:29 ET
Mar-22-2011

I'm not sure that your car will get moved. CN has lines all the way to the West Coast so your car may ride all the way out there on the same car. That car could get swapped to a different train a few times along the way though. I would imagine it will change in Chicago for sure.

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3/12/11, 10:37 AM

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Just for the heck of it I just checked, my car has not moved yet.

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3/12/11, 10:57 AM

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Just for the heck of it I just checked, my car has not moved yet.

Dave, we're both on CN but different rail cars. Maybe you knew that. Yea yours said pulled from customer location Flat Rock, MI but nothing further.

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3/12/11, 12:34 PM

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Separated at birth.

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3/12/11, 01:11 PM

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Cloud9, where is your boss being delivered to?

Ron

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3/12/11, 01:43 PM

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Cloud9, where is your boss being delivered to?

Ron

It goes by rail to Cottage Grove, MN which is a suburb of the Twin Cities. Then it goes by truck to my dealer in Sioux Falls, SD.

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3/12/11, 02:09 PM

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In Transit
Passing (Canadian National Railways )
Lansing, MI
Mar-12-2011, 08:29 ET
Mar-22-2011

Just found out from my Dealer that my delivery date is 3/21. Both of ours were shipped on 3/10, you are 850 miles away while I am 180 miles away. And yet, my car is only going to arrive 1 day earlier than yours. Maybe they are pushing mine from Flat Rock!