GR86 The 11 o'clock Club

10:21 here but still have no idea if it‘ll be next week or months away. My current lease car goes back next week and in the meantime we’ll make do with the old MX5.
 
mackie said:
10:21 here but still have no idea if it‘ll be next week or months away. My current lease car goes back next week and in the meantime we’ll make do with the old MX5.
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10am? I'm not sure your type are welcome round here! 🤣🤣
 
RedGR86 said:
What has everybody done in terms of an 'interim car' since ordering the GR? (My situation is a shambles)

Have you bought something to fill the gap, or does it not really matter when the GR finally arrives?
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I sold my previous car (Alfa Giulia Veloce) for a decent profit as we were moving house. I had the original idea of using my 2CV for the commute to work, but with last winter approaching I decided that was a sure fire way to make it dissolve quicker, so went looking for an 'interim' with no idea of getting a GR86. A neighbour of a work colleague had an old MB C-Class for not much money so I've been running round in that longer than I anticipated. Obviously I made my order the same as others and *might* get mine mid-February 2023 🤞
 
I/my wife is an 11:48 order. Not seen anybody later than that so far. Feels like I will be waiting an eternity. She has a 1 series which has only depreciated £2k in 2.5 years due to buying before everything boomed and my mum is going to be buying this off her whenever the GR86 comes so in quite a good situation. Not counting the 18 month wait for it.

We went to Derby on Friday to have a look at the demo and it looks so good. I will be offering to drive my wife everywhere in her car when it arrives :LOL:
 
Is anyone else starting to wonder if the October 23 build slot is somewhat pessimistic? There are cars ordered at 1030 that are now leaving the factory. I assume that the orders slowed down throughout the 90 minutes so there are more orders in the first half an hour than the last 60 minutes?

It does seem that if the build rate is linear that we might see our cars earlier than expected?
 
RedGR86 said:
Is anyone else starting to wonder if the October 23 build slot is somewhat pessimistic? There are cars ordered at 1030 that are now leaving the factory. I assume that the orders slowed down throughout the 90 minutes so there are more orders in the first half an hour than the last 60 minutes?

It does seem that if the build rate is linear that we might see our cars earlier than expected?
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I would like to think that this is the case and that the first half hour is more than a third of the cars ordered. Kicking myself for faffing about endlessly between smurf blue and red. I was on the link at about 10:30 and was debating it with my wife for over an hour!
 
I was a 10:28 order and my Pearl White 86 had been built and left the factory then made a very tough call to change to Magnetite Grey. So in theory am now at the back of the queue. I wasn't in any great rush to get my car early next year anyway as have changed from PCP to cash so more time to save is more suitable plus it's a second car and am in no rush to sell our current second car which is a 2002 Cooper S.

Although, I may not be saying that if it ends up being 2023! But as someone else mentioned in a post earlier I'm hopeful that the later orders/delivery dates are pessimistic and I might see it at some point this year.

In the meantime will just need to content myself racking up some more virtual miles before the real thing arrives! 😁

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Sprotacus said:
I was a 10:28 order and my Pearl White 86 had been built and left the factory then made a very tough call to change to Magnetite Grey. So in theory am now at the back of the queue. I wasn't in any great rush to get my car early next year anyway as have changed from PCP to cash so more time to save is more suitable plus it's a second car and am in no rush to sell our current second car which is a 2002 Cooper S.

Although, I may not be saying that if it ends up being 2023! But as someone else mentioned in a post earlier I'm hopeful that the later orders/delivery dates are pessimistic and I might see it at some point this year.

In the meantime will just need to content myself racking up some more virtual miles before the real thing arrives! 😁

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Which game is this?
 
Anyone around the 11:00 order time gone into build yet...? Must be getting close now surely 🫣
 
11:01 order and contacted TOL last week to be told no build slot allocated yet and 4-5 months for delivery after build started! Looking like summer at the earliest.......
 
Bob123 said:
11:01 order and contacted TOL last week to be told no build slot allocated yet and 4-5 months for delivery after build started! Looking like summer at the earliest.......
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Take timescales with a pinch of salt mine was 58 days from build to arriving at the dealer , 6 months in front of TUK “estimate “ 👍
 
Hmmm. This is interesting indeed, I had thought that next year was jailed on, but for once things are moving faster than expected.
 
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