GLE 450 Coupe Ordered
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GLE 450 Coupe Ordered
Hi, I'm new to the forum. I ordered my GLE 450 coupe and the dealer told me the build date is March 11th. This is my first ordered MB. Is that the date its completed or started? What type of updates do dealers provide during the process? Since I live in Florida, and have a build date of March 11th, when do you think it will arrive at the dealer? Thanks for any responses!
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Hi, I'm new to the forum. I ordered my GLE 450 coupe and the dealer told me the build date is March 11th. This is my first ordered MB. Is that the date its completed or started? What type of updates do dealers provide during the process? Since I live in Florida, and have a build date of March 11th, when do you think it will arrive at the dealer? Thanks for any responses!
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Aaaaaaahh? What do you mean? You do know your half right here?
To the OP. I've never been given a "build date." The dealer has always told me an expected delivery date to the dealership. If your sure they said build date, then yes it's about 2 weeks after that to get to the dealership.
My 400 is still yellow but expected to go red any day now since it should be delievered the 1st or 2nd week or March.
To the OP. I've never been given a "build date." The dealer has always told me an expected delivery date to the dealership. If your sure they said build date, then yes it's about 2 weeks after that to get to the dealership.
My 400 is still yellow but expected to go red any day now since it should be delievered the 1st or 2nd week or March.
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Aaaaaaahh? What do you mean? You do know your half right here?
To the OP. I've never been given a "build date." The dealer has always told me an expected delivery date to the dealership. If your sure they said build date, then yes it's about 2 weeks after that to get to the dealership.
My 400 is still yellow but expected to go red any day now since it should be delievered the 1st or 2nd week or March.
To the OP. I've never been given a "build date." The dealer has always told me an expected delivery date to the dealership. If your sure they said build date, then yes it's about 2 weeks after that to get to the dealership.
My 400 is still yellow but expected to go red any day now since it should be delievered the 1st or 2nd week or March.
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I meant if it was built in Germany, it will take at least 3 weeks to ship the car over then a couple more weeks to clear custom and other process. So at least 1.5 months after build date to deliver the car.
Not saying USA made is not top quality. Just wish when I buy a German car, it was made in Germany.
Not saying USA made is not top quality. Just wish when I buy a German car, it was made in Germany.
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Wow i am seeing some quick dates on here, i place my order on Jan 29th got a build date of 3/15 with delivery 4 to 6 weeks after that and this is in Connecticut. i hope my dealer is just being cautious with the dates!
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I meant if it was built in Germany, it will take at least 3 weeks to ship the car over then a couple more weeks to clear custom and other process. So at least 1.5 months after build date to deliver the car.
Not saying USA made is not top quality. Just wish when I buy a German car, it was made in Germany.
Not saying USA made is not top quality. Just wish when I buy a German car, it was made in Germany.
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It is true that the USA made ones are subpar compared to the German made car. I've owned 5+ Mercedes over the years and the most recent one before my GLE was a 2014 E350 and you can just feel the quality between the two is different. It's hard to explain until you sit inside the car and feel the seats, panels, and trims but lets just say the E350 never had to go back to dealer for any issue and the GLE already went in once after 2000 miles. Before that I had a 12 E350 and a 09 C350 and both were German made and had 0 issue.
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Just talked to my MB dealer and they told me my build date got pushed back 1 week thus far. The new build date is March 18th. I'm worried its going to get pushed back further. Very frustrating.
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Awesome, post some pics when it arrives. What updates did your dealer give you as your build date got closer? My build date is 3/18, so I'm hoping to get some updates soon.
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In mid Feb. we were told a March 7 delievery date. A little later we were told that it was still looking good for that day. Then we were told this week it will be here Monday or Tuesday. We never got a "build date" nor a VIN so we could watch it shipped across the Atlantic (I know it comes from Alabama so we couldn't) or anything else. I thought it was pretty good communication but it is fun to watch the boat come across the Atlantic on other builds and deliveries we have done.
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Hi, I'm new to the forum. I ordered my GLE 450 coupe and the dealer told me the build date is March 11th. This is my first ordered MB. Is that the date its completed or started? What type of updates do dealers provide during the process? Since I live in Florida, and have a build date of March 11th, when do you think it will arrive at the dealer? Thanks for any responses!
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Now the one we are waiting to get right now, we got a delievery date, it was in yellow or red status, and when it got to the VPC. But we were ok with that since it is coming from Alabama and there isn't much to see or update on it.
But like the previous MB WORLD Fanatic Germancar1 stated, just ask and start prying information out of them. I use an email to ask them questions and usually get a better response than a text or phone call.
Or remember this treatment if you ever go to order another one.
Good luck.
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