mercedes4ever

You lucky *******!!

SB_NYC

Current status as of this morning is "VPC Ready"....can anyone in the know help define? Does that mean its out of vpc and awaiting a truck?

drsaab

I rented and E class diesel and did 153, it would not go any faster

Kratos-TM

I would like to know the answer to this as well....

Kirkster

how are you able to keep track of the status of your car? MB give you a link to a site?

Kirk

OBP

MB USA will give you the contact of someone in the logistics company who can tell you things like when your car is supposed to get loaded onto which ship and when the ship gets Stateside.

oswiff

Skerdian - any updates on your end?

my car arrived on Friday in Baltimore. Still waiting for it to go through VPC.

spoke to a few people at my dealer and at MB, they think with the weather, I'm looking at the car leaving Baltimore towards the end of the week.

disappointing as I was hoping for the car this week, but with the snow storms arriving this week, I don't think it's the end of the world

SB_NYC

My car was all set to go this past Thursday. It arrived at my dealer Friday morning but I took delivery earlier today, despite the snow.

For all those wondering, car had zero damage. Total travel time from drop off until redelivery: 39 days. Not bad. Total savings, $14k+ including tax difference on what I would have paid sans Euro Delivery.

Will post pics after snow clears up.

Terminator2029

Looking forward to it. Congrats!

Terminator2029

oswiff, how much did you manage to squeeze from the transaction with your S63? Did you end up paying the full MSRP or less?

oswiff

less... i paid 6K off sticker. 1K of that was from my redeeming AMEX points to get 1K off a mercedes.

oswiff

Congratulations - 39 days doesn't seem too bad.

How many days from the docking to when it arrived at your dealer?

Just curious because my car arrived in Baltimore on Friday night but today would be the first day the VPC would see it.

Do you know if your vessel was a WWL vessel?

The snow is not helping the timing

SB_NYC

About 6 days...4 of which were working days. Did you do ED also? If not, car usually stays at vpc no more than 1-2 days.

My car was on the Don Juan vessel, a WWL ship. You should expect your car end of this week. Which dealer?

oswiff

Thanks for that info. Mine is not an ED.

My vessel was the Torrens, if you go on the WWL track and trace website, could you tell me what the status details are? Your VIN in the cargo ID should pull it up. Mine is at discharged and has been at that since Saturday. Today would be the first day VPC sees it but I'm still at "discharged" and supposedly the details update in real time.

My dealer is MB North Olmsted in Ohio. It takes a day or two to get from Baltimore to them and I see it two days after that (one day to check it over and one day to come back to NY).

If I get it by next weekend I'll be happy, this weekend is not going to happen unfortunately

MTrauman

Hi all,


Interesting to see the delivery times. My '14 S550 4matic was a Euro Delivery on Don Juan and was VPC ready on 2/3/14. ETA to dealer in Pittsburgh is 2/10/14. Can't wait!


I actually did not do Euro Delivery but my dealer in Pittsburgh purchased eight Euro Cars that apparently people ordered and cancelled. Mine was on of those cars.


The dealer sent a sales rep over to Germany to drive the eight cars about one mile from the delivery center to the shipping agent. The dealer delivered it to the shipping agent on 12/16/13 and it looks like it will be at the dealer on or about 2/10/14.


I am enjoying everyone's posts so I thought I would post my own experience here.

oswiff

sorry to hijack this thread OP... i'm moving this back to the thread I started "production and delivery"

MTrauman

Update on my Euro Delivery car. It is at the dealer. My office is 1/4 mile from dealership. I drove by after coming back from a meeting . I saw the approximate 8 Euro Delivery cars being unloaded and confirmed mine car was in the group.


I have set up delivery for 9am Friday morning.

13pauls

Just curious, who is your dealer and did you receive any "additional discount" for your vehicle as a result of it being a cancelled ED car.

MTrauman

Dealer is Bobby Rahal Motorcar in Wexford, PA. Bobby Rahal also owns Mercedes Benz of Pittsburgh. These are the two largest dealers in Pittsburgh (They are an absolutely 1st class dealership--I have purchased MBs from a number of places around the country in the past as well).


They were given the option, along with other dealers, to purchase Euro Delivery Cars (this was on top of their normal allocations). I believe there were 36 Euro Delivery Cars on the Don Juan Ship that mine was on that were cancelled ED cars. My understanding is that MB in Germany "always" has some cars that people cancel and they ship them out to dealers as part of their normal allocation. But because the allocation of '14 S550 4matics have been limited to the US dealers, MB decided to "clear the deck" of the cancelled Euro cars and not keep them in a "pool" for people who want to do Euro Delivery on short notice. In other words, the demand in the US is higher than the supply so they wanted to sell the Euro Delivery cars ASAP.


So good question since I attempted to get the 7% ED discount but the dealer "said no way". They offered a 3% discount to long standing clients like me. I do not know if they have sold all the Euro Delivery cars since they have not had a 4Matic on their lot since late November. They pre-sold all their allocations to people who have ordered the cars.


I did sell them my 2008 S550 4Matic before the end of 2013 and I am positive they made good money on that car since they sold it in less than one week. I am a fanatic about taking care of my cars.


I have purchased 7 MBs from Bobby Rahal since they opened in 1997 (mostly S Classes, with one E Class, and one ML) so I had a little bit more leverage than the 3% offered but not much since dealers appear to have had a difficult time getting S 4matic Sport package cars. I believe a lot of the supply went to China in the early going of production.


Hope this helps!

Kirkster

My Euro Delivery adventure is really starting to feel real to me now that I got my "package" delivered in the mail yesterday with my car vouchers, hotel certificate , etc. March 28 is the day we leave for Stuggart. 44 days left to go.
When i talked to herbert last night, he estimated my car would get back to me by mid-June with a April 3 drop off date in Zurich. Dropping the car off outside of Germany adds some time i guess. My lease on my Infiniti isn't up until July, so that good. Get this..I call Infiniti to see if i can drop the car off a month early. They said, sure..make the last payment (july) and you can drop it off earlier if you like. My response. That car is sitting in my driveway until July 31st and BTW..i will never buy a Infiniti again. Their customer service is the worst...

OBP

It's going to be a wonderful experience. You will really enjoy it. My sales guy back at the dealership was so envious that we got to see the MB Museum with all its MB history in Stuttgart. We also took some scenic shots of our car traversing the Alps. Check out the competition in Zuffenhausen, Munich and Ingolstadt if you have the time. Enjoy !

Kirkster

We get in a couple of days before the car pick up so we are going to the MB Museum and try to get to Munich to visit the Welt. From there it's Switzerland (free night) Lake como, Zurich to drop the car off and then taking the TGV nonstop to Paris, then home a couple of days later. It's my first trip to Europe and my first Mercedes, so this is going to be something. I've been planning this for over a year. If anyone else decides to do this make sure you use Herbert at MB Escondido. Extra discount for out of town customers.

Kirkster

I think that was record delivery time! Loking forward to the pictures...

autockr989

Your correct, I just got back from picking up my C63 AMG 507 there. The dealer gets 10% of final price and they get their check cut the day you sign paperwork, which for me was 30 days prior to my trip.


I was told 11 weeks from drop off from the IFF lady,


I dropped of in Frankfurt on 2/3 and tracking says ETD: 2/23 ETA:3/7, your saying with zero damage I should have my car mid march?


BTW, I almost used Herbert as well, my dealer is the worst with this purchase. They screwed everything up and I mean everything. MB of Freehold, NJ . but, I got 14 off from them after all the rectifying of screw ups.

fernie35

Picking up a C63 507 Edition. Delivery date 2 May 14. Going through Herbert as well. Looking forward to everyone's experience here.