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Old 03-02-2012, 09:57 PM   #98
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Ladies and Gentlemen.......when we started production of the 1998 F-car - we held them for nearly 6 weeks - perhaps 7 -

There were a couple of small issues that we were not happy with.

This is nothing new in the industry.

What IS new: Sites like this where we give you more information than you've ever had...........not all the information you want, but more than you've ever had..........

Keep this in mind: You've already heard Al and various members of the team say that over 1/3 of the car has been re-engineered - that means that over 1/3 of the car has 'unique' part numbers.

That's a lot of parts.

That's a lot of suppliers.

In the past you would have not really known when we started building new models - and you would not have been able to get pics of them sitting in shipping lots........

See-- that's one of the 'down-sides' of the internet........

Yes - we (that's you and me) want to get behind the wheel of a new ZL1 - we can 'taste' it because we want it so bad.........

......but you see -- the 'easy' thing to do is to ship cars and say "oh the heck with the customer" - THAT'S what gets you (as a manufacturer) into trouble real quick. And we refuse to do that.

So - I'm asking you to be patient.

It will be worth the wait.

(.....wow.....this may be word-for-word from mid-year 2009 - when we started building 5th gens!)
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