What's the average waiting time for delivery of new car?

last SG · 2006-03-11T07:38:16+00:00

there are 2 phases in the new system. the first phase which is now still requires logcard & IC

cornyfish2000 SG

Hi all!

I would like to know what's the average waiting time between getting the COE and taking delivery of the new car Question

I booked a new car last month, and the salesman said that he has obtained an open cat COE for me in the first week of february. But when i asked him what's the value of the COE that he has gotten, he kept saying that he does not know. And he says must wait till at least March before I can get the car.

I called him several times and he kept saying that they have to 'prepare' the car, send for polishing etc. This is already the last week of Feb and i'm wondering, what's taking them so long? No news of registration, no request for my i/c, whatsoever.

Is it normal to have to wait for 1 month+ (or more) between getting the COE and taking delivery of the car, or is the salesman/company playing punk with me?? Are they holding on to my deposit, hoping that they can secure a lower COE in subsequent biddings (since contractually, they have 6 tries)? Hmmm... Confused

SEI SG

Booked the new s-class in december getting sometime in june?

cornyfish2000 SG

Well that's different because C&C probably does not have ready stock of that many new model S-classes to meet the demand.

Whereas for the common cars like altis, sunny, camrys and cefiros, for which the design has been around for years, i can't imagine that they don't have a ready stock. And besides the SE could have informed me if that was indeed the case.

fondue SG

Once car is in SGP and allocated to you, should take about 1 week to get it ready (reverse camera, GPS, etc).

If its longer than that, prob you car is still on the ship or the SE screw-up big time !!!

I waited four weeks after getting cat B COE cos the color I want no stock, but the SE kept me informed of the shipment.

siaokao SG

If its a open cat COE.. u should normally get the car in 14 days.

In your case, it sounded like PI. I guess they are waiting for the COE to drop again before getting you one.

Bomoh SG

I booked my car in Early Feb and my SE said I'd have to wait till end March/early April. That's about 2 months... but he did explain that the car was only scheduled for production this month, so it will take a while for it to arrive on our shores, after which there's the preparation time as mentioned above.

It's a Lancer, btw.

cornyfish2000 SG

Erm... my dealer who's been giving me lots of trouble since day 1 is good 'ol Tan Chong! Sad

Yeah, i thought such things only happen with PIs...

cornyfish2000 SG

I booked the pre-facelifted cefiro lor, and the SE even told me when i booked that they have only 3 colours left in their warehouse. So can't be still on the ship.. Haizzz...

Anyway the COE prices for all 3 categories went up today... Hope it does not mean that my car delivery will be further delayed. Confused

cornyfish2000 SG

Wow, you booked the Lancer with the new facelift? Smile

But ya, i think informing the customer of what's going on/causing the delay is the least that the dealer/SE can do... rather than needing me to bug him again and again and then have him to keep telling me some ambiguous stuff like car send for polishing etc etc.

Tayysj SG

car send for polishing? demand to be brought to see the car being polished cos u dont believe him

Bomoh SG

Yeah, I did. Smile
I was originally keen on getting the "Elegance" version with the beige interior and the brown woodgrain panel. Yah, a bit uncle I know... but nice leh. Smile
And then the SE introduced me to the Sports version with the facelifted front grille and stuff. Buay tahan... forked out the extra $$ straightaway. *sigh*

I'm not sure if it comes with blackened tail light housing though. The one in the showroom was normal silver, but someone told me that the new ones come with the blackened version. Any idea?

Thanks...

Hope you get your car soon!

cornyfish2000 SG

Is this the Lancer facelift that you booked? Smile

Hmm.. i'm not sure about the blackened taillights though... btw, how much did you get the car for?

I sure hope to get my car soon...

PriscillaTang SG

just booked a tucson early this month. will be getting it on 16th March cuz of colour unavailability.

yat23yat23 SG

i booked my latio at ubi on 4/12. got the COE Open Cat on 7/12. the SE collected the remaining booking fee on 10/12. they had the red latio in stock. i collected on 4/1. my SE kept me updated all the time and she was very attentive to my questions regarding the COE etc cos this is my first time buying a new car. my previous ride was a secondhand car.

my experience with tan chong ubi was great. no problems at all.

irage SG

End of the day, it all boiled down to the quality of the SE that you got.
Some may not be honest with their update.

cornyfish2000 SG

I booked mine with the Bukit Timah Tan Chong branch.. hmmm.. did you pay extra for your open cat COE?

Bomoh SG

Erm, not exactly the one I booked. Mine has a front grille like the one in this picture:

Got it for about $52k, plus a few extra freebies. Helps that the SE was an old friend. Smile

yat23yat23 SG

tan chong had to fork out $500 in order to obtain the COE.

surpize SG

booked my lancer on 11 Feb... SE did not bid for me in Feb Second bidin and to my surprise today too...

Initialli told me shipment comin on 18 march... Now say delay...

Anyone who booked around the same time? Siaz, dun know what goin on, now COE goin up, who know, later ask me to top up...

Bte, just wonder when you need to pay the remaining payment (i mean after debucting the loan & deposit)...

Crying or Very sad

AE86tofu SG

tan chong??? tell me more abt them man...car took 1 month plus 2 come....somemore with scratches for good measure....bought it back....only polished it....wtf....bukit timah branch also