Just a quick message.

I was told one port of entry for the cars would be Newport news by Cindy Shaw at the Virginia regional office. I was wondering about all those members that are able to figure out which boat contained the Nissan cars....maybe we can figure out when they will arrive?

MBEGuy

 

Man, I hope that is true. That is only 15 minutes away from my dealership! Do you think you could post that VA reg office number? Is Cindy Shaw the person to talk to there?

 

I got from the Southeast Regional office that the cars will be coming to the port in Jacksonville as well, maybe we wont be so far behind from the west coast as we thought.

 

mbeguy,

Found those numbers on one of your other posts. Thanks.

 

I hope this is true - I'm only about 30 miles away (I work in Suffolk) The VirginianPilot (newspaper) lists the ships arriving by date. If we could find out the name of the ship...maybe they need some help unloading?

 

didn't know that Bill. If nothing else, it would be cool if we could catch a glimpse of the first few coming in.

 

Someone said that NJ was also an east coast port of entry that might be used. I wonder whether the mid-atlantic region cars(Northern Virgina specifically) would come from the NJ port or the Newport News port. They're both about 4 hours away by truck.

RxO, can you shed any light on this?

 

The Nissan Maxima at my dealer shows that the "Final Assembly Point" is Elizabeth, NJ. Is that the same as the port of delivery? It would seem so.

 

I could care less what port in which the car arrives... I only care that it arrives intact and as quickly as possible.

 

Don't rain on our parade, this is all we have to entertain ourselves until the next bit of information (VIN) comes out then it will be trying to track our cars into the port. I am dying here with the wait.

 

Yes, I think the last month of the wait will be the most difficult.

 

I just called the Mid-Atlantic # and a secretary tried as hard as she could to deflect me back to my dealer. I finally convinced her that they were of no help and she mentioned that I would need to talk to Cindy Shaw but that "She has been swamped with calls today" (wonder why), and I would have to talk to her voice mail. I left a messege and hopefully she will call me back.

 

Cindy Shaw just called me back and she was EXTREMELY nice and VERY helpful. She said my ETA is Sept 30th but this could possible change. She said that Nissan won't have a VIN until the car is "three weeks away" from the east coast. She also confirmed that my car will arrive in Newport News.

I asked her if she wondered why she was getting so many calls and she laughed and said that a previous caller told her that the number was on the internet. I told her that she was "famous" now that her name was on my350z.com and she got a big kick out of that. She said that they tried to pull it up on their computer but couldn't see anything. I told her that they would have to register to read the forums. She said they may do that later on. She couldn't get over the fact that her name "is on the internet"

She was very helpful and nice. CINDY, if you make it on here....THANKS!

 

Interesting....since me and my dealer are a half hour away from Newport News, maybe I'll get it a little sooner.....

 

Hey BW350Z and BILL T, what dealerships did you order yours from? Mine is coming from Victory Nissan in Chesapeake.

 

Todd,

I ordered a Silverstone Performance from Hall Nissan of Western Branch. Just a short trip down 664 from Newport News!

 

Green-Gifford couldn't guarantee MSRP so I went to Victory where they wanted 3K over MSRP but he'd talk to the sales mgr. to see what they could do. There actually is no sales mgr, just a pool table, "Scrabble" and a worn copy of "Gone With the Wind" they use while you nervously wait. I walked on this dealership as I had no desire to play their "messenger game" I then got on the internet and asked others where they bought and a nice guy from Atlanta steered me to Alliance Nissan where I bought the car over the phone for less than what I offered Green-Gifford.
Alliance is in Elizabeth City, NC. and run by Aunt Bee, Andy, and
Goober - you won't find nicer people anywhere and the apple pie is delicious.

 

lol bill. Hall Nissan sells at MSRP. I had a friend in the business who recommended this dealership because it was the only one he knew of that wasn't overcharging customers. They didn't give me any apple pie though. Nothing like good ole NC hospitality!