Colonel Update, August 6th!

Just one day after I find out the car had (finally) made it past D1 status to F status, I get an email this morning reading:

"Hi Rob,

Sorry I took a few days to get back to you....we've been busy with this Cash for Clunker program! Your vehicle is in G status as of this morning and was in F yesterday. So it'll be totally built by tomorrow (and it has to be because we start ramping up for 2010s after next week)!!!

As far as how long it takes to actually build a car, I have no idea. I think typically a few hours, but what takes more time than physically building the vehicles is inspecting them then shipping them to the dealership. So your vehicle should be built by the latest tomorrow (probably tonight it'll be complete), and then it'll go through inspection then ship out. It'll probably ship sometime next week. I'll keep you posted once I get a shipping notification once it goes to KZ status.

Keep getting excited! It'll be here soon!"

Excitement is an understatement at this point! IT'S HAPPENING!!! As is tradition, here's where the car sits in the list below:

BB - review by fleet department
BD - special equipment processing
BE - edit error
BG - passed edit n/a for schedule
BGL - edit ok parts unavailable
BX - passed edit available for schedule
C - sub firm
D - firm schedule - dealer has allocation and all parts available
D - 1 gateline schedule - scheduled to be built
E - frame
F - paint
G - trim
I - built not ok'd
J - built ok'd
JB - shipped to body vendor
JE - emission check
JS - shipped to storage
KZ - released by plant , invoiced
KZL - released - not shipped
KZM - first rail departure
KZN - first rail arrival
KZO - delayed/recieved
KZOA - plant holds
KZOB - zone/distribution holds
KZOC - carrier delays
KZOD - carrier holds
KZOE - mis-shipped vehicle
KZOF - show/test vehicle
KZOG - damaged vehicle
KZOH - all other reasons
KZT - second rail departure
KZU - second rail arrival
KZX - delivered to dealer
ZA - canceled