Richard Solomon

Yep, per http://www.audiusa.com/inventory/european-delivery I tried fairly hard to get AoA to sell me an S car with all-season tires, or allow me to swap for A/S upon delivery, but no go, they simply stand by the above. Sigh.


Great thread alatsacto, would you mind posting your key milestone timeline: e.g. order placed, welcome packet received, delivery date, dropoff, US arrival, etc. I've seen some of these from your vehicle while surfing around this forum, but they'd be a great addition to your trip report IMO.

Thanks!

alatsacto

Sorry I'm pretty sure I posted my final timeline somewhere, but I totally forgot to add this to my original post.

Timeline:
03/29/2013 - Icelandair airline tickets purchased
06/16/2013 - Placed order on Q5 and SQ5, since price wasn't set on SQ5
06/19/2013 - Pricing on SQ5 announced and determined to proceed with SQ5
07/01/2013 - ED confirmed request for Delivery Date for 10/7/13
07/18/2013 - Welcome package arrives
07/31/2013 - VIN # obtained
08/05/2013 - Signed paperwork and financed vehicle
08/14/2013 - ED confirmed Delivery Date for 10/7/13
08/21/2013 - Final hotel booked
08/29/2013 - New 1.9% APR signed
09/11/2013 - Europe delivery final documentation package (email)
10/07/2013 - SQ5 pickup and factory tour
10/14/2013 - SQ5 dropped off
10/21/2013 - Boat departed
11/20/2013 - Boat arrived in San Diego
12/04/2013 - Car arrives at dealership
12/05/2013 - Car picked up

Richard Solomon

Thanks so much!!! I'm hoping I can get a delivery as quick as yours! How did you track from Amsterdam? I posted another thread about BLG and have not gotten a "warm fuzzy" about their tracking system but my car shows nothing past dropoff. Looks like you dropped off Monday morning in Amsterdam and had the car on ship a week later! I dropped off Friday in Frankfurt and see nothing yet

TIA!

alatsacto

I simply used the tracking system they provided. I didn't really follow it until a couple weeks after I dropped it off since I was still on vacation in Iceland. From what I remember, it seemed like it sat for a while before I saw any real progress. So even though my dates have it on the boat one week after the dropoff, I want to say it was at least another or week or two at some other European ports before it started making its journey across the Atlantic. Then the boat passed by some small islands in the middle of the Atlantic. I think that's the last update you will get before it reaches the East Coast. I was pretty happy for it to take less than 8 weeks from the point I dropped it off to pickup, since Audi officially reports it could take 12+ weeks. Good luck!!!

Q5forWife

I live in the SF Bay Area and I did my ED last year from June 25 to July 8.

My delivery chronology was:

7/8 - dropped off at Nice Airport
7/24 - loaded onto the vessel Green Cove and departed Emden, Germany
7/26 - Bremerhaven, Germany
8/7 - Brunswick, GA
8/12-8/13 - Panama Canal
8/22 - unloaded in San Diego
9/7 - picked up at the dealership in San Francisco

To find out when my car was loaded and on which vessel, I talked to a Sandra Cartledge of IFF, Inc. (International Freight Forwarders). I was told IFF works in conjunction with BLG to ship the ED cars to the US. If IFF is still involved with the Audi ED program, you can try e-mailing her at sandra.cartledge@iffusa.com. Once you know what vessel and the departure date, you can use several web sites to track the progress of the vessel.

Good luck.