Rick Hendrick takes delivery of his TWO i8s inc. the Concours one

"Battery Tender Unnecessary" (carac) 08/20/2014 at 16:23 • Filed to: None

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All customers are equal, but some customers are more equal that others. While those of us that went the "conventional" route and ordered cars from a dealership wait for them to be loaded on a ship this weekend in Bremerhaven, others were invited to Monterey to have i8s that were shipped via air presented to them (no I'm not bitter, why do you ask?).

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And it appears Hendrick has both the "normal" i8 he ordered and the "Concours d'Elegance edition" home already.

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My favorite part? Check the line item above "Destination Charge" and "Total Suggested Retail Price"

Yes "Concours d'Elegance Edition" is included. But you won't find it on the online configurator. I'm guessing they'll have to retrofit the laser headlights in the listing when/if they are ever approved.

505Turbeaux > Battery Tender Unnecessary 08/20/2014 at 16:24

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where is yours?!?

Brian Silvestro > Battery Tender Unnecessary 08/20/2014 at 16:24

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/orders i8

/wins auction on Concours one just to be a dick

Battery Tender Unnecessary > 505Turbeaux 08/20/2014 at 16:25

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At the port in Bremerhaven, Germany. Waiting to be loaded onto a eastcoast bound ship this weekend.

B_dol > Battery Tender Unnecessary 08/20/2014 at 16:25

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Such a cool looking car. Sidenote, would you ever own two of any car, if so, which one?

505Turbeaux > Battery Tender Unnecessary 08/20/2014 at 16:28

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nice!

Jayhawk Jake > B_dol 08/20/2014 at 16:33

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Depends what you mean. Two of the exact same car, as in same options, model, year, etc? I wouldn't except if I had more money than I could shake a stick at and bought one to drive and one to collect.

Two of the same make a model, but different spec or model year? If I had the money, sure. Like a C7 base Stingray for a daily and a C7 Z06 for the track, or something like that.

B_dol > Jayhawk Jake 08/20/2014 at 16:37

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Agreed, the devil is in the details. I think the majority of people own a second one solely for collectors sake. However, I could see myself owning two FR-S' (or 911, Lotus, etc), heavily modifying one and keeping the other unmolested. A la CACoalMiner and his Ford GTs.

A car is meant to be driven though, two for the sake of a museum space is a shame.

Saracen > B_dol 08/20/2014 at 16:41

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997.2 GT3 RS and 991 Targa 4S 7MT.

Saracen > Battery Tender Unnecessary 08/20/2014 at 16:41

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The i8 has grown on me. and I LOVE the doors.

heliochrome85 > Battery Tender Unnecessary 08/20/2014 at 16:43

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Presumably no possibility of Performance center delivery?

heliochrome85 > Battery Tender Unnecessary 08/20/2014 at 16:45

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Oh how I love the blanks on the left hand controls where the active cruise control functions are absent. Cmon BMW.

heliochrome85 > Battery Tender Unnecessary 08/20/2014 at 16:45

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2014. I wonder why they aren't 2015s.

Battery Tender Unnecessary > heliochrome85 08/20/2014 at 16:56

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Supposedly for a couple reasons. Mainly that all the PR up to now said 2014 and promised a $135,700 base price. They want to make good on that year and price before an expected major price hike for next year (they want some of that markup dealers are getting). Other reasons are that it helps their 2014 emissions average. Random, dumb reasons. I like the ring of 2015 better myself...and thanks to BTTF, I consider 2015 "The Future" just like the car.

heliochrome85 > Battery Tender Unnecessary 08/20/2014 at 16:59

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interesting to say the least. How different do you think the ordering process has been than with standard dealer ordering? I can't say I had difficulty with my 3 series, however given limited allocations of the i's and M's, finding a dealership interested would seem to be the limiting factor.

Battery Tender Unnecessary > heliochrome85 08/20/2014 at 17:03

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Super weird compared to other cars I've ordered. I placed a deposit back in Sept last year. And they didn't release details about options, specifics about price, etc until July 2nd, this year. Then they locked out all but the most expensive trim level for the first orders. Then three weeks later they told a third of those customers that were forced to choose a grey interior and $10k+ trim that they HAD to take a trim level with brown leather (luckily I wasn't one) or wait until 2015. Then their car tracking systems aren't being updated as often as other cars so the hotline says it's waiting at the dock, the customer service rep says it's still in production at the factory, and the dealer's system says it's waiting on a quality check. They were cagey about launch events. So weird. But, based on the reviews, totally worth the hassle.

heliochrome85 > Battery Tender Unnecessary 08/20/2014 at 17:06

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the tracking systems suck in general. Once you figure out the name of your ship out of bremerhaven, id track it manually. I suspect your port will be Baltimore. Mine was Georgia, then mine was trucked to the PC for prepping and re-delivery.

ly2v8-Brian > Brian Silvestro 08/20/2014 at 17:45

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If I had the money to buy any car I wanted, I would.

Brian Silvestro > ly2v8-Brian 08/20/2014 at 18:32

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Because fuck it!

ly2v8-Brian > Brian Silvestro 08/20/2014 at 19:44

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precisely.

Sn210 > Battery Tender Unnecessary 08/20/2014 at 20:01

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I got to sit in one at the Legends of the Autobahn show in Monterey! It's pretty awesome. I saw one in the parking lot too