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#1 · (Edited)
OK all the Australian's ordering Grands please post here.
Lets try to have a common thread for discussing our orders and more important our jeep when they eventually get here.

I am hearing different ETA's around.
I will try and make a list in this first post with our orders and ETA's
and then the delivery.

Sorted by order date

F500 ________Laredo QL Colour? ___________Ordered February 6th _ETA April May ______now no one knows Recieved 5th August
gmangoau ___Laredo Bright Silver ____________Ordered February _____ETA May/June ____Now ? Recieved 24th August
efracer ______Limited QL Dark Charcoal ______Ordered late February _ETA ? ____________was August now 20th of July updated 20th June
tim ________ Laredo __ Red ______________Ordered March 13th__ETA May 13th _____now ETA ? order mishap not delivered was promised last Friday. 13th May Jeep changed it to silver, now has canceled order.
OzTJ _______Overland _Mineral Grey _________Ordered march 18th __ETA June July
Deserthucker _Overland Mineral Grey __________Ordered March 18th _ETA June _________now Late September VIN 3rd June D1 recieved 9th September
Coffeman ____Laredo __Stone White _________Ordered Late March __ETA NOW ________Now mid May
EchucaBarry __Laredo Stone White ___________Ordered 12th May _____ETA July/August 18th August ship arrival
Enforcer _____Overland Mineral Grey __________Ordered may 13th ___ETA Mid to end July revieved before mine on the same ship
Spentan _____Overland Blackberry / White gold _Ordered May 13th ____ETA mid to end July
lzhou _______Limited V6 Black _______________Ordered March 19 ____ETA July ________Now first week august
just4fun ____Overland V8 ? __________________Ordered May 7th ____ETA August/September Recieved 8th September
WK2JGC ____Laredo CRD __Mineral Grey _______Ordered July 13th ____ETA end September
Magoomba__?______CRD__Bright Silvere_______Ordered ?___________ETA ?
nigelh________Overland V8 True Blue, Saddle/Black, Towkit_______Ordered Mid Dec__________ETA Fremantle 31/March___ Del Mid April
 
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#86 ·
Hi Jay.
The warranty generally starts from the time YOU are invoiced for the car. So you should still have the full 3 years, less the 5 weeks. As for Rego, Dealers can add 6 months to the existing rego in most states.
I would be interested in the nudgebar, as I need one for my wife's parking and we do not go offroad, so recovery points are not an issue.

Can anyone tell me if the Oz spec comes with the illuminated door handles and pocket bin ?
 
#87 ·
Thanks Enforcer,

Thats good to hear about the warranty, when i asked the dealer he told me the warranty starts from when the car was registered. I wont be getting invoiced for the car until i pick it up so if your right i should be covered for the whole time i own the car.
I like the looks of the nudge bar and also suits me for the mrs parking capabilities, but i am hoping to get off the road in this thing not that i have any experience 4 wheel driving but ill give it a go.

Once i get the car and if i cant find a way of using the recovery points with the nudge bar ill let you know. I could easily ship it down to Sydney.

If i knew how to post a pic here id put one up lol.
 
#91 ·
This is what I would have wanted as a first option :D


 
#92 ·
Have you seen any pics with the saddle and elm wood trim?
 
#98 ·
I dont like the black trim with the white piping.

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depends on your exterior colour I think,

If I'm getting the White Gold one, the black interior would provide a nice contrast.

If I'm getting a Blackberry Pearl one (doubtful) then the black might be a bit much, but it will look mad with nice tint on the front. (very hot in summer, but I live in Canberra so it is mostly cold lol).

Either one of these colours would look great with the new saddle. Ideal car would be Blackberry Pearl + New Saddle + Black wood, but yeah, we can only dream
 
#100 ·
Having tried in vain for 2 weeks to get a VIN/VON or even a revised estimated delivery time from my dealer I phoned the Jeep NSW rep. this morning. I told him I wanted a VIN or VON, he said there might not be one yet. That's exactly what I am afraid of, that no car has been allocated to me! Told him about efracer and deserthucher who have got their numbers. He said he would look into it and phone back later today. We'll see if he will give me any usefull answer. I'll keep you posted.
 
#101 ·
I just got to see the interior finished in my laredo today, thought id try and share a pic. Pics came out pretty lame since it was Iphone and the lighting didnt help. Im happy with how it came out but not sure it would be every ones cup of tea.

Hope these pics work, first time i have tried.
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#102 ·
Hey F500, i was just at my jeep dealer here in brisbane. They have 3 laredos coming in any day now which they can sell. Im not sure if you ordered quadra lift but when i asked him what had happened if i ordered a laredo with QL in February like was going to originally happen (i bought the demo instead) he said there was no more laredos with QL coming until end of the year because they used all the QL for the overlander due to the shortages.
 
#111 ·
Thanks for the info. Yes, I ordered with QL.

The NSW Jeep rep. didn't call back Friday and had the answering machine on when I called. Pretty frustrating!

The QL is something I would like to have but if I can get a steel sprung Laredo in Whitegold I would be interested. My test drive was steel sprung and it felt very well sorted on a twisted mountain road.
 
#108 ·
Hey Spentan, if your talking to me i ordered a Laredo with QL, window tint, custom leather start of April. I placed the order for the Demo they had in the lot when i found out about the shortages with the QL. Not ideal so it has 3000kms on the clock and was rego'd back in Feb. I still cant have the car until late June. So its pretty painful having the car sitting there ready at the yard but i cant have it. All because the exisiting company lease doesnt expire until then and the bean counter wont pay for two leases for one month.
 
#112 ·
Great threads! I have been looking for one like this for ages!

I ordered Black Ltd V6 with Luxury pack 19 March. ETA July. Dealer called two weeks ago offered a black v6 Ltd with sunroof but no lux pack which they have in stock now. Didnt take it as I want SatNav.
 
#118 ·
Any news on your change to saddle interior DesertHucker? Am thinking about doing the same if you get the go ahead :D
 
#123 ·
Milous,
We are trying to find out if the wk2 in Oz are coming with the extra cooling like the ones in UAE, can you get the build sheet of this vin 1J4R26GTXBC660031?
Its one I found from a dealer here. I will compare it to duncrawlers (UAE) build sheet.

Thanks Lawrie
 
#125 ·
Reading this thread - just joined forum and unlikely to actually own a Jeep! :(

Have been searching high and low for reasons why my bright silver Laredo with QF that was ordered in Feb is now unlikely to arrive as promised in May/June from Jeep Brighton.

I ordered and paid a deposit and so far they cant provide me with a date, not this month, next month or anytime for that matter. Nice huh. At least I am not alone I supose...

The response so far has been cryptic and no clear reason why some cars are coming and some are not. This is what I have so far from Jeep officially in n email (I have cut out the middle section and names):

We fully depend of Head Office info about delivery timing.
Sometimes we are not getting outcome we want and in case they shift timing
We can not do much about it... ...if you want refund, please confirm that so I can organise that.

So my options when I called yesterday - find a car or I have to cancel the order. Its ridiculous to sell something you cannot deliver and offer no reasonable explanantion for. I hope this gets lots of press coverage. I read that jeep whats to double sales by 2014 globally and in Australia and I was hoping to be part of that. Fat chance now.
 
#126 ·
I know how stressful it has been as we've been waiting since the start of march and haven't gotten any solid info. Only what we hear from others online but that does both get our hopes up and brings them back down depending who has heard what:mad: Just remember that you aren't alone in this drama and Jeep has acknowledged that we are in a crappy position so we can only remain positive and hope they will look after us once the Jeeps get here. There has been talk of a gift package etc
I know it won't be much, but it's gotta be better than not getting a new Grand at all.... then in 6 months when everybody else is driving there's wishing you had off just stuck it out :D
 
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