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    Factory tour - 16 Aug 2023

    Apologies for the slow reply: https://www.oldthornbarn.co.uk/
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    Factory tour - 16 Aug 2023

    Old Thorn Barn is a lovely B&B almost next door to the factory
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    Hethel - 16th June 2023

    very much so
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    Interesting Factory / Build info

    Shortage of drivers and trucks isn't the problem - I was delivering there the other day and there were drivers waiting around for cars that weren't ready, even tho there were loads of cars outside
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    KM when delivered

    whatever opinions there are of BCA (await incoming....), I'd be pretty sure it wasn't taken onto the A34!
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    KM when delivered

    That's absolutely correct for cars shipped to faraway places like Japan, where the car is handled at several points along the way. Andrea's car will have arrived at his local dealer by road. As various people have said, different tests are carried out at the factory for different reasons - for...
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    UK deposit to order checkout to delivery process

    I believe that's been stopped now, Tom: BCA will be doing only the home deliveries, but perhaps they have a backlog of dealer deliveries.
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    UK deposit to order checkout to delivery process

    Bear in mind that it's the same outfit as We Buy Any Car/Cinch, so you can imagine their quality ethos.... Cars to dealers will go out by professional transport direct from Hethel. I can't understand how they've managed to damage the sill by strapping - they should strap longitudinally over...
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    It’s here!!! Looks stunning 😎 ... but what's this window warning sticker?

    It's normal for manufacturers to have a transport mode setting, so that power and speed can be limited, and access restricted to certain areas of the car, all in order to protect it in transit. You can be sure that it hasn't been ragged around a compound when the speed is limited to, say, 18...
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    Spotted: Emiras seen in the wild

    Spotted a Seneca Blue car in Buckingham this afternoon, and not on a factory registration either, I don't think. It was about 20 cars behind an Aston Martin Valkyrie!
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    UK Auto Deliveries

    Yes, the factory collections are prepped in house, but the agent deliveries are now back with Ontime and PDI'd by the agent. Apparently BCA just prep the home deliveries now.
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    UK Auto Deliveries

    That's not actually the case - they are collected in loads of 6. I was working locally last week and saw a couple of Ontime 6-car carriers coming out of Hethel. I got talking to a driver later and he told me that they always collect in full trailer loads, and that they make lots of collections...
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