Hi Ben,
The build cycle info was based on the information posted on the RF 40 website regarding payment intervals (see the bottom of this page:
http://www.roaringforties.com.au/turnkeyminuspackage.html). I am assuming that this will correlate with my build and I believe that the last date that Hershal discussed regarding delivery was in the late December, early January timeframe, so that seems to work out. Hershal has been great at communicating the progress of our build, especially in light of how many changes in options we put him through!
The Africa to Phoenix time is my estimate based on a conversation I had with a CAV owner.
I called Intercity to get an idea of how long it would take to get the car from Hershal's to my house. I choose Intercity because they happened to be unloading a car near my house, so I watched and was impressed by what I saw (equipment, and how they treated the vehicles being delivered).
I have been really impressed with the personalized information and updates that RF has provided us. If I bought say, a corvette for about the same price, even the most patient Chevy dealer would probably toss me out on the street after the second time I came back to get the details on my car's progress, or change the order again /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Regards,
Al
P.S. One thing I did learn was not to use the RF chassis number as an direct indication of where the car sits relative to completion of other cars. I believe that South Africa, Domestic AU cars as well as kits vs. turn keys all have different cycle times.