Car Talk 6: Best of times and Worst of Times

[Desertbreh]

So after I sent them a window sticker and the screen pic they asked for another 48-72hrs to review … Jesus

Life on the tip of the technology spear is not all sunshine and rainbows.

[max225]

So after I sent them a window sticker and the screen pic they asked for another 48-72hrs to review … Jesus

Life on the tip of the technology spear is not all sunshine and rainbows.

You have to remember who they cater to. Imbeciles who can't buy a new car at sticker and are willing to pay 10-20%above MSRP for a used vehicle.

That said... Craigslist seems to be on fire at the moment...

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Life on the tip of the technology spear is not all sunshine and rainbows.

You have to remember who they cater to. Imbeciles who can't buy a new car at sticker and are willing to pay 10-20%above MSRP for a used vehicle.

That said... Craigslist seems to be on fire at the moment...

CL and not FBM?

That's awesome. CL here is dead, everything is on FBM. And that sucks big time.

[max225]

You have to remember who they cater to. Imbeciles who can't buy a new car at sticker and are willing to pay 10-20%above MSRP for a used vehicle.

That said... Craigslist seems to be on fire at the moment...

CL and not FBM?

That's awesome. CL here is dead, everything is on FBM. And that sucks big time.

So far no hits from FBM. 3 emails in 1 hr from CL but so far they are haggling...

[Desertbreh]

CL and not FBM?

That's awesome. CL here is dead, everything is on FBM. And that sucks big time.

So far no hits from FBM. 3 emails in 1 hr from CL but so far they are haggling...

Tell them to pack sand.

[fledonfoot]

GR86 pushed out to 2nd week of Feb now.

It’s been at the port since 1/13 and is has not been taken off the boat yet.

[CaleDeRoo]

GR86 pushed out to 2nd week of Feb now.

It’s been at the port since 1/13 and is has not been taken off the boat yet.

My friend cancelled his Neptune Blue premium order today because of two push backs already. He ordered as soon as the books opened too. Sucks your car is sitting there though

[wap]

GR86 pushed out to 2nd week of Feb now.

It’s been at the port since 1/13 and is has not been taken off the boat yet.

Fuck, that's frustrating.

[fledonfoot]

GR86 pushed out to 2nd week of Feb now.

It’s been at the port since 1/13 and is has not been taken off the boat yet.

Fuck, that's frustrating.

Not too worried. It’s the car I want in the color I want.

I also live in the northeast and it’s the middle of winter.

[max225]

GR86 pushed out to 2nd week of Feb now.

It’s been at the port since 1/13 and is has not been taken off the boat yet.

My friend cancelled his Neptune Blue premium order today because of two push backs already. He ordered as soon as the books opened too. Sucks your car is sitting there though

Why does waiting 2 weeks matter? Is getting something else instead ... if so what?

[fledonfoot]

GR86 pushed out to 2nd week of Feb now.

It’s been at the port since 1/13 and is has not been taken off the boat yet.

My friend cancelled his Neptune Blue premium order today because of two push backs already. He ordered as soon as the books opened too. Sucks your car is sitting there though

If he was in the Northeast or the SE regions, there may not have even been a car at all and they’re unable to get an allocation swap done. The SET region only ordered manual/premium trims in black, white, red and silver, while the NE is generally getting shafted on allocations as the original car sold like shit here. My dealership got a third allocation this week - and that was purely a clerical issue as it’s a duplicate of my order. They’ve already sold it.

[CaleDeRoo]

My friend cancelled his Neptune Blue premium order today because of two push backs already. He ordered as soon as the books opened too. Sucks your car is sitting there though

If he was in the Northeast or the SE regions, there may not have even been a car at all and they’re unable to get an allocation swap done. The SET region only ordered manual/premium trims in black, white, red and silver, while the NE is generally getting shafted on allocations as the original car sold like shit here. My dealership got a third allocation this week - and that was purely a clerical issue as it’s a duplicate of my order. They’ve already sold it.

He's in SAV and placed his order back in Sept or around there. I think the excitement has just worn off for him at this point.

[fledonfoot]

If he was in the Northeast or the SE regions, there may not have even been a car at all and they’re unable to get an allocation swap done. The SET region only ordered manual/premium trims in black, white, red and silver, while the NE is generally getting shafted on allocations as the original car sold like shit here. My dealership got a third allocation this week - and that was purely a clerical issue as it’s a duplicate of my order. They’ve already sold it.

He's in SAV and placed his order back in Sept or around there. I think the excitement has just worn off for him at this point.

Toyota’s Sold Orders opened on 12/6 for the 12/8 initial allocation for December. There’s two allocations a month for Toyota… with the limited availability of the car in general, let alone their limited color and minimal premium trims being built, they’re probably just hoping they got a preferenced unit.

The car’s worth waiting for. At worst, he’d flip it for a profit.

[D Griff]

He's in SAV and placed his order back in Sept or around there. I think the excitement has just worn off for him at this point.

Toyota’s Sold Orders opened on 12/6 for the 12/8 initial allocation for December. There’s two allocations a month for Toyota… with the limited availability of the car in general, let alone their limited color and minimal premium trims being built, they’re probably just hoping they got a preferenced unit.

The car’s worth waiting for. At worst, he’d flip it for a profit.

unless it was a situation where you need a car today to get to work or something, seems like sitting back and waiting would be the move.

[wap]

Fuck, that's frustrating.

Not too worried. It’s the car I want in the color I want.

I also live in the northeast and it’s the middle of winter.

Yeah, true. Good point.

[Huckleberry]

CL and not FBM?

That's awesome. CL here is dead, everything is on FBM. And that sucks big time.

So far no hits from FBM. 3 emails in 1 hr from CL but so far they are haggling...

At least when it comes to car parts, I hardly ever get hits from CL and everything is sold on FBM. The stupid thing is that FBM usually has a 72 hour window before your chances of selling drop precipitously.
I also have a bunch of bb guns that I can't even list on FBM because Z0MG! Gunz!

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Fuck, that's frustrating.

Not too worried. It’s the car I want in the color I want.

I also live in the northeast and it’s the middle of winter.

The wait would be WAY worse if it was 4 months from now...

[fledonfoot]

Car is now off the boat and entered "freight" status. Who the fuck knows?

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Car is now off the boat and entered "freight" status. Who the fuck knows?

I recall you saying that shippers are held to committed timelines at some point.

Which really me when there was no update to my 4R status the day before it was supposed to be there, the was confident and sure enough, it showed up on the day as promised.

[fledonfoot]

Car is now off the boat and entered "freight" status. Who the fuck knows?

I recall you saying that shippers are held to committed timelines at some point.

Which really me when there was no update to my 4R status the day before it was supposed to be there, the was confident and sure enough, it showed up on the day as promised.

Shippers are.

Apparently most of the Port Of Newark is out with Covid.

[max225]

Y’all are spoiled.
I ordered a defender 2 months ago… got Jack shit on any sort of updates. 1 week here one week there it’s not like this an Amazon order.
Seems like everyone has the vid over the last 2 weeks that’s going to clear up and back to normal mid Feb.

[CaleDeRoo]

Here's the $200/mo Fronturd

[max225]

Does it already have new tires?

[CaleDeRoo]

Does it already have new tires?

He left the dealer and drove to discount tire

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Does it already have new tires?

He left the dealer and drove to discount tire

Lighting money on fire for a lease