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CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Wed Nov 24, 2021 12:53 pm Last night my LYFT from the airport was a 2005 LS430 with 335,000 miles, and it was solid, quiet, and smooth as all hell. I want one again.

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Wed Nov 24, 2021 12:38 pm

Huckleberry wrote: ↑Wed Nov 24, 2021 12:22 pm

I think it was that and he liked the service department by his work, saying they always treated him well. He's very picky about vehicles and I just receive updates without giving much input because everything he looks at is $50k+.

Yeah in some areas Genesis service/concierge is class leading, but in others it's just Hyundai/kia+. I really love how they look and am starting to see more here, but this area also has shit tons of Kia Stingers so it must be regional.

fledonfoot wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 5:35 pm Initial US allocation of GR86's hit this week. There are 141 cars nationally.

Of the 141 there are 3 in Neptune. All manual trans cars are base models only. Zero Manual Premium. Best we can tell there are around 40 manual cars total. The remaining ~100 are split 70/30 base model auto's.

New York Region and Central Atlantic Toyota will not be ordering any Manual Premium cars in for stock, and will only divert those cars to sold orders from the western regions. Last Gen GT86 Manual Premium uptake/sales was near nil for the premium models and the regions have decided to not to run the "risk" again.

Next allocation is 2 weeks for December/January. We'll see what the build mix looks like but it looks like Manual trans premium trim models are going to be rare as hen's teeth in the Northeast. Even with one of the earliest sold orders in the country, I may not see the car until March now. Which is fine, because sportscar in Winter. But still... ugh.

max225 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 6:41 pm

fledonfoot wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 5:35 pm Initial US allocation of GR86's hit this week. There are 141 cars nationally.

Of the 141 there are 3 in Neptune. All manual trans cars are base models only. Zero Manual Premium. Best we can tell there are around 40 manual cars total. The remaining ~100 are split 70/30 base model auto's.

New York Region and Central Atlantic Toyota will not be ordering any Manual Premium cars in for stock, and will only divert those cars to sold orders from the western regions. Last Gen GT86 Manual Premium uptake/sales was near nil for the premium models and the regions have decided to not to run the "risk" again.

Next allocation is 2 weeks for December/January. We'll see what the build mix looks like but it looks like Manual trans premium trim models are going to be rare as hen's teeth in the Northeast. Even with one of the earliest sold orders in the country, I may not see the car until March now. Which is fine, because sportscar in Winter. But still... ugh.

Oh hey fellow allocation game player. My gal put in an order for the defender. The dealer said they “haven’t received a build allocation yet” then it gets processed in the build queue then built then aiming for April-june delivery. So we’re waiting to wait

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 6:44 pm

max225 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 6:41 pm

Oh hey fellow allocation game player. My gal put in an order for the defender. The dealer said they “haven’t received a build allocation yet” then it gets processed in the build queue then built then aiming for April-june delivery. So we’re waiting to wait

Nice! Is she excited?

max225 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 6:59 pm

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 6:44 pm
Nice! Is she excited?

Yep. But it’s just kinda funny hard to be exited when the wait time is almost an entire lifetime

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 9:07 pm

max225 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 6:59 pm

Yep. But it’s just kinda funny hard to be exited when the wait time is almost an entire lifetime

That really is a buzzkill, but since it's an order specced exactly how y'all want it hopefully that helps hold some of the excitement. The wait is similar to a fucking human baby, but the LR will cost you a million less over the next 20 years.

Detroit wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 9:41 am It's funny how we're so used to instant gratification with such a major purchase. Shouldn't we be willing to wait to get exactly what we want when dumping $30k+++ into something?

Hell, my 4R is built and floating in the ocean somewhere and I'm getting antsy I'll be able to make the deal work.

max225 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 11:02 am

Detroit wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 9:41 am It's funny how we're so used to instant gratification with such a major purchase. Shouldn't we be willing to wait to get exactly what we want when dumping $30k+++ into something?

Hell, my 4R is built and floating in the ocean somewhere and I'm getting antsy I'll be able to make the deal work.

Your deal is 3 plac lifetimes closer what’s there to be antsy about. It’ll be here within 1-2 weeks of the promised date, I wouldn’t sweat it.

My promised date has 3 different months in it.

Detroit wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 11:05 am

max225 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 11:02 am

Your deal is 3 plac lifetimes closer what’s there to be antsy about. It’ll be here within 1-2 weeks of the promised date, I wouldn’t sweat it.

My promised date has 3 different months in it.

A lot of it is contingent on the Cucktrek value, and I don't want to eat up my profit driving some rental car I REALLY don't want.

max225 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 11:08 am

Detroit wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 11:05 am
A lot of it is contingent on the Cucktrek value, and I don't want to eat up my profit driving some rental car I REALLY don't want.

Detroit wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 11:05 am

max225 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 11:02 am

Your deal is 3 plac lifetimes closer what’s there to be antsy about. It’ll be here within 1-2 weeks of the promised date, I wouldn’t sweat it.

My promised date has 3 different months in it.

A lot of it is contingent on the Cucktrek value, and I don't want to eat up my profit driving some rental car I REALLY don't want.

Detroit wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 11:05 am

max225 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 11:02 am

Your deal is 3 plac lifetimes closer what’s there to be antsy about. It’ll be here within 1-2 weeks of the promised date, I wouldn’t sweat it.

My promised date has 3 different months in it.

A lot of it is contingent on the Cucktrek value, and I don't want to eat up my profit driving some rental car I REALLY don't want.

max225 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 10:14 pm I low key thought about getting an SR5 special Ed for 5-6 months till the defender comes in… should I ? We got two non marked up ones in the area at 43k

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 8:43 pm

Detroit wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 11:05 am
A lot of it is contingent on the Cucktrek value, and I don't want to eat up my profit driving some rental car I REALLY don't want.

https://turo.com/us/en/car-rental/unite ... an/1265807

Also saw a current gen Prius, and a couple other cars in the $35/day range. Doesn't seem like a bad way to go, since I know you don't want to use your neighbor's car any more than you have to. Although do you think your neighbor would be the type to get slightly upset for not taking him up on his offer?

max225 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 10:14 pm I low key thought about getting an SR5 special Ed for 5-6 months till the defender comes in… should I ? We got two non marked up ones in the area at 43k

Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:01 am

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 8:43 pm

https://turo.com/us/en/car-rental/unite ... an/1265807

Also saw a current gen Prius, and a couple other cars in the $35/day range. Doesn't seem like a bad way to go, since I know you don't want to use your neighbor's car any more than you have to. Although do you think your neighbor would be the type to get slightly upset for not taking him up on his offer?

Neighbor's offer was contingent on him being able to drive his Camaro instead. But we got our first snow this weekend and it's probably going to stick, so I suspect those days are done. The car has never seen salt and he doesn't want it to, and I totally get that.

We don't have Turo up here, but the Toyota offered to hook me up with some sort of rental if needed. Still no ETA on the 4R, so who knows how long that would be.

Cucktrek offer expires on 12/8, so I still have a bit over a week to see how things develop. I'll be curious to see what the value is at next week, hoping that I can get a new offer that's the same or more and buy myself another week or so. Biggest question is how long after I accept the offer and it expires before I have to give them the car.

CaleDeRoo wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:05 am

Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:01 am
Neighbor's offer was contingent on him being able to drive his Camaro instead. But we got our first snow this weekend and it's probably going to stick, so I suspect those days are done. The car has never seen salt and he doesn't want it to, and I totally get that.

We don't have Turo up here, but the Toyota offered to hook me up with some sort of rental if needed. Still no ETA on the 4R, so who knows how long that would be.

Cucktrek offer expires on 12/8, so I still have a bit over a week to see how things develop. I'll be curious to see what the value is at next week, hoping that I can get a new offer that's the same or more and buy myself another week or so. Biggest question is how long after I accept the offer and it expires before I have to give them the car.

Yeah that car and all the other decent ones were in Detroit. Hopefully the rental isn't priced to match actual rentals.

Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:04 am

max225 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 10:14 pm I low key thought about getting an SR5 special Ed for 5-6 months till the defender comes in… should I ? We got two non marked up ones in the area at 43k

Why not? I doubt you'd lose much of anything on it in that timeframe, might as well take advantage of this crazy time and try out a different vehicle for a bit with minimal risk?

Maybe you'll like it enough to and keep it

[user not found] wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:07 am

Detroit wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 11:05 am
A lot of it is contingent on the Cucktrek value, and I don't want to eat up my profit driving some rental car I REALLY don't want.

What kind of rental " " is available for a delayed vehicle arrival?

max225 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:19 am

Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:04 am
Why not? I doubt you'd lose much of anything on it in that timeframe, might as well take advantage of this crazy time and try out a different vehicle for a bit with minimal risk?

Maybe you'll like it enough to and keep it

They are 43k not exactly

I low key want a first gen V6 extended cab with a but these things are 20-25k but a bit more on the side

Detroit wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:25 am

max225 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:19 am

They are 43k not exactly

I low key want a first gen V6 extended cab with a but these things are 20-25k but a bit more on the side

$43k compared to $80k or whatever the Defender is IMO.

First gen Toyota trucks are but