Car Talk 6: Best of times and Worst of Times

[razr390]

Strings have been pulled.

Somehow the available car heading to Seattle hasn't got on the ship yet and is still in Japan... It's being diverted from the boat to Portland to the next ship heading to the East Coast.

Contacts at the region got the block on MT Premiums sorted out to transfer it into the dealership's mid-December allocation cycle this morning and everything locked in this lunchtime. I should have a delivery window next week.

wonder if someone who has their name on a “list” in Seattle will cry himself to sleep tonight.

So what had happened… chip shortage!

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Strings have been pulled.

Somehow the available car heading to Seattle hasn't got on the ship yet and is still in Japan... It's being diverted from the boat to Portland to the next ship heading to the East Coast.

Contacts at the region got the block on MT Premiums sorted out to transfer it into the dealership's mid-December allocation cycle this morning and everything locked in this lunchtime. I should have a delivery window next week.

wonder if someone who has their name on a “list” in Seattle will cry himself to sleep tonight.

Nah, it should have been "marked sold" in that case.

[Johnny_P]

Strings have been pulled.

Somehow the available car heading to Seattle hasn't got on the ship yet and is still in Japan... It's being diverted from the boat to Portland to the next ship heading to the East Coast.

Contacts at the region got the block on MT Premiums sorted out to transfer it into the dealership's mid-December allocation cycle this morning and everything locked in this lunchtime. I should have a delivery window next week.

Overnighting a car from Japan?
Drop ship it directly to Harrys?
Will you have it in time for Race Wars?

[max225]

Strings have been pulled.

Somehow the available car heading to Seattle hasn't got on the ship yet and is still in Japan... It's being diverted from the boat to Portland to the next ship heading to the East Coast.

Contacts at the region got the block on MT Premiums sorted out to transfer it into the dealership's mid-December allocation cycle this morning and everything locked in this lunchtime. I should have a delivery window next week.

Overnighting a car from Japan?
Drop ship it directly to Harrys?
Will you have it in time for Race Wars?

All while eating a tuna sandwich with no crust.

[max225]

Dash cam reccos ?

What is the latest and greatest ? Also what's the easiest hard wire option for an Acura TSX. I figured tapping into the mirror would be best?

I had a viofo A129 and it was great, but it had no wifi so it was cumbersome getting the data off the camera and into your phone...

Thinking of Garmin Mini 2 for now: But it seems sold out everywhere and apparently beeps every time the car starts
Viofo A129 is my second choice: I loved the A119 but it didn't have wifi..

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Nah, it should have been "marked sold" in that case.

Somewhere in the PNW some inventory guy told a sales guy that they had a Neptune Blue Premium inbound, and that sales guy told his customer but never took a deposit or asked for any commitment.



Suckers.

Though, my Toyota dude pulled up his inventory screen while we were sitting with him, scrolled through incoming models till we found one that we liked, and I watched him change the status on it to pre sold or whatever. It can be done by the sales person, but probably not in all cases. That or it was all BS from my dude.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Though, my Toyota dude pulled up his inventory screen while we were sitting with him, scrolled through incoming models till we found one that we liked, and I watched him change the status on it to pre sold or whatever. It can be done by the sales person, but probably not in all cases. That or it was all BS from my dude.

Yeah, that’s typically not the case. Most salesholes aren’t trusted with access to inventory pipeline stuff.

Kind of a shame because I liked that experience. Super transparent and easy. We looked at a few models and their specs before picking the one we did.

[razr390]

Dash cam reccos ?

What is the latest and greatest ? Also what's the easiest hard wire option for an Acura TSX. I figured tapping into the mirror would be best?

I had a viofo A129 and it was great, but it had no wifi so it was cumbersome getting the data off the camera and into your phone...

Thinking of Garmin Mini 2 for now: But it seems sold out everywhere and apparently beeps every time the car starts
Viofo A129 is my second choice: I loved the A119 but it didn't have wifi..

Check out the Nexar cameras. They have wifi, allow you to trim before saving clips (instead of waiting to download the entire clip), they also come with unlimited cloud storage.

[max225]

Dash cam reccos ?

What is the latest and greatest ? Also what's the easiest hard wire option for an Acura TSX. I figured tapping into the mirror would be best?

I had a viofo A129 and it was great, but it had no wifi so it was cumbersome getting the data off the camera and into your phone...

Thinking of Garmin Mini 2 for now: But it seems sold out everywhere and apparently beeps every time the car starts
Viofo A129 is my second choice: I loved the A119 but it didn't have wifi..

Check out the Nexar cameras. They have wifi, allow you to trim before saving clips (instead of waiting to download the entire clip), they also come with unlimited cloud storage.

Nexar Beam GPS | Full HD 1080p Dash Cam | 2021 Model | 32 GB SD Card Included | Unlimited Cloud Storage | Parking Mode | WiFi https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZPGSKLS/re ... 62Z5QWZ7AQ

This Juan ?

[fledonfoot]

Somewhere in the PNW some inventory guy told a sales guy that they had a Neptune Blue Premium inbound, and that sales guy told his customer but never took a deposit or asked for any commitment.



Suckers.

Though, my Toyota dude pulled up his inventory screen while we were sitting with him, scrolled through incoming models till we found one that we liked, and I watched him change the status on it to pre sold or whatever. It can be done by the sales person, but probably not in all cases. That or it was all BS from my dude.

Yeah, that's a trusted salesperson or someone with inventory management allowance. Not common at all.

[Johnny_P]

Soooo even in the car sales industry salesmen cannot be trusted.

[razr390]

Check out the Nexar cameras. They have wifi, allow you to trim before saving clips (instead of waiting to download the entire clip), they also come with unlimited cloud storage.

Nexar Beam GPS | Full HD 1080p Dash Cam | 2021 Model | 32 GB SD Card Included | Unlimited Cloud Storage | Parking Mode | WiFi https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZPGSKLS/re ... 62Z5QWZ7AQ

This Juan ?

They make a few diff ones. Check their website

[fledonfoot]

Confirmed built. VIN secured. Vehicle loaded. Boat is scheduled to hit Baltimore on 1/14 and will be at the dealer week of 1/24. Happy birthday to me!

$32,122 MSRP.

[wap]

Confirmed built. VIN secured. Vehicle loaded. Boat is scheduled to hit Baltimore on 1/14 and will be at the dealer week of 1/24. Happy birthday to me!

$32,122 MSRP.

[max225]

Confirmed built. VIN secured. Vehicle loaded. Boat is scheduled to hit Baltimore on 1/14 and will be at the dealer week of 1/24. Happy birthday to me!

$32,122 MSRP.

on car arrival. Did you punt the Corolla yet ?

[fledonfoot]

Confirmed built. VIN secured. Vehicle loaded. Boat is scheduled to hit Baltimore on 1/14 and will be at the dealer week of 1/24. Happy birthday to me!

$32,122 MSRP.

on car arrival. Did you punt the Corolla yet ?

I'll be trading it at the dealership towards the GR. I'll be getting MSRP for the car.

[fledonfoot]

Factory clear bra not available as a Port Installed Option.

Only accessories available as PIO are all weather mats with Preferred Accessory Package #2, rear bumper protector applique, and black lug nuts. All other options will port hold the car until available. I took all those options.

I'll get clear bra done thru work.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Confirmed built. VIN secured. Vehicle loaded. Boat is scheduled to hit Baltimore on 1/14 and will be at the dealer week of 1/24. Happy birthday to me!

$32,122 MSRP.

Outstanding! Can't wait to see pics

[razr390]

Saw this amazing car at a local detail garage meet.

[max225]

That Escort is

[wap]

Saw this amazing car at a local detail garage meet.

Tnhat's !

[max225]

This POS is slightly growing on me... but 6k redline is pretty weak.... and that rear bumper is straight up :puke: however the side and frontal profiles are ok.

[Huckleberry]

This POS is slightly growing on me... but 6k redline is pretty weak.... and that rear bumper is straight up :puke: however the side and frontal profiles are ok.

Yeah. The rear bumper looks like it was inspired by those bumper covers that you see in the city.

[Huckleberry]

Yeah. The rear bumper looks like it was inspired by those bumper covers that you see in the city.

The new Blazer is guilty of this, too (in certain trims):

In the Blazer's defense, at least it is painted.

[D Griff]

In the Blazer's defense, at least it is painted.

It isn't anywhere near as egregious to me.