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03-28-2024, 09:39 PM
#9641
Re: The Post a Picture of Your Ride as it Sits Thread
Originally Posted by Bill D
4 months before the car comes in. I had to wait that for my Audi
Oh, that Japanese Kanban stuff...er...German Kanban...er...never mind.
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03-28-2024, 09:45 PM
#9642
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Re: The Post a Picture of Your Ride as it Sits Thread
Originally Posted by Bill D
4 months before the car comes in. I had to wait that for my Audi
I don't know how it works in the real world but at this Toyota/Lexus dealer you put down a refundable $1,000 deposit and give them what is essentially a wish list
You specify the model, series, color, etc etc etc as well as 2nd and 3rd choices for everything except model and they go out and see what they can find that is as close as possible to what you want
They will only tell you it can take 4-6 months
My daughter and her husband had a deposit on a new Rav 4 last fall and when their name came up they had the choice of ONE single car, a plain Jane white almost baseline model, and it was take it or leave it because there was a line a mile long behind them
They didn't even have a choice on add ons because it came priced out with ceramic, crystal something or other windshield coating, and quite a few other options
The dealer knew people were so desperate that they could tack that stuff on and get away with it
I think I mentioned that here after they bought it and someone on the forum had seen the same trick pulled somewhere in America
Ditto Tacomas, you take what you can get, but oddly enough they have rows of Tundras just sitting on the lot
The lot looks almost as bad as it did during covid, acres of empty space and a handful of cars
I thought you could order and get exactly what you want but that is not happening here
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03-28-2024, 09:48 PM
#9643
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Re: The Post a Picture of Your Ride as it Sits Thread
From the sounds of that, I’m not looking forward to getting a new car
Most likely, that won’t be for some time and maybe by then things will be different
Treat it like it's the only one in the world.
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03-28-2024, 10:14 PM
#9644
Re: The Post a Picture of Your Ride as it Sits Thread
Originally Posted by chilly
I don't know how it works in the real world but at this Toyota/Lexus dealer you put down a refundable $1,000 deposit and give them what is essentially a wish list
You specify the model, series, color, etc etc etc as well as 2nd and 3rd choices for everything except model and they go out and see what they can find that is as close as possible to what you want
They will only tell you it can take 4-6 months
My daughter and her husband had a deposit on a new Rav 4 last fall and when their name came up they had the choice of ONE single car, a plain Jane white almost baseline model, and it was take it or leave it because there was a line a mile long behind them
They didn't even have a choice on add ons because it came priced out with ceramic, crystal something or other windshield coating, and quite a few other options
The dealer knew people were so desperate that they could tack that stuff on and get away with it
I think I mentioned that here after they bought it and someone on the forum had seen the same trick pulled somewhere in America
Ditto Tacomas, you take what you can get, but oddly enough they have rows of Tundras just sitting on the lot
The lot looks almost as bad as it did during covid, acres of empty space and a handful of cars
I thought you could order and get exactly what you want but that is not happening here
Yeah, that's Toyota's system. It's pretty different compared to anything I'm used to, but if one goes by market share and sales volume and all that then it appears to be working for them - or at a minimum not a deterrent to sales success.
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03-29-2024, 01:11 AM
#9645
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Re: The Post a Picture of Your Ride as it Sits Thread
Originally Posted by chilly
I don't know how it works in the real world but at this Toyota/Lexus dealer you put down a refundable $1,000 deposit and give them what is essentially a wish list
You specify the model, series, color, etc etc etc as well as 2nd and 3rd choices for everything except model and they go out and see what they can find that is as close as possible to what you want
They will only tell you it can take 4-6 months
My daughter and her husband had a deposit on a new Rav 4 last fall and when their name came up they had the choice of ONE single car, a plain Jane white almost baseline model, and it was take it or leave it because there was a line a mile long behind them
They didn't even have a choice on add ons because it came priced out with ceramic, crystal something or other windshield coating, and quite a few other options
The dealer knew people were so desperate that they could tack that stuff on and get away with it
I think I mentioned that here after they bought it and someone on the forum had seen the same trick pulled somewhere in America
Ditto Tacomas, you take what you can get, but oddly enough they have rows of Tundras just sitting on the lot
The lot looks almost as bad as it did during covid, acres of empty space and a handful of cars
I thought you could order and get exactly what you want but that is not happening here
The dealer offered an alarm and there protection. Said no to both. The just install the alarms and turn off if you don’t opt in. Pretty sure the put whatever protection on car when the get in because it actually has great beading…
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03-29-2024, 01:39 AM
#9646
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Re: The Post a Picture of Your Ride as it Sits Thread
Originally Posted by Coatingsarecrack
The dealer offered an alarm and there protection. Said no to both. The just install the alarms and turn off if you don’t opt in. Pretty sure the put whatever protection on car when the get in because it actually has great beading…
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The Qashqai came with a kill switch, it was a demo car, they offered to take it out at no cost, but Mum liked the idea of having it there. I discovered later there's another switch connected to it under the dash that deactivates it, so they were never going to remove it.
I didn't want her to get a demo car, but she liked how it drove and the colour, and she didn't want to wait and also pay more for a new one.
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03-31-2024, 08:46 AM
#9647
Re: The Post a Picture of Your Ride as it Sits Thread
Finally out of winter storage!!! Got a fresh wash too.
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04-01-2024, 01:56 AM
#9648
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Re: The Post a Picture of Your Ride as it Sits Thread
Parked out on the street while I moved the Qashqai back inside.
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04-05-2024, 03:57 PM
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04-05-2024, 07:52 PM
#9650
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Re: The Post a Picture of Your Ride as it Sits Thread
Rate my parking spot, went to the local shopping centre for some supplies. The cement pad next to me goes nowhere, it's just the edge of the car park, the ramp to the footpath is further to the right.
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