Build date to dealer deliver time estimates?
#161
Dealer keeps hounding Acura about my car (built by 7/19 supposedly but still no VIN). He is very apologetic (Sales manager) and I believe genuine. But now he thinks I should have it within the next few weeks. I started another thread about the Gunmetal Metallic Advance AWD since I thought maybe that's part of the issue. It does seem there are very few. I've checked dealer inventory, including "In Transit" in five states and not one has or is receiving this specific car. I'll keep you guys posted--hope this doesn't get boring.
#162
Burning Brakes
Are you checking inventory via 'acura.com' or going to individual dealer websites? Not all dealers keep their sites updated on a regular basis. I know that mine that's 'in transit' doesn't show on my dealer's site, only acura.com.
#163
Yes--I go through the Acura site. It shows vehicles in transit that if you just go directly to the dealer site it might not show in-transit status.
#164
Dealer keeps hounding Acura about my car (built by 7/19 supposedly but still no VIN). He is very apologetic (Sales manager) and I believe genuine. But now he thinks I should have it within the next few weeks. I started another thread about the Gunmetal Metallic Advance AWD since I thought maybe that's part of the issue. It does seem there are very few. I've checked dealer inventory, including "In Transit" in five states and not one has or is receiving this specific car. I'll keep you guys posted--hope this doesn't get boring.
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#168
I’m not desperate for the car as much as I’d like to know what’s up. I originally was led to believe I’d have the car the end of July. Obviously that’s passed. Now—who knows. It’s the herky jerky of it all that’s weird. I’m fine with a window but at this point if I had just ordered one, rather than expecting one in the que, I’d be close to the current end date as well. I think Acura must be awash in orders.
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Been working with some dealerships with quotes on the car and accessories earlier than planned...
For a couple of reasons, dealerships are not seeing many Fathom Blue Pearl Advance SH-AWD (at least not in the immediate MD-DC-VA-PA area, I was told). For one, not many are coming in that color, being less requested than the more popular exteriors like White, Silver, Steel, Black, and Gunmetal. For another, the pool is smaller to begin with for what I'm looking for (Advance SH-AWD) because the hottest trims by far are the A-Spec and Tech packages -- thus the factory is churning a lot more of those.
I heard one dealer contact say, "you might not see one until February!" I think he was saying that tongue in cheek, but the picture is becoming clearer that we're not going to be able to just walk in to the dealership ANYTIME SOON and expect the exact thing you're looking is waiting just for you. Or, that it will only take several weeks (instead of months).
One of the harder aspects of this is that I have about 3 dealer contacts who have been extremely responsive, excellent to interact with, and would be a pleasure to give my business to -- but I'm only buying one, not three. LOL
For a couple of reasons, dealerships are not seeing many Fathom Blue Pearl Advance SH-AWD (at least not in the immediate MD-DC-VA-PA area, I was told). For one, not many are coming in that color, being less requested than the more popular exteriors like White, Silver, Steel, Black, and Gunmetal. For another, the pool is smaller to begin with for what I'm looking for (Advance SH-AWD) because the hottest trims by far are the A-Spec and Tech packages -- thus the factory is churning a lot more of those.
I heard one dealer contact say, "you might not see one until February!" I think he was saying that tongue in cheek, but the picture is becoming clearer that we're not going to be able to just walk in to the dealership ANYTIME SOON and expect the exact thing you're looking is waiting just for you. Or, that it will only take several weeks (instead of months).
One of the harder aspects of this is that I have about 3 dealer contacts who have been extremely responsive, excellent to interact with, and would be a pleasure to give my business to -- but I'm only buying one, not three. LOL
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#181
Burning Brakes
Back to the original subject of this thread.
My RDX showed up on the Acura site as 'in transit' on the morning of Friday, 8/3. Dealer just called about an hour ago saying it was on the lot and beginning the prep process - so 4 days 'in transit' to the dealer over a weekend. (Dealer is about 200 miles from the plant.) I'll be picking it up Thursday at 1:00pm assuming my insurance agent gets the necessary paperwork to the dealer.
My RDX showed up on the Acura site as 'in transit' on the morning of Friday, 8/3. Dealer just called about an hour ago saying it was on the lot and beginning the prep process - so 4 days 'in transit' to the dealer over a weekend. (Dealer is about 200 miles from the plant.) I'll be picking it up Thursday at 1:00pm assuming my insurance agent gets the necessary paperwork to the dealer.
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#182
Back to the original subject of this thread.
My RDX showed up on the Acura site as 'in transit' on the morning of Friday, 8/3. Dealer just called about an hour ago saying it was on the lot and beginning the prep process - so 4 days 'in transit' to the dealer over a weekend. (Dealer is about 200 miles from the plant.) I'll be picking it up Thursday at 1:00pm assuming my insurance agent gets the necessary paperwork to the dealer.
My RDX showed up on the Acura site as 'in transit' on the morning of Friday, 8/3. Dealer just called about an hour ago saying it was on the lot and beginning the prep process - so 4 days 'in transit' to the dealer over a weekend. (Dealer is about 200 miles from the plant.) I'll be picking it up Thursday at 1:00pm assuming my insurance agent gets the necessary paperwork to the dealer.
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Back to the original subject of this thread.
My RDX showed up on the Acura site as 'in transit' on the morning of Friday, 8/3. Dealer just called about an hour ago saying it was on the lot and beginning the prep process - so 4 days 'in transit' to the dealer over a weekend. (Dealer is about 200 miles from the plant.) I'll be picking it up Thursday at 1:00pm assuming my insurance agent gets the necessary paperwork to the dealer.
My RDX showed up on the Acura site as 'in transit' on the morning of Friday, 8/3. Dealer just called about an hour ago saying it was on the lot and beginning the prep process - so 4 days 'in transit' to the dealer over a weekend. (Dealer is about 200 miles from the plant.) I'll be picking it up Thursday at 1:00pm assuming my insurance agent gets the necessary paperwork to the dealer.
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Back to the original subject of this thread.
My RDX showed up on the Acura site as 'in transit' on the morning of Friday, 8/3. Dealer just called about an hour ago saying it was on the lot and beginning the prep process - so 4 days 'in transit' to the dealer over a weekend. (Dealer is about 200 miles from the plant.) I'll be picking it up Thursday at 1:00pm assuming my insurance agent gets the necessary paperwork to the dealer.
My RDX showed up on the Acura site as 'in transit' on the morning of Friday, 8/3. Dealer just called about an hour ago saying it was on the lot and beginning the prep process - so 4 days 'in transit' to the dealer over a weekend. (Dealer is about 200 miles from the plant.) I'll be picking it up Thursday at 1:00pm assuming my insurance agent gets the necessary paperwork to the dealer.
Thursday?
When my salesman realized I could buy now, or later, his final bid email said ‘this deal holds only if you can pick it up this week’. It was Wednesday,. I said sure, is Saturday ‘this week’? (I had already had a nice, in-person converstion with the GSM. “We are too far apart now” said me. We are going travelling in a couple of weeks, then my wife has knee surgery, so I will see you in October-November.” We were three thousand apart.) The salesman said yeah, Saturday is this week, but we don’t usually do deliveries on Saturday. Could you come early? I said I could also do Friday afternoon, since I have a tennis match on Friday morning. He said he doesn’t work on Friday. I said ‘cool’, I can do it Saturday when you open so you can have most of the day for sales. He said, yeah, that can work.
Later that day, Wednesday at around 3:30, the finance guy calls (I could have financed the whole thing, but, I only wanted a $30K note, because that is what I wanted in my budget.). he says, can you get here before five? We have the car prepped. I said yeah, but I don’t have a final number, and you guys want a certified check. He asked what bank I used, I told him, and he said that bank is open until six, and he gave me the number. I told him I had checked out the banks hours, and on Wednesday, they close at four, and there just isn’t time. I could get it to you tomorrow morning (It was August 1).
He said, screw it, I checked you out, we will take a personal check (it was a bit over ten grand). (This was my ninth car I bought from a Curry dealership) I said, OK, we are headed down.
We showed up, did the paperwork. And drove off.
Maybe they were able to book the sale for July in their stats.
This stuff can be done so fast these days. It used to take several days to get all the paperwork straight.
In between the salesman contact and the finance guy contact, my insurance guy called to verify I was buying a car, and that got settled in a minute.
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#185
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Yeah, probably could have done it tomorrow but MI law requires proof of insurance on the new vehicle and my agent was already gone for the day. I emailed all the pertinent info so hopefully the insurance stuff will get to the dealer tomorrow. Need to get to the bank for the certified check and clean out my trade (amazing how much stuff accumulates in a car) so I can do that at my leisure.
By picking it up Thursday I'll have the luxury of a few hours alone to play with it as my wife and her sister are going out for the day so no interruptions.
By picking it up Thursday I'll have the luxury of a few hours alone to play with it as my wife and her sister are going out for the day so no interruptions.
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Back to the original subject of this thread.
My RDX showed up on the Acura site as 'in transit' on the morning of Friday, 8/3. Dealer just called about an hour ago saying it was on the lot and beginning the prep process - so 4 days 'in transit' to the dealer over a weekend. (Dealer is about 200 miles from the plant.) I'll be picking it up Thursday at 1:00pm assuming my insurance agent gets the necessary paperwork to the dealer.
My RDX showed up on the Acura site as 'in transit' on the morning of Friday, 8/3. Dealer just called about an hour ago saying it was on the lot and beginning the prep process - so 4 days 'in transit' to the dealer over a weekend. (Dealer is about 200 miles from the plant.) I'll be picking it up Thursday at 1:00pm assuming my insurance agent gets the necessary paperwork to the dealer.
Billy
#187
Yeah, probably could have done it tomorrow but MI law requires proof of insurance on the new vehicle and my agent was already gone for the day. I emailed all the pertinent info so hopefully the insurance stuff will get to the dealer tomorrow. Need to get to the bank for the certified check and clean out my trade (amazing how much stuff accumulates in a car) so I can do that at my leisure.
By picking it up Thursday I'll have the luxury of a few hours alone to play with it as my wife and her sister are going out for the day so no interruptions.
By picking it up Thursday I'll have the luxury of a few hours alone to play with it as my wife and her sister are going out for the day so no interruptions.
Looking forward to seeing your post after the purchase also.
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Yeah, probably could have done it tomorrow but MI law requires proof of insurance on the new vehicle and my agent was already gone for the day. I emailed all the pertinent info so hopefully the insurance stuff will get to the dealer tomorrow. Need to get to the bank for the certified check and clean out my trade (amazing how much stuff accumulates in a car) so I can do that at my leisure.
By picking it up Thursday I'll have the luxury of a few hours alone to play with it as my wife and her sister are going out for the day so no interruptions.
By picking it up Thursday I'll have the luxury of a few hours alone to play with it as my wife and her sister are going out for the day so no interruptions.
You will post some pics, I hope.
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#191
Suzuka Master
Put deposit down on 6/23 for Advance AWD Silver with Espresso and got call today, it was built 7/31 and due at dealer between 8/21 - 8/25. So about 2 months from order to delivery. Has has the VIN as well.
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But I love that combo too.
#193
So my dealer was asked to swap a car they have, and the other dealer has the car I want in transit. VIN is known. Once it arrives at that dealer, it will be trucked to my dealer in Portland, OR. About ten days is the ETA. Still no sighting of the original car supposedly built July 15-19. That likely would not have appeared at my dealer until early September--but that's all a theory. Bottom line, I'm near the end of my story and my wait. Good feeling.
#194
So my dealer was asked to swap a car they have, and the other dealer has the car I want in transit. VIN is known. Once it arrives at that dealer, it will be trucked to my dealer in Portland, OR. About ten days is the ETA. Still no sighting of the original car supposedly built July 15-19. That likely would not have appeared at my dealer until early September--but that's all a theory. Bottom line, I'm near the end of my story and my wait. Good feeling.
:gheywave:
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So my dealer was asked to swap a car they have, and the other dealer has the car I want in transit. VIN is known. Once it arrives at that dealer, it will be trucked to my dealer in Portland, OR. About ten days is the ETA. Still no sighting of the original car supposedly built July 15-19. That likely would not have appeared at my dealer until early September--but that's all a theory. Bottom line, I'm near the end of my story and my wait. Good feeling.
I went to my dealer yesterday to pick up license plates and they had all colors and many trims sitting in stock except for white advance one.They had 32 2019 RDX's in stock when I counted.
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So my dealer was asked to swap a car they have, and the other dealer has the car I want in transit. VIN is known. Once it arrives at that dealer, it will be trucked to my dealer in Portland, OR. About ten days is the ETA. Still no sighting of the original car supposedly built July 15-19. That likely would not have appeared at my dealer until early September--but that's all a theory. Bottom line, I'm near the end of my story and my wait. Good feeling.
#197
6th Gear
Waiting!
We ordered a MSM Advance on 6/27, have not heard anything about a VIN or build date. Six weeks have past, and I’m hoping it shows up in the next couple of weeks. We leave for a 3 week trip end of August. Really don’t want wait until mid-Sept. for the new ride.
#198
Intermediate
So I have my first-ever Acura on order. It is a Red/Parchment AWD Advance. I requested it July 13th. I was advised this past Tuesday that the production date would be between 8/20-24 and should be at the dealership 2 weeks thereafter. The anticipation is killing me.
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So I have my first-ever Acura on order. It is a Red/Parchment AWD Advance. I requested it July 13th. I was advised this past Tuesday that the production date would be between 8/20-24 and should be at the dealership 2 weeks thereafter. The anticipation is killing me.
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