So we were told our AWD Silver on Espresso Advance was built 7/31 so let’s see when they get it.

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.

Every time I was in a dealer, literally the only car I heard a customer ask to see was the RDX. It could be they are shopping another car, but I only heard them asking about the RDX.

I have yet to begin negotiating which is a good thing. You can bet I’ll be using this as leverage for negotiating. Luckily I made them match the carmax pricing on my Audi I plan on trading in.

Ya want a blue one, stand by that.

Don’t get this fine car and look at it in your driveway and wish another one was there.

Patience.

Yup. They’ve offered other cars but I’ve stood pat. My wife’s counsel when I get a car is always ‘get exactly what you want.’

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.

Congratulations. I know you are looking forward to picking it up.

Billy

Playing with it without the womenfolk hanging around and distracting important stuff is surely worth arranging.

You will post some pics, I hope.

Congrats MI. I hope you enjoy your new ride.

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.

That is the set-up I expected, but the canyon bronze with the parchment interior just hit us. Since this car replaced my 535, which had a beige interior, it all just fit. We like a lighter interior, and Espresso was as dark as we were willing to go.

But I love that combo too.

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.