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Replying to: luthien1410 (Dec 11, 2006 1:13 pm) I ordered my Storm Silver Metallic Fit Sport on 9-2-06 at a dealership outside of Pittsburgh. The saleswoman said it would be here sometime in the first two or thee weeks in December. Not hearing from her, I called her two weeks ago to check in on things. "The car is on a boat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean...will be here by Christmas." The conversation finished with her telling me to look for a call from her the following week. Not hearing from her again, I called last Thursday. Turns out the car was built on 11-25, but is still NOT on the boat. Forget delivery before Christmas. Maybe before the new year if I'm lucky. But until that time, I'm attempting to wait patiently. That whole "patiently" thing has a lot to be desired, though. It's nice to know I'm not the only one in this boat. I wonder how long I have to wait... and I wonder how long I can hold out. It's worth it...right? I *WISH* I was on your boat, so to speak. Just talked to my dealer and he now tells me my dec/jan date is now feb sometime but he has no clue when. UGH. SOmeone just shoot me now! I am waiting on a manual, so I can understand if it takes longer but I just wish I knew that up front so I could have ordered it from another dealer (not that I know that would have helped, because I do not). I thought at the time I ordered I was like third on the list but later I find out that they couldnt even order my MT till around thanksgiving time. Anyone else with this issue? I hope it is worth it. But if my current crappy car can't hold on that long, I might have to start looking for something other then what I really want. |
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| I read these boards and decided to get on as many dealer lists as I could. I had to drive 2 hours to get the car from a dealer who let me put a deposit down. I expected to wait 3-4 weeks, but in two weeks she called to say the car was in! I thought it was a blue car, but it ended up being the Lunar mist. It's pretty. I got it in the base model. Love this car! It handled 75 on the highway like a dream. My advice is to just make as many phone calls and hope you get lucky. I paid less for the total with financing ect. than the number the toyota dealer gave me for the Matrix and I like the Fit better. The dealers have no clue when these cars are coming in. | |
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Replying to: fjb323 (Dec 12, 2006 12:16 pm)
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Replying to: doesken (Dec 13, 2006 7:48 pm)
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Replying to: bobw3 (Dec 14, 2006 5:09 am)
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Replying to: doesken (Dec 14, 2006 9:32 am)
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Replying to: hondaful (Nov 25, 2006 6:39 pm) He claimed that he didn't want to give me that info because it was frequently unreliable, and he had gotten other customers upset by providing those figures, which later turned out to be wrong. I suspect he was just being defensive, but have any of you had experiences where you actually saw the dates and they were later changed? I've read of one case on either this forum or FitFreak where someone was told that their car had been shipped, then was later told that it had not been shipped yet, but in that case the customer had only the salesperson's word, and the salesperson may just have been blowing them off. |
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We decided we wanted a Fit this summer, but all of the dealers in our area wanted more than sticker price and had months-long waiting lists, so we decided to wait until some of the rush died down. Now we're ready to try again, but it appears there's still a substantial wait time. I have 2 basic questions. First, what would be the typical wait time we might expect before receiving a car that one particular dealer is telling us is "slated for Production in the next few weeks"? It seems to me that that would likely be a very long time, if it's not even built yet. Also, he tells me that this car they have 'slated for production' is exactly what we're looking for. Do dealers actually know what is 'slated for production' for their particular dealership before it's built, or should I assume this is a case in which they'd simply try to trade around to get our car once they get whatever they get, unless they *happen* to get lucky enough to get what we're looking for? Thanks in advance for any helpful advice! |
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Replying to: ciara1 (Dec 15, 2006 12:58 pm) As I understand the system, Honda allocates a certain number of Fits to the dealer based on their previous sales volume. (In the case of the Fit, I'm told that it is based on last year's sale of Civics.) The dealer has no choice in what they get, only whether they will take a certain car or not. For example, they may get an allocation of two Storm Silver Sport Automatics, one Lunar Mist Base Automatic, and one Milano Red Sport Manual. If a customer has given them a deposit on any of those, they obviously say they'll take it. Since the Fit is in such high demand, they'll probably also take any other cars allocated to them, with the idea that they can either sell them from stock or trade with another dealer. In your case, the dealer is probably talking about a car they ordered for stock, although they might have taken it because someone had put a deposit on it, then cancelled the order later - that happens a lot because people get tired of waiting. Next the dealer gets a notice that their order has been approved, then an estimated build date, then an actual build date with the VINs of the cars, then a date the cars were shipped from Japan. It's not clear to me if they get any other notices before the cars actually arrive. I've put all this together from previous postings on this group and FitFreak, and from what my dealer told me. Since people don't always use the same terminology, I'm not sure this is 100% correct; there may be other steps. And, as I noted in the post just above yours, the salesman I dealt with says that you can't trust the dates anyway!
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Replying to: hondaful (Dec 15, 2006 1:49 pm) and hyes 6 weeks is a good estimate on how long after production it should arrive at the dealership.
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