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An Altima Hybrid Buying Experience. Need advice

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Re: Update [emgr] by happy_hybrid_1
Sep 06, 2007 (8:28 am)
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Replying to: emgr (Sep 04, 2007 11:55 am)

Your dealer is full of $hit. While that may be the case now, if you placed an order on June 12th, you should be able to have gotten your car sometime in August. As far as them not making Tech Packaged Cars, that has to be complete bs. I got want amounts to be one of the last 2007s off the line, and it has a Tech Package. My original order went in on 5/7. That car was wrecked on 6/25. Then, they reordered on 6/26, and my second car came in 8/17. Where are you located, and what dealer are you using? I highly suggest you get your deposit back and go elsewhere. It sounds like they are jerking you around.
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Re: Update [happy_hybrid_1] by langjie
Sep 06, 2007 (9:50 am)
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Replying to: happy_hybrid_1 (Sep 06, 2007 8:28 am)

there is about an 8 week turnaround period from when the order is placed to when you actually get your car. i think in your case, they might have expedited the order or already had another vehicle ordered and just tagged it as yours. but he should have received his car by now
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Re: Update [langjie] by hiwayman
Sep 06, 2007 (1:25 pm)
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Replying to: langjie (Sep 06, 2007 9:50 am)

While it's undoubtedly true that there's an 8-week turnaround if you order a specific car, most dealers order well in advance, and then you choose from among the vehicles they've ordered. There are only three packages available for the NAH, the baseline, the connection, and the tech. The only latitude, then is the color combos. If you're looking for a specific color combo in a specific package, you may have to wait.
 
Our own experience was that our dealership was getting groups of hybrids in, about 5 at a time, in various colors (mostly tech packages). We could choose from the color combos. Fortunately, one of the incoming cars was exactly what we wanted, so we only had to wait about a month.
 
I'm very suspicious of a dealer claiming that there's a glut of tech packages. They're rare, as near as I can tell (at least here in Northern California), here at the end of the model year. Maybe a few phone calls would be in order. Even one to Nissan US Corporate might shed some light on the issue. My only question for your dealership is, "If there's a glut, where are these cars? I'll go buy one there!"
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Re: Update [hiwayman] by tomscot2
Sep 06, 2007 (2:33 pm)
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Replying to: hiwayman (Sep 06, 2007 1:25 pm)

There is a "Glut" (4-5 cars per dealership) of Basic and Connection package NAHs here in So California. Tech packages are impossible to find. If the dealers do get one that is not committed to a buyer, they don't even list in the inventory as they seem to sell right away. We went in to order ours with a Tech package and lucked out that they had one the lot that wasn't in the inventory.
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What Dealer said. by emgr
Sep 06, 2007 (3:10 pm)
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What the dealer said was that there was a glut of base Altima Hyrbrids and not connection or tech. I myself called around in a 500 mile distance including dealers in New York, New Jersey and Mass. I found only one dealer in Mass who had tech packages and I would have accepted almost any color. I would have had to travel 1,000 miles round trip and was willing to do that. However, he wanted full list plus.
 
I think I used an Italian hand gesture at that news.
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Re: What Dealer said. [emgr] by hiwayman
Sep 07, 2007 (7:58 am)
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Replying to: emgr (Sep 06, 2007 3:10 pm)

Ohhhh, OK. I misunderstood. Now it makes sense. I bet Nissan is cranking up the Tech/connection package assembly lines, now, but still, it's not like flipping a switch. It'll take time to get inventory in the pipeline and onto the dealer lots.
 
Putting a new product on the market is always a crap shoot. Though the Toyota Prius has demonstrated itself to be very popular, it hits a slightly different market segment than the NAH. The NAH is a sport-hybrid, which is hitting a segment that Nissan (and others) doesn't completely understand, yet. It's people who want good feel of driving a hybrid, without giving up sportiness, and apaprently, gadgetry. I'm sure Nissan's marketing and sales departments are looking at the sales figures with a bit of amazement. No one wants the base package to speak of (unless you can't afford the higher-priced packages). More people want the connection package, but what the heck, for a few thousand more, you get all the cool stuff...
 
I'm guessing that Nissan had it upside down. They probably built a lot of base and connection packages, thinking, "these hybrid drivers are all about economy and price point", while building relatively few of the tech packages for the "unusual" driver who wanted hybrididity, serendipity, and fun....
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Re: What Dealer said. [hiwayman] by langjie
Sep 07, 2007 (8:08 am)
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Replying to: hiwayman (Sep 07, 2007 7:58 am)

i agree. anyone who wants a hybrid for about 24k might as well get the prius and not a base altima. more people wanted a luxury hybrid here. i had to wait 3 months for my tech package hybrid
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thank you Hiwayman by emgr
Sep 07, 2007 (8:46 am)
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You don't make me feel so bad. But they say it is being built in October. I wonder if the delivery will be October or November?
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Re: thank you Hiwayman [emgr] by hiwayman
Sep 07, 2007 (11:25 am)
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Replying to: emgr (Sep 07, 2007 8:46 am)

I don't know what the lead time between build and delivery is these days, but when we got our car in June, it was about two weeks. We had to wait a month, because they were behind on manufacturing dates, but once the dealership was notified the car was built, we drove it off the lot two weeks later. Hopefully Nissan is catching up.
 
In any manufacturing business, inventory sitting in a warehouse or on a lot costs money for the company. The manufacturer wants to get their product in the hands of the consumer as quickly as possible to keep the cash flow healthy. You can bet that Nissan will get the car into your sweaty little hands as soon as they possibly can.
 
Now that they're overcoming the shock of the overwhelming popularity of a car they thought wasn't going to sell very well, I bet there are a lot of assembly workers getting a lot of overtime out Kentucky-way (where the NAH is built). Fingers crossed that you won't have to wait too long...
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Re: thank you Hiwayman [emgr] by langjie
Sep 07, 2007 (12:16 pm)
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Replying to: emgr (Sep 07, 2007 8:46 am)

the actual building time to delivery time is about 8 weeks. I'm thinking you'll take delivery late november to december
 
the one good thing is, i know you move up the queue if a customer is attached to a car instead of a dealership name
 
i do hope you get your car earlier than later, but plan on december

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