re: Buying a car sucks

Japanese car companies have always been basically impossible to order from. The dealer can grab a car in transit or in the queue to be built but "custom" orders are just not the way they work. German and Euro in general are a whole different animal with a significant number of cars being built to order. US manufacturers are somewhere in between.

One thing to note is Japanese companies have very short option lists which most options in packages. German cars usually have long option lists that allow many more options to be a la cart. Limited options keep prices down, and limiting or eliminating "custom" orders keeps prices down.