re: Buying a car sucks

Car in in transit from the factory.

Though by the time the OP figured out how to buy an airline ticket it will probably be gone.

Go to manufacturer's website, search available inventory; find what you want, call about it, don't find what you want and call to see if you can order what you want.

/Timetravel to the present from your 1990's method of approaching a vehicle purchase.

Who the hell just walks on a lot to see what they have these days. Who has that kind of time to blow just to make some salesman's day. I call, if they can't help me, I move on. There's no laws about MSRP's. It's a recommended price, dealerships sell for the the going market price, IE what they can get, don't like it? Move on to the next one.

It will all be extinct in 10 years imo. There's really not a strong reason in this day and age for manufacturers to give such a cut to dealerships. TESLA is showing dealerships are unnecessary, and other brands are exploring the move. System sucks, but if you are just showing up at the lot to see what they have, you are going through alot of unnecessary pain.

It's alright. I'm still trying to find out how taking 2 weeks off in 2020 makes vehicle lots empty almost 3 years later.

I guess car production will just be a decade problem.

dealerships generally have had their best years ever in 2021 and 2022. Any dealer who tells you otherwise is lying

there will never be a return to hundreds of vehicles on the lots if they have any say in it

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Depends on what you consider "order" to be. Outside of the LFA Lexus has never done factory orders. They batch-produce cars. So when you went in and specced your build the dealer was able to find one in the system either built, being built, or in the factory queue. Lexus, as well as all the other Japanese car companies, limit options so factory orders are not really necessary, in the general retail world it is similar to keeping the number of SKUs low and has advantages in efficiency.

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If were defining order a "1 out of 1" type thing, sure, only Euro dealers essentially do this.

My car was fully loaded in the color and interior color I wanted. It was "ordered" via allocation hitting the dock in Cali (where they also do some minor installations). It took 3 months to come in.

Bought a truck almost a year ago.

I walked in told the first sales guy I saw what I wanted. He said they would have one in two months. Secured financing through my bank, waited two months, went to pick up truck.

It was pretty easy actually.

Ordered me wife’s phone Infiniti at dealership in Mobile since they didn’t have what she wanted in BR. Also they were giving more for trade in. Delivered the vehicle and drove our old one back. Easy deal

It's stupid, and I almost shat myself looking at prices of ford SUV's and trucks.

If you buy a bronco for 40k or more u are a dickjaw, it's a mediocre looking, small, jeepish looking vehicle. Ford steals their designs from other car makers, zero creativity.

My favorite is the interest rate even the credit union is in high 5's to 6%>. Thanks joe

I bought a car from Enterprise Rental. Found the one I wanted online, paid cash, drove it home. No hassle purchase.