Waiting game: waited how long till you get/got your 2014 IS?
10-13-13, 06:58 PM
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My dealership is now listing 5 IS350 F Sports in their inventory, so I am contacting them to see when they are arriving as I suspect they are not all their yet.
10-13-13, 07:42 PM
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Correct. Not sure of the specifics, but it was scheduled to be built and allotted to the dealer. They probably gave me first dibs because they knew I was interested and had a lucrative trade-in.
10-14-13, 02:41 AM
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Dealer lots would be missing certain cars if you did it this way kinda like a made to order service. Plus factories would be sitting idle waiting for cars to be ordered. I do get what you are saying though. It's early in the model year Lexus will ramp up production if demand continues for the new IS. So far it seems the demand is not going down. The two Lexus dealers near me still only have 1 IS F-sport at each dealer for now.
10-14-13, 10:58 AM
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Nah, the truck is mine. I have 3 vehicles (excl the one I sold yesterday) as well as a motorbike and the dealer knows this. So pushing him for a loaner would have been a bit much. In fact I never traded in the vehicle in to the dealer i'm buying the lexus through. I sold it out of hand because the price was right even though it was two months too early.
10-14-13, 04:43 PM
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Dealer lots would be missing certain cars if you did it this way kinda like a made to order service. Plus factories would be sitting idle waiting for cars to be ordered. I do get what you are saying though. It's early in the model year Lexus will ramp up production if demand continues for the new IS. So far it seems the demand is not going down. The two Lexus dealers near me still only have 1 IS F-sport at each dealer for now.
Also it would be helpful to have a more precise status of your order and estimated build, ship and delivery dates. Currently it's a big black box with no clue of what/when is happening.
10-23-13, 12:25 PM
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My order
I ordered my 2014 IS350 F Sport on 23 July, order submitted in Aug for a 21 October production. Production locked date 17 October. Listed production date: 10/24/2013, Available for shipment (CBU) 10/25/2013, Vessel Departure (CBU) 10/29/2013 and Vessel Arrival (cbu) 11/24/2013. As noted in other posts, it looks like ordering before the 20th of each month is key. Not sure about you guys but it's like pulling teeth to get any info from the dealer. You would think this was their first rodeo.....
10-23-13, 12:41 PM
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I ordered my 2014 IS350 F Sport on 23 July, order submitted in Aug for a 21 October production. Production locked date 17 October. Listed production date: 10/24/2013, Available for shipment (CBU) 10/25/2013, Vessel Departure (CBU) 10/29/2013 and Vessel Arrival (cbu) 11/24/2013. As noted in other posts, it looks like ordering before the 20th of each month is key. Not sure about you guys but it's like pulling teeth to get any info from the dealer. You would think this was their first rodeo.....
10-23-13, 02:09 PM
#28
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Be patient as information from Lexus to the dealers is not very good. I have dealt with this for 5 months now in a wait for my car. I did not receive any information other than the order being confirmed for about 3 months. I am just now receiving information that the car is in Port.
10-23-13, 02:58 PM
#29
If you special ordered your car they can give more detailed tracking. But if you put a deposit on a dealer allotment they have not received yet they have limited tracking of the car. In my case I got a dealer allotment. They gave me a build date , ship date and ship name. I was able to track the ship into port. Now the only other thing the dealer can give me is an ETA when it will arrive at the dealer.
10-23-13, 03:00 PM
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I ordered my 2014 IS350 F Sport on 23 July, order submitted in Aug for a 21 October production. Production locked date 17 October. Listed production date: 10/24/2013, Available for shipment (CBU) 10/25/2013, Vessel Departure (CBU) 10/29/2013 and Vessel Arrival (cbu) 11/24/2013. As noted in other posts, it looks like ordering before the 20th of each month is key. Not sure about you guys but it's like pulling teeth to get any info from the dealer. You would think this was their first rodeo.....
My sales guy says he will call again when the car is ready to ship with the rest of the details, including the vessal name. This way I can track the progress (obsessive, I know) as my car is in transit. Other threads on this forum discuss how to do that.