Any possibility of "Asian Delivery"
05-31-14, 03:38 PM
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Any possibility of "Asian Delivery"
Really tempted to pick up one of these to beat around, I wonder if Lexus will be the first manufacturer from Japan to offer "Asian Delivery", that you get to fly to Japan and pick up the car from the delivery center there, take a factory & museum tour, drive in Japan for a week or two while tourist registration & insurance are all covered, then drop it off at the port or at the airport and they'll ship the car back to the dealership you order the car from... Similar to the "European Delivery" that BMW/MB/Audi/Porsche/Volvo offers, with incentives that are enough $-back to cover the down-payment, flight/hotels, etc! 
05-31-14, 11:11 PM
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The Asian delivery program would last 1 month after Lexus realizes that 90% of the cars end up in horrible accidents because everyone is driving them on the wrong side of the road.
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06-06-14, 04:38 PM
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Folks that did doing European Delivery with the Euro brands have taken the car to UK (any EU nation would allow the tourist/export plate & tourist driver license), don't really see this as a big problem, some 15 minutes driver education is good enough to remind such small detail, that was about the amount of time I was given to learn the system when I picked up a car in Munich earlier this year regarding their traffic laws. 
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Either way, wouldn't you, as a consumer, like to save more $ on the car, have the car built exactly the way you want instead of what the dealer stocks in order for that weak discount, an excuse to tour Japan with your own car (if leasing, you can do it annually), and an overall experience of a lifetime?
Looking at the big picture from Lexus' side of perspective, it would help Lexus to achieve higher brand loyalty, and bring more regular owners (not just here because of modding the car) to this community and join the events like The Pursuit.
If this gets a "go", the next stage would be a "re-delivery" to a performance center or driving academy, but that's an entirely separate discussion for another day.
06-06-14, 06:58 PM
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That's what insurance is for! If it has helped to boost the sales of BMW/MB so they discount their cars for at least 7% (some got as deep as 15%), Audi for at least 5%, and Volvo advertising at least 10% (reported over 15% and close to 20%), while the programs have been successful for these brans in the past decade or two, really shows why their communities have a great rate of return-customers.
Either way, wouldn't you, as a consumer, like to save more $ on the car, have the car built exactly the way you want instead of what the dealer stocks in order for that weak discount, an excuse to tour Japan with your own car (if leasing, you can do it annually), and an overall experience of a lifetime?
Looking at the big picture from Lexus' side of perspective, it would help Lexus to achieve higher brand loyalty, and bring more regular owners (not just here because of modding the car) to this community and join the events like The Pursuit.
If this gets a "go", the next stage would be a "re-delivery" to a performance center or driving academy, but that's an entirely separate discussion for another day.
Either way, wouldn't you, as a consumer, like to save more $ on the car, have the car built exactly the way you want instead of what the dealer stocks in order for that weak discount, an excuse to tour Japan with your own car (if leasing, you can do it annually), and an overall experience of a lifetime?
Looking at the big picture from Lexus' side of perspective, it would help Lexus to achieve higher brand loyalty, and bring more regular owners (not just here because of modding the car) to this community and join the events like The Pursuit.
If this gets a "go", the next stage would be a "re-delivery" to a performance center or driving academy, but that's an entirely separate discussion for another day.
06-06-14, 06:59 PM
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Folks that did doing European Delivery with the Euro brands have taken the car to UK (any EU nation would allow the tourist/export plate & tourist driver license), don't really see this as a big problem, some 15 minutes driver education is good enough to remind such small detail, that was about the amount of time I was given to learn the system when I picked up a car in Munich earlier this year regarding their traffic laws.
06-08-14, 07:32 PM
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Really tempted to pick up one of these to beat around, I wonder if Lexus will be the first manufacturer from Japan to offer "Asian Delivery", that you get to fly to Japan and pick up the car from the delivery center there, take a factory & museum tour, drive in Japan for a week or two while tourist registration & insurance are all covered, then drop it off at the port or at the airport and they'll ship the car back to the dealership you order the car from... Similar to the "European Delivery" that BMW/MB/Audi/Porsche/Volvo offers, with incentives that are enough $-back to cover the down-payment, flight/hotels, etc!
06-09-14, 12:44 AM
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Of course, I was just in Germany 2 months ago; but when I was in Japan a few years back, driving RHD on the left side wasn't hard at all, plus the road condition AND the driver's etiquette are far better than here in the states.
06-09-14, 12:53 AM
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Anyways, for the distance, it's not that bad, besides the crossing through water by boat, the actual driving is no further than going from the Bay to LA.
