New to the Board, New to Lexus! Here is my Story
09-14-12, 09:33 AM
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I enjoyed your post & I'm new to this forum...as well to Lexus. I'm a 25 year Honda/Acura driver so I'm a bit curious & anxious to see the difference in performance as well as the dealership experience. I'm going to make a fairly educated guess that your car must be on the boat or at another dealership. How do I know that, well....I ordered a new GS-F at the end of May. It wasn't built until Aug 27. The dealership JUST informed me on Tuesday the GS is to arrive in port next Monday. He said it will travel via rail to Kansas, then be trucked to Iowa. Assuming all cars come through the same port & are shipped via rail to various drop off points throughout the US I can't see how they can promise you a car by next Friday & my dealership doesn't even think I'll see mine this month.
Please be sure to keep everyone in the loop as what you find out (where it's coming from) and if they stick to that timing.
I've been SO close to just walking away from this deal b/c I'm frustrated with the timing & lack of communication. Heck, I could've ordered a new Cobra Mustang & had it already!
Please be sure to keep everyone in the loop as what you find out (where it's coming from) and if they stick to that timing.
I've been SO close to just walking away from this deal b/c I'm frustrated with the timing & lack of communication. Heck, I could've ordered a new Cobra Mustang & had it already!
With your story, then my car might possibly at another dealer or possibly your order was a special order possibly because of the color combination? From my understanding when they gave me the 2-3 week time frame quote, I assumed they had located one already. Where it is coming from I don't know and will find out.
Thanks bud!!
Oh cool to see yea here! What brings you over here?
09-14-12, 11:45 AM
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09-15-12, 01:10 PM
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09-16-12, 05:22 PM
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Just curious...can you tell where a are is during transit...after it gets into port? Do you have any experience on the timing of how long it takes a car from port to destination? Last question, how are you able to tell where a car is by using the VIN...are you a dealer?? Thanks
Getting old.
09-16-12, 09:03 PM
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When you ordered the car you should have gotten the invoice from the financial manager,,, vin. make, model, color etc. the vessel, vessel number, engine number etc. and you can get all the info off the world wide web. That's how I tracked my car.
09-17-12, 06:02 AM
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Sometimes its better to just ignore someone if you don't like what they have to say. This is the first time a 4GS was compared to a TL that I know of so I don't see what is old about it.
Hopefully, this will clear up something:
There are a few people that are tired of me saying I don't like the 4GS. I have not called it a monster nor did I say it was horrible. I never said anyone made a bad choice or that it was gonna blow up. I have tried to just state my opinion....which is only a few times compared to the jillion praises the car has received.
It doesn't bother me that people like it. It doesn't bother me that people repeat their love a jillion times. As long as I refrain from personal attacks, I should be able to say what I want.
So I'm asking, can't we just let me be me and I'll let you be you.....with no hard feelings. Disagreement is the spice of life. We are not living in a 3rd world country where people hate you because you see some things differently. We have in common a passion for cars....but that doesn'y mean we have agree on all the ones we like. Chill out people.....or ignore my comments.
deasg2, if you wish to continue this conversation, let's take it to pm. You made a public statement and I replied but it's not appropriate to contiue publicly.
Hopefully, this will clear up something:
There are a few people that are tired of me saying I don't like the 4GS. I have not called it a monster nor did I say it was horrible. I never said anyone made a bad choice or that it was gonna blow up. I have tried to just state my opinion....which is only a few times compared to the jillion praises the car has received.
It doesn't bother me that people like it. It doesn't bother me that people repeat their love a jillion times. As long as I refrain from personal attacks, I should be able to say what I want.
So I'm asking, can't we just let me be me and I'll let you be you.....with no hard feelings. Disagreement is the spice of life. We are not living in a 3rd world country where people hate you because you see some things differently. We have in common a passion for cars....but that doesn'y mean we have agree on all the ones we like. Chill out people.....or ignore my comments.
deasg2, if you wish to continue this conversation, let's take it to pm. You made a public statement and I replied but it's not appropriate to contiue publicly.
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09-17-12, 06:36 AM
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Anyways, four more days!
09-17-12, 08:25 AM
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Thx!
