Don't feel too bad, it happens to most everyone at least once. Just reading some of the stories on these forums, I think alot of dealers will regret turning off so many customers when the supply exceeds the demand for these cars later.

Thanks! I think I may've found one on Cars.com for "only" a few hundred $$ over MSRP + delivery.

I got a pre-order that someone else on this site backed out of after finding one sooner in PA and driving up to get it. And yeah they clearly are not having any luck keeping their dealers in-line, but this is the first time subaru dealers have had a car they could gouge people on, and they are taking advantage.

There's currently no other OEM wheel that can accept that logo/center cap. Was that on the pre-production silver in the showroom? He probably took them off himself and is saying they're being stolen.

actually, that's incorrect.

When the STi came out in 03, most of the dealers were marking them up, in some cases, $10k. I worked for Subaru at the time and saw it first hand. When the cars were sitting on the lots for a month+ with the markup, nearly all the dealers who marked them up, removed the markup.

There was enough competition for pre-orders a few months ago I found a few dealers willing to do MSRP within a few hundred miles. SoG was one locally which had no problem doing MSRP, my guess is they would still sell the cars at MSRP but obviously you'll be waiting a few months for a car.

BRianZ's car was my initial pre-order.

I found the car I have now on Autotrader and ended paying MSRP on it. What was nice is the dealership (in MA actually) only charged about a $100 document fee versus the $750 or so at SoG so in the end I only paid about $100 more for the car than I would have from SoG having it shipped here. I had it shipped as opposed to flying up and driving it back and in the end was a good decision, the semi driver only took 2 days to get it to me.

Autotrader is hit or miss though. You'll find cars on there and cars.com but many dealerships pre-populate those listings so what you see is someone else's pre-order. I consider myself lucky I hit a dealership which didn't take any pre-orders and just ordered a few cars on their own. It's very hard to find ones now which are not marked up.

Picking up my car this evening! :D

Start your member journal ASAP!! I didn't realize until now that yours is CBS!! :thumbup:

Very, very :w00t:! Tomorrow will be an awesome day to drive.
We'll be looking for your thoughts -- post a link to your journal if you're putting one up.

Congrats. I've yet to see another BRZ/FR-S around. Doesn't seem like Black is as popular with the BRZ as with the WRX/STi, I look forward to seeing one. (My last two WRXs were Black, I had to get something different this time)

Alright guys, journal is up:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14029

Man its 23:20 right now, and I need to sleep, but all I wanna do is drive....

I haven't seen any BRZ/FR-S on the road either! I was second guessing myself on the black, but after seeing it in person, it looks really sexy

The only one I've seen in the wild is a dealer unit I saw on I-20W near Six Flags back in late April. Other than that, any I've seen have been intentional (meet ups like Caffeine and Octane, and a couple of lunches with RockAtlanta the other 1st86er).

It will probably be a while before we pass each other frequently on the highway. I mean think about it, there are far more Corvettes on the roads in Atlanta than 86's and I see maybe one Corvette a day, at most.

Yep, good point Dadhawk. I have to admit though, I do kind of like the exclusivity for now :)

South Carolina guy here, but anybody in atlanta knows of any subaru brz limited (LR preferred, but whatevers fine) in stock at your guys local dealers? I've looked online and called, but it seems nobody has them.