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Originally Posted by torqdork
@ tehwegz, the wild card in your plan is the West coast port strike that started today. Your area is fed from the Port of Portland. Nothing will be offloaded there. They say it's temporary but even if it is, the JDM supply chain becomes disrupted for weeks.
Since all Scions are built in Japan, whatever's in dealer and port stock could be it for awhile. Dealers are aware of this and will probably raise prices as inventory sells out. Time to act on a new car or shop used while the snow flies. |
Not 100% true, but probably true, none-the-less. We're also beholden to the Port of Portland's issues. It leaves their port to be barged up to Alaska. That even includes the Toyotas and Lexus that's built in the US. We still get vehicles at a regular basis on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Albeit, the amount of vehicles we're receiving as of late seems smaller than before. I don't know if it's because we had a huge amount of vehicles delivered to us first week of January, or if it's due to the strike. If it's due to the strike, then he should just expect his dealership to just have a slightly delayed wait time. Of course, if he was to order, they would prioritize it over the unpurchased vehicles for delivery.