Ordering From The Factory?

[RoryTate]

You my friend, need to talk to another dealer.

[Burrcold]

Originally Posted by RoryTate

I'm confused, why not place an order for a 2013 model? It is certainly too early for a 2014 order, they haven't announced it yet. Wait a year.

Agreed. Not sure what he was talking about. Nobody was trying to order a 2014, and the dealers are not holding off because 2014's are coming out (which they are not yet).

[2point0]

Originally Posted by einzlr

That's how it goes when the dealers are by far at the longer end of the lever

I dunno about that. I walked out on them twice (even drove off the lot the 2nd time) and they chased me down to come back in and talk. There were other people waiting around for the car in case I didn't take it.

I had no pre-order, but they really wanted my trade-in (2010 STi), so I'm sure that helped a lot.

FYI this was Bob Baker Carlsbad.

[Foobar]

Originally Posted by RoryTate

I'm confused, why not place an order for a 2013 model? It is certainly too early for a 2014 order, they haven't announced it yet. Wait a year.

There was an article posted earlier in the week that basically said that Subaru's North American BRZ orders at this point won't be fullfilled until May of 2013, implying that they've exhausted their production quota of 6000 cars for Model Year 2013.

Not sure if it was confirmed or not, but I suspect that's what he was referring to. In other words, everything queued up for factory production is either an existing order, or general production runs already being allocated to the dealers. In other words, no more custom factory orders, you just have to check every month to see what comes in to your dealer's allocation, or try to find one somewhere in the country that matches your desired options.

That all said, should the dealer take a deposit and just let the OP know when a car is allocated to them that matches his request? That might be a good idea, but since it's not a definite order, I don't think the dealer would want to do that for a couple of reasons: 1) The customer is likely going to be doing this with other dealers as well, and will just demand his deposit back when the first dealer comes through, and 2) Why take a deposit for something you aren't guaranteed to deliver on? They may never get a car that matches the OP's requirements, which would just put them in a bad situation of taking money from a customer and not being able to deliver.

[einzlr]

Originally Posted by 2point0

I dunno about that. I walked out on them twice (even drove off the lot the 2nd time) and they chased me down to come back in and talk. There were other people waiting around for the car in case I didn't take it.

I had no pre-order, but they really wanted my trade-in (2010 STi), so I'm sure that helped a lot.

FYI this was Bob Baker Carlsbad.

Haha yeah for sure. I'm hearing that STi's are pretty much as hard to come by as BRZ's. I'm finding that SF Bay Area dealers are a little bit nicer to me when the find out about my "BMW collection" (lol) but that hasn't gotten me into the car I want :P

[iBRZ]

One of the dealers who was "willing" to take a ($1000) deposit is also quoting $5000 above MSRP. If that's the case, I'll definitely just wait until next year for more supply to hit the market.

[2point0]

Originally Posted by hazzzy

One of the dealers who was "willing" to take a ($1000) deposit is also quoting $5000 above MSRP. If that's the case, I'll definitely just wait until next year for more supply to hit the market.

Yeah, I know several of the SD dealers were using that 5k markup. What a joke. If you wait for the 2014 cars, just make sure to put in a deposit early, as the dealers only have so many pre-orders they can take (from what I understand).

[Purple]

Originally Posted by hazzzy

Noob question.

I've been calling my local Subaru dealer waiting for a SWP limited AT. They say they won't let me put a deposit on one, which I understand given the demand -- but instead of calling all the time, I'd rather just order one from the factory and wait for my ship date. They say I can't do that either. Is my dealer being dumb or is this some new?

Also anyone order their car without the factory wheels (especially since I'm going aftermarket anyway)? I assume there's a price break..

Mate in Australia subaru ratio is 200 BRZ per year and 1200 86's.Brz waiting
time is now November 2013.Our SWP M is due in May.

P.S. Brz also come with interior Aust Number badge.

[fender9530]

I would check autotrader or ebay for a dealer willing to ship. I haven't checked recently but when I was looking for a car there were several BRZs available.

[iBRZ]

So cars.com was ultimately how I found my ride. Thanks everyone for the info.

She's purchased and awaiting delivery from Madison, WI to Los Angeles. It's gonna be an awesome christmas this year.

[Luke.Cariveau]

Originally Posted by hazzzy

So cars.com was ultimately how I found my ride. Thanks everyone for the info.

She's purchased and awaiting delivery from Madison, WI to Los Angeles. It's gonna be an awesome christmas this year.

Congrats!

[Dorb]

Originally Posted by hazzzy

So cars.com was ultimately how I found my ride. Thanks everyone for the info.

She's purchased and awaiting delivery from Madison, WI to Los Angeles. It's gonna be an awesome christmas this year.

Congrats! That's the same way I found mine 3 weeks ago! Yep Xmas is already in the bag. Just sucks that winter is coming and it will be stored until spring. Oh well, I can always go and sit in it. lol