Bad news for WRB Buyers in Canada...

[Enemies]

I'm #1 at my dealership. My dealer just told me right now the only car that is at port that is destined for his dealership is my white one.

I asked him since I'm #2 if #1 decided to change his order from WRB to SWP would I be SOL and he told me no, it's definitely mine if I want it.

Now to the WRB part... He was told Subaru Canada took ALL the WRB BRZ's for press cars on the first 2 orders so that #1 at his dealership probably won't be looking at getting his WRB BRZ until August!

It's a smaller dealership so some of you who ordered WRB may be getting them sooner, but just a heads up... I would try to get VIN's and ETA's if you are #1 at your dealership and ordered a WRB. I'd also find out if your dealership has VIN's or ETA's for other colours that are further down on the pecking order. Because as I said, I'm #2 at my dealership but will be getting my car first because of the colour choice.

[stateless]

If that's true, that pisses me off... I'm in for wrb at a small dealership, and I'm not keen on waiting until August!

[Enemies]

stateless, are you #1 at your dealership or further down? Any WRB's ahead of you? Does your dealer have any VIN's yet or know if any of his cars are at port?

What I really want to find out is if anybody has been told if they have a WRB at port waiting for them? Because if so that's really good news for the rest.

[stateless]

I was #2 originally, then #1 left because there were no premiums allotted to the dealer, so I was bumped to #1. Then I found out they got a silver premium and sold it, presumably to the original #1, and it comes in on June 1st, which leads me to believe it was sent as a test drive vehicle which they used to fill the original #1's order.

This dealer is only getting three, and originally they were all sport tech, unless they traded one of those to get the silver premium. They were supposed to be only getting black, white and wrb. So now I'm next in line. The dealer sent me the VON a long while back but no VIN yet.

I had inquired about the VIN and the release date two weeks ago and was told the vehicle is still in Japan and they would update me when it leaves Vancouver. I asked if that meant a June delivery and they replied that my vehicle will be available in the first round of releases, and they would update me once corporate head office gives them more info. I'm not sure what that precisely means, and if August is still considered in the first round?

I'm heading to Kelowna in July and I'm really hoping to be driving the BRZ there...

[Enemies]

Imo 2 weeks isn't too often to contact your dealer and ask if he has any more information available.

If he knows your car is in Japan then he has a VIN. If he doesn't have a VIN then he's blowing smoke because he can't know anything about a car without a VIN.

With the VIN he can tell you all sorts of information. Once you have that you're golden. I was told when mine was loaded onto a boat, when it was on the boat, when it arrived, when it cleared customs, and as of April 28th my car has just been checked in and hasn't moved since. And it's looking like it'll still be about another 4 and a half weeks before it moves anywhere sadly.

Well, here's hoping you get your car for the trip. I'm in Kelowna as well so who knows, our 2 cars may be the only one's here by the time you come.

[stateless]

Yeah, I should contact them again on Monday and ask about the VIN. My guess is that they do not have one, which is why they just say it's in Japan. I'm going to ask them about the WRB issue.

If it's delayed I guess I'll have to wait. SWP is very tempting if they are getting it sooner (and would be my sixth white car in a row—the others all occurred by chance/circumstances as they were used cars and the best one each time happened to be white) but I'm pretty sold on the WRB and for once have a choice [maybe], so I dunno.

I was thinking I might potentially run into you there Hopefully I'll be in the BRZ. If not, my dad is lending me his blue 350Z to try, so I'd probably take that instead of my WRX. Unless the BRZ comes in June, I probably won't have time to break it in. If it does come, I'm going to be spending every chance I get doing some long drives around the city. That's great news that yours is already here and waiting! Takes a bit of the stress out of it.

[Enemies]

Well, if you get it send me a PM when you come on down. My wife's a professional photographer so maybe we can get some cool shots at the top of Knox Mountain or something.

[stateless]

Thanks, will do!

[Enemies]

In the original message I meant to say I'm #2 at my dealership btw. Moved out to #1 apparently because of the lack of WRB's.

Anyway, if they really are doing a June 15th port release, it's a little annoying for another reason. You'd think their best advertising would be seeing this insanely cool looking car out on the road and getting more people talking about it.

[SonnyBRZ]

Oddly enough, about two weeks ago my dealer told me the first shipment is a WRB, but it's not for sell. It is meant to be placed at a near by golf course. The first order (which is me) will be a white sports tech and I think an additional silver at the same time.

[Dave-ROR]

How many WRB press cars for SoC need exactly?

[Enemies]

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR

How many WRB press cars for SoC need exactly?

Good question. It does seem ludicrous. Canada is a relatively small country. I can't even think of any well regarded Canadian car press sites that would need to spend serious time with the car.

Every paper has their own auto section but I can't see them handing out a car to each media outlet. You'd think they could maybe have 1 car available in Vancouver, another in Toronto and just have the media do their rounds in it.

With it being Monday now I'm hoping people can contact their dealerships and find out if their dealerships have VIN's for their WRB's (and if not, VIN's for the other 3 colours).

As I believe I've said before, if somebody can get a VIN # for their WRB with a promise to deliver next month then that can perhaps debunk what I was told. Be interesting to see as information starts to come out.

[Dave-ROR]

Yeah it just seems a bit crazy to me. I would suspect that your dealer is full of crap.. but.. who knows.. you canadians are crazy

[percyng]

[QUOTE=Enemies;211395]Good question. It does seem ludicrous. Canada is a relatively small country. I can't even think of any well regarded Canadian car press sites that would need to spend serious time with the car.

Every paper has their own auto section but I can't see them handing out a car to each media outlet. You'd think they could maybe have 1 car available in Vancouver, another in Toronto and just have the media do their rounds in it.

With it being Monday now I'm hoping people can contact their dealerships and find out if their dealerships have VIN's for their WRB's (and if not, VIN's for the other 3 colours).

As I believe I've said before, if somebody can get a VIN # for their WRB with a promise to deliver next month then that can perhaps debunk what I was told. Be interesting to see as information starts to come out.[/QUOTE

Not sure it helps or not but I got the VIN for my BRZ sport Tech 6MT last Wed (May 9), last 3 digit is 745. But mine is Pearl white color, not sure if WRB make any different for the delivery date.