My dealers Website listed three but the status of each one was "In Transit"
My dealers Website listed three but the status of each one was "In Transit"So I was looking at the dealers website I ordered from and saw they have two Ascents on the lot...2!!!!! I then did a check on cars.com and within a 200mile radius it says there are 11 in stock at various dealers. Do you guys know of any in stock in your area? These advertized vehicles have VIN and everything. Thoughts from anyone??
Which dealer did you order from? I placed mine at Sport Subaru South, but that was recently so unfortunately I still have a long waitMy dealer's website in Central Florida is saying 9 are "In transit". So they are almost here!
I was told by my dealer in SC that they were receiving two cars (premium and touring) to have as demos.Just looked at all the local dealer sites and they all only have premium and touring models! Maybe the first shipment didn't include limited lol
I was told by my dealer in SC that they were receiving two cars (premium and touring) to have as demos.
Apparently many dealers all over the country are listing Ascents on their websites, even though there are no cars on their lots. They are all listed as in transit or coming soon. Since they are mostly pre sold, or possibly an additional allocation, none of them are available to sell currently.So I was looking at the dealers website I ordered from and saw they have two Ascents on the lot...2!!!!! I then did a check on cars.com and within a 200mile radius it says there are 11 in stock at various dealers. Do you guys know of any in stock in your area? These advertized vehicles have VIN and everything. Thoughts from anyone??
Pre-ordered cars, if the order was placed with SIA, should NOT show up on a website.My dealer has 15 cars listed on their website as in transit .... mine is not among them .....
This is probably a question for Carl or Jason , Will pre-ordered cars appear on the dealers website or will they be hidden from view of the public ?
Or does it just depend on the dealer and how they want to do it ?
Spread out.Does a dealer typically get their monthly allocation,July for example, in one large shipment or is it spread out over the month as several smaller deliveries? That would not seem to be efficient....
Your answer/explanation makes a lot of sense....Spread out.
Keep in mind that a car carrier can only haul 8 or 9 vehicles at a time anyway. An Autorack (aka train car carrier) can hold 20 - 24 vehicles, depending upon their size. AND the other minor detail that a dealer may need delivery of more than 100 cars each and every month, just to maintain the inventory they have on the ground.
So what's better? Sending a dealership 100 new cars all at once, which means the shop and service crew that has to PDI each and every car has to do that, as well as that dealership has to find parking for 100 cars that they may not have room for on their lot, AND that you're also having to do that to maybe 40 dealerships in your area? (Keep in mind again, you're talking 12 semi truck loads, ALL at once.)
There's a reason why logistics is what wins battles in combat. The same thing applies here - you've got to juggle things, so a dealership gets maybe 3 truck load this week, then 3 next week, etc., so they're continually refreshing and more importantly, simply replacing the inventory on what has sold the previous week.
I'm simply guessing here, but I'd say add a week. It's going to depend on the rail yards and where they do the train consist make-ups, how long a rail car has to sit in the yard while getting switched around.Your answer/explanation makes a lot of sense....
Once a car leaves Indiana via rail car, what might a “typical” transit time be to a dealer in Southern California be?
If it's going across a mixed use rail line (eg: sharing with Amtrak, or other commuter rail company with a busy schedule), entire trains may be passed to sidings to sit for hours between other traffic runs. So, that too can add to the time that Carl is estimating.I'm simply guessing here, but I'd say add a week. It's going to depend on the rail yards and where they do the train consist make-ups, how long a rail car has to sit in the yard while getting switched around.
Yeah, when you need to ship via rail overnight, you have to use Norfolk and WayPal ...I'd not want to be the guy coordinating such stuff for nationwide deliveries, lol.
Subaru will only let us order about 90% of our monthly allocation so every dealership will show at least 1 available Ascent in inventory at some point in time. But that Ascent can still be reserved by someone who doesn't want to place an order and wait.So, I read they were sold out until September?