Hi KB,
I haven't lost all hope yet but I am running out of time. I am already working on a contingency plan to take delivery of the car in absentia. It will be a major pain and I will be disgusted because I know things will be missed when involving people who aren't invested in the process...
I am glad to hear that you were able to find a reasonable deal. I live in SoCal in between of LA and San Diego. I wasn't able to find any dealerships that would offer a decent price on a CFTP car. Most of them wanted $50k over on Golden Ticket Cars so I bought out of state.
I am in Southern California too. Was the ADM for yours high? I had to go out of state to get the car I wanted and still had to pay an ADM but at much less than I could find in SoCal.
I tracked my car and found that it has passed the quality checks and is basically just sitting at the factory lot waiting to be picked up for shipment. They prefer to fill up the trucks and rail cars before shipping them out in batches. I have reached out to my salesperson to ask for the...
Wow! Thanks Earl. My car being released and awaiting shipment means I will likely be able to take delivery before going to Japan. You have made my day!
Our cars will be featured on the mystery series called "In Search Of" The episode of our cars at Penske will come on after the ones about Big Foot, The Grey Aliens, Gnomes and the Chupa Cabra! We believe our cars exist but we have no proof of it while they are at Penske.