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Well, HR912 finally arrived, it has been quite the journey, one I'll try to convey as best I can.
The backstory: I set out to find a non-R track package car or hopefully an unbuilt allocation. After being jerked around by the local dealers, lied to, placed in bidding wars, and thinking I had a msrp deal on a '17 in the spring of '16, to being hung out to dry, my 350 journey proved to be off to a difficult start. A last ditch effort landed me a last minute allocation and I ordered and purchased a '16 track pack from an out of state dealer in April of 2016. I was extremely happy to have found the allocation that I could order to my spec and more importantly for my single income.. at msrp, the only downside was by this time I had already fell in love with lightning blue on the '17 but white was also a color I really liked on the 350, so white it was, with the track package and the order was placed. I picked up the car having had ppf installed and ready for my 3hr trip home. I fell in love immediately with the car, it was exactly as I had hoped it would be and I found myself consumed with gaining more knowledge here on the forums and in fb groups. In the back of my mind I had a strong desire for an R, it was essentially most of the way to where I wanted my track package car to end up. I asked my dealer who had sold an early R for 5k over and he stated that was likely a 1 time deal, so I pretty much pushed that dream to a far off back burner and focused on the 350.
Fast forward to last fall, I was chatting with an R owner who had received and msrp deal and ironically came to find out that our cars were built 3 cars apart by vin and that I had pictures of the car from flatrock that were coincidentally posted on 6g, this confirmed that it was indeed my track pack and their car in the pictures. We continued to network and they checked with their dealer on a '17. The dealer stated that they currently didn't have an allocation and if they did a customer that had their 350 come in damaged would be getting the car. I continued to search off and on for the entire winter and into the spring. Surfing fb late one evening I saw a post of gentleman saying his dealer could get an R for msrp. Figuring it would be like most of my other futile attempts I picked up the phone, dialing the salesperson at 10pm only to find out it was the dealer my friend had bought their R from that I had tried to get an R from previously. I explained to them that if they could get an R at msrp I was in, but from my understanding it was spoken for. They called back the next morning and said that they did not have an allocation but if they had a firm deal they felt confident they could get one. A firm deal was a 10k dollar deposit on what was essentially a "potential" allocation but it was at msrp, we worked a deal on my 350 and I trailered it down to the dealer on Memorial Day, where I traded-in my beloved track package and used equity to place the down payment. It was agreed that I would get my money back if the allocation was not awarded to them, I would walk with cash and no 350.. Needless to say the month of June was very stressful and I was working on a backup plan and calling dealers just to try and get some type of lead on another R. Communication with the owner and sales manager was a constant and it was really a 50/50 shot up until the final week of June, that's when I was told 50/50 chance then "it's looking better" (maybe 70/30? lol). Meanwhile everyone on the forums and fb groups (and other dealers) had been speculating that all the allocations were out to dealers and I started feeling like I was screwed. July 3rd at 11am I received a voicemail and text stating that I got the allocation and my order was going to be built. I can't lie I ran up and down the hall like a little kid, it was finally gonna happen.. I got my R.
The car was built on 9/13 and landed at the dealer on the 22nd and I picked her up on the 23rd. It was and still is hard for me to fully grasp that I actually have the car. I'm just an average guy on single income that was able to work his ass off the opportunity to purchase his dream car and got very lucky to have everything work out. Lot's of luck, right place, right time, right price.
Here are a few shots I have of the car, [MENTION=17459]altjxx[/MENTION] happened to be in town the night I brought it home and snapped a couple of freehanded shots using the lights from a local building.. I think he did a great job. I will get some daytime pics soon and post them here. Thanks for taking the time to read my story, I absolutely love this car and it's exactly what I had hoped it would be. Both are great cars and I'm lucky I've been able to own both and hope those who really want an R are able to find the car for them.
Good luck,
Andrew
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The backstory: I set out to find a non-R track package car or hopefully an unbuilt allocation. After being jerked around by the local dealers, lied to, placed in bidding wars, and thinking I had a msrp deal on a '17 in the spring of '16, to being hung out to dry, my 350 journey proved to be off to a difficult start. A last ditch effort landed me a last minute allocation and I ordered and purchased a '16 track pack from an out of state dealer in April of 2016. I was extremely happy to have found the allocation that I could order to my spec and more importantly for my single income.. at msrp, the only downside was by this time I had already fell in love with lightning blue on the '17 but white was also a color I really liked on the 350, so white it was, with the track package and the order was placed. I picked up the car having had ppf installed and ready for my 3hr trip home. I fell in love immediately with the car, it was exactly as I had hoped it would be and I found myself consumed with gaining more knowledge here on the forums and in fb groups. In the back of my mind I had a strong desire for an R, it was essentially most of the way to where I wanted my track package car to end up. I asked my dealer who had sold an early R for 5k over and he stated that was likely a 1 time deal, so I pretty much pushed that dream to a far off back burner and focused on the 350.
Fast forward to last fall, I was chatting with an R owner who had received and msrp deal and ironically came to find out that our cars were built 3 cars apart by vin and that I had pictures of the car from flatrock that were coincidentally posted on 6g, this confirmed that it was indeed my track pack and their car in the pictures. We continued to network and they checked with their dealer on a '17. The dealer stated that they currently didn't have an allocation and if they did a customer that had their 350 come in damaged would be getting the car. I continued to search off and on for the entire winter and into the spring. Surfing fb late one evening I saw a post of gentleman saying his dealer could get an R for msrp. Figuring it would be like most of my other futile attempts I picked up the phone, dialing the salesperson at 10pm only to find out it was the dealer my friend had bought their R from that I had tried to get an R from previously. I explained to them that if they could get an R at msrp I was in, but from my understanding it was spoken for. They called back the next morning and said that they did not have an allocation but if they had a firm deal they felt confident they could get one. A firm deal was a 10k dollar deposit on what was essentially a "potential" allocation but it was at msrp, we worked a deal on my 350 and I trailered it down to the dealer on Memorial Day, where I traded-in my beloved track package and used equity to place the down payment. It was agreed that I would get my money back if the allocation was not awarded to them, I would walk with cash and no 350.. Needless to say the month of June was very stressful and I was working on a backup plan and calling dealers just to try and get some type of lead on another R. Communication with the owner and sales manager was a constant and it was really a 50/50 shot up until the final week of June, that's when I was told 50/50 chance then "it's looking better" (maybe 70/30? lol). Meanwhile everyone on the forums and fb groups (and other dealers) had been speculating that all the allocations were out to dealers and I started feeling like I was screwed. July 3rd at 11am I received a voicemail and text stating that I got the allocation and my order was going to be built. I can't lie I ran up and down the hall like a little kid, it was finally gonna happen.. I got my R.
The car was built on 9/13 and landed at the dealer on the 22nd and I picked her up on the 23rd. It was and still is hard for me to fully grasp that I actually have the car. I'm just an average guy on single income that was able to work his ass off the opportunity to purchase his dream car and got very lucky to have everything work out. Lot's of luck, right place, right time, right price.
Here are a few shots I have of the car, [MENTION=17459]altjxx[/MENTION] happened to be in town the night I brought it home and snapped a couple of freehanded shots using the lights from a local building.. I think he did a great job. I will get some daytime pics soon and post them here. Thanks for taking the time to read my story, I absolutely love this car and it's exactly what I had hoped it would be. Both are great cars and I'm lucky I've been able to own both and hope those who really want an R are able to find the car for them.
Good luck,
Andrew
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