Subj : Re: New Mazda
To   : Nightfox
From : Gamgee
Date : Sun May 28 2023 09:37 pm

-=> Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Ga> That's why you don't buy a "new" car from the inventory on the lot. You
 Ga> customize some options/packages so they have to *BUILD* it that way, and
 Ga> the car is ordered for you, and you only. You pick it up when it comes
 Ga> in to the dealership. Nobody else ever test drives it.

 Ni> Do car makers/dealerships charge extra for a custom-order?

Not in my experiences, no.  I've done it several times.  I mean, they 
offer various options/packages, and I'm just asking for what they offer.

 Ni> And I recently read in a forum on Reddit that someone had made a
 Ni> custom-order for a new 2022-model car about a year ago and it
 Ni> still hasn't come in yet (probably due to parts shortages due to
 Ni> covid).  He said they bumped him up to a 2023 model and also
 Ni> charged something like $200 more for the difference in price
 Ni> (doesn't seem fair since they were the ones who made him wait).

Yeah, that whole time-frame has altered things some.  I haven't bought a 
new car (or any car) since 2015, so haven't ran into that yet...  


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