They must be getting lots of chips in. I live near the Ford Truck Plant in Louisville and they have been doing tons of moving of vehicles lately. There is an empty parking lot near my house where busses pick up the drivers and take them to the lots to get the trucks and take them back to the plant for the final chips to be installed.
Yes I read they were taking them to Louisville to have them completed. We drive past the speedway on our way to my step daughter’s house. Last time we went by I was surprised to see far less vehicles there. You can’t see real well from the interstate but you can see some. I looked online and saw a number of stories about them catching up.
This is great! I have a Ford Escape on order, which are built in Louisville. So far, I've been waiting for 3-1/2 months for my car to be delivered.
Escapes had some big delays - there was some sort of problem and the Escape factory had to shut down for a while to give them time to figure out what was going on. My parents recently got a new Escape and they had a long wait to get it too.
LOL!!So, you do not like new car buying?
That seemed to be our experience. We started looking for a new car about 14 months ago. It was to replace a 9 year old car. We had a specific model we were looking for and weren't in a rush. Dealer found/ had a few but they had sunroofs , which we did not want. Finally found one 2 months ago and had a very good trade in for the old car.
I'm glad you had a good experience. I bought a new Odyssey in 2010 when I was pregnant with my second. It barely didn't qualify for lemon law so I was stuck with it. The dealership offered to take it back but only at a steep discount so I would have lost a lot of $$. It also handled horribly in the rain. My DH had an Acura RDX that he loved until the Takata airbag scandal. They wanted to take his car immediately and give him a loaner car for an indeterminate time period. We were leasing the car, which was AWD. They wouldn't guarantee that the loaner would be the same size and would also have AWD or 4 wheel drive, both of which we needed. They still wanted us to pay the same amount for his lease though. That made me furious so we traded it in and got him a car that wasn't an Acura. We're never getting another Honda or Acura after those experiences.
I own a 2018 VW Atlas and love the car. It's the best one I've ever had. I've driven it for more than 100,000 miles without anything more than routine maintenance. My mom's car is unsafe so we're giving her my car and I'm getting a new one. Car shopping has been unpleasant. This will be the first time I've ever paid sticker. I'm quite good at negotiating but the shortages on cars around here is insane and prices for used cars is crazy as well. I ended up choosing a car that will arrive in early October because I was able to customize it to be exactly as I want it. The dealership had already ordered the car but it hadn't been built yet which is how I was able to do that. It's 20k cheaper than the new and gently used options currently on the lot because it doesn't have all of the fancy packages and dealer add-ons that I don't care about.
I'm surprised that you had such a bad experience with your Odyssey. What was wrong with it?
Back in 1999 my family bought two Odyssey at the same time. One gave 200,000 flawless miles, the other was trash and was sold before it hit 50,000 miles.
Soon after we bought it the power steering went out when I was driving and the steering went nuts. The transmission went out twice too. Unfortunately, the second time with a little too late for it to qualify for lemon law.
I had to use the lemon law on a Nissan pathfinder. There are multiple ways to qualify. You can also qualify due to days in the shop or repair attempts. Hate you had such a terrible time with your Honda. My two have been flawless - one that I purchased after lemoning out the pathfinder. I needed it to be a reliable car after the year of fighting with Nissan.
One Vlogger posted today he is seeing more and more transmission problems in EVERY brand of car, without regard to whether it was an American Brand of import.
This was about 10-12 years ago.
My Hyundai 2016 Tuscon has the CVT and while it did have some issues initially, it was corrected with a software update and it has run flawlessly since. In fact, it's a heck of a fun car to drive because of the CVT ...it's strange because it feels somewhat like driving a stick, which I love. So, here I am 7-years and 120,000 miles later with near-flawless performance. But she's going to get a little break in the summer/fall because there's a new sheriff in town as of Saturday....
