if the reg. theory plays out as they hope, then it would not matter where you get your car. this is why they are assigning you to a dealer. so, in theory, everybody who ordered a car on say Many 19, should, in theory receive their car around the same time, no matter what dealer they ordered it at. that's how the allocation process should work. what they don't want is for people in CA to be calling dealers in CO to ask if they have cars, because the dealer in CO should have no more "free" cars then any dealer in CA.
I think the more populated areas will give you a better chance at getting one. Most of the inventory will be shipped to these areas ie Los Angeles that have the most initial demand. There are are 4 Smart dealers within an hour of me. So I am hoping that there will be some that back out and I will get one sooner than expected if not oh well guess I will get an 09 and all the 1173ers will have an OLD model!
My dealer only has 230 reservations and yours may have 1000-2000? BUT, since my dealer may get less cars, you could do better. I guess we'll see. I'm still excited. Yee HAW!
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My dealer only has 230 reservations and yours may have 1000-2000? BUT, since my dealer may get less cars, you could do better. I guess we'll see. I'm still excited. Yee HAW!
yes. but again, you're not hearing the process. if my dealer has 1000 reservations and yours only as 200, for every 10 cars mine gets, yours would only get 2. so if the theory works, it would take just as long to get a car from your dealer as mine.
your theory only works if every dealer gets an equal amount of cars allocated every month. that is not what is happening. it's a weighted percentage by reservations per region/dealer.
i'm not trying to rain on your parade, just passing on my experience in buying new, hard to get cars. i've purchased 18 new cars in the last 10 years (not including the Smart). sadly, i know the process (and politics) pretty well.
yes. but again, you're not hearing the process. if my dealer has 1000 reservations and yours only as 200, for every 10 cars mine gets, yours would only get 2. so if the theory works, it would take just as long to get a car from your dealer as mine.
your theory only works if every dealer gets an equal amount of cars allocated every month. that is not what is happening. it's a weighted percentage by reservations per region/dealer.
i'm not trying to rain on your parade, just passing on my experience in buying new, hard to get cars. i've purchased 18 new cars in the last 10 years (not including the Smart). sadly, i know the process (and politics) pretty well.
There is no sure fire way of knowing until you find out where you stand in your local dealers queue and what that dealer's allocation is.
I'll have to admit that I too was getting a little tired of reading the excited posts by the 1173 bunch because I am a, and I'm more than a little embarrased to admit it, 1200. There I've gotten that off my chest. Well, I was just reading the AUTOMOBILE magazine article on the 451 and I'm more than a little disappointed to read that the mileage the author was getting started out at 30mpg and went up to 38mpg. I knew that when they announced the US version of the Smart the MPG estimates dropped from 40-50 to 30-40 but I was figuring that the EPA was lowballing the numbers. I guess not. At this point I'm glad I'm in the second teir of reservationists so that I can read some other driving impressions from the annointed 1173's and if the numbers are really in that range I may just rethink the entire purchase. I can get the same, or better, by purchasing a Honda Fit for even a Chevy POS. I had planned on this thing being a daily driver to and from work. I wasn't planning on making a fashion statement, nor was I hoping to be the subect of the local TV news as some other forum member is anxiously awaiting (grow up!).
So, as it turns out, my past lack of initiative and foresight may actually turn out to be a positive boon. I'll keep reading your comments and weighing my options.
I'll have to admit that I too was getting a little tired of reading the excited posts by the 1173 bunch because I am a, and I'm more than a little embarrased to admit it, 1200. There I've gotten that off my chest. Well, I was just reading the AUTOMOBILE magazine article on the 451 and I'm more than a little disappointed to read that the mileage the author was getting started out at 30mpg and went up to 38mpg. I knew that when they announced the US version of the Smart the MPG estimates dropped from 40-50 to 30-40 but I was figuring that the EPA was lowballing the numbers. I guess not. At this point I'm glad I'm in the second teir of reservationists so that I can read some other driving impressions from the annointed 1173's and if the numbers are really in that range I may just rethink the entire purchase. I can get the same, or better, by purchasing a Honda Fit for even a Chevy POS. I had planned on this thing being a daily driver to and from work. I wasn't planning on making a fashion statement, nor was I hoping to be the subect of the local TV news as some other forum member is anxiously awaiting (grow up!).
So, as it turns out, my past lack of initiative and foresight may actually turn out to be a positive boon. I'll keep reading your comments and weighing my options.
hahaha. honda fit...hahahaha. dumbest looking car ever. if only the car matched that advertising image behind it.
the thing i find the funniest is that you are actually making an issue out of the MPG of a $15k car. that's just funny to me. don't know why. if you really have to be convinced to buy this car, then you probably just don't get "it" and this car probably is not for you. i assure you that there are thousands in line behind you who will gladly step in line for you.
one more thing. on the mileage. our speed limits in the US are much higher and we drive much faster than in Europe. it should surprise nobody that our actual mileage would differ from the car that they have had over there for years.
I'll have to admit that I too was getting a little tired of reading the excited posts by the 1173 bunch because I am a, and I'm more than a little embarrased to admit it, 1200. There I've gotten that off my chest. Well, I was just reading the AUTOMOBILE magazine article on the 451 and I'm more than a little disappointed to read that the mileage the author was getting started out at 30mpg and went up to 38mpg. I knew that when they announced the US version of the Smart the MPG estimates dropped from 40-50 to 30-40 but I was figuring that the EPA was lowballing the numbers. I guess not. At this point I'm glad I'm in the second teir of reservationists so that I can read some other driving impressions from the annointed 1173's and if the numbers are really in that range I may just rethink the entire purchase. I can get the same, or better, by purchasing a Honda Fit for even a Chevy POS. I had planned on this thing being a daily driver to and from work. I wasn't planning on making a fashion statement, nor was I hoping to be the subect of the local TV news as some other forum member is anxiously awaiting (grow up!).
So, as it turns out, my past lack of initiative and foresight may actually turn out to be a positive boon. I'll keep reading your comments and weighing my options.
The way I am going to look at it is, Im not buying just another 30 mpg car but a car that will get actual 30+ mpg and is different than anything on the road. Oh and under 15k.
There are plenty of other cars available that get good mpg. Im not looking at the mpg as a selling point as much as a benefit.
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