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I’m seeing the same thing in Missouri and Iowa. I checked out a dealership in St. Louis that I’d visited two years ago when it had 250 new Toyotas on its lot. Yesterday, its web site listed 26 new vehicles. However, when I called, every vehicle
I asked about was already sold. Another dealership in Iowa has jacked up prices 10% above the sticker price “to reflect the current market conditions on new vehicles.” People are obviously willing to pay because the dealership can’t keep the new cars in stock.
We went through that this year and it was a nightmare.
We buy a new one about every decade and we were due. We wanted a Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk as it is one of the few these days that we can tow, four down, behind our motorhome. When we went into the dealership there wasn’t one there nor was there one anywhere in 500 miles from us, so we ordered one.
They told us it would take six weeks to get in, but it took seven months to get it. We checked on the status every few weeks and every time they told me it would be in in two weeks. Either they had no idea what the status was or just lied to us. While waiting for it, I kept a look of the inventory of all dealerships in New Mexico for a Trailblazer and only saw one came up, an orange one. That wouldn’t work.
It was a very strange year buying a car. The lots are empty, even for used cars.
The one on 301? I’ll be driving past that Toyota dealership on my way to Richmond Thanksgiving Day.