I had no idea. Thank you for the education.
The only reason I found the one like mine is that my dad knows the guy who owns the NC dealership and encouraged me to check.
His inventory was pretty much the same then I saw the one like mine and had to double take the sticker price. 4WD really wasn’t a priority but I can be flexible. All I wanted was a V6.
I called and booked a test drive but it was sold the next day. After the runaround from the guy here, I called them back up and paid a visit. After a few minutes, I put a deposit down and they would get one on order.
The expected time was a month. No problem. Not in a massive rush.
I was almost home about 5 and got a call. The salesguy found one in transit here and traded some for it. It was in a week later and even the color I liked. It was picked up the following weekend.
While I generally have to choose from what is available, half of the fleet are standard transmission vehicles with crank windows. The advantages are that I generally pick up lower mileage vehicles which have been well maintained and still have a lot of life in them yet, for less than dealer prices. Often the estate auction vehicles have been garaged and not parked in the open.