East Coast FL5 Delivery Estimates/Confirmations

[igozoomzoom]

My dealership hosted a bunch of Honda Corporate District managers today, I'll try and find out what's going on with the east cost deliveries.

That would be fantastic! Even just to know they're being loaded from the port would make me happy at this point. :')

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[ssheff55]

That would be fantastic! Even just to know they're being loaded from the port would make me happy at this point. :')

Been calling on our fellow west coasters, and no one has answered the call to go check the Port….

 

[daazn]

Been calling on our fellow west coasters, and no one has answered the call to go check the Port….

They too busy enjoying their cars first

 

[KnoxTn17Si]

My salesperson texted me and said not good news. My bad, 1st text is the 2nd part.

 

[daazn]

Ah yes, California, the bane of US car enthusiasts

 

[CyberCTR]

So commiefornia is just hoarding all of the Type R's other than the few that sneaked out into Nv, Az, and Utah.

 

[igozoomzoom]

My salesperson texted me and said not good news. My bad, 1st text is the 2nd part.

Lmao, that's grand. I hope it gets moved pretty fast seeing as the cars arrived there foreverrrr ago. California lets their peeps drive it now but wont share the glory.

 

[DarthTrizzle]

My salesperson texted me and said not good news. My bad, 1st text is the 2nd part.

A close friend of mine owns a car transport company. He said I may get my car before the end of the year and that anything coming out of Cali by rail is seriously delayed by labor disputes.

 

[Rhorn]

Ah yes, California, the bane of US car enthusiasts

Seriously doubt that its California Regulations. If anything its the labor shortages. People are getting laid off and there arent alot of truck drivers. There is a historic low of truck drivers. Late stage capitalism is to blame.

 

[DarthTrizzle]

Seriously doubt that its California Regulations. If anything its the labor shortages. People are getting laid off and there arent alot of truck drivers. There is a historic low of truck drivers. Late stage capitalism is to blame.

How is it the truck drivers fault when they are sitting in a railroad port? West coast is getting cars delivered because they are coming by truck, not train.

 

[elusiveaura]

Not all cars coming to east coast come by train. Many are also delivered by truck. Dealers confirm this as well.

Hownia it the truck drivers fau

How is it the truck drivers fault when they are sitting in a railroad port? West coast is getting cars delivered because they are coming by truck, not train.

 

[AspecR]

So, this is what I could get out of them. Honda is just as frustrated as you are with the delays for East Coast deliveries. Main problem is there is not enough active labor to effectively cover the east coast in a manner that benefits as many east coast dealerships as possible.

If they just push out what they are able to do now, then only a small number of dealerships in each east coast state, would have a Type R on the ground. This presents an unfair advantage to the dealerships that receive a car as opposed to the ones that don't, also if they can't supply everyone then who decides which dealership gets their car and which dealership doesn't. Think about it, someone at another dealership gets their Type R 6-8 weeks before you even though you guys are only a city or county apart from each other, hell y'all might even be in the same city or county.

Fixing the labor shortage also presents a problem because hiring a bunch of people to fulfill these deliveries takes time to get done properly. Buying Hansen was one of the first steps, but the fruits of that move will not be apparent until Mid-2023 at the earliest.

Unfortunately Logistical issues don't get fixed over-night.

 

[elusiveaura]

so what’s the outcome then? When are they delivering. They can’t just let them sit. That’s bs. West coast is getting them but they don’t want to deliver to east? What are they doing.

So, this is what I could get out of them. Honda is just as frustrated as you are with the delays for East Coast deliveries. Main problem is there is not enough active labor to effectively cover the east coast in a manner that benefits as many east coast dealerships as possible.

If they just push out what they are able to do now, then only a small number of dealerships in each east coast state, would have a Type R on the ground. This presents an unfair advantage to the dealerships that receive a car as opposed to the ones that don't, also if they can't supply everyone then who decides which dealership gets their car and which dealership doesn't. Think about it, someone at another dealership gets their Type R 6-8 weeks before you even though you guys are only a city or county apart from each other, hell y'all might even be in the same city or county.

Fixing the labor shortage also presents a problem because hiring a bunch of people to fulfill these deliveries takes time to get done properly. Buying Hansen was one of the first steps, but the fruits of that move will not be apparent until Mid-2023 at the earliest.

Unfortunately Logistical issues don't get fixed over-night.

 

[WeudS]

At this rate I'll have made my first payment before the car shows up.

 

[Rhorn]

so what’s the outcome then? When are they delivering. They can’t just let them sit. That’s bs. West coast is getting them but they don’t want to deliver to east? What are they doing.

Did you not read or understand what that guy just said?

There are labor shortages, therefore they cannot fully move all of the cars. They bought a Hansen contract to get the cars shipped, however it will takes several months before they can actually get them moved. So they'll just sit.

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