I've been reading about people saying when their car got to "port". I assume their coming over from asia, but does that go for all xB's? i ordered mine through the dealership and he ordered it through scion.com, so does it still come from over there? Dealer said 6-8 weeks, in your expiriences is that accurate?

 

All xBs and xAs are made at the Takaoka Plant near Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture in Japan.
Listed as bB and iSt. Also notice that the site mentions Scion tC; made at the Tsutsumi Plant with close proximity to the Takaoka Plant.
http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/about_toy...ing/index.html

The port we are referring to is the USPort that handles Toyota vehicles. The cars are shipped from Japan to your specific Toyota US Port. Not sure about North Dakota but for Mid-Atlantic it is Newark, NJ. Not sure about the long lead time. It basicly means that the dealer is not allocated the type of vehicle you specified and will have to wait for next month's allocation. The dealer may also trade vehicles with other dealers if the latter met your specifications.

 

I feel your pain. If my dealer can't get one from another dealer I'll have to wait a month too.

 

Here is a timeline of my experience:
3/21: Put down deposit with dealer for an RS3. Dealer can only promise me that he would do his best to locate one or return my money.

3/25: Get call from dealer that his DX queen (the person at the dealer who does dealer exchanges, basically the person who gets the cars in) was able to get me one while it was still on the boat, due to arrive at port on 4/1. Guesstimation on having it in hand is 4/15.

4/1: Car arrives at port.

4/13: Car still listed as port status, but now have VIN assigned. New guesstimation date of 4/25 to have car in hand.

4/18: Call dealer to tell him to NOT attach any dealer badges/stickers or drill front bumper for front tags (no problem). While on phone he pulls up status and lo and behold it is now in Ground Status. He says it will be ready in about 2 days (or by the end of the week.)

It is not in my hands yet but I can almost smell it.

 

mine was supposed to be here today...but no call from dealer...hope it shows tomorrow

 

How long ago did you order it?
basically what im looking for is, since the dealer said 6-8 weeks, is that pretty much set then, or is it possible that it could come in sooner Later?

 

I was told I would get my xB today well... actually Yesterday but no call what so ever. It's almost been a Month and a Half. Starting to ____ me off now... hahaha. Damnit!

 

3 days, she was used.

 

Mine took 4 weeks. I gave the deposit late on Feb 15. Dealer said car was still on the ship, and had to arrive at West Coast port, be loaded on a train to Chicago, then be trucked here (Louisville, KY). Dealer called Mar 8 to say car was at the port and was expected here no later than Mar 17, which is when it did arrive.

 

My dealer told me it would be about 6 weeks. But then it came in 4 weeks. I think that is because all he knew is that the car was on a ship, but not how close the ship was to port, and because I ordered no accessories.

Your car could come sooner for the same reason, or if the dealer finds another identical car closer in the pipeline to your city but going to another dealer, and can trade one of his other allocated cars for it. It could come later if you ordered accessories that are going to be installed at the port facility.

 

I guess Im more of a lucky guy...

The dealership had a white one on the way from port so I grabed it...

So I went in on a friday, told them what I was looking for, they had it at port coming up to them. So I signed the papers and today I hope I get a call.....

 

yeah i got factory spoiler and arm rest,,,, so i guess that could take longer, is there a tracking number or ne thing like that so i can watch it? if so how do i get it?

 

The RS3.0 are a little different than the regular xB. They were all built about the same time period. They were sent to the US about the same time mid Feb. They were released as the port installed options were completed. So I put my money down on a RS3.0 at the end of Jan, They gave me one of the two they were allocated. They call at the end of Feb and stated that the xB was in the port. Delivery time was unknown. Called about 2 weeks later and said it was released from port. Got it on 3/7/06. About 6 weeks in total from when I placed the money down.

 

so will they call me mine hits port? or can i check by the VIN number or something like that

 

Mine took me and the salsemen about 3 minutes to drive it over from the offsite backlot. I was in and out with the new car in about 2.5 hours.

 

bump. so is the VIN number the tracking number???

 

I just got the call. I go pick mine up at 5:00 this afternoon! This is the RS3, so basically one month from putting deposit down to picking up.
The only way I tracked mine was to call my dealer each day. He could tell me "due to arrive at port on such-and-such date", then "at port", then "on the truck" then "on the ground". If you want some really good info on the entire allocation process look here:
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=22155

 

You cannot check yourself. The dealer has a computer tie-in that they use to track their cars. They first track by allocation - they know they are entitled to a MT TCM etc, but until it is landed in a port, they don't know the VIN. After that they can track by VIN. If you want a lot of updates, you have to tell the salesperson to call you at every point. He would have to remember to check on the car almost every day to keep up with its changes of location.

MiniCooper has a really neat system. If the dealer can't find the one you want, orders take 6-8 weeks. You are given an order number and a password to a website. At any moment you can get info, just like tracking a UPS package You can see when your car is scheduled to be produced and when it has been completed. Then you switch to its VIN for tracking. You can see when it is shipped, when it is due in port, when it arrives in port, when it goes on the truck, and where the truck is. A friend tracked the truck and met it at the dealer.

 

I guess i was lucky i got mine on the spot,

 

I could have had an MT TCM on the spot. But it had miles on it, was a dealer trade from a nearby city. I wanted no miles on minein order to be the first driver, so I waited a month for one that was on the boat. While I was waiting, among the two dealerships I watched, I saw many xBs that I could have had. Some had miles and some did not. But none were MT TCMs. I think most of the waits are by people who want a specific car with no miles.