Hi, this seems like a great community and this is my first post! I purchased an '09 xB on June 30 from a local dealer in New Jersey, and they did not have the car in the color I wanted -- Stingray Metallic, so I ordered one and was told it could be up two weeks before it would arrive. Well, here I am almost 1 full month later and there is no sign of the car. I knew when I purchased the car that there was the possibility of waiting a bit, but are there any other '09 owners out there that had to wait awhile? What's a reasonable amount of time? I understand things happen and there was an issue with '09s on the East Coast being held up at port, but if the dealer says two weeks then I expect should expect two weeks, no? i'm ready to drive!

 

I waited like 3 days for my BSP... But it was pure luck because as soon as I placed the order I saw a truck go by with a BSP on it. Salesman checked and it was not on hold. So luckily, I didn't have to wait. Otherwise, It prob would of been a few weeks!

 

I ordered mine on April 30th and it got to the dealer on May 23rd. I ordered from an out of state dealer (sister-in-law worked there) and they delivered the car to my house the next day. It went to Oregon first to have my accessories installed so had I not had anything added on, then I might have gotten it a bit quicker.

 

When I put my name on mine, it was already on its way to my dealership so I actually waited about 3 days for my Stingray Metallic. I've had it for almost a month now.

 

Took me about a month to get mine. I ordered a 09 SW 5spd base model. I just got the car on the 18th. Worth the wait.

 

wow that sucks that u have to wait so long kid. hope u get ur car soon. we got lucky cuz we showed up at the dealer and it was just sitting there about 2 hours later it was in our driveway.

 

I and my family also wanted the stingray metallic with manual transmission. They told me normally it would be about 10-20 days, but said the new color may be longer. It took 4 weeks. About 8 days after it hit Portland it left and came to me. It was well worth the wait. The dealer was probably thinking this is a normal car, but the new color is taking a bit of time. They blew it when they told you the short time, but follow up and confirm they know some sort of timeline.

 

mine only took about a week. it would have been quicker, but the dealer screwed something up and didn't 'call dibs' on the first one i wanted. no matter. they found another, except it had tinted windows. i went ahead and bought it because it would have been a month otherwise. besides, it's not like i wasn't going to tint the windows myself. this just cost more, but whatever.

Mike

 

Thanks for the replies so far. I don't mind the wait (yet) but I don't want the dealer to continually push back the date of arrival.

 

Whats up with waiting for a scion. I was just at the Scion store here in Huntington Beach. They seem to have every color and optio just sitting there. including the stingray color. DO they not send scions to the east coast

 

not if you want a manual transmission. every dealer i called had maybe one at the most, and none had the color i wanted.

Mike

 

Let us know what happens and post pics when you get it.

 

They can't seem to stay in stock where I live.

 

We got our 2009 Stringray Metallic in about 3 days. It had to be shipped in from a dealer about 45 miles away.

It sounds like your dealer isn't interested in making a deal if he can't get one any faster than that.