It'll be seven weeks tomorrow since we ordered. You're saying it would be unusual for them to not have an assigned VIN by now? Of course, they might have a VIN but I never asked them to tell me anything other than when the car arrives.

 

they should have a vin by now.. if they do than the car is on its way.. wouldnt that make you happy? lol i would call and check my dealer sent me an email with all the milestones of ordering a car here they are

"Hi there Jimmy,

Great News! We have confirmed your vehicle has been ordered for
February production. Your order number is Z582958. It is a:

2005 G35 Coupe 6MT
Ivory Pearl/Stone Leather
Premium Package
Aero Package
Navigation Package
Splash Guards
Trunk Mat

The MSRP should be: $39,030.
Your price should be: $35,729.

The vehicle will be built during the month of February. I will keep you
informed as to the progress. The first milestone is when we are
notified of the VIN and that it is "at sea". Then, the next milestone is
when it arrives at port (Los Angeles) and is put on a railcar. Then,
when it arrives at the railhead here and is invoiced. At that point, we
know that the car will arrive here in 2 or 3 days. We can begin the
paperwork at that time."

 

Great! Thanks for the info. Do you recall how many weeks after ordering until they had a VIN?

 

I considered ordering, but most dealers were telling me I'd hafta wait 3 months and pay MSRP or more. My parents had bought cars from a broker before, so I decided I'd give it a try. I called a different broker who works with most dealerships in the US, and he found the car for me (about 1K under invoice incl the tint). Credit check was done by fax and deposit by credit card. Didn't sign anything (but the loan contract for my credit union) till I showed up in Santa Monica. It only would've taken a week, if I flew down to pick it up right away (I had to wait for last Sat, when I had time). Supposedly, this is the last one on a lot in the Western seaboard... but that's just what my broker said.

Some of you ordering could also check out other dealerships in the area (in SF, there are a handful of Infiniti dealers around). They can check their incoming lists (which show up to about 3 months down the road), and those include VIN#s and all that. I spoke with the Retail Ops Mgr at Pleasanton two wks ago and she actually pulled up incoming lists for all the dealers in the bay area! So if you want it sooner, there could be a way...

-aaron

 

i got my vin about two weeks ago

 

Thanks for the info.

aaron6166,

I apologize for hijacking your thread! I think I'm trying to share your excitement in actually having your car!

Again, congratulations on your new car and I should not have veered from that sentiment!

 

good deal. im looking for an ip coupe myself. peninsula infiniti told me last week that the only existing ip coupe on a lot in the entire US was on the east coast. then they tried to sell me different colors. i walked out after that. 1k under invoice or msrp??? what broker did you go with?

 

Congrats, I see you live close by. I just got mine a week and a half ago.

 

why do they have to force us to get the Stone interior?

 

It could be possible, till a week or so when the new shipments come in. I got 1k under mrsp. It's not as good as I hoped, but I wasn't willing to wait and I was tired of shopping, so I just put money down on it. I worked w/ Jim of fleetrates.com, who put me in touch w/ Jeff Bounds at Infiniti of Santa Monica. There's a $30/yr membership fee for fleetrates (you only hafta b a member when u buy the car).

Just a warning: I had quite an experience at Penninsula Infiniti... Did you know that EVERY CAR they sell must have lojack installed? They try to push these other 2 features as 'already installed' as well... guardian, stone-something, or whatever. Adds about 3k to the price, and they insist on it. I bargained w/a salesman for about 2 hours to no avail. The took 400 off MSRP, but wouldn't budge on the $3k of crap. They even tried to 'discount' the extras to about $2934.348798375 or some out-of-the-blue number. I made an offer of $36.7k, and they came back w/the price $38 plus that $3k of extras and big letters on the offer that said "You Win!" (Ya right!). I hear Frontier isn't too great (but I honestly haven't been there), but at Walter at Serramonte was very helpful and professional (he just didn't have the stock). Pleasanton was very helpful as well, and they say that they never charge >MSRP.

 

There's the wheat interior (more yellow-ish), which is what I have. I liked the stone a little more, but not enough to wait longer.

 

Very nice. White is a nice looking color!

 

hahahah....funny. i went through the exact same thing last week. they said they had the exact car i wanted in their storage facility and they said they would give me a deal. they ended up giving me the run around for about two hours and tried to sell me a different color in the end. yah they wouldnt budge off the lojack+solarshield stuff either. and since they didnt have an IP in stock, they wanted me to order one with a nonrefundable deposit. the sales guy was really reaching in the end by saying they dont get IP unless its special ordered. i will definitely try to go through pleasanton or serramonte.

 

does the car comes with stock HIDs?

 

i prefer full graphite interior with IP.