Americas Dealer inventory increasing… good or bad?

[CrazyOldMan]

Just for build time contexts, mine is 22663 and that was built in July 24. I was told on delivery that there was only one more to come to that dealer before the shutdown (that he had been notified on the day of my delivery). It would be interesting to see how high the VINs got before the shutdown in September.

To the point that was made by @anand, my dealer told me there were hundreds either in port awaiting customs clearance, secondary QC, or en route - so it would take time to bleed out the finished goods inventory before you see an interruption based on VIN. I think that inventory wash out will actually be more apparent for delayed builds in a couple of months - something like a 4 month trailing effect.

 

[Michael_in_Baja]

Interesting. I’ll have to check that out. In your case, what was the additional option?

For me it was the tow package and if I've got the dollar amount a little bit wrong I apologize that's just what's in my head. it was enough to notice while unpacking the costs, taxes, and fees that made my OTD price more than I anticipated.

I'll not recap the story here but I didn't know my vehicle was inbound until 2 weeks prior to its arrival at the port of Tacoma, Washington in July and my Trialmaster was not supposed to arrive until Q4, perhaps December but wasn't enen showing as in production on the configuration page on the website.

Whether or not to select the topackage was a struggle for me. I don't really know but it would have been nice to have as a recovery point. it wasn't the money, I hate the way that thing looks hanging off the back of the vehicle. I incorrectly surmised that I could have it added later without much difficulty.

I later learned that the tow package comes with an amazing amount of electrical infrastructure that I'm glad came on the vehicle. All in all it was a happy accident.