Finally a "Confirmed" order :)
This will be short and to the point.
Today I finally have a "Build-Date" (Sept. 30, 05) on the HCH I placed order for.
You would think that placing an order for a vehicle these days would be straight forward and no-big-deal.
In this case and more than likely others the way it really works with Honda is that they (Honda) build each model and ship to their dealers. If you want a certain Honda Model with Specific Options and that dealer is not automatically being sent one from Honda then your dealer has to 1st find out if that vehicle is scheduled by Honda to be built period and if so what dealer or dealers are going to get it. Now your dealer finds out that Honda is going to make the vehicle and shipping it to whereever, your dealer now has to try to get that receiving dealer to release that vehicle and let your dealer have it. Both dealers get back on line to Honda and receiving dealer releases it and your dealer submits the proper request to have the vehicle rerouted to him. If this sounds complicated it is in away but Honda dealers do it all the time every day just part of doing business.
In my case and the reason I'm sharing this information with everyone is because I had the wrong vehicle ordered by mistake and my dealer had to back out of the first vehicle and then go through this whole process again to aquire the correct HCH for me.
So, people be aware of how this works and I would suggest that you (Follow-Up) on a vehicle ordered and make sure that what you have told dealer you want is what dealer has actually coming for you. Don't take it for granted (Double-Check-It).
HTH
Terry
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