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There's limited numbers around to test drive and they're being really protective of them. All metro Toyota dealers pretty much have one that I spoke to but it might not be the model or transmission you want, or they don't want you to drive it. The BRZ there's even less around but Subaru Docklands were happy for people to test drive it. And that's more surprising given the way you have to order them and they might not see anything from the sale (if you nominate to get it delivered to another dealer.)

hehe went on the subaru website and made up my dream order. Came out $40k driveaway. With spoiler, floor mats and the diffuser. Find it weird how there is no haggling, just accept the price down to the 12cents. Also says 13+ months waiting on all variants lol

hehe went on the subaru website and made up my dream order. Came out $40k driveaway. With spoiler, floor mats and the diffuser. Find it weird how there is no haggling, just accept the price down to the 12cents. Also says 13+ months waiting on all variants lol

There's no room to haggle on these cars at the moment anyway, demand outweighs supply by a huge amount so no dealer is going to give you a price reduction. What it stops is dealers marking up over RRP by upping dealer delivery charges, etc. which is what some Toyota dealers have been doing. You only need to look at the phantom cars on Carsales to realise - these cars don't exist, they're getting people to call up and they say "oh sorry, we don't have any GTS. Oh but look, we have a GT, here you can have it for xxx (over retail price) right now." So at least you don't have to deal with any of that bullshit. When I ordered on Saturday it said 12+ months so it's gone up a month on the website. The Subaru dealership itself was quoting a shorter lead time (approx. 9 months) but we'll see. I've put a clause in my contract that I can pull out if the wait extends past 12 months. Just waiting for confirmation of my contract acceptance, hopefully tomorrow!

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