Purchasing nightmare

Toasty said:

When my order was accepted to TPW was 6 weeks, that included the christmas/new years holiday. shipping should be under 3 weeks. Overall, I'm on track to be at or under 2 months.

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wow! thats awesome

I just got a call today from the dealer and he got in a Yukon Denali XL in the color we want but it has the 6.2 and the bucket seats and its not been pre sold. Wife really wants the 3.0 so I guess were going to still wait and hope we get our order delivered before baby comes in a few months

Toasty said:

They're not waiting for chips or sitting around waiting anymore. Mine was built last week and is already on the train

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My dealer said that the 6.2 is on constraint (or difficulty filling those) for the Denali trim, but Ultimate is preferred fill atm. I've been waiting on my build Since September of 2022. Nothing fancy, just Denali with ACC and moonroof.

DmaxDenaliXL said:

Call Danny Griffiths at Laura Buick GMC and tell him Derek sent you.
He got me a loaded unicorn Denali XL diesel in about three months from deposit to delivery. I paid MSRP and ~$325 doc fee.

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If you have his email, can you PM me?

Is Laura GMC going to return to selling cars significantly under MSRP? They used to offer the best price in the country if I recall.

razor488 said:

Is Laura GMC going to return to selling cars significantly under MSRP? They used to offer the best price in the country if I recall.

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selling Yukons? as long as they can sell them at MSRP - doubt it. everything else - yes

Yukons look to be the only model they aren't discounting right now. Even the HDs are being discounted...sure they have about half their HD inventory listed at sticker, but the other half is $5-6k or more off

Z15 said:

Dealers only receive allocation if earned ...some weeks it is not earned and not available...

Allocations – The number of a particular vehicle model a dealer is assigned by GM. Dealers are now awarded allocation based on past performance.

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Allocation is based based on turn rate as seen on snapshot days. There are other ways to earn allocation though. But sometimes there is allocation and certain products are on constraint so the dealer can't even place an order for what they have earned.

razor488 said:

Is Laura GMC going to return to selling cars significantly under MSRP? They used to offer the best price in the country if I recall.

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todayusay said:

selling Yukons? as long as they can sell them at MSRP - doubt it. everything else - yes

Yukons look to be the only model they aren't discounting right now. Even the HDs are being discounted...sure they have about half their HD inventory listed at sticker, but the other half is $5-6k or more off

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A lot of this also depends on whether GM's competitors like Ford's (Expedition) and Jeep's (Wagoneer/Grand Wagoneer) production volume and incentives.

As of right now, my plan is to purchase a pickup in 2024 and wait until 2025-2028 for a full size SUV. I figured another 2 years is enough for any manufacturer to start making adjustments to increase production volume.

For those that have ordered through Laura GMC, how long did it take for the build manager to submit your order? We spoke with an associate a few days ago to submit an order, but it still hasn’t been submitted by the build manager…when we placed our order with a local dealer it was submitted same-day and we were given the build paperwork on the spot.

Forgive my ignorance, I’ve never ordered a car before, so wondering what the norm is…this seems like an unusually long time to hit the send button.

They can enter your order into Order Workbench at any time. Unfortunately, unless they have an allocation, your order will just sit in the preliminary tab until GM gives the dealer an allocation to fulfill your order with. Every Thursday a new DOSP cycle begins and it closes Friday at 9:00 PM. If your dealer has an allocation with acceptable constraints, your order will get placed with no issues. If they got an allocation and weren't offered the constraints to build yours, they can still prioritize it to try to secure the constraints. If a dealer that received the constraints passes on them, the constrained options go back into the pool and your order could be pulled and sent to production.