How many days from Arriving at the Port to the Dealer?

My Prius arrived at port in Northern California on 05/07 on the ship Century Highway. As of today it is still at the port although its been posted that the region was holding off sending cars to dealers until 05/29 ( today ). The second ship delivered cars to port on 05/26 ( Continental Highway ) so there are plenty of cars in port at this time.

I really hope that it will arrive this weekend because I've been driving a rental Prius for the last week due to selling my Tacoma.

 

I already have my VIN so if you do have a car reserved your dealer should be able provide you with your VIN number. My dealer even gave me a vehicle inquiry report showing ship name, every detail of my Prius including key number and total price. Ask him for that report if you can. Hope this helps.

 

Hi Steve,
I got a info sheet for the car I was buying a couple weeks ago. It did not include the VIN. I am buying from Expressway Toyota in Dorchester and they have been very helpful as they allowed me to change the accessories that come with it to what I wanted. This is the printout I got:

 

The VIN is not assigned until the vehicle arrives on ground at the port. I posted this several weeks ago in another thread.

• when the vehicle is assigned to a store it's in 'A' status;
• .....this usually happens when the vessel is at sea;
• .....when the vessel arrives the specific vehicle is designated to a specific dealer ( that's when the VIN becomes known );
• .....it normally takes about 1 week for vehicle processing at the port
• after the processing the vehicle is moved to 'Freight' status meaning that the truckman has been told to come and get the vehicle;
• .....the truckman then has 72 hours to get the vehicle to the store
• after 72 hours the vehicle moves to 'G' status meaning that it's supposed to be On Ground at the retail store.

7-14 days is typical from arrival at the port to arrival at the store. Right now if your vehicle is one of the first ones coming to your local store then your store should know which vehicle he's getting by model # and package and color. Most likely he's getting one vehicle from this first vehicle. It may or may not meet your requirement. The next vessel behind that one apparently has many more vehicles.

 

Seven days from Port of Portland, OR to dealer in Beaverton, OR, about 12 miles or so.

 

My package V with Navi arrived in Jacksonville on the Kentucky Highway Tuesday morning 5/26/09 and was at my dealer in South Florida Thursday morning 5/28/09.
I believe my car was expedited because the dealer wanted something to put on the showroom floor ASAP. The remaining 3 Prius' in his first delivery arrived on Friday afternoon 5/29/09. Jacksonville is around 300 miles from South Florida.

I wish everyone the same speedy delivery time; I pick up mine this morning 5/30/09.

 

I talked to a dealer in the NE yesterday who has a group of cars coming in June 1 and then a second group on June 15 or so. I don't think that those were two boats. I would guess that they load up a bunch of car carriers, deliver some cars, come back and get some more, etc. It could take a couple of weeks to get ALL of the cars out of port.

 

The Tennessee dealership I'm working with and paid a deposit to sent me a spec sheet without a VIN too. The sheet shows the car is on the ship Auriga Leader. They told me to expect my car the third week of June.

The Auriga Leader arrived in port (Portland, OR) on 5/27. Last time I checked, it was heading toward Canada next, so I think it offloaded all its US cars in Portland. So, to make a long story short, I conclude that my car has to travel overland from Oregon to Tennessee, possibly by mule cart. This may account for some of the lengthy delays between arrival at port and arrival at dealership. If you live near the port, you're likely to get your car sooner. Live far away from port, and you'll have to wait.

At least, that's how I put it together.

 

My 2010 was also on the Auriga Leader. I think it arrived in Portland late on 5/25 or early on 5/26 (I watched it enter the Columbia on a webcam in Astoria). When I placed the order last weekend , the delivery date to the dealer (in the Portland metro area) was scheduled to be 6/9. I checked with the dealer yesterday and the delivery date moved up to 6/4. He was also able to provide a VIN.

 

Toyota also likes to 'under promise' and 'over deliver' ... promise date 6-13, delivery 6-7 for example.

 

It sounds like to me that there are staged deliveries from the port. I think many if not most of the dealerships have gotten at least one Prius as of this past week. Seemingly, another wave will go out soon or has already left. Of course it will be great if they arrive earlier than promised, but I can't complain if it comes in on the schedule I was originally given.

 

Dealer has my $1,000 too! And I'm looking at 7 more weeks (8 from a week ago) for delivery of Blue II from Portland OR. By the time my rig arrives, I'll be thoroughly versed in how it functions thanks to PC. Take a big breath!!!