Same, deposit placed May 2024, doing the fly and drive home thing Friday.
Congrats to you!
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Congrats to you!
We started inquiring about GX 550 allocations in early November 2024, but wasn’t able to get a deposit on an allocated model until February 2025. Just picked up our Premium+ yesterday! So it was almost a 6 month process for me start to finish, and about 3 months from getting allocated to delivery.
We used Lexus Kansas City North and our salesperson was Dennis DeGoosh. I highly recommend him as he was the only salesperson that came thru for me. I had contacted about 6 dealerships in the Midwest with no luck before reaching Dennis in January; he got me an allocation and deposit down by February!
We used Lexus Kansas City North and our salesperson was Dennis DeGoosh. I highly recommend him as he was the only salesperson that came thru for me. I had contacted about 6 dealerships in the Midwest with no luck before reaching Dennis in January; he got me an allocation and deposit down by February!
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We actually picked it up today! all told, about 2 months from deposit to possession. Thank you Adrian from Lexus of Louisville.
Congrats. That is the same combination we will be getting in June.
Put a deposit down on April 18 for a 2025 Premium+, Nightfall Mica, Saddle Tan, rear captain's chairs. Supposed to arrive by the first week of June.
I was in contact with 3 Boston area dealers over the past several weeks and they all had unallocated inventory coming in this Spring. Decided this one was the right combination and did a credit card deposit over the phone.
I was in contact with 3 Boston area dealers over the past several weeks and they all had unallocated inventory coming in this Spring. Decided this one was the right combination and did a credit card deposit over the phone.
Welcome and good luck.
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I put a deposit down (my 4th deposit with a 4th out of state dealership) on April 3 and got my a few weeks later on April 23rd! I had initially put down my deposit on February 12th and was told it would take about a year for an Earth OT. Then put another deposit down at another dealership for a nori green (my second choice) that had been allocated to me with a delivery for early May. I also had a deposit down at Longo Lexus in SoCal with my friend who works there (Marc Fata, if any of you need a contact). Still wanting to get an earth despite having said "yes" to the nori green, I started stalking various dealerships and found my baby! It's currently getting full front PPF, ceramic coating, and ceramic window tints. New tires, a level kit, and spacers will be done on Friday. Then I have to move my dog's car kennel set-up from my 4Runner to the GX, and I can start taking it out on trails.
My advice...be persistent, search out of state, and the various FB groups were also super helpful.
My advice...be persistent, search out of state, and the various FB groups were also super helpful.
That's similar to what I did. Went to local dealer, test drove a used '24 and put a deposit down on 3/16. Didn't like the open ended wait so started scouring dealerships in all surrounding states and found one that was close enough to what I was looking for a couple states away that wasn't spoken for. Wired payment on 3/19 and did a one way rental and picked it up on 3/22. Was prepared for a months long wait, but after reading this thread I feel lucky to have only gone 6 days from test drive/deposit to delivery. Deposit with local dealer was refundable.
Congrats on your purchase.
I agree with you on being open to talking with dealerships in other areas. We put a deposit down 11 months ago at a local dealership and were starting to get frustrated. I started doing some internet hunting and posted what we were looking for on this Facebook page,
Lexus GX 550 Owners & Enthusiasts.
Within a week we had 2 GX's that were exact matches and 2 more that were close. Ironically our local dealership also called that same week with a vin on the one we were waiting for. Since they have been helping us all along we have decided to wait for our original allocation that will be here in June. Went from nothing to having 5 to pick from.
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