Did you not sign a purchase contract when you paid your deposit? I know I did when I ordered my car - it stipulated that the car will be ready for collection up to 30 days after delivery to dealership, and the dealership can't sell it in that time.

Wow, that's scummy. Over here you have bought the car and it's yours, they can't just sell it to someone else.

Good deal for $1k. :-)

I think I had prepaid around $1.5k or so actually.

At least you know you chose a good set of options. It just flew right off the lot.

Did they at least have the decency to refund your $1000?

of course they refunded the $1k. They didn't pay for the 3 months of going without a car in West Los Angeles nor the 3 more months of having to wait if I ordered again.

I really wish the laws were such that I could more easily get the car directly from the factory like Tesla, no middleman. I know with BMW you can actually order a car, pick it up in Germany at the factory , drive it around Europe and they'll then ship it to the USA for you. No idea how much extra it would cost and not sure I want to drive in Europe vs taking public transit but at least I'd get my car

https://www.bmwusa.com/european-delivery.html

> No idea how much extra it would cost

I thought the "European delivery" scheme's attraction was that it is cheaper than buying the same car in the US - because you are driving it around Europe, it's imported as an used car.

Correct. Also it doesn’t count against the dealer’s allocation, so the dealer is more than happy to help you order precisely what you want.

We picked up our 328 wagon in Munich, great experience.

I did exactly that. It actually costs about 5% less. And driving the German Autobahn or some twisty mountain roads in The Swiss Alps is an unique experience.

Legally, they'd have to refund him for the $1000...