Personally, I wouldn't. I wanted the Type R, didn't really matter the colour. If I switched it up and went with the ITS instead, it'd have to be ABP or PWP to even consider it. I just like the Type R looks more, than the ITS though looks more aggressive between the two.
Surrey Honda. I did visit them a couple weeks ago. Both the GSM and SM were very nice and they said themselves wish Honda Canada would allocate the Canadian market more but they are not sure when the next allotment will arrive.
There's a few guys that received their cars from Surrey Honda, @Shichi I believe got his there. He might be able to give you more insight on how the dealership allocation works there. Assuming you're on the list, have they confirmed there's one with your name on it?
Yessir I have RR which does look great just takes some time getting used to. Kicker is I can get into ABP ITS (my number 1 choice) for a direct swap.
The DE5 is great, I had one in PWP, but the draw of the FL5 always remained as that is what I truly wanted. RR is my number one choice but tough to choose colours. I have an SGP en route.
Cheers for the input, this is definitely a head vs. heart situation.
You definitely won't be able to import it but depending how long you're planning to stay brand new Australian spec FL5s are readily available. We're apparently even getting boost blue later this year!
All stock is owned by Honda Australia and dealers are just agents. So while they won't transport a car from Perth to Sydney, there should be enough stock in larger east coast cities like Melbourne and Sydney. I believe current wait times are in weeks, not months. They actually had an oversupply at one stage. Of course thing might change come October but I can't see you'll have a problem getting one fairly quickly.
We only have MSRP as you are buying from Honda Australia, not the dealer. Fixed price $AUD74100 driveaway.
Yep pretty much everything has an Australia Tax on it. Housing is insanely expensive too. You'll find some exceptions but generally we're a relatively affluent, but small, captive audience who historically have paid overs for most things.
I've noticed the amount Canada wide has changed from 21 to 17 on AutoTrader. A few of them are just overpriced display units (looking at you Midland Honda in Ontario and Wheaten/Alberta Honda in Edmonton) with no mileage. The other all have varying mileage on them. I'd wait till the middle of spring/beginning of summer for another push of new units.
5 on the list with my dealership.
