I am sure I am not the only hackr here planning ahead and casting a wide net by placing orders/getting on waitlists for a number of high demand cars that can be enjoyed and/or flipped. I will start with my list:
Lucid Air Pure - locked in the original $77k price, really hoping they will have a trade-in option for sales tax purposes when the car arrives in the next year or two
G87 M2 - first on my dealer’s waitlist at msrp, first batch of cars should be delivered around March
x5 45e - will be my 5th one since Nov 2020
EV6 - will be my second one this year
GR Corolla - on several dealer waitlists throughout Colorado but this will be tricky to get at launch in late Fall for msrp
Golf R - on waitlists at several dealers but no new allocations for the foreseeable future
IS500 - MY22 production run finished with very limited volume, no news of MY23 yet but I am at the top of two dealers’ lists at msrp
Right now:
-Grand cherokee 4xe
-Grand cherokee 4xe TrailHawk
-23 Rubicon 4xe
-Lucid Air Pure
-Cybertruck
-Silverado EV
-GMC Hummer EV SUV
-Canoo Pickup
Got A 2023 M340i under MSRP, gonna turn it into my financed daily for the next couple of years as I focus on my career, and I know it’s gonna be a whileeeeee till I’m back into flipping leases yearly
Cars Friends & Family Have On Order/Actively Looking For:
Ford Maverick (Friend Got Tired Of Waiting, Got A Tacoma TRD, Being Flipped ASAP)
GR Corolla (Friend Has a 6SPD Corolla Hatch Being Traded In, If Plans Go Well, We’ll Flip The GR After A Year And Get Him Into A M240i or M2
2023 Manual Toyota Supra (Friend Put A Deposit Down On A Dealer, 1 Year Wait, Trying To Find Him A In-Ground AUTOMATIC Unit While We Wait)
I’m Thinking Of Putting A Deposit Down On A FaceLift GLC 300 PHEV To Replace My 2020
Lastly, I Got Offered A 2023 C43 in Designo Cardinal Red With A December Delivery (Declined Due To Over MSRP, Could 100% Get One At MSRP If I Look) Hoping I Don’t Regret It Over The M340i, Worse Case I Take It And Flip.
The couple of orders I have are with the intent to keep for a period of time. I tend to look more for something that I think I can minimize my total cost of ownership on, so good flipability factors in to what I order, but it isn’t my main motivator. It’s more of a “hey, this looks like something interesting I could drive for a while and not be out a lot of money to do so”.
Flip if profit is worth it but happy to drive if flipping is not an option. That’s why I always pick cars that I would be happy to “stuck with”. Just to add to my original post:
I am kicking myself for missing out the original Rivian pricing and not ordering a MT G80 M3 about a year ago at a modest discount (MY23 has $3k msrp increase with a year-long wait) when I had the chance
Surprised to see all the Fisker reservations, will look into Pear now
Also surprised to see no Rav4 Prime being mentioned yet
330e is still in the mix for me, might recycle a few more of them before BMW runs out of tax credit
I trade the 45e and 330e to the dealer where I am picking up the new car, my trade-in value is taken out from the sales tax I am to pay on the new car. $2500 state tax credit helps the flip too…
I have a Cybertruck reserved as well as the Chevy Avalanche/Silverado EV. I just reserved a Fisker Ocean and Pear after seeing how many people here have one reserved.
