The chip scarcity hit residence for me a second time final week. My dad is seeking to substitute his XC90 T8 which has now been lemon legislation’ed for an unfixable hybrid system, and get again right into a CLA 45 which is what he drove earlier than a dealership worker took it on a pleasure trip and totaled his 2014 again in 2018.
We put in an order for a late 2021 construct slot, however had been unable to get a confirmed construct spot with the motive force help package deal which incorporates radar cruise management, collision warning, and the rear finish prevention package deal (really a really attention-grabbing system that detects incoming rear-end collisions and flashes the tail lamps to alert the motive force whereas additionally making use of the brakes to forestall roll ahead after the affect, pre-tensioning the seatbelts, after which enjoying a pink noise simply previous to affect to reduce listening to injury within the affect). The 2022 construct slots simply opened up for our seller final week, and there are nonetheless not DAP builds out there. Seems like we will probably be a number of months to safe a construct with that package deal.
The one shiny facet is that we determined to get a 3000gt VR-4 as an interim automotive for him for a yr. My first automotive was a caracas crimson 3000gt DOHC which he handed right down to me, so it is a nice little little bit of nostalgia.
