Make, model or year, it doesn91裸聊视频檛 matter; buying a vehicle in the Shuswap is not easy these days.

Like many other industries, car dealerships are having to contend with supply chain issues resulting from COVID as well as the Canadian dollar against the American.

91裸聊视频淲e finally have two new vehicles in stock that are unsold, probably the most we91裸聊视频檝e had all year,91裸聊视频� says Hilltop Toyota dealer Blair Reynaud. 91裸聊视频淢ore than 50 people have ordered, paid a deposit and and are waiting for their vehicles.91裸聊视频�

Reynaud says hybrids are very much in demand, with the wait for them being anywhere from eight months to two years, depending on the model.

Like most other dealerships, he is concentrating on pre-owned inventory, the cost of which has never been higher.

91裸聊视频淲e are pretty much paying for used cars what we would have sold them for two years ago,91裸聊视频� he says. 91裸聊视频淎nd all used SUVs and higher-end trucks are being bought up by dealers in the U.S.91裸聊视频�

Reynaud says domestic dealers all have contacts with their American counterparts and get more for selling them Stateside because of the exchange rate.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 been a tough go for all the car dealers,91裸聊视频� he says. 91裸聊视频淭he less inventory, the higher the prices, just like refrigerators or anything else.91裸聊视频�

Braby Motors co-owner Chris Davis says the dealership has been lucky with inventory as manufacturers have continued to produce.

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Davis says there may be plants in Canada and Mexico but basically all cars are shipped out of the U.S.

91裸聊视频淰ehicles coming across to Canada cost manufacturers more because of the dollar, so if they can sell them in the U.S., that91裸聊视频檚 what they prefer,91裸聊视频� he says.

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Davis believes the supply chains will be 91裸聊视频渃ramped for a while yet.91裸聊视频�

He says the dealership is acquiring as many used cars as possible and customers inquire about them every day.

91裸聊视频淭here has been a price adjustment in the used cars, prices have come down,91裸聊视频� he says. 91裸聊视频淲hat happens with that will depend on new vehicle availability over the next few months.91裸聊视频�

Salmon Arm GM owner Ian Gray has been in the industry for 33 years and says his is definitely more of a pre-owned car dealership than previously, and that there91裸聊视频檚 another aspect to the shortage.

91裸聊视频淕M is dealing with a shortage of rail cars, which has to do with the people they do business with for loading and unloading,91裸聊视频� he says, noting he is pleased to be hiring just as many people, if not more, than before, including skilled technicians. 91裸聊视频淚 do know there91裸聊视频檚 some major challenges in the world and the biggest shortage is people.91裸聊视频�

As with most vehicle manufacturers, Gray says 95 per cent of customers order their vehicles and wait up to 16 months for their arrival because of the freight issues.

91裸聊视频淟argely our problem now is 95 per cent of people used to find what they wanted on our lot, and now it91裸聊视频檚 the other way around,91裸聊视频� he says, noting that by ordering and waiting, customers get what they want without compromise.

Gray began focusing on pre-owned inventory 20 months ago and says because he91裸聊视频檚 part of a dealer group, he has about 400 vehicles available.

91裸聊视频淚 feel good that we can supply customers with quality pre-owned vehicles and pass savings onto them,91裸聊视频� he says. 91裸聊视频淲e try to live by that.91裸聊视频�

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