[jumboloan]

What I learned is that they don't order anything. They are given an allotment and they can make some changes to that allotment to a certain degree. However the dealer may not want to sell his allotted vehicle to you if he can thinks he can get a higher price. The dealerships in my area are refusing to sell the car to me until it arrives because they believe they can get more for it from foot traffic.

This is my point that the way Toyota approaches their customers is deficient. They get you excited about the product, let you pretend to build it online (which is a sham - see above point), and then you are on your own trying to acquire it. Why not just take my order online, work out what you need to behind the scenes, and produce the product to me? In the end Toyota's customer is not the end consumer but their dealerships.