What a bummer! Would your Clarity be here if it weren't for the pandemic? Has your dealer kept you informed or do they just keep saying, "Not this week, Honda tells us nothing?" Do you know if Claritys have been streaming into California while you wait for just one of them to find its way east? Does waiting for a new car slow the passage of time for you? It does that to me--I see it as the only benefit associated with delayed delivery.
A couple of weeks after placing the order the dealership was notified that the order had been accepted. Once the pandemic took hold, our office closed and we all changed to working from home. With the household's car use reduced to two grocery runs per week, my need for the new car lost all urgency.
The car that the Clarity will replace is an eight year old Prius. We drive it roughly once a month and I apply a battery tender to it from time to time to keep the 12V happy. Our 3 year old LEAF is our errand runner.
After order confirmation I opted to lay low and give things a chance to progress on their own.
About six weeks ago I decided to contact my salesperson to get an update. She doesn't work there anymore, nor does the guy who placed the order, but my new point of contact determined that the order was still active.
3 1/2 weeks ago he reported that a VIN had been assigned, the car had been built and was being shipped.
I'm tidying up the Prius and weighing my options for it (private sale/Carvana/trade in).
So, not a tragedy, but a surprisingly slow sequence of events.
FWIW, the passage of time has never been stranger. Our office is still closed, so I "commute" to the breakfast nook every morning. My one attempt at normalcy is that I take a half hour walk every lunchtime with my friends on a three-way phone call instead of in person.
