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Honestly didn't think they would be that cheap.

Surely there's someone out there that put aftermarket ones on and still has their oems sitting around?

GFY dude. It's not just a light. Because the car always thinks the hatch is open, the interior lights are always on too, at night. It's a body control module, who knows what could go wrong if something else fries in it. Maybe the windows could stop working altogether, maybe the immobilizer goes...

Yeah that's all well and dandy, but it's a $500 part from Toyota, surely more expensive from BMW. Not that it matters because they wouldn't have the part anyway. Either way there's no way I'm dropping that much money out of pocket with the car fully under warranty.

What are you talking about? Here's just one example... a publicly owned medical company manufacturing BILLIONS of syringes doesn't deal with "real world" supply/demand curves, and doesn't have to answer to shareholders? You have NO CLUE what you're talking about, honestly embarrassed for you.

Defense and medical aren't real world fields? Defense is way more regulated than automotive and the medical supply chain deals with volumes 10-100x the automotive world. I guess that explains the ignorance of your posts.

I do understand JIT. I just said that this problem exists BECAUSE of JIT.

If parts don't exist, how have they built any cars in the past six months? It's clear you have no idea what you're talking about.

Right, and you have the privilege of having a working Supra. I'm assuming you bought your (likely decades old) plane used and without warranty. You know what you're getting into there, it's not even a remotely fair comparison. The fact that Toyota (BMW) has been building these cars for the past...

Oh. Except I literally am senior management in a supply chain position.

Yes, please tell us you're the only one with manufacturing/supply chain experience. :rolleyes:

I'm not talking about cars, I'm talking about parts.

Yeah sorry, not buying it and you can GFY. There are plenty of people in this thread alone talking about not being able to get parts that have nothing to do with chip shortages. Ships being stuck at ports is only happening in CA, do you really think parts built in Germany/Austria are being...

You can F right off with that edgy take. Drop almost $60k on a brand new car, sold to me broken, and made to believe it wasn't a big deal that would be fixed in a few weeks, when in reality a fix is nowhere in sight after half a year. You're damn right I'm entitled to have it fixed.

They're still building Supras, are they not? If they can build Supras to sell, they have the ability to make the parts. Poor supply chain management, and this headache is going to continue to bigger once more and more Supras need repairs.

Bad enough that oil is hard to come by. Since day 1, I've been getting a warning that the trunk was open. No, it's not the emergency release handle problem. The hatch sensor was also checked/replaced. They diagnosed it as a bad body control module, which has been on order since the day I bought...

Full stop adaptive cruise is one of the best features of the car (as someone who lives near Boston), ain't gonna get that with a manual.

Coming from a background in noise/vibration/shock mounts, I would say there is a chance it could be bad for the car. Mounts serve more than one purpose, one of which is to absorb drivetrain shock. Truly no offense to Twisted or any other vendor, but I doubt any of them has ever seen a...

Before I bought my 22, I was tracking how many were listed for sale online daily (3.0 Premiums), I'd see maybe 10-12 at any given time back in Aug/Sept. Now there's 60+, and they'll likely build up from there over the winter. Don't rely on 3rd party sites either, check inventories on your local...

22' RR 3.0 in Hudson MA. Possibly thinking about doing an autox at devens coming up soon...