Went to the dealer today and I will be waiting, but not for the reason I expected. This substitute car was driven in from a major city which accounts for 117 of the 145 miles. I crawled my fingers over the entire front end...absolutely flawless. Not a speck of chipped paint anywhere. The car doesn't have a front tag frame and I was surprised to see there are nonetheless two small indentations where it would be. Anyway, what broke the deal was it was the wrong interior color. Oops! I wonder what these trades cost the dealership? I felt bad for them. They'd waxed it, Armor-all'ed the tires, and everything...to see me walk away.
So I was faced with waiting indefinitely for my real car to make it here (while I drive the dealer's '04 ES330 loaner--thanks guys!). Before I left, the salesman spent 20+ minutes on the phone then dropped a big surprise--there's another car with the really-right colors only 60 miles away. They'll have it for me Saturday morning. Fascinating to me they didn't find that one first, but there must be interesting negotiations going on. I can hardly wait! For my troubles, they've already given me a free logo baseball cap and a voucher for no-charge 10K maintenance, and I'm paying a rock-bottom price too. I haven't even given them a dollar yet. "A service company that sells great cars" they say. "Amen" says I.