Two of them said they could order me what I wanted, with a large deposit and I’d have to wait up to 90 days.
The remaining all said basically they’re at the mercy of what Toyota makes and decides to allocate to their dealership.
The sales manager told me while they finished prepping the truck, their system is so messed up right now they don't even really know when they're getting deliveries. Trucks loaded with cars just show up randomly on the lot and they work the phones to get them sold.
I ordered a RAV4 PHEV (prime in US) last year and it was a factory order from Japan. Toyota Europe app even tells you when it’s built and then tracks the shipment to your local Toyota dealership.
This is what the guy at my sister-in-law's dealership said after I got on the phone with him and asked him what the heck was going on with her order when what she was telling me didn't make sense. Would have been nice for him to admit that up front instead of just taking her money and smiling.
So they can enter into the system they want a '22 Tundra Crew Max with an exterior color of Lunar Rock and this/these packages.
Toyota won't specifically build that, but in theory if there is one built matching that requirement they should get it as an allocation. In reality, he said they never get their allocation requests.
Some dealerships (the 2 I mentioned in my research) tell people they're "ordering" when really they're just "requesting allocation."
Another dealership offered me a TRD Pro Tundra, with a $16k dealer markup. I passed, but from what the salesman told me later the very next person (I was #1 on the list) he called bought it with that markup without hesitation.