I finally ordered a '00 1.8TQSTipX at the beginning of this month. The dealer said that if I had ordered it by the day I did, I could have it built in Nov with an early December delivery. I called him a couple days ago if he had a better idea of when it was going to be built, which he did not. He says the dealers get weekly updates of their cars ordered and he'd let me know. I don't want to bother them too much (i.e. weekly) and I've got to plan to sell my other car. Any feedback as to when people heard after they ordered their cars?

Thanks again

This was before they started making the '00s, so none of them had production dates. A couple weeks later he had the date, some 4 weeks before it was made.

8/7 - ordered
8/9 - had car configured
9/13-17 - prod week
9/22 - obtained VIN#
10/12 - "almost" to port
10/15 - in port (Boston)
currently waiting