Before the program started, customers had to wait two months for the car they ordered to arrive.

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Instead walk to the Line K entrance, wait for an empty car to slowly inch around the terminus bend and step on.

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"If we can make it a reasonable wait for customers to get the exact car they want, we are going to generate more business, " says Gary Convis, executive vice president of Toyota's North American manufacturing operations.

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Instead of spending a loathsome afternoon with a salesman, customers of Auto-by-Tel, the leading Internet car-buying service, simply tell the service what kind of car they want, and wait for nearby dealerships to make their best offer.

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Does anyone wait breathlessly for the introduction of next year's Big Three car models?

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Some car owners in the past had to wait for up to a week for the device to be installed.

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You get back in the car, drive to the pharmacy, wait in a line for your prescription, pay for it.

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Jack was texting, and I had barely gotten through my second game of solitaire, when Rich came back to say my car was ready and wanted to know if I wanted to wait for the complimentary wash.

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But team boss Ron Dennis said the team will have to wait at least another month for a significant improvement to their car.

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As for the hundreds of millions of other potential customers, they may wait some time before buying their first car, and in the meantime they might be found riding in the back of an RE60, sampling the experience and hearing about it firsthand from pleased rickshaw drivers.

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