Oh yeah, the chip shortage is no bueno, and definitely a wild card. When my SA set my account on hold, he said he put the release date to 15Nov because that'll yield a EoQ December delivery, no later than EoM January delivery. Looking back oh we were so silly, and so naïve!
The cool things about Vespa is they really don't depreciate, interestingly. Tons of fun, though I don't think I'll ever ride another one though, those fricking little death traps. I saw my life flash before my eyes as I entered an intersection that was under construction and had loose gravel on surface. I did not know I was going off-road gravel riding until it was too late. I ate shite, hard, but fortunately everyone around me was paying attention not playing on their phones, so no one ran me over. Several good Samaritans stopped and helped me up and off the road, while cursing the City of Redondo Beach along with me and their garbage road construction contractors.