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Replying to: shaneinmi (Jun 19, 2008 9:44 pm) Manual shifting the auto tranny in heavy down pour is a must! Or you'll keep spinning the wheels when a stop signs and lights. Because of the torque power. You'll run into the same problem when on unplowed street with snow up to the upper bumper; if you try to go out of the house. I actually drove in reverse to four houses then I had to make quick make "Y" turn to face the slope and manually shift it to the max as I Leadfoot it. While being in two feet of snow. I kept sliding at every slippery stop light even if I slowed down. Usually when that happened to me; I knew that was time to rotate the tires. Then it was fine for that month. I may buy a "Beater with a Heater" cause I now work 40 miles away from home. Of course, night shift! All snow storms are usually happening when I'm driving home. I thought about winter tires but for good set: $1,500 or more. I can buy a beater.
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Replying to: andeet (Jun 20, 2008 2:20 am) Mack 
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Replying to: mackabee (Jun 20, 2008 8:32 am) So I was at my dealer today...Carmax of Kenosha, Wisconsin. Had the TRD wheels on stock for me. I decided on paying my evil bills first; credit cards. So I went there to explain I couldn't get them. Then I decided on looking into a new "Cabin Air Filter;" turns out Toyota claims that the tC doesn't have that type of air flow. But! I claim it does have a system. Oh well. I went to my car and went to the glovebox. Took the glovebox out and this "Denzo Toyota" labeled white plastic stick same size as a ruler. So I pulled it out; all of sudden a filter was in this plastic drawer. It was dusty and bugs were on it. I should of walked to Parts again and showed them. Anyway, a sales consultant about my age walked out of a tC. He walked up to me and asked what I was doing. Then he bragged about owning a '08; I should of bragged back "Well I'm under the $20k payoff amount" but I didn't. I know him on a good ground so we usually talk about Scions when bumping into each other. Told him about the whole Cabin Air Filter. He said "I have 400-ish miles. On mine" I replied back; "Well you should still check it. Cause I went to Jiffy Lube one time and they showed me the drawer then said it didn't come with one. So you guys sold me new tC without a filter." I told him about the Parts and what they told me. All of sudden, he asked me about my TRD parts. So I showed him everything. He said "Well the wife is strict about what I can do with this car." I'm going to admit this out loud...I had crush on him ever since I became a costumer. No wonder why my personal sales consultant interrupted my minor "Flirting" when the three of us were chatting together one time. LOL Well, I do work in a warehouse base company...I guess I should start man hunting as well. JUST KIDDING LOL I enjoy being only me. Although our Operations Manager met his wife in the same warehouse when they were working the first shift. |
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well mine is an automatic...thats funny the guy that sold me mine had a thing for me too i think haha it was kinda funny...
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Replying to: shaneinmi (Jun 20, 2008 11:57 pm) I caught my personal sales consultant wearing her bands on her left hand one day when she usually wears them on the right. I know people who work in those environments usually wear "bands" to avoid getting hit on. I don't know if "wife" is a term for "I can't be blowing money away for parts cause I can't afford it?" I know how much Carmax SCs make so little they have to work 6 days a week. I'm pretty shy when it comes to dating...so much I really can't pick up getting "hitted on." LOL Sides when I usually stop by there; I'm wearing my work uniform or t-shirt, jeans or shorts with weekend baseball hat with my hair pulled back. I'm 24 and I barely wear makeup or earrings. I'm like a Tomboy girl who still hasn't grown up into "Full grown young woman" cause I love being comfortable. I just hope they aren't getting the impression about "Same Sex"....I'm so far, far away from that. LOL I work in a warehouse because its pays me $16.80 hour. It's brainless work. Its a privately owned company of a family. They happened to be kind enough to share their wealth by giving us Profit Sharing, Huge End of the year Bonus,' Weekly Sales Bonus,' 120 hours of paid time off until your 10 years then its full month. |
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Replying to: shaneinmi (Jun 18, 2008 11:25 pm) |
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So I purchased my TC rougly on 6/16. Loved it at first, however it is now the 28th and I find myself on the phone once again with car dealerships....heres why The TC, in a nutshell is not designed for daily use in my opinion. The backseats are absolutely tiny no one over 5'6 can fit comfortably back there. (ALL my friends complained about it.) However, the features are great and cannot be beat for the price. It handles wonderfully gas mileage is halfway decent (NO comparison to the civics, however). The moonroof is nice, however the coverings for it are the cheapest material I have ever laid eyes on in a car. The paint is wretched, if you have a color, it will spot up and its nearly impossible to get them off. The "hatch" cargo space is non existent. you cant even do a grocery shopping trip without stuff rolling everywhere (with or without the tiny cargo net they provide). The tc overall is a decent car, nothing special or notable, expensive to maintain from what i have been told by many owners. When i called the lady who sold me my car, she wasnt surprised I wanted to get rid of it. She said people traide in their Scions (tc or other) after a week or two on almost a monthly basis. She said she owned one herself and traded it in like 2 days later. Thankfully they are only taking mileage deductions off the trade in price. I am very relieved and thankful to say I will be picking up my shiny new Matrix on monday...much more practical, much more room, and the same gas mileage. If you are looking for something practical, for daily use, and that you will be happy with for a long time I'd go with the matrix or the Corolla..makes much more sense. 
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Replying to: shaneinmi (Jun 27, 2008 9:56 pm) Back in '04. My brother totalled his '02 Lancer OZ Rally edition. My Dad reads car magazines like a bible. Hell, we have all the magazines from Road & Track, Car & Driver from late 80's to current in our house. So my Dad took him to local Toyota dealer. They looked at the tC. Agreed it was sharp looking car but my brother being 6'4 and big guy. And he's known to drive his friends around town. My Dad said it was not practical for him. He went with '04 Ralliart Lancer. Me on another hand..... I'm 5'4, husky built. Pretty much aloner. It's perfect for me! In fact, this isn't my first Scion. I bought a '06 xA and got it when I was making minimal wage. My payments were under $300s. I wanted to keep the car for daily driving and buy this tC for fun. I currently make enough to do so. But Toyota Financial didn't agree; they probably thought my other debts were too high. Like my credit card balances and the time. So they told me in requirements: "Must trade in current TFS." My sales consultant basically gave me statement of "If you went to more aggressive dealership. They would of found a way to throw the keys into my pocket. You would leave in heartbeat with two car keys" Since I went to Carmax again and went with the same consultant again. I guess she didn't need the sale but didn't want to see me shoot myself in a foot. Like I said before she kept business relationship with me and got to know each other quite well. She did lecture me quite often when we would bump into each other when I was getting service done. When I tried buying the tC first time (I tried two times.) I thought it was ironic that her co-worker friend was the sales manager. I wonder to this day...if they both plan it that way. I bet million dollars if I went there with least 5k down payment it would of been different story. On my 2nd try...I agreed on trading the xA in. Got my sign on bonus from work within five hours; went back at 11:00 am. Applied for the loan at noon-ish. Got approved around 3:00 pm-ish; turns out TFS didn't believe that I was making $15.00's hour when seven months ago I was making $8.00. Then "somehow" TFS found out another bank approved me for the loan and I agreed their terms. And they decided on offering me the same terms but I guess they called my employer and took additional two hours. I remember the time was going to 4:00 pm when I said "Yes." I didn't leave the dealer until 6:05 pm when I had to work at 6:30 pm. Ran inside the 300,000+ sq feet warehouse then halfway of the building to the time clock. Punched in at 6:28 LOL I think that was the longest day I ever witnessed. Car shopping and working in the same day...I got really cranky when 3:00 am came along. LOL Then to top it off; I didn't eat anything all day until lunch time at work. During my xA's delivery, it was slow and my Dad was crank and hungry. I was hungry cause I didn't eat all day, again. Following day...I realized I had my third key of the xA still. Went back. The consultant happened to be standing there. "Something happened to the car???...Were you late to work???" "No I have my third key for the xA and I want to drop it off." I love telling that story! If you want dealerships to hurry up on delivery.... say you have to work in few hours! Next time I buy a car. It will probably be another Toyota. So I can probably go back and see the same consultant again. I'm bringing $5k for down payment, I'll come on a paid vacation time, and bring $40 bucks in cash. We'll take our time and if I get hungry again... I'm ordering a pizza have it delivered to the sales desk behind her back. LOL Probably won't be a problem that is if I share. LOL Talking about good day...Car shopping and get company pay while doing it. |
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you're cracking me up! I test-drove a 2006 Polar White Scion xA. 5-speed, foglights, aux.mp3 hookup, only $14,295. And my son went along for the test-drive, not my wife. "How d'ya like it?" I asked my 25 y/o son. "It's OK." "Do ya have enough room back there", I asked, because I drove and the salesman rode in the passenger seat. "Yeah." I left, not able to trade our '01 Kia Sportage 4X4 in for this car when my wife was as work. I knew she wouldn't like the car, anyway! I brought the xA sales brochure home and said that I enjoyed the test drive. The result of that conversation? She hated it's looks. End of pursuit. I loved shopping for our '08 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS, in March of 2007. Right down to enjoying the little coffee's out of the machines and Pepsi's. It's fun. She loved the Lancer GTS(though not nearly as much as I did, and still do!!)and we traded for that pup. I see you're from Wiiissssscon-son. My wife and son and bro-in-law are heading up to MilwaukeeFest right now. My wife is pining to see John Mellencamp. Hope she gets to score tickets for that. We love his music and neither of us has ever seen his live show. Update me. You bought a Scion tC, right? I test drove a 2005 Scion tC RS 1.0, in Absolutely Red, that same day I test drove the 2006 Scion xA in Polar White. Nice car, cool throaty exhaust sound. I love Scion's tC and Mitsu's Lancer. Excellent Japanese-built cars.
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Replying to: shaneinmi (Jun 27, 2008 9:56 pm) Mack
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