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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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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Jun 28, 2008 2:36 pm) It's good car. Rattles are pain in the "A" but I'm used it by now. I taught myself how to do own oil changes which is quite easy on the engine since the drain plug and filter are foot away from the passenger fender. You really don't need to go under the car completely; my left shoulder and arm only goes under. Oh and the filter is straight down so its easy to tighten and unscrew without problems. My co-worker knows to do anything...audio, performance, and exterior. I asked him to repaint my car. He said "Okay, what color?" I'm thinking of purple-dark blue-ish. Then he said "Oh we can do audio, and some performance." He said "Depends on what you want? If you go for performance...We can do it. If you want looks? We can do that? Also depends on how much you want to spend?" I told him least 5k. But I'm thinking of making it lighter by ripping out the backseats put in racing seats. I might put the rest of exhaust system. My theory is...if I'm keeping this car for weekend fun. It also means I'm going to want to race it at the local drag strip. |
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I would definitely second that emotion on racing that pup down at the local strip. This is why we love our cars. Exactly why I fell in love with my '08 Mitsu Lancer GTS. What a delicious looking car! I love accelerating in to turns with it. Love it! It sounds like you scored big with finding a capable automotive worker in your co-worker, there. Nice find! Now you can make that tC in to your own rig, come what may or what might. I love these tC's and I thought the xA was fun to drive, too. But not nearly as fun to drive as that '05 Scion tC RS 1.0 in Absolutely Red was. That was a 5-speed and its exhaust already sounded modded! It growled when your punched it, especially through gears 2, 3 and 4. I remember while going to school in Missouri, my wife and I took a little trip to Bull Shoals Dam, and Mountain Home, AR. Pretty part of America there, for sure. But, one night, we left the motel in search of some good road food. I drove our '01 Kia Sportage 4X4 up a little incline, when all of a sudden I heard this throaty exhaust sound. Now, ya gotta remember that all of this time I was checkin' out Scion Life and other Scion websites, and still thinking I was gonna buy a Scion tC one day. Well, what car passes me slowly on my left, a silver, shiny Scion tC! The driver revved it up and slowly passed by us. My wife doesn't share my love for cars, so, I said nothing about it. What was there to it, you might wonder? It was how cool that car sounded and how cool it looked when our Sportage's headlights lit up the back of it on that warm Arkansas evening! I love cars and one of them I love is the Scion tC. Some complain that the Celica was unfairly trounced by this car. Like they're wondering why Toyota replaced the Celica with the tC. Longer discussion could ensue on that issue, but we won't go there now. Uh-huh, ladies and germs, this car trumps the outgoing Celica, with the numbers not even being close, IMHO. 
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Replying to: mackabee (Jun 28, 2008 11:04 pm)
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Replying to: vasto (Jun 29, 2008 11:46 am)  Mackabee 
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Jun 29, 2008 9:32 am) But of course hearing the TRD; makes cops want to do "Cat and Mouse" with me too. Here's a link to sound clip; I have it on my car domain site. http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2581260
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