New Yaris on order..

[fazz]

I just ordered a liftback today, when do you think I would take delivery? I'm in Detroit. (i'm taking alot of crap from people too)

[t-bone]

Why did you order one? Was your configuration a little bit different than most others?

By the way, what price were you able to negotiate?

[fearturtle44]

Originally Posted by fazz

I just ordered a liftback today, when do you think I would take delivery? I'm in Detroit. (i'm taking alot of crap from people too)

Congrats on order. You need to stay on your sales person as many times a car (like the one you ordered) is in the allocation but going to another dealer. Many times dealers will "swap" cars. Unless you have a strange configuration, you probably can get your car earlier than just waiting on your order to come in.

Good luck.

Kevin

[fazz]

Originally Posted by t-bone

Why did you order one? Was your configuration a little bit different than most others?

By the way, what price were you able to negotiate?

I got the POWER package and 4 options. $14,449

[fazz]

Originally Posted by fearturtle44

Congrats on order. You need to stay on your sales person as many times a car (like the one you ordered) is in the allocation but going to another dealer. Many times dealers will "swap" cars. Unless you have a strange configuration, you probably can get your car earlier than just waiting on your order to come in.

Good luck.

Kevin

Thanks Kevin, this is my 1st new car (for me), in 15 years.

[t-bone]

Originally Posted by fazz

I got the POWER package and 4 options. $14,449

Nice.... is that before or after tax?

[fazz]

Before tax. Total is $15,xxx I forgot exact amount, I got to look again.

My wife is giving me such a hard time about not buying american.

[chibianh]

yeah.. seems like the liftbacks are hard to come by. My sister walked into a dealer over the weekend and they just happened to have one, so she jumped on it. Otherwise, she would've had to wait a few weeks.

[ricko]

I understand the buy American (or in my case buy Canadian) problem. I always felt good that my last 2 Acuras were built less than 100km from my home. Sometimes though, you just have to buy the right car for you. Many of the U.S. small cars are actually built outside of North America anyway. I would like to support the N.A. workers, I don't really care about the shareholders profits.

[jdgriswald]

Originally Posted by fazz

My wife is giving me such a hard time about not buying american.

Well at least the Yaris might outlast your marriage.

j/k

[why?]

If an american car company had a vehicle that could get gas mileage like the Yaris I might have taken a look.

But they don't.

The other problem is a lot of so called "American" cars are made somewhere else, like Mexico.

[bigsky2]

The wait time for a liftback (that's the same term for hatchback right?) is about 6-8 weeks if it is a factory order.

Since you're in Detroit, I suspect it will take a full 8 to 10 weeks.

The vehicles would most likely discharge at Seattle or Tacoma, and then be loaded into a rail car for transport to Detroit, since that is an inland port.

If you're lucky, your dealership will source a vehicle that is exactly to your specifications. That source vehicle could possibly already be ordered, or in transit. So as long as that source vehicle is not committed to anyone else, you can secure it with a deposit.

Congrats and enjoy!

[fearturtle44]

Originally Posted by why?

If an american car company had a vehicle that could get gas mileage like the Yaris I might have taken a look.

But they don't.

The other problem is a lot of so called "American" cars are made somewhere else, like Mexico.

Hate to say it but I will never have another American car though some foreign cars are now made in USA. My Corolla, Camry, and Subaru have been much better vehicles than my Escort and Chevy S10.

Kevin

[stuffy]

i won't buy another from the n.american companies, quality and design is a big issue. i don't think they give a shit with the small cars they make, they just throw them together and hope you will buy the piece of crap,
whereas the japanese tend to put more effort into the small cars that they make,

also, toyota seems committed to creating more jobs here in n.america, and as others have pointed out, the big 3 are shipping jobs elsewhere anyway so no sense in being loyal to them, they aren't loyal to us.

[foober]

I've seen too many of my relatives and friends have to constantly take their american manufactured cars in for service. I'll sadly never buy an american manufactured car. Japense made vehicles seem even better than european cars. I'd rather be driving the car than having it in for work all the time.

[AestheticalFilm]

toyota started building its trucks in america, thats how they can use a tacoma for the truck races.

only a matter of time until toyota brings production of other models over here

[why?]

We'll see. I think the American car companies are finally realizing they can't just sail by with bad products. The American car brands are coming up with some pretty good products, however I am simply not going to buy a car made in mexico.

Toyota makes Camry's, Camry Hybrids, Corolla, Tundra, Matrix, 4 cyl engines, 6 cyl engines, 8 cyl engines all in the USA.

And I think I prolly missed some.

[eight_heads]

i just ordered a 5spd silver liftback here in louisiana and was told it would be here by the 10th, so about 2 weeks... i wish it was here now