why settle? - Toyota Yaris Forums

graywolf_14 · 01-10-2007, 11:30 AM

Ok I have read the same story a couple times and I dont get it. If u are buying a new car why would u settle for a color u dont want or one with out the options u want? The whole point of buying a new car is to get exactly what u want. If you want a blue car dont settle for a pink one. If you want power windows dont settle for crank. The dealer trys getting u into another one tell them what u want or leave.

spkrman · 01-10-2007, 01:06 PM

if you can settle for whats on the lot... you get it now...

otherwise you can wait months.

ChinoCharles · 01-10-2007, 01:16 PM

Although many people on the forums are very enthusiastic about what they want, it still boils down to what we need, which quite simply is four wheels and 34/40 MPG.

Quite frankly I would have settled for a fuschia Yaris with burlap seats if it got 40 MPG highway.

spkrman · 01-10-2007, 01:18 PM

burlap is the new suede

acrbill · 01-10-2007, 05:27 PM

I never would have bought my Yaris if it was Meteorite or Bayou blue.
I could not own a car with a color I did not like. To me honest I probably would not have taken anything but Polar White.

Some people will make concessions on unimportant things. Just for kicks here is the list of options in order of importance to me.

Price- My Yaris stickered for $12,560 and the next option range up was over 13k

Manual trans-Even if the automatic was $500 cheaper I still would have gone with the manual trans.

Color-Polar white is the sharpest color IMO. I would have settled for red,black or blazing blue.

I am going to buy a Dodge Challenger once it comes out. I will not settle when it comes to buying a $40k car.

redglare45 · 01-10-2007, 07:08 PM

I mainly focused on a good economy car with a manual tranny, abs, and power features. Car color was not my main focus, atleast for this being my daily driver.

Typer73 · 01-10-2007, 08:41 PM

I ordered mine with everything I wanted, right down to the color & the alloy wheels. Only had to wait 3 weeks, yea... even that long just about killed me and I pretty much abused my Olds Cutlass those last 3 weeks but I made it. And I'm glad I waited!

TrancosRt · 01-10-2007, 10:13 PM

I got the car I wanted but the color. According to the salesman, they did not know when where they going to get a Blazing HB, and after seeing the Meteorite in person I knew I wasn't going to regret not waiting. I got a car that looked better faster!

hasher22 · 01-10-2007, 10:46 PM

I got my red yaris cuz point

1 - i needed a cheap car ASAP!
2 - me mum wouldnt let me buy any other brand
3 - I got the car from the dealership right there and then and im so happy that it was a YRS model (the one with the 1.5L engine)

Though im happy with red and happy with my YRS model. If i had to choose a colour it woulda have been Blue, Black or IF THE DAMN YARIS HATCH MADE THE SEDAN RED I WOULDA TAKEN THAT COLOUR SO BAD! im jealous of that sedan red...so hot

Blenjar · 01-10-2007, 10:48 PM

They hustled n got what I wanted in 1 day...i ordered too!!

-- Blen

spkrman · 01-10-2007, 11:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acrbill

I never would have bought my Yaris if it was Meteorite or Bayou blue.
I could not own a car with a color I did not like. To me honest I probably would not have taken anything but Polar White.

Some people will make concessions on unimportant things. Just for kicks here is the list of options in order of importance to me.

Price- My Yaris stickered for $12,560 and the next option range up was over 13k

Manual trans-Even if the automatic was $500 cheaper I still would have gone with the manual trans.

Color-Polar white is the sharpest color IMO. I would have settled for red,black or blazing blue.

I am going to buy a Dodge Challenger once it comes out. I will not settle when it comes to buying a $40k car.

$40k... I can wait for what I want

static808 · 01-11-2007, 01:16 AM

not settling here. ordered october 19th. car is currently being prepped at the ports (vip alarm, optional alloys, armrest). soon enough we will be driving one of the rarest vehicles in socal, a black yaris liftback auto WITH side airbags and power package. worth the wait?? the recent crash test results definitely say so. my wife will be driving this car as a commuter, so it was either a 3-4 month wait, or the possibility of raising my daughter as a single parent. YEAH, we'll wait!

--B

01-10-2007, 11:30 AM	#1
graywolf_14 View User's Garage Drives: um not a yaris but hopefully Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Wichita ks Posts: 207	why settle? Ok I have read the same story a couple times and I dont get it. If u are buying a new car why would u settle for a color u dont want or one with out the options u want? The whole point of buying a new car is to get exactly what u want. If you want a blue car dont settle for a pink one. If you want power windows dont settle for crank. The dealer trys getting u into another one tell them what u want or leave.

01-10-2007, 05:27 PM	#5
acrbill Drives: Polar White Hatch Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: chicago Posts: 407	I never would have bought my Yaris if it was Meteorite or Bayou blue. I could not own a car with a color I did not like. To me honest I probably would not have taken anything but Polar White. Some people will make concessions on unimportant things. Just for kicks here is the list of options in order of importance to me. Price- My Yaris stickered for $12,560 and the next option range up was over 13k Manual trans-Even if the automatic was $500 cheaper I still would have gone with the manual trans. Color-Polar white is the sharpest color IMO. I would have settled for red,black or blazing blue. I am going to buy a Dodge Challenger once it comes out. I will not settle when it comes to buying a $40k car. __________________ ChinoCharles Intake supporter.

01-10-2007, 10:46 PM	#9
hasher22 Look mum no stars!! Drives: Toyota Yaris 06 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Sydney Posts: 1,469	I got my red yaris cuz point 1 - i needed a cheap car ASAP! 2 - me mum wouldnt let me buy any other brand 3 - I got the car from the dealership right there and then and im so happy that it was a YRS model (the one with the 1.5L engine) Though im happy with red and happy with my YRS model. If i had to choose a colour it woulda have been Blue, Black or IF THE DAMN YARIS HATCH MADE THE SEDAN RED I WOULDA TAKEN THAT COLOUR SO BAD! im jealous of that sedan red...so hot __________________

01-11-2007, 01:16 AM	#12
static808 Engineer/Artist/House-Dad View User's Garage Drives: 2006 Toyota Sienna XLE Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California Posts: 419	not settling here. ordered october 19th. car is currently being prepped at the ports (vip alarm, optional alloys, armrest). soon enough we will be driving one of the rarest vehicles in socal, a black yaris liftback auto WITH side airbags and power package. worth the wait?? the recent crash test results definitely say so. my wife will be driving this car as a commuter, so it was either a 3-4 month wait, or the possibility of raising my daughter as a single parent. YEAH, we'll wait! --B __________________ His: 2006 Toyota Sienna XLE Arctic Frost Pearl, FC Package, 2007 Solara Nav unit, Spoiler, Running Boards & Auto-dimming rear mirror Hers: 2007 Toyota Yaris LB Black Sand Pearl, Auto, Power Package, Side Airbags, VIP security, USDM center armrest, and accessory 7 spoke 15" alloy wheels

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