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11-06-2008, 12:07 PM | #1 |
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2009 Yaris "S" - no 5MT Hatchback?
When I try to configure a Yaris online with the 5MT transmission and in the "S" trim level ... I can't. I'm forced to change to the automatic transmission. Is this true that the '09 S is not available with a manual transmission? Seems kinda silly that you can only get a tachometer if you get an automatic transmission.
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11-06-2008, 12:10 PM | #2 |
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are you wanting a 3 dr or 5 dr?
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11-06-2008, 12:12 PM | #3 |
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Sorry should have specified. 2 door hatchback. That thing on the back isn't a door 'cause humans don't enter through it. ;)
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11-06-2008, 12:22 PM | #4 |
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I entered through mine yesterday...
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11-06-2008, 01:20 PM | #5 |
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Dont go by the build and price thing on their website. It is wrong, you can get a sport 5MT 3dr. When I got my 08 it said the same thing and mine is a stick and an S model.
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11-06-2008, 01:29 PM | #6 |
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11-06-2008, 02:32 PM | #7 |
'09 5dr
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3-door has manual.
5-door doesn't have manual. And 3-door S looks nice... |
11-06-2008, 07:12 PM | #8 |
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OOOOR, you could just call a local Servco Toyota dealership and ask them.
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11-06-2008, 07:25 PM | #9 |
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Or its called just look at the Yaris part of their website and not the build and price part and its right there. This isn't that hard and people at the dealership are more than likely not going to know a thing.
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11-06-2008, 07:48 PM | #10 | |
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I feel bad for you if you have to deal with employees at your local dealership that have no idea how to do their job right. More often than not, the employees I dealt with at my local dealership knew the correct answer to any question I had.
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11-06-2008, 07:57 PM | #11 |
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I was just going off of what the Toyota USA website told me. Every time I tried to select the "S" with 5MT instead of AT it forced me to change back to base trim.
I'd be a happy camper if I could get the 2 door hatchback with the "row 'yer own" transmission. Hopefully within a month. I'd like to get it this month, but school / work / house stuff might be too much. |
11-06-2008, 08:38 PM | #12 |
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The website might be listing the transmission as auto only for the S lb assuming most people are looking at the 5-door which only comes in auto. Like I said, call the dealership. Much faster and you'll get a definitive answer.
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11-06-2008, 08:47 PM | #13 |
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I had a similar experience. I'm a n00b to Toyota but thus far as a potential customer, I cannot buy their product. Even if I want to.
I am looking for the 1431 model: Yaris Liftback S, 3-Dr., manual transmission According to my local dealer, there are none in my region. According to toyota.com, there are none in my region nor my surrounding region. According to the online toyota.com chat, the only place where this is available is L.A. So for a car that's in print on a brochure and listed on their website descriptions (as well as other sites such as edmunds.com), it's not available. But at least I can log into toyota.com with an L.A. zip code and play around with the build your own configurations, right? Backstory: The sole motivation for an "S" model is the tachometer, as I also prefer the standard manual transmission. Yet... on the only website, where I can find the 3 Dr. in an S... it's only configurable with an automatic transmission. Yes, my friends, the only way to get a tachometer on a 3-Dr Liftback is to order the transmission that doesn't need it. Thus far the ordering experience has been like banging your head against the wall, but without the fringe benefits. Is this a 2009 thing? Were any of the 2008 3-Dr. Liftback S models available with a tach? Did the boat sink? What do current manual Yaris Liftback owners do? Rely on the rev limiter? (I hope it has one or an upshift light) (Sorry if i seem cranky, but I just lost a couple hours of my life talking to Toyota. With no answers other than to talk to the people I've already been talking to.) |
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11-07-2008, 11:11 AM | #15 |
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When I said that the people at the dealerships don't know anything about the cars I meant the salesmen. Most of the time I knew more about the cars at the dealership I worked at and all the other dealerships I have been to in all of socal (used to do nothing but dealer trades to many different dealerships) The guys that tend to know about the cars are sometimes the parts guys but if its a car that is rare then they usually don't know about it cause they have never had hands on experience with the car.
But if you guys are going by Toyota's website and think that the car does not exist because of it not being on there then your crazy. When I got my 08 S model it said that the car was not available in my area either but I still got it and without ordering it. In other words, call dealerships or go to them and look for the car. If the salesmen says that they don't make it like that then he doesn't know what he is talking about.
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11-06-2008, 08:54 PM | #16 |
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Well, certain regions tend to get certain models. Before the hack, we had several lively discussion about this. Toyota America will look at a potential market (east coast, west coast, south, etc.) and will determine what they think will sell the best in each specific region. If the people making the decision don't feel that a particular trim / package will sell well in that region, they strike it from the list of deliveries for that particular region. For example, I live in Hawaii, so we're not going to be getting the cold weather package as lowest temperature in the deep winter is maybe low 60s / high 50s.
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11-06-2008, 09:02 PM | #17 |
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I can understand how that can apply to option packages. But I can't find this anywhere in a standard (manual) configuration, despite it having a dedicated model number: 1431.
Maybe it's just too early for the 2009's to be rolled out? Despite them having most of the other variants of Yarii? |
11-06-2008, 09:16 PM | #18 | |
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