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06-23-2012, 04:17 PM | #19 |
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Drives: 2012 Yaris L 2dr 5sp Join Date: Apr 2012
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I was told by a Toyota sales manager that only 1.5% of Yaris sold are 5 speed manuals because no one wants to bother with shifting. So it appears that the sticks are just being avidly sought after by a very small segment of the buying public...
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06-23-2012, 04:55 PM | #20 | |
Drives: 2012 Yaris SE 5MT Join Date: May 2012
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Congrats on the white 5sp SE, we have the same car! Did your car come from Route 44 Toyota in Raynham Mass?? That would be crazy! I had the same problem ordering mine and I work for Toyota! We tried changing an allocated unit to white SE 5sp and the order was cancelled. After a couple of calls to the regional office we were told a special order was needed and would take roughly 100-110 days. Umm, no. After doing a locate we discovered that a socal dealer had two inbound white SE's but they were sitting on a dock in Japan, headed to a different port and could not be flipped into our inventory because Calif has a different port that we midwest folks. Fail. Literally there were 18 SE 5MT in any color available in 48 states during the two weeks we looked. Mine was at one dealer and traded to another when it flipped up in the locate screen. I had to truck it to Chicago area from Boston at a cost of $600 and the other dealer demanded an Avalon from our next allocation. Ouch! Our rep figured by the model matrix that perhaps less than 250 will make it here as it is less than a percent of the total build of Yaris. Auto's are even somewhat rare. One of our drivers liked my car so much he bought a white automatic and the sales department is having a hell of a time getting one. IIRC the locate for in stock units in early May looked like this for 5MT SE: White 2 (one in MA and one in AZ) Red 6 Silver 3 Black 4 Grey 1 (almost bought this one as it was close for trading, Missouri) Teal 1 Blazing Blue 1 Wave Line 1 I kinda want to check the locator again and see what is where.. We were checking it twice a day for a month! |
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06-23-2012, 04:55 PM | #21 |
Drives: '12 Yaris LE Lagoon Blue Mica Join Date: Feb 2012
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That was the reason I purchased an at.,just in case I decided to sell mine...
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06-23-2012, 07:16 PM | #22 |
Drives: 2010 Yaris S Join Date: Apr 2010
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06-23-2012, 08:33 PM | #23 |
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Drives: 2012 Yaris L 2dr 5sp Join Date: Apr 2012
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Ok...
Is it a little less worthless now? |
06-23-2012, 09:58 PM | #24 |
Drives: 2012 Yaris SE 5MT Join Date: May 2012
Location: Midwest
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06-24-2012, 11:10 AM | #25 |
Drives: 2012 Toyota Yaris SE Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Niagara Falls NY.
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No I got mine from Falmouth Toyota, but they did have a second white SE 5sp that they Dealer traded at about the same time I bought mine.
sir ur twin pipes look sooooo sweet. Thats what I wanted and to do, till I got an SE. My original purchase was going to be a 3dr LE, till I seen, sat in and drove the SE, rear disc brakes was the big pusher. They even just look so cool. I already looked into swapping front bumpers, the suspension is a easy thing to do, but loved the tires and rims, the I call a sweet looking sport rear bumper some call fake air diffuser, front seats were the other main pusher, rear disc brakes make the thing stop so flat and nice, even with the drums in the rear it did , even the LE seats fit very nice. And it wasn't long till I fell for the SE 5 door as a total package, and not have to play with body parts, suspensions, tire and rims. YET. Last edited by Yaris SE Runner; 06-24-2012 at 11:25 AM. |
06-24-2012, 01:03 PM | #26 | |
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06-24-2012, 07:52 PM | #27 | |
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06-25-2012, 07:23 PM | #28 |
Drives: 2012 Yaris SE Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Northern NJ
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I know this is a shot in the dark, but I saw another white SE last Friday in Mass.(20 minutes away from Gillette Stadium). Was it you?
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