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10-28-2008, 04:16 PM | #1 |
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Getting the one I want!
I've been browsing through some of the new purchase threads and I'm starting to get a little worried. I'm reading how some options, colors, body styles are very hard to get. My intention is to order a black, 3 door liftback "S", 5speed, with the power package. How hard will this be? What's been the wait for and ordered car? I've been to two dealers so far and one seemed to be ready to order everthing I wanted, but I started to feel a "bait and switch" coming on. My question is, am I asking the impossible or should this go smoothly and I'm worrying for nothing? Thanks for any stories, advice, opinion.
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10-28-2008, 04:30 PM | #2 | |
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10-28-2008, 04:51 PM | #3 |
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Join the club, oldschool. I want a simple, pared-down, no-frills, base three-door automatic and want to pay a BASE price for it, but after going on "Build Your Own" on the Toyota site, looks like I *must* choose one of three option packages... If you choose the third, you pay for a rear-window defroster TWICE (once in the convenience package and again in the all-weather package); I can get cruise, which is the one add-on I might consider since I do a lot of highway commuting, but I can't get that without also getting "keyless entry," which I DON'T want. It's very confusing and I have yet to get a price to work with when I go in to order. Best of luck...
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10-28-2008, 09:22 PM | #6 | |
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10-28-2008, 09:33 PM | #7 | |
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10-28-2008, 09:49 PM | #8 | |
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10-28-2008, 09:51 PM | #9 |
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I throw away $2000 per year easy on cigarettes,booze,and extra stuff I really don't need.
I don't understand all the stressing about buying the power package. If you keep the car 5 years,the package costs you about $1 a day,and saves twice as much on gas. Get the color and style you want,and stop worrying about some paper. |
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10-28-2008, 09:53 PM | #11 |
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oh ok, guess I'm mixing it up with some other color they discontinued.
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10-30-2008, 11:14 AM | #13 |
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UK Yaris
I knew I shouldn't, but I did. I went to the UK Yaris site and you should see all the different (and cool) variations Yaris buyers in Britian can get. Even a 1.8L engine option. I have always envied the cars available to Brits and now even more so.
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10-30-2008, 04:09 PM | #14 |
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I believe Toyota needs the yaris fuel economy to offset the average fleet mpg to prevent fines for cafe.
Even though its probably only a couple mpg's If it weren't for this we would probably have the 1.8 option. http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/CARS/rules/CAFE/overview.htm |
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