Official San Antonio , TX Thread!!

[Rabble]

The first 86 from universal is at the SASCA autox event. Driver no where to be found though. Probably out on course.

[track_warrior]

Originally Posted by Rabble

The first 86 from universal is at the SASCA autox event. Driver no where to be found though. Probably out on course.

Nice to see it being put to work!!

[Satown86]

Lol, that would be my car. I picked it up from Universal Toyota Friday evening. From the cars in the grid, that looks like the first heat and I was definitely on course working with decibel-o-meter.

[Rabble]

Oh, yeah it was first heat. People were walking by and snapping photos like crazy. Thank you so much for letting me get a ride in it. You handled that course like a champ.

[Pseud0logik]

Subbin' for dealer experiences and to bum rides off of people. An FR-S/BRZ is definitely in my future, but probably not for a while.

@Satown86 I heard nothing but praise for your car from people who got rides at Retama. Congrats!

[Satown86]

It was definitely a fan favorite and there is in car video of one of my runs here:

FR-S Auto X at Retama - YouTube

Everyone who got a ride was definitely pleased when they got out of it, especially the pilot

P.S. I'm planning to be at the Coffee and Rides event this Saturday at the Panera bread at 1604/Blanco around 8am if you want to come out and drool at my baby and all the rest of the sick rides that show up.

[tripjammer]

Originally Posted by Satown86

It was definitely a fan favorite and there is in car video of one of my runs here: FR-S Auto X at Retama - YouTube

Everyone who got a ride was definitely pleased when they got out of it, especially the pilot

P.S. I'm planning to be at the Coffee and Rides event this Saturday at the Panera bread at 1604/Blanco around 8am if you want to come out and drool at my baby and all the rest of the sick rides that show up.

That was smooth as fuck! LOL! Man the car is awesome bro!

[tripjammer]

San Antonio\Hill County roads
Check these out....there are more...but these are the best...

Cielo Vista Drive
Scenic Loop Road
Texas 211
State Park Road 37
Ranch Road 470
Ranch Road 337
Ranch Road 187
Ranch Road 336
Ranch Road 335
Tularosa Road
Ranch Road 2523

[Boogs]

Originally Posted by tripjammer

San Antonio\Hill County roads
Check these out....there are more...but these are the best...

Cielo Vista Drive
Scenic Loop Road
Texas 211
State Park Road 37
Ranch Road 470
Ranch Road 337
Ranch Road 187
Ranch Road 336
Ranch Road 335
Tularosa Road
Ranch Road 2523

Thanks for the list , I'm definitely going to check out some of these roads once I get my BRZ. I get to take PR 37 and 211 everyday to work, I love my daily commute.

[tripjammer]

Originally Posted by Boogs

Thanks for the list , I'm definitely going to check out some of these roads once I get my BRZ. I get to take PR 37 and 211 everyday to work, I love my daily commute.

I found some more I will post them tomorrow.

[sa1126]

Any signs of the BRZ's showing up yet?

Alamo Toyota has a charcoal FRS but they marked it up an extra $4k.

[Longhorn248]

According to the dealer database I saw on Saturday the first BRZ should be in SA on the 12th of next month.

[sa1126]

Originally Posted by Longhorn248

According to the dealer database I saw on Saturday the first BRZ should be in SA on the 12th of next month.

Oh nice. Is that at north park? I haven't had the best of luck with them in the past so I was thinking about trying gillman. I'm not on any list so the scion might be the best bet.

[Longhorn248]

Yeah, that's at North Park.

[Puttar]

Been catching the news on here whenever I can but first post finally. Started out at #5 on the list at North Park for BRZ but then changed color twice and got bumped to #7. Every time I saw a new pic, I would go back and change the color. Finally settled on WRB and who knows when that will come in, very likely in the Fall. Will be hitting up coffee and cars until then to see all of yours but just don't make fun of the car that I show up in!!

[Extreme86]

Originally Posted by Longhorn248

According to the dealer database I saw on Saturday the first BRZ should be in SA on the 12th of next month.

I saw that list on Tuesday. Looked like there were 4 cars with VIN #s assigned. Would one of those be yours?

[Longhorn248]

Originally Posted by Extreme86

I saw that list on Tuesday. Looked like there were 4 cars with VIN #s assigned. Would one of those be yours?

Yup. Unless anything has changed since I last saw it, my car should be here a week from Tuesday.

[OVR_RUN]

Hello, i dont have an FR-S yet but will be looking to get one within the next year... (sucks wait that long to get one but i can tell it'll be well worth the wait...) My current ride is an 06 Pontiac Vibe slightly modded. looking forward to owning one of these bad boys and being part of this community

[tripjammer]

The Alamo scion website shows the asphalt fr-s at $25459. You say they marked it up $4k? Wtf?!?

That's crazy!

[sa1126]

Originally Posted by tripjammer

The Alamo scion website shows the asphalt fr-s at $25459. You say they marked it up $4k? Wtf?!?

That's crazy!

Yup. They said they're only getting one every three months.

[Extreme86]

Originally Posted by sa1126

Yup. They said they're only getting one every three months.

According to Timothy Cain @ http://www.goodcarbadcar.net
U.S. May Sales of Subaru BRZ outsold Scion FR-S: 271-86.

Of course...it wasn't a "full month" of sales and supposedly June 1st is the "official" debut date. Will be interesting to look at the June stats (and beyond) to see how many of each model are coming over during this initial "allocation" period which supposedly runs to November. I think I saw that there are over 900 Scion shops at approx. 1200 Toyota dealers in the U.S. Probably around 600 Subaru dealers. If each Toyobaru dealer got one 86 car per month...that's approx. 1500 vehicles/mo. Annually, that's a 18,000 per year U.S. production rate.

I think Subaru initially estimated annual BRZ sales @ 6000 and I think Toyota FRS was around 10K for U.S. sales. And then we heard pre-order sales in Japan were like what? 4-7 times greater than anticipated? So, they were going to up the annual combined factory production rate to around 100,000 a year?

I suspect they are focusing initial production on their domestic market at this point. I doubt they can build 8.3K of these a month as yet to reach that 100K goal but, I bet we have a delivery surge later on this Summer as they begin to get their logistics challenges addressed. My dealer told me they could easily sell 150 BRZs. It's no wonder we see some of the sorry @$$ examples of the dealer mark-ups at the moment. People need to be patient...and, you lucky dogs that have your BRZs and FRSs...you are envied for sure!

[tripjammer]

Originally Posted by sa1126

Yup. They said they're only getting one every three months.

Yep they lying...they will get at least 2 to 3 per month. FR-S will not be as rare as the BRZ.

Screw it...i am solidly in the BRZ limited camp. Just trying to figure out where to place an order. I don't mind if I don't get it till Xmas. But the longer I wait, i might end up with a 2014 model.

Hopefully the VIP discounts will kick in, once production really ramps up...