Sick of Scion Runaround

[GhostofAkina]

I've been hunting down the FRS in southern California since I decided to get one. I've gone to several dealers around here and much to my chagrin I have found that almost every one has been adding either leather seats, navigation, and rims and have been jacking up the price to over 30k. After explicty asking for a stock from the factory FRS the dealers tell me they have one and then wait for me to get there to tell me they've added "sweet 18" performance rims" which I know are worth $1,400 tops and then adding $4,000 to the sticker. I found one dealer that is willing to sell me an FRS stock but I'm on a waiting list and who knows how long it will take to actually come in. I'm just sick of these shady Scion dealers. I could'nt hold my tongue any longer. I thought Subaru was bad, Scion has been proven to be worse. Just had to vent.

[bestwheelbase]

This sounds like a good excuse for a road trip. (Fly out, drive the new car home)

[86_ZN6]

search in norcal

[MF_DEUCE]

Go to Power Toyota Cerritos at the Cerritos Auto Square.

No mark ups, no BS, No Hassle, No Problems.

[gunmetal5]

John crown Toyota/scion in Ontario was fired and did not add any add ons to my order. Give Fred a call and let him know Nit sent you. (909) 223-3544

[midnightfrolic]

picked mine up two days ago at Tustin Scion location. They had 4 left after I picked up their only raven color. act fast my friend. They had it for MSRP but it already had some applique coating, and the Bespoke system, but sold it for what it was worth msrp. Don't opt for the 5Axis since they doubled the price compared with the 5Axis website (2200 ==> 4790 intalled...OUCH!). I declined it and will persue other options and venues. Everything else was great tho. Enjoyable experience.

Tustin had:
blue
argento x3

[GhostofAkina]

Thanks guys. I'll follow up with those leads for sure. You can imagine my disappointment after driving 30 miles through LA rush hour traffic with my down payment cash in my pocket only to be confronted this nonsense.

[Supermassive]

Jeez that sucks, I got my Whiteout FR-S at Big Two Toyota/Scion here in Phoenix for $26k and change in July. I guess I was lucky, I only had to wait 2 weeks for mine to be shipped and they didnt try to add any "crap" to the car except tint. I feel for ya though.

[Veloist]

When I was on the look for one, I started looking for some in SoCal because of the same reasons. NorCal has around 5 MSRP-only dealerships but I do not know if they have changed their ways. I made a short list on the NorCal Available Cars thread in the California section.

The car is about a $1300 deal and dealers know demand is through the roof (@ MSRP) so of course they'd want to get a little more. Dealers can easily make 3x,5x and some are shooting for 10x the profit.

To me, it was worth the wait to get an FR-S at MSRP. If you're really motivated, get on a wait list at a NorCal dealer, I know a few. Usually they just say they have a wait list, and sometimes it ends up being a first come first served thing.

[jmaryt]

Originally Posted by GhostofAkina

I've been hunting down the FRS in southern California since I decided to get one. I've gone to several dealers around here and much to my chagrin I have found that almost every one has been adding either leather seats, navigation, and rims and have been jacking up the price to over 30k. After explicty asking for a stock from the factory FRS the dealers tell me they have one and then wait for me to get there to tell me they've added "sweet 18" performance rims" which I know are worth $1,400 tops and then adding $4,000 to the sticker. I found one dealer that is willing to sell me an FRS stock but I'm on a waiting list and who knows how long it will take to actually come in. I'm just sick of these shady Scion dealers. I could'nt hold my tongue any longer. I thought Subaru was bad, Scion has been proven to be worse. Just had to vent.

money game! IF people will pay it,they will keep doing it!

[shishand]

Originally Posted by midnightfrolic

picked mine up two days ago at Tustin Scion location. They had 4 left after I picked up their only raven color. act fast my friend. They had it for MSRP but it already had some applique coating, and the Bespoke system, but sold it for what it was worth msrp. Don't opt for the 5Axis since they doubled the price compared with the 5Axis website (2200 ==> 4790 intalled...OUCH!). I declined it and will persue other options and venues. Everything else was great tho. Enjoyable experience.

Tustin had:
blue
argento x3

Picked up mine from there too about two weeks ago, talk to anthony, very good person! i actually made him remove the premium bespoke, only thing added was a perma coating? regardless it was ALMOST msrp, the difference was bellow 500$ from the msrp and mine was the white out as well which is an extra 200$..

[number1Tango]

i got my frs just 2hrs after it showed up at the dealer, I got lucky and caught them just in time because they wanted to add leather, tint, everything.. i told them I was buying the frs as is and they fought with me for several hours because they wanted to jack the price up with ad ons. needless to say i won and got the frs for just over msrp. they wouldn't let me take it unless they added $1K to the sticker which isn't much compared to what they have been doing. I got mine at Keyes Toyota in Van Nuys Ca.

Just keep hunting and build a relationship with a sales rep to get the upper hand maybe. patience.

[Ingen]

Originally Posted by number1Tango

they wouldn't let me take it unless they added $1K to the sticker which isn't much compared to what they have been doing. I got mine at Keyes Toyota in Van Nuys Ca.
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I ordered mine in, waited 6 weeks and got it precisely as specified for exactly the same price as the configurator on the website. I might have spent 5 minutes with the finance man.

Come east, OP. It's nice here.

I would call Scion USA and chew their ass about the up-marking bullshit, it's obviously a scam. I reported a dealer for taking a new FR-S, driving it 500 miles and then listing as "used" from their sister Toyota dealer for 3k over sticker.

Car's not for sale anymore

edit: also, the idea of a dealership adding wheels to a car like this is WEIRD AS HELL TO ME.

OK, off to drive my baby to work <3

[CaptainSlow]

Can't they just order you one? I think it's like a $500 deposit and they'll order you whatever you want...just have to wait for it to be built and shipped over (that's what I'm doing here in Michigan). If they try to add anything on top of it, tell them you won't pay for it.