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Purchase after looking\touching\sitting in the car. | 4 | 3.70% | |
Purchase after DEALER takes you around for a test drive. | 1 | 0.93% | |
Purchase only after YOU test drive. | 67 | 62.04% | |
Purchase decision already made. | 36 | 33.33% | |
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03-14-2012, 11:35 AM | #1 |
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Have you made your purchase decision?
Given how hard it will be to find this car (possibly purchasing from dealers far away) and not having much time to make a decision, what would you do? All assuming the cost is within your range:
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03-14-2012, 11:40 AM | #2 |
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#1 & #3 for me. I gotta do every little things before actually buying it. Even thou it looks good as is, THAT doesn't mean anything. Gotta look around again, touch exterior & interior, sit to feel comfy, and test drive to make sure I like em... before buying it
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03-14-2012, 11:45 AM | #3 |
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#3 for me (which I consider implies #1)
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03-14-2012, 11:59 AM | #4 |
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I looked/touched/sat in the car and it felt cheap.
Replace my actual car with it? No. Build a track car? Yes. I think we won't see any new Honda S2000, Mazda RX-7 or Nissan Silvia that soon, so I may end up getting it later. So get a 30.000 € daily driver? No. I'll wait longer and get a 60.000 € Porsche Cayman. |
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Neither. I'm going to continue pestering Toyota, daily, until they release a Toyota version along side the Scion and Subaru. If not, I'll stick with my Celica until Toyota releases a sports/performance car under their brand name and not an off-shoot. Sorry, my brand loyalty is too strong. Can't do the brother/sister/partner company, for a number of reasons.
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My purchase decision will be dependent upon price.
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My decision includes most of the above and most importantly price. not just MSRP but what the final OTD price can be negotiated at.
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As I said they're a brother/sister company, well more of a child company. They do not have the same operation as Toyota or vision. (Pure pricing garbage with one model and they go cheap/affordable instead of quality at slight extra cost which is huge to me.) I will not argue that they are the same family, but they are different.
Edit: Actually, by your logic, you're saying Subaru is Toyota because Toyota owns majority shares in Fuji Heavy Industries, which owns Subaru. Last edited by Saber_TRD; 03-14-2012 at 12:33 PM. |
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Done deal.
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+1. So for folks who want it to be a toyota, i am sure you can re-badge it (undo what toyota is doing in Japan before they ship it stateside). Officially i am sure the manufacturer will be listed as toyota motor corp.
I think you can even take it to a toyota dealer for Oil change\regular maintenance and they might not say no. In most cases the scion and toyota delalers share the same building\lot, atleast the one i am talking to does. |
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Not good enough for me, I want a GT 86 equivalent, not a G 86 equivalent. Don't say Subaru, the styling differences and suspension differences I do not want. |
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