Sho gets her FR-S (Finally!) - Pics!

[86design]

congrats....

[Extreme86]

Originally Posted by LostTHEbeat

If you've followed any of my recent posts or threads, you'd know we (my girlfriend and I) have been awaiting the "release event" for her First 86 FR-S. About a month ago, we were contacted by a Regional Director for Scion about setting a date for a release party and we were given a "media release form" that we had to sign to consent to being filmed and miked. We set the date the earliest we could, May 16th, based on when Scion expected the car to arrive here in Las Vegas. The car arrived much earlier than expected, on the 2nd, but we had to wait due to the coordination required between Scion and Desert Scion of Las Vegas - our chosen dealership. We had an out of state trip planned for the week prior to the 16th anyway, so we kept a positive attitude about having to wait. Well the date has finally come, and although I wanted to share our experience and get these pictures up last night, we've just been having too much fun driving and showing off! Event was great - good music, good food, great people from the local Scion Club, fellow forum members, and Scion corporate guys!

Congratulations!!! Awesome pics of your white FRS. Best photos I've ever seen of that color....and the scenery and all....spectacular! Thanks for sharing. Really nice treatment from the Toyota/Scion folks to make it special for you guys! Driving impressions??? When ya'll get a chance to share. We need to know if Sho is pleased with performance, likes it better than the xB, etc.???

[SkitterSkotter]

Stunning, simply stunning. I'm getting so jealous of all that have received their car at this point. I'm starting to get extremely frustrated with my scion dealership. I have not heard once single effing word from them since I made my deposit, seems like I went to the worst possible dealership ever.

Enjoy your car though man, it looks brilliant.

[bestwheelbase]

Congrats!

Your photos captured the action of the event very well.. and those scenery shots are just incredible. You two definitely know the good roads in your area!

We love what Sho did with her t-shirt -- so creative! She is the first person to customize something from bestwheelbase. Rock on with yo bad self!

[trackmagic]

Good looking car! Congrats!

[Koji_Online]

Originally Posted by LostTHEbeat

I HATE cameras, but it's her car, so most of the attention was on her (she and her salesman Paulie had to wear mics the whole time). Lot's of interviews and camera attention for her, I tried to avoid and just take pics, until Scion asked me to do an on-camera interview as well. Kinda nervous about that, I'm betting I didn't give them any footage to use!

Lol so that's why you were always off to the sides.

Great shots on location dude, glad to have met you guys at the event!

[Prava]

Originally Posted by SkitterSkotter

Stunning, simply stunning. I'm getting so jealous of all that have received their car at this point. I'm starting to get extremely frustrated with my scion dealership. I have not heard once single effing word from them since I made my deposit, seems like I went to the worst possible dealership ever.

Enjoy your car though man, it looks brilliant.

I can honestly say I'm on the same situation.

[Prava]

Congrats to both of you! Hopefully my dealer won't do anything like this because I just want to do the paperwork and gtfo and drive!

[AX_FRS]

Lots of great pics! Looks sooo nice.

[ESBjiujitsu]

awesome pics and congrats!!!!!!

[StuttterButtter]

Congrats on your car.

simply amazing pics some of the best iv seen of this car yet!

[sho]

congrats
i cant wait to get mine here next month in the same color too!

p.s. your gf has a great name

[thill]

Awesome pics! Looks like it was a really fun day and something you will always remember. I am really liking the white and I love that your girlfriend wanted the manual. She (the car and the girlfriend) is a keeper

[MarkRacerX]

Enjoy !!! Great color choice

[Mari0]

Congratz. Tons of very nice (HUGE) photos haha (:

[LostTHEbeat]

Originally Posted by Extreme86

Congratulations!!! Awesome pics of your white FRS. Best photos I've ever seen of that color....and the scenery and all....spectacular! Thanks for sharing. Really nice treatment from the Toyota/Scion folks to make it special for you guys! Driving impressions??? When ya'll get a chance to share. We need to know if Sho is pleased with performance, likes it better than the xB, etc.???

She hasn't revved hard yet, but the shifts are so smooth, ride is on-rails, and seats are just right. Obviously they are much different cars. She didn't really take issue with the driving position, but obviously it's a change for her from driving the Scion Short Bus, so she's been trying to find the perfect "feel" between the wheel and her seat.

But yeah, she loves it and has a smile on her face whenever she gets in it.

Originally Posted by bestwheelbase

Congrats!

Your photos captured the action of the event very well.. and those scenery shots are just incredible. You two definitely know the good roads in your area!

We love what Sho did with her t-shirt -- so creative! She is the first person to customize something from bestwheelbase. Rock on with yo bad self!

Thanks. The Scion guys LOVED her shirt by the way. Seriously, I think they were more interested in that shirt than anything else about the event. Half interested in the shirt to begin with, and half interested in what other handiwork Sho could bring to spice up a tee.

Originally Posted by Koji_Online

Lol so that's why you were always off to the sides.

Great shots on location dude, glad to have met you guys at the event!

Lol, I tried to avoid it as much as possible. They wanted me in the passenger seat when they filmed her driving off the lot, but since I wasn't in any of the other footage, I'm not sure if it would have made any sense for the whole "story" they were trying to tell. Funny how they wanted to do reshoots a bunch of times, like when we arrived or meeting the Scion guys in the dealership. Almost felt scripted...

Again, great meeting you and your friends too. There were a bunch of Scikotics members there at a later point as well - but I didn't talk to any of them. Kind of awkward...

Originally Posted by whtchocla7e

I envy you the location.
I could get lost for todays driving in those mountains.
Car looks great. Congrats.

Originally Posted by YukiHachiRoku

Sweet pics brah! Cimmaron Memorial HS class of 99! (I miss vegas and tearing through those red rocks canyons!) Enjoy and gratz!

Thanks guys, I'm new to the area, and I've been surprised by all the great photo locations (not involving neon lights).

[viper_driver]

Wow, congrats!

I got all excited when I saw this thinking that Desert Scion had a firestorm demo FRS as described in the first post. They don't, at least not anymore. They wouldn't even answer my question as to whether or not there had been one, just kept trying to tell me about how there was this contest and they had a winner and....luckily they didn't get my phone number so I won't get stalked by the stealership.

Anyway, they claim they'll have some actual cars to see June 1st.

[75 carrera]

quick question.....who and when did the window tint? thx

[LostTHEbeat]

Originally Posted by viper_driver

Wow, congrats!

I got all excited when I saw this thinking that Desert Scion had a firestorm demo FRS as described in the first post. They don't, at least not anymore. They wouldn't even answer my question as to whether or not there had been one, just kept trying to tell me about how there was this contest and they had a winner and....luckily they didn't get my phone number so I won't get stalked by the stealership.

Anyway, they claim they'll have some actual cars to see June 1st.

Yeah, the Firestorm demo was there pretty much only while we were there. I'm pretty sure it was brought by the Scion corporate guys (had a Colorado plate), and then they took it with them when they were done filming.

I've heard of other potential FRS buyers experiences with Desert not being quite so satisfactory. But they did quite right by us; at first (like a lot of other dealers), they were kind of out of the loop about the whole procedure, but our salesman Paulie was spectacular, keeping us up to date better than most First 86ers. Buying experience was better than average - no hard-sell when we took the financing out of their hands, or when we told them we'd take our trade elsewhere to get a better value. Just the usual finance office shenanigans. As I've said before, perhaps they just recognized that this sale had some publicity, so they went above and beyond.

[n2oinferno]

Awesome. Thanks for uploading proper resolution photos. Don't listen to anyone that says they're too big. I totally stole one for photoshopping/wallpaper purposes.

[WingsofWar]

nice congrats!

but why isn't she also a commenting member of the forum? get her a handle bro!

[exmayol]

I have to admit the owner has stolen the show. While FRS is definitely nice looking the lady is a total beauty! Good combo for sure! Congrats with the car