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Spaceywilly 04-27-2012 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by texas2888 (Post 193792)
Not quite true. I'm a First 86er and I haven't heard from my dealer. I called THEM and they still don't know. The best information I keep hearing is a May 18th delivery.
I think there's a number in one of the threads somewhere for Scion HQ. Some people have had better luck with that number than asking their dealer.

russv 04-27-2012 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by texas2888 (Post 193792)
Not quite true. I'm a First 86er and I haven't heard from my dealer. I called THEM and they still don't know. The best information I keep hearing is a May 18th delivery.
I think it's all part of the marketing strategy to keep us all hooked.

ZetaVI 04-27-2012 05:06 PM
Now alot of customers will be happy!

russv 04-27-2012 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Lordharding (Post 193380)
There is one BRZ in the uk doing the rounds of the dealerships and Toyota garage is getting their demo on 4july

Dealer told me the price of BRZ secretly yesterday
£25500 and top of the range £26500 although trade in price of my wrxd was not exciting for me
Does this price feel expensive to you? Doing the currency exchange rate of $1.6259 to the GBP that figures out to $41,460 (25,500 GBP), which would put it out of the market for most of us.

Julio86 04-27-2012 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Grateful Dave (Post 193728)
I got that exclusive invitation email from Longo and I will be there. They invited the pre order people for this First 86 presentation. I'm #10 on the pre order list.
I'm going too. But...
Isn't it on Thursday may 3rd? That's what my email says.
Im #4 at Longo ;)

NYC BRZ 04-27-2012 05:49 PM
Do any other BRZ people feel cheated out of the AWESOME customer service that the FRS folks are getting? SoA better do something awesome...like leave a bag of BRZ gummy bears in our cars or something...LOL. Seriously the suspense is killing me.

Tainen 04-27-2012 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by NYC BRZ (Post 193858)
Do any other BRZ people feel cheated out of the AWESOME customer service that the FRS folks are getting? SoA better do something awesome...like leave a bag of BRZ gummy bears in our cars or something...LOL. Seriously the suspense is killing me.

yes.


and I don't expect SoA to do anything about it at all.

Spaceywilly 04-27-2012 06:12 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by NYC BRZ (Post 193858)
Do any other BRZ people feel cheated out of the AWESOME customer service that the FRS folks are getting? SoA better do something awesome...like leave a bag of BRZ gummy bears in our cars or something...LOL. Seriously the suspense is killing me.
I don't really care, it's not going to make the car get here any faster. I don't need to be pampered like a baby through the whole process, as long as they get the car here safe and sell it to me I'll be happy.

Lordharding 04-27-2012 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by russv (Post 193816)
Does this price feel expensive to you? Doing the currency exchange rate of $1.6259 to the GBP that figures out to $41,460 (25,500 GBP), which would put it out of the market for most of us.
No can't complain about the price

New Impreza WRX STi £34000 on the road
In 2009 I paid £23000 for a wrx diesel
In 2000 (yes 12years ago !!!) my classic turbo 2000 was a whopping £22700 and a P1 ( uk version of a type R ) was £32000

denkigrve 04-27-2012 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Spaceywilly (Post 193885)
I don't really care, it's not going to make the car get here any faster. I don't need to be pampered like a baby through the whole process, as long as they get the car here safe and sell it to me I'll be happy.
Yeah I just want a car to drive at this point.

russv 04-27-2012 07:19 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lordharding (Post 193908)
No can't complain about the price

New Impreza WRX STi £34000 on the road
In 2009 I paid £23000 for a wrx diesel
In 2000 (yes 12years ago !!!) my classic turbo 2000 was a whopping £22700 and a P1 ( uk version of a type R ) was £32000
New WRX STi is $34,000. Interesting price difference.

Jah1mon 04-27-2012 07:20 PM
Never seen a new car model with such a detailed play by play on progress.

Enemies 04-27-2012 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by NYC BRZ (Post 193858)
Do any other BRZ people feel cheated out of the AWESOME customer service that the FRS folks are getting?
Nope. :P My dealer has flooded me with information from before I ordered up until now. Every step of the way he's sent me e-mails telling me when it had a VIN, when it was getting on a boat, etc. I feel really lucky though considering what I've heard from others.

eikond 04-27-2012 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by NYC BRZ (Post 193858)
Do any other BRZ people feel cheated out of the AWESOME customer service that the FRS folks are getting? SoA better do something awesome...like leave a bag of BRZ gummy bears in our cars or something...LOL. Seriously the suspense is killing me.

I think SOA has dropped the ball on the customer service so far with the BRZ. The lack of information on price, accessories and arrival dates has been frustrating for us future BRZ owners.

I can't blame my dealer at all... they have given me as much info as they have been able to share.

I'm not about to cancel my order, but I'm certainly not impressed with Subaru right now. Not sure I would special order another car from them in the future.

ahausheer 04-27-2012 07:55 PM
I'm not one of the first 86 so let me be the first to say, ''fuck that's a big boat''.

EDIT: That's not the boat, if you google that boat (Auriga Leader) you can find a web site that shows it as being off the coast of Europe.

Grateful Dave 04-27-2012 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Julio86 (Post 193837)
I'm going too. But...
Isn't it on Thursday may 3rd? That's what my email says.
Im #4 at Longo ;)
yeah, it is on thursday may 3rd. See you there!

Julio86 04-27-2012 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Grateful Dave (Post 193980)
yeah, it is on thursday may 3rd. See you there!
Alright my FRS brotha :happy0180: see you there... lets see what other info is given :thumbup:

MmmHamSandwich 04-27-2012 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by eikond (Post 193955)
I think SOA has dropped the ball on the customer service so far with the BRZ. The lack of information on price, accessories and arrival dates has been frustrating for us future BRZ owners.

I can't blame my dealer at all... they have given me as much info as they have been able to share.

I'm not about to cancel my order, but I'm certainly not impressed with Subaru right now. Not sure I would special order another car from them in the future.
Subaru has definitely been outclassed by Scion in just about every regard when it comes to this launch.

_illmatic_ 04-27-2012 10:31 PM
Its been a VERYYYYY long time coming.:thumbup::thumbup:

mufasis 04-27-2012 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Liquidsnake (Post 193384)
Please god let 10 of those land in Santa Monica by next week. Please!!!!!!!!!!
This....:evil:

raphymartinez 04-28-2012 12:34 AM
I can't remember another new vehicle launch that's caused this much excitement. Especially on the Toyota/Scion side. Very exciting times for sure.
I'm a sales manager at a Toyota/Scion store in Massachusetts and I have verified with our region that we will get (we being the around 78 dealerships in this region) 460 FR-S' from now till December. With a mix of 80/20% manual to AT. There will also be around 90 more coming in in January 2013.

SuqMadiq 04-28-2012 07:56 AM
Bad news upon unloading the cars...

http://cdn.lolcaption.com/wp-content...k-at-docks.jpg

ngabdala 04-28-2012 08:37 AM
The west coast will receive theirs first and the east coast is expected to see them towards the end of May


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Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses (Post 193347)
Any information on East Coast deliveries of BRZ?

And congratulations.

russv 04-28-2012 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by SuqMadiq (Post 194245)
Bad news upon unloading the cars...

http://cdn.lolcaption.com/wp-content...k-at-docks.jpg
I see YOUR car :)

Turbowned 04-28-2012 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by SuqMadiq (Post 194245)
Bad news upon unloading the cars...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-POVqK_6IIm...1600/Troll.jpg

Enemies 04-28-2012 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by SuqMadiq (Post 194245)
Bad news upon unloading the cars...

http://cdn.lolcaption.com/wp-content...k-at-docks.jpg
Damn, they looked so much different in all the other pictures. :(

If I wanted to drive a big metal box I would've ordered a Genesis Coupe.

Dadhawk 04-28-2012 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Enemies (Post 194398)
Damn, they looked so much different in all the other pictures. :(

If I wanted to drive a big metal box I would've ordered a Genesis Coupe.
Hopefully my Firestorm one is the one well above the water line and it can still be rescued...

bestwheelbase 04-28-2012 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Enemies (Post 194398)
Damn, they looked so much different in all the other pictures. :(

If I wanted to drive a big metal box I would've ordered a Genesis Coupe.
Hahaha - well played! :lol:

sastexan 04-29-2012 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by ahausheer (Post 193967)
I'm not one of the first 86 so let me be the first to say, ''fuck that's a big boat''.

EDIT: That's not the boat, if you google that boat (Auriga Leader) you can find a web site that shows it as being off the coast of Europe.
So, does anyone know the name of the ship carrying the cars?

Enemies 04-29-2012 12:23 AM
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Originally Posted by sastexan (Post 194749)
So, does anyone know the name of the ship carrying the cars?
I don't think anybody here knows the name of the ship that's coming to the east coast. I would guess that it's either very close or has already been there.

I would recommend to find somebody in Ontario, Quebec, or one of the other eastern provinces and see if they have a boat attached to one of their VIN's but I don't think even that will help since I'm now pretty sure that all Canadian cars will be coming through Vancouver and shipped out east by a different mode of transportation.

Grateful Dave 04-29-2012 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Julio86 (Post 194082)
Alright my FRS brotha :happy0180: see you there... lets see what other info is given :thumbup:
:w00t:
Somehow we will meet there. :happy0180: You can't miss me i will be the crazy geezer with the glasses.:happyanim:

dookie11 04-29-2012 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Grateful Dave (Post 194974)
:w00t:
Somehow we will meet there. :happy0180: You can't miss me i will be the crazy geezer with the glasses.:happyanim:
Are you guys really going to the ports of lb?

Grateful Dave 04-30-2012 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by dookie11 (Post 195002)
Are you guys really going to the ports of lb?
No :bonk:, we are going to the First 86 winner presentation at Longo Scion. :thumbup:

Longhorn248 04-30-2012 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by eikond (Post 193955)
I think SOA has dropped the ball on the customer service so far with the BRZ. The lack of information on price, accessories and arrival dates has been frustrating for us future BRZ owners.

I can't blame my dealer at all... they have given me as much info as they have been able to share.

I'm not about to cancel my order, but I'm certainly not impressed with Subaru right now. Not sure I would special order another car from them in the future.
I keep expecting updates or more info, but nothing is coming. Should I be ready to pick up my car in a couple of weeks, or do I need to hunker down until June!? Wtf SoA?

xravexboix 04-30-2012 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Moto-P (Post 193365)
Well looking at it from Logistical point of view, it makes no sense to park a big ship just to load 86 cars, so I am assuming it is a pretty significant shipment of FRS and BRZ.

Also, the First 86 was not built to order, but rather selected from available cars in the first batch of many many cars that happened to meet the order requirements. Hence my FRS is #348 and not inside of fist 86 sequential numbers.

That's what I gather, but I could be talking out of my butt. So stay tuned. I am finding more factual information as we speak, daily.

The information about the boat being here in Port of LA, and my car being released for delivery on 4/30. That part is a concrete fact, obtained from sources within. :)
There are a bunch of production test mules running around. Like the Raven 6MT Five Axis vehicle is Chassis# 00016. So it likely is sequential, and build to order as they input them. The Toyota plants in Japan build random vehicles to order, not just one vehicle at a time. This may differ since this is at the Subbie plant though, but I'm almost certain it's done the same way.

Heavenlystriker 05-01-2012 07:56 PM
i saw the frs on a towtruck about a mth ago already i cant wait for it.


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