After waiting 6 months...
 

So, I told myself I wasn't going to add to the massive amount of "I got it!" Threads that pop up here every now and then, but I've decided I needed a distraction from my impatience. This has been a forever long wait and I'm pretty sure I've annoyed everyone I know bugging them about my car and how much I liked it and wanted it.

Timeline:
4/28 - Ordered.
5/21 - Order placed to factory.
9/07 - Placed in production.
10/25 - Found it on the lot, can't have it until they call me.

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And for some reason the pictures didn't want to resize all the same size, don't know why. But anyways, it sucks knowing it's there, but I can't have it yet.

Congratulations! I got mine a week ago today. Get all that plastic garbage off and go curve hunting!!

Timeline:
4/28 - Ordered.
5/21 - Order placed to factory.
9/07 - Placed in production.
10/25 - Found it on the lot, can't have it until they call me.
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That is how you pull a trigger "BANG" at the dealer :)
Like me I can't stand the waiting game when I want it - Not this car !

Congrats! The wait will soon be a distant memory.

Well, unless he gets the dreaded CEL...then the waiting begins again. :mad0259:

I shouldn't. It spent a month at the processing center for a "quality issue" that I'm guessing had something to do with that.

Hopefully your production is after all the problems and the factory has made the necessary parts substitutions and upgrades.

It took them long enough to put it in production, I can't imagine if they've been fixing the problems as they go it wasn't part of the fixed batch haha.

Geez - hope my wait isn't that long! Was told by the dealer to expect it around December. Deposit put down mid this month.

Jeez that wait sucks, I don't mean this as rubbing it in but I put a deposit down on a Whiteout and got it 3 weeks later...truth be told I wasn't even sure I wanted it til I saw it.

The wait was because of the type of order. My dad works for Toyota and the order program is one of his benefits. It's built to order, which sucks. It would've been cool if they could've just grabbed one out of inventory, but I know why it doesn't work that way. Just had to accept the wait, which is fine, because it makes the FR-S affordable enough for me. I wouldn't have gotten a car like this at all without it. I'll take a wait for that.

Here I am thinking 4 weeks for an iPhone5 is killing me. You are a very patient person!

Dude congrats! Finally eh? =P

Its only been a week since I put a deposit and I'm dying dealer said 4-6 weeks but I have a feeling it'll be more

I think about it every day. Look at my drive home and imagine it in the 86. Going to be a long November

Mine made it to the dealership yesterday, but they said it will be a 2-3 week wait while it is made ready.

I think that sucks worse than waiting for it to be allocated!

Haha not really, I think all my coworkers and my dad were about ready to strangle me because of how much I complained about it.


Yes, finally! Thanks. Now waiting for the call is killing me haha.

Make sure they switch the radio mode to FR-S (if you have the standard radio)

Added Bespoke when it was available. Thanks for the reminder though.

OK just checking! Most dealers don't know to do that, so just trying to spread the word :)

Congrats... Nice & creative color choice.

Now that the long wait is over... Just enjoy it to the fullest without worrying about anything else. :thumbsup:

Congratulations on a long wait! The color looks great in the pictures, I bet even better in real life. My car is tracking about a week behind yours so I'm hoping that it will be delivered soon. I checked the dealer yesterday but no luck, just the usual assortment of common, boring cars! Let us know what you think once you get to drive it. Way to go!

SHdfhkfgsr!

So, I just talked to my dad and he said that the dealership doesn't do weekend appointments for the type of order I have, and the woman that handles it is out today. He's also going to be out of town most of next week and we're not sure if he has to fill out the paper work or not, so it's looking like I won't be able to get my car until next Thursday...

That sounds about typical. We have one person here as well who handles everyone's papers and we have to wait for her to process it before anything happens. The dealer here also does these type of orders on certain days only so we have to schedule an appointment with the one guy at the dealer who handles it in advance. Nothing like dragging it out as long as possible! At least you can keep checking in on your car to make sure it's real!

Also, interestingly enough, my dad also said I am the second person in North America to recieve an FR-S from this type of order. The guy ahead had his car come in just a few days before mine. So that's cool. I might bug them to let me drive it at least, maybe they can still do that.

Just keep in mind it's better to wait a few days than for them to rush through prep to get it to you faster.

Went to look at it again yesterday. They took the plastic off, so I got a better look at it and it's such a sharp looking car in this color. Though, both a female friend that was with me and my mom called it pretty -_-. I didn't think to take anymore pictures though, but I did ask a salesman if I could at least have a drive. He said they can't even get the keys for it.

Better make sure they don't 'detail' it, unless you like your car's paint pre-swirled from the dealer.

My dad filled out all the paper work today and has an appointment at 4 on Thursday to pick it up.

Hahaha at least they didn't call it cute

That doesn't even make sense, how could it take them that long to get it ready? Make sure to check the mileage so they don't add a bunch.

Damn I am still waiting for an allocation for my whiteout 6 speed manual ordered September 26th...how does it work, does each scion dealer get to order on the 1st and 15th of the month if they have an allocation? It's looking like Xmas for me.

You know I can't help myself because after all you did get the best colors:


NEVERMORANGE!

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Well, my order was special, so I'm not sure how they do a dealership order. I think it's just based on which of the cars shipped over get sent to the different regions. At least it'll be a white Christmas for you. Sorry, had to!
Haha, man I will never get tired of that. Hell, I made it my user title.

You guys get it easy over there, I'll tell you that. Placed my order June 23, will recieve my car January 3, 2013, and that's because I got lucky and they found an unallocated car coming in earlier-- Otherwise it'd be mid-feb (got confirmation on that today).

BUT. I tell you, I didn't like Velocity Orange (as it's called here) at first-- and missed out on a GT because I didn't. It's growing on me! :popcorn:

Promise me you'll go find twisty roads and drive. Soon.

I got the car today! Sorry guys, by the time I got home from work and drove the car it was too dark to take a picture, so no updated pictures for you. I only took a short drive, but it still offered some insight.

First, this car makes me very nervous. Because I'm so used to my mazda, driving any other car makes me nervous anyways. The FR-S being brand new, and awesome, magnifies that. It will definitely take some getting used to, but it's not a bad thing. I just drove it like an old man.

The driver side blind spot is pretty intense. My drive to work tomorrow is going to be interesting. This will probably take the most getting used to.

You really can feel every bump in the road, but I'm not against that, it's just interesting.

The seats are pretty snug. Not sure how I feel about them yet.

I think the Scion allocation is once a month. Not to freak you out but I had mine ordered May 4th and received July 19th. One day before my birthday. Oh, and I work there. And white was my initial color choice.

Best of luck mate! Long live the patience!

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Did a little photo shoot with a friend's BMW.

Is it me or does that frs look red