Thanks for the offer, but I'm looking for an automatic. I'm lame and can't drive stick. I also don't think I would want a manual in NoVa traffic for a daily driver. Thanks again! Good luck with getting your Firestorm.

Psst! Take it as your opportunity to learn! They have a warranty for a reason.

No worries! You just got amazingly lucky! FR-S ftw.

Ha! I know that's what people keep telling me...

That's awesome! Yeah, that's kinda why I've been looking around. I took my car to get an oil change and a 100-point inspection (Groupon) and they were naming things left and right that I should repair. Ended being around a $3000 quote. Thought to myself it wasn't worth it to put into a 15-year-old car. Already had my eye on the FR-S so I decided to take the plunge.

Yeah the one near me is part of a pretty large auto park. The problem is they're not taking 'orders'. They just call people that have talked to the dealership recently when one or more of their top 3 color choices have come in and they can put down a $500 deposit to claim the car.

great idea

One day.

I went in on memorial day to inquire about the car and possibly put down a deposit. He looked up what he had coming to the dealership and said there was a black 6spd on it's way and it was available to purchase. He predicted the car would be there in a couple days. Next day i call him to set up a time to get my trade in evaluated. He said anytime i wanted to stop by was fine. 30 min later he called me and said it was going to be delivered that day. 30 min after that call he called me again with his first words being "Guess what i just drove fresh off the truck..." Went to the dealer and picked up my car with 3 mi on the ODO.

Awesome! Saw a picture of a Firestorm at a dealership nearby. From the pictures it looked like it had about 400 mi. I definitely want my fresh like yours!

16 miles on it when I test drove it. 41 miles after the test drive and 45 miles on it when I picked it up.

Wow you got a really long test drive. Mine was maybe 5 miles at the most.

It was a good 45 min long. Told the sales guy I really wanted to get a feel for it and he was fine with it. Plus, I already had a deposit down and my financing through my credit union in place. And I really didn't have crap to do that day and I had to drive an hour each way to the dealer so I decided to make the most of it. :D

Yeah, i was glad i caught mine before anyone "test drove" the car. It was as fresh as it could almost get. Here is a picture to make others a little more jealous...still had the plastic on the wheels and everything a couple hours before i drove her home:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8156/7...1d06ed72_b.jpg

Yeah, I test drove an A/T (Which, incidentally, while I am disgusted by A/Ts that particular one is pretty cool... The paddle shifters are kind of fun) the day I ordered, the sales guy (Roger at Toyota of Kirkland, their FR-S expert) was as passionate about the car as me, he apparently got to drive the car at a track here in the PNW with Ken Gushi and was the only sales guy to hit anything. A pole that apparently put a nice dent in the car lol. Anyways, I told him the color and I wanted M/T, he said he would try to swing it, gave me a call about two weeks later saying he could get it and it would be on it's way in July. July rolled around and on the 27th he said it was leaving Japan headed for Portland (Apparently they ship all PNW scions to Portland), thought it would be about mid Aug before it arrived, then called me yesterday and was like, "Well it got here last night... Want to come pick it up?" Had 11 miles on it... Which made me sad, I really wanted to put the double digits on it. But, the rest is history! (Yet to be made though..)