Did you inform them that you were recording the call? I believe it's illegal in many states to record a phone conversation w/ informing the person you're speaking with: http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-gui...-conversations.

Edit: I see you're in Texas, as am I. I was curious about our phone recording laws and according to this it looks like you're actually safe recording your phone call. I wish I had recorded mine!

Of course I could just be talking out my ass :D

BTW, I asked the dealership if I could put down $300 and they let me. I figure if the deposits really are refundable the deposit amount shouldn't really matter. Why should a higher amount make me more serious or committed if I can just take the money back at any time?

Normally, when you order a car they put in an order to toyota and the car gets built, put on a boat, and then shipped to the dealership with their other cars once it hits CA. Since this is a pre-order I doubt it will work this way. More than likely subaru and scion will be letting dealers know what they can have color/trans wise and if that dealer doesn't want it then they will move on to another dealership. It is unlikely that any dealer would pass up their position in line though since that might delay when they get cars and usually they want them as soon as possible.

its being built in north america.. in ohio i believe. other toyotas are built in cambridge ontario.

Wait what? Time out. You need to spend some reading time on the fourm.

All cars being built by Subaru in Japan.

Every car will be built in Subaru's Gunma plant in Japan.

We(as in dealerships) can preference vehicles from Toyota. So the dealership you ordered from can ask for your specific vehicle and Toyota will send that car first. I have 3 preferenced FR-S's already for 3 different customers, 1 blue manual, 1 black manual, 1 gray auto.