where did you Pre-order NORCAL ?
 

Where did you pre-order in NORCAL ?
and what deals did you get ? there are a few
around me .... Carlsen , stevens creek and Capital...

anyone here pre-order from the above dealership and
did they give you MSRP with 500 down ?

So far 3 carlsen subaru... redwood city [[ they wanted MSRP + $1000 extra : C ]]
4 at stevens creek
And capital... (( sold out ))

The greater Bay Area dealers have sucked so far for me when inquiring about the BRZ. As much as Capital has a good rep and has a history of "catering" to enthusiasts, I've had nothing but rude salesman and clueless reps every single time I call them or set foot in the dealership.

I pre-ordered mine from Livermore Subaru at the recommendation a friend. He bought one of the first WRX's off the boat from Japan in '02 from them and had nothing but good things to say about the buying experience and continued correspondence. I'm glad I took his advice, as everything has gone great so far and they've been transparent and welcoming. They're allotted 13-15 for the year, and last I heard, 9 pre-orders had been put in. $500 refundable deposit, guarantee of MSRP.

I was #1 at Carlsen... MSRP only

Seriously? I called Carlsen on 3/5 and Chris Bowers explicitly told me they were charging $1,000 over MSRP. I even got it in writing via email.

+1 for Livermore Subaru. I'm in the east bay and right when the announcement for pre-orders came out, I called around the area asking about it. The best I got was being placed on a "list". Finally tried Livermore Subaru since I remember them being very cool and even letting me test drive two STIs (a new and a pre-owned hawk eye) for comparison. I've been working with Wayne, and although he's not the most informed, he's been very transparent and truthful of the situation. Heck, he even gave me a call to tell me they had a pre-production car available for me to sit in the day they got it.

I ended up going to Stevens Creek and got MSRP from Mark Moore...
friendly fellow... other folks in there I did my best NOT to talk to them.
(when I did my order I saw on his screen there is 11 spots left since I am #24

Steven's Creek Subaru? I just stopped by Steven's Creek Scion and dropped a deposit off there. I think they said they only have a handful of deposits so far. (less than 10) but that they only were getting like 6 cars.

well... the Subaru VS Scion ..
I wanted HID + nav ... so its 1000 more ...
Scion can be had for less .. but you get less.

Yeah I can do HID later, and I don't need nav. Plus I want the 86 badge on the fender cause I'm superficial. I had an 85 Corolla GTS with a Zenki Levin front. I miss it to death, so I'm going "Toyota" this time around to relive the memories of that car.

All I care about is not having to use a tape adapter on a stock stereo to play music from my iPhone, and I know that's standard in all Scions.

UPDATE: Just got off of the phone with the Stevens Creek Scion. I'm 3rd in line. So not many people have put down deposits there yet. I also talked to Sunnyvale Toyota, and I think they'll be a good source as well from what the guy was telling me. He said they are the largest distro center in south bay. So anyone in NorCal still looking for a Scion should check those places.

A friend and I are number 1 and 2 on the list at Stevens Creek Toyota/Scion. Bummer to hear they may only get around 6 cars. I will be holding out for the Hot Lava in a Manual. If it doesn't hit the lot in the first allotment I will wait for the next shipment, and the next and the next if I have to.

I Pre ordered mine from Maita Subaru in Sac. I told the salesman I'm working with that some of you guys on here got MSRP with the deposit an he pretty much acted like I was lying and/or I didn't know what I was talking about. He thinks everyone is doing a mark up. My Limited out the door is over 32k :-/... I'm still going to try and talk him down. I think it's bs to be charged a mark up. Though it's a good dealership, they even carry Prodrive wheels, COBB accessport and turbo back exhausts for WRX/STI. I've never seen a dealership carry after market parts like they do.

When I stopped by there the other week to check out the Premium they had one of the salesman said they were getting like 30 since they were a high volume dealership lol.. It's funny how different every salesman story is, always about 90% BS since they don't have any info or knowledge.

The Subaru dealership said the same thing to me. It's the Scion dealership that said they're getting like 6. They're like down the street from one another.

Maita is doing a markup? Thats not cool.

I'd just tell them if they insisted on a markup, I'd walk next door to the Scion dealer and order an FR-S instead for MSRP since they don't haggle (and thats what I would actually do too).