Shady Dealerships!
 

So I pre-ordered my FR-S MT from North Bakersfield Toyota/Scion. I was told I was number one and they will contact me as soon as they come. So today i decided to call them to ask if any has arrived there. Internet Manager told me the have already sold the MT FR-S and they have 3 FR-S in stock that were automatic. No one from there ever tried to contact me with any info..Now they are going to see if they can trade from another dealer to see if i can get a MT FR-S. How lame is that. THX Brendan from North Bakersfield Toyota/Scion! Great Customer Service!! :thumbdown:

:confused0068:Whhhhhhhaaaa!?!? Was that with a deposit?

Yep....$500 deposit

Wow, that sucks! At least they are looking to trade with another dealership... Best of luck with that!

Oh....they also told me that only 10% of FR-S came in a MT....the other 90% was automatic?? I don't think the would match their slogan "Bringing the Sports
Back into the Car"

Damn that's frustrating, makes me paranoid too. I haven't even gotten a call back from my dealer. You'd figure being right next to the port they wouldve had em by now.

That is false information. Maybe for THEIR allotment. The overall US allotment is a lot closer to 50/50 AT/MT. My dealer is 50/50 so far. 1AT and 1MT. Both still at the port due to this hold business going on.

The other dealerships I've talked to are getting close to 50/50 as well. I think it might skew a bit closer to more AT than MT, but 90/10 is WAY wrong.

I'd give them a limited amount of time to find me another, or pull the deposit and go somewhere else, even if you have to wait, just on principle! Customer service that bad doesn't deserve to be rewarded with your money!

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7136

There is a hold at the ports right now. It's either due to an issue with the manual or they are holding the cars for the official June 1st launch date since some dealers were selling early.

They're more like 60/40 (60 on MT). But Jack Hollis think, that'll tip over in yr or so

Thanks Ichi!

Have you checked with Bill Wright Toyota? They should have 3 in by now.

Scion usually orders in 85% Auto, 15% manual, so using his BASIC knowledge, he would normally be correct. However, the FR-S is a unique type of car which will have the following build order (see next part of post):

From what we were told, 50/50 first month, 60/40 second month (60 auto) but third month may go back to 50/50 or 40/60 (60 manual).

That's what Jack Hollis said, when I talk w him.