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Gaiakai · 06-12-2012, 04:52 PM

Finally took delivery of my very own FR-S this morning!

Long intro:

Back on 5/15 I put a deposit down on one of Carlos's Firestorm 6MTs at Findlay Scion, thinking of getting either that or the Limited LR BRZ I had on order with Rich at Irvine Subaru, whichever one got here first. I was still on the fence at the time, and was THIS close to buying an E46 M3. Bugged Carlos a couple of times asking when they were gonna get the car, but he said for some reason it was still at the port. I got excited when I saw his thread about him getting a shipment of FR-Ss, but when I called to ask he said my car wasn't in there. Then on 5/29 I was able to test drive a Raven 6AT and even though it was the 6AT, I was sold. Not finding an E46 M3 in the color/transmission I wanted helped with the decision, but still

A day after the test drive, my salesperson called and said he had a 6MT Raven that was available. I thought wth, Raven's a cool color anywho and I'm fine with any color but silver. So when I got home I got the ok from the folks (who btw actually LIKE the FR-S, as opposed to the other cars I've been looking at

), and I called my salesman at Power Toyota of Cerritos. Unfortunately the car had already been spoken for in the 2 hours that had passed since the call -> me getting home. So the Raven 6MT was sold (picked up by a member here, actually saw that thread - congrats btw), and I was bummed. So close.

The next day, Carlos calls to give me an update (8:30-ish) - car was still in shipping status and he had no idea when they were going to get it. Double bummed. BUT 2 hours later he calls again, tells me that a Firestorm 6MT similar to what I had put a deposit on had become available (someone with a deposit backed out) and asked if I wanted that. Immediately jumped on it before another 2 hours passed and someone else buys it It was exactly the same as the one I had a deposit on, same options and everything. Difference was it was there at their dealership already. And the VIN.

I then proceeded to call Rich to take my deposit back (went smoothly, he was cool) and referred someone to him to take my spot on the GB. I was hoping to drive to Vegas to pick up the car, but unfortunately could not find anyone who was willing to go. So I had to wait a few more days to get the paperwork, which arrived on Wednesday, 6/6. I reviewed and signed as fast as I could, hoping to get the paperwork to them and have the car shipped here before the week ended. But I wasn't fast enough and missed the last Fedex Express shipment (5:15PM).

So paperwork would go out Thursday, and they would get it Friday. Unfortunately there wasn't a company that would ship the car over the weekend (too short notice?), and so yesterday rolls around. Bugged Carlos for the umpteenth time to see if there was a delivery date, and YES! Car was loaded into the truck early yesterday (Monday), and I will be taking delivery the next day. Transporter called while I was typing this out, and said he would get here at 8-9am

Now that I've written all of this down, sounds like it was a pretty smooth and quick transaction from saying yes on wanting the newly available Firestorm FR-S, to today waiting for tomorrow to get the car. But. HOLY. CRAP. That was the longest week of my life so far.

But it's cool. Already made a quick Starbucks run this morning with my Mom to grab breakfast. So in love with the car!

Short intro:

Car is here! Basically making the journal for myself, would like to be able to go back in a few months/years and read all of this again. Making my own blog would have been better, but hey someone might like reading member's journals like I do lol. Won't be doing much mods at the moment, probably just cosmetic (antenna is on its way, ordering Toyota badges, etc).

Delivery video (could someone please help me embed? I tried the embedding thing that was stickied(?), pasting the link directly, couldn't get it to work. I fail.):

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M_kKyl6lk4"]Taking Delivery of my 2013 Scion FR-S - YouTube[/ame]

A few pics from my smartphone:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/1870552...7630052146471/

I'll be taking more pics and uploading later, for now I'm gonna go drive some more

06-12-2012, 04:52 PM	#1
Gaiakai Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: '21 Civic Type R Location: SoCal Posts: 825 Thanks: 262 Thanked 292 Times in 167 Posts Mentioned: 12 Post(s)	Gaiakai's Firestorm FR-S 6MT Finally took delivery of my very own FR-S this morning! Long intro: Back on 5/15 I put a deposit down on one of Carlos's Firestorm 6MTs at Findlay Scion, thinking of getting either that or the Limited LR BRZ I had on order with Rich at Irvine Subaru, whichever one got here first. I was still on the fence at the time, and was THIS close to buying an E46 M3. Bugged Carlos a couple of times asking when they were gonna get the car, but he said for some reason it was still at the port. I got excited when I saw his thread about him getting a shipment of FR-Ss, but when I called to ask he said my car wasn't in there. Then on 5/29 I was able to test drive a Raven 6AT and even though it was the 6AT, I was sold. Not finding an E46 M3 in the color/transmission I wanted helped with the decision, but still A day after the test drive, my salesperson called and said he had a 6MT Raven that was available. I thought wth, Raven's a cool color anywho and I'm fine with any color but silver. So when I got home I got the ok from the folks (who btw actually LIKE the FR-S, as opposed to the other cars I've been looking at ), and I called my salesman at Power Toyota of Cerritos. Unfortunately the car had already been spoken for in the 2 hours that had passed since the call -> me getting home. So the Raven 6MT was sold (picked up by a member here, actually saw that thread - congrats btw), and I was bummed. So close. The next day, Carlos calls to give me an update (8:30-ish) - car was still in shipping status and he had no idea when they were going to get it. Double bummed. BUT 2 hours later he calls again, tells me that a Firestorm 6MT similar to what I had put a deposit on had become available (someone with a deposit backed out) and asked if I wanted that. Immediately jumped on it before another 2 hours passed and someone else buys it It was exactly the same as the one I had a deposit on, same options and everything. Difference was it was there at their dealership already. And the VIN. I then proceeded to call Rich to take my deposit back (went smoothly, he was cool) and referred someone to him to take my spot on the GB. I was hoping to drive to Vegas to pick up the car, but unfortunately could not find anyone who was willing to go. So I had to wait a few more days to get the paperwork, which arrived on Wednesday, 6/6. I reviewed and signed as fast as I could, hoping to get the paperwork to them and have the car shipped here before the week ended. But I wasn't fast enough and missed the last Fedex Express shipment (5:15PM). So paperwork would go out Thursday, and they would get it Friday. Unfortunately there wasn't a company that would ship the car over the weekend (too short notice?), and so yesterday rolls around. Bugged Carlos for the umpteenth time to see if there was a delivery date, and YES! Car was loaded into the truck early yesterday (Monday), and I will be taking delivery the next day. Transporter called while I was typing this out, and said he would get here at 8-9am Now that I've written all of this down, sounds like it was a pretty smooth and quick transaction from saying yes on wanting the newly available Firestorm FR-S, to today waiting for tomorrow to get the car. But. HOLY. CRAP. That was the longest week of my life so far. But it's cool. Already made a quick Starbucks run this morning with my Mom to grab breakfast. So in love with the car! Short intro: Car is here! Basically making the journal for myself, would like to be able to go back in a few months/years and read all of this again. Making my own blog would have been better, but hey someone might like reading member's journals like I do lol. Won't be doing much mods at the moment, probably just cosmetic (antenna is on its way, ordering Toyota badges, etc). Delivery video (could someone please help me embed? I tried the embedding thing that was stickied(?), pasting the link directly, couldn't get it to work. I fail.): [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M_kKyl6lk4"]Taking Delivery of my 2013 Scion FR-S - YouTube[/ame] A few pics from my smartphone: http://www.flickr.com/photos/1870552...7630052146471/ I'll be taking more pics and uploading later, for now I'm gonna go drive some more __________________ "Give a man a match and he'll be warm for a minute. Light a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." Follow me on Instagram! Last edited by Guff; 06-13-2012 at 02:18 AM.