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Ok, I think I may have some of the puzzle pieces that you're missing. Lustine got in 3 FR-S's. None of them are manual transmissions, they're all AT's. The white FRS with 2000miles, unless this is a huge coincidence, is probably from Koons. Koons Scion in Arlington (or maybe Vienna) has a white FR-S with manual transmission that they've been using as their demo car and they're offering $500 off sticker for that car and it has 2000miles on the odometer.
It appears that they did not sell the car out from under you, rather, all the cars that came in were automatics, so in searching for a manual transmission car, they found the white one at Koons and are attempting to trade with Koons...not sure how Japan/demo came into the mix, but why would they ship a demo car from Japan for sale in the U.S.
The information for allotment of cars for the VA area won't be released to the dealers until July 2nd; I've called every dealer from Richmond to Waldorf MD and there are only 2 MT FR-S's in the area, the one at Koons and on in MD that was just sold, but the paperwork hasn't been finalized.
I may actually have been the one that, "bought the car out from under you", except that I didn't. I had put a downpayment on the Firestorm FR-S when I was informed that it was an MT about 2 weeks ago however, refused the car when I found out it was an AT, and all 3 cars that came in for Lustine were AT's.
Hope that helps!
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