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Originally Posted by ICEBONEZ
I might end up with the first "Lemon" FRS. Here's the back story:
I went to Tampa Bay Toyota/Scion and bought my new Asphalt FRS on 6/29/12. It was on their showroom floor for nearly 2 weeks due to markups for a 5AD body kit that was "required" to purchase the car ($3k). After many people refused to jump on this FRS for either appearance or price or combination of bad sales experience reasons, I went back and made the deal.
The body kit isn't fitting flush all around the skirts and front end so I have taken it in 2 times so far (lemon after 3 typically). I am being VERY critical and somewhat difficult on purpose to a degree due to the nature of the way it was sold. I understand many will say "you didn't have to buy that car" but in reality they aren't super easy to come by in 6MT, color choice and options I wanted. If you buy a new car it should meet or exceed expectations or you should take it back to your dealer for options to rectify.
The dealership has offered to buy the car back if I'm not satisfied with the latest repairs to the body kit, however, I don't want to sell MY CAR! Aside from the body kit, she is an AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL CAR. If they can't get the body kit right, I think they should order another one and see if it was a bad kit or possibly just try to refund the amount of the body kit and end this mess.
Overall, I wanted to share my situation to educate on the potential for the 5AD body kit not fitting right for prospective buyers and also to spread the word that Toyota of Tampa Bay is NOT a place I would recommend to anyone.
What is everyone else's thoughts?
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Unfortunately your car would not be the first "lemon". I am already on my second FR-S due to a blown engine on the first one I purchased, it actually blew on the drive home from buying it, first day. Toyota handled this by helping me out with a lower interest rate and some other goodies on a new FR-S but it did take almost a month. If anything, you should be taken care of by toyota, the dealership probably couldn't care less.
