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Ordering is a misconception
Just wanted to thrown in my two cents on car ordering.
I've been waiting for 6 weeks as of today for a Hot Lava in manual tranny. I did put $500 down, signed paperwork to trade in my 2010 Corolla and agreed to putting another $4500 toward the car to keep payments low. Now when I "ORDERED" cars in the past, I always assumed, like most I'm sure, that I was actually placing an order directly to the factory, not so. I spoke with the dealership's head manager and even contacted Scion's US headquarters to get some answers. Turns out when you "ORDER" a car you are actually put on a list of other customers who requested specific features. When your name goes on,it's first come first serve. The manufacturer decides what they're going to produce, how many they're going to produce and where they're going. If a car is not allocated to your region in the set-up you're looking for, you are S.O.L. Not to mention Toyota is producing mostly AUTOMATIC trannys for the FR-S which is beyond me. Everyone who knows about this car wants it in manual and it's obviously designed with a manual driver in mind otherwise they should have made it front wheel drive as well.
If anyone could help with tips on how to search the midwest region for this car, I would appreciate it. I live near Chicago.
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