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Originally Posted by sharky
You know what, I did.
I did sent Toyota at the beginning of the year telling them not to make it a Scion. 
I did sent them another email telling them I'm really not happy with the FR-S when the rest of the world gets "86" in the name a week ago.
I did again sent them another email about the wash down equipment that was shown from last lights event and ask them to make those missing items options.
I do still hold out the hope that there will be options.
Most likely nothing will happened. So that will probably leave me disappointed.
Most of all, I'm disappointed with those in the forum that seems to be against options. Whats wrong with options? Options are options, right? |
*just going to say sorry for the long post in advance
Honestly, good on you! (no sarcasm) You were proactive and voiced your opinion and that's what people need to do to see the options you want on a car they're trying to target for you! So again, much respect.
The way I see it, I'll be using this as a 10% track car, 5% hooning, 85% dd. I want to modify it, have fun with it. But I also need it to do the DD shuffle. The radio I don't care, I can swap it out, fog lights most likely optional, HID's are cheap to buy and I can install them myself. Stock exhaust? That's getting thrown in the woods. My only gripe with the car is the interior rear seats. I do road trips and I take people along and the rear seats don't look too comfy for my passengers. If I really didn't care about the back seats, I'd get a miata. But I'm not greedy like that.
I own an AE86, I still have my full interior in. On track days I pull it out. But for a daily run around, it's nice piece of mind when you can take friends home after a day of work or go out somewhere with people in toe and have some comfy seats. Again, it's really my only complaint. (like I said before engine, suspension, chassis all in tact and I am happy)
Another thing I hear about is people say, "Do you see what this car is based on?!(ae86) It should be spartan!" I'd beg to differ. It had a very reasonable list of factory standards and optionals that were amazing for it's time! by todays standards yeah it's not that great, but back then, it was really good and priced well to boot! My problem with this statement is that people are making an excuse for it to be spartan which I think is wrong. We should expect a car maker to include nice amenities that surprise us since it makes us feel that we got more for the money. It's how companies like Honda, Toyota, Subaru and Nissan got to where they are today, they over engineered there cars and were brilliant because of it! but I digress.
Ideally I think that i'd be fantastic if this car would be offered in 2 trims. the base and the premium (with all the knicknacks everyone wants like HIDs, LED DTRLs, HVAC, etc etc.) with a good list of factory optionals. It would appeal to both sides of the potential ownership base, and keep more sales within Scions brand instead of having people jump ship to Subaru just because of creature comforts. (not that theres anything wrong with Subaru. Revenue streams all lead to the same ocean anyway with this car)
But yeah anyway, price is key, and at the end of the day I really just want to drive this car. I will most likely wait till the 2014 model to buy one (I never buy the year one models) but it's not going to stop me from test driving it once I can get my hands on one.
