FR-S 10 Series Registry

[FiRStsc10n]

Originally Posted by jpky16

Hmm I did notice that the HIDs seem to make a lot of noise and yesterday after I got home I smelt some burning? Anybody else find this?

Originally Posted by torqdork

Burning smell in usually never good, but could be new car exhaust smell that goes away after a tank or two of quality premium fuel.

Burning smell is normal on the twins. It comes from the leftover sealants from assembly drip onto the very close exhaust manifold due to the arrangement of the low/tight engine space. Smell goes away. Sometimes leaves and small debris can get under shield too and cause a smell. Nothing wrong.

I am super excited though that Canadians are starting to get theirs, means mine is only a matter of time

[supra2nv]

Originally Posted by Luis_GT

Weird... I've been pushing mine... as far as 4K RPM shifts let me, and no tail whip action yet... it feels like its on rails compared to my tail happy E39...

Hmm, push it harder lol. Kidding. Break it in properly as u have been. I drive raven pretty hard this is how I know.

Edit: as both my kids are my witness, this car is tail happy lol

Originally Posted by jpky16

I'll keep on it for now, but i'll take it back in if the smell persists after a few tanks.

Thanks torqdork - comments much appreciated.

My new raven had a burning smell.

My former nsx had a burning smell since I only kept it from 2600 till 4k miles (stupid move, 3 year garage queen)

My wife's new mdx had a burning smell.

Even our new oven had a burning smell lol

Let the heat increase the speed of entropy, give the residual residue enough time to jiggle till they let go and leave the premises. They need time to depart thats all lol

[losjackal]

Found #872 yesterday in Palatine, IL at Arlington Scion. It's MT, salesperson Justin was nice too.

[FiRStsc10n]

Originally Posted by supra2nv

Even our new oven had a burning smell lol

[ill86]

Extended warranties can be very helpful, but not when they over charge you or try to sneak it in.

I paid $1000 for 7 years / 100,000 miles bumper to bumper. That beats the included 3/36 hands down.

It isn't about Toyota being reliable, but things will break and fail eventually.

A starter or alternator alone is $400-650++. Let alone if something more expensive fails.

Originally Posted by jpky16

he asked me warranty, in which I asked the (somewhat rhetorical) question - "why? do you think your cars aren't built that well?". You could see him squirming to tell me that "Toyota cars are the best in the world" but "You should get the extended warranty". He then Googled JD Power & Associates and tried to show me how well Toyota does in these rankings. Sure enough, #1 was Lexus, #2 was (surprisingly) Lincoln (??), and #3 was Toyota. Then there was a bunch of manufacturers lower down, the "industry average", and then a bunch of cars after that. Near the bottom, was SCION. I burst out laughing and pointed it out to the guy and told him he probably shouldn't show that to customers as some sort of selling tool. So after all of this, I got the agreement and was about to sign when I noticed he had tacked on the $2400 extended warranty - the one I SPECIFICALLY declined. If I hadn't read through the fine print carefully I would have walked out of there minus $2400 for something I didn't want! Then when he reprinted the agreement I saw he made some math errors so had to reprint AGAIN. I found it ironic that he had his trainee with him who probably thought that she could easily replace this guy haha. Word of warning - watch out what they tack onto your price!

[Frstorm]

Ill86 I got that same warranty for 488 dollars by moving my first payment up 2 weeks. We negotiated this one hard, and ave me this price because he got a bonus if he sold so many in the month, FYI Toyota values this at a cost of 500 to them according to their book of guidelines.

[ill86]

Exactly. These warranties are very much negotiable. Because of this I saved an additional $500 on doc fees, delivery, etc. They get kickbacks for it and can move discounts around.

I've been flirting with trading my Raven on a Series 10. We'll see next week how things go. I'll report back if purchased with #.

[jpky16]

Originally Posted by ill86

Exactly. These warranties are very much negotiable. Because of this I saved an additional $500 on doc fees, delivery, etc. They get kickbacks for it and can move discounts around.

I've been flirting with trading my Raven on a Series 10. We'll see next week how things go. I'll report back if purchased with #.

Thanks for the info guys. Kinda wish I had seen this prior to picking my car up yesterday!

[torqdork]

Also, the Toyota Extended Warranty, the only one to consider given the track record of aftermarket providers, can be added anytime during the first year of ownership (last I knew) and may be purchased from any franchised Toyota/Scion dealer. There's serious online competition for your business, maybe even on this forum, so search around and either buy online or use the quote for leverage with your F&I wonk.

[ill86]

Originally Posted by jpky16

Thanks for the info guys. Kinda wish I had seen this prior to picking my car up yesterday!

You could probably still add it.

[Subion]

[supra2nv]

Originally Posted by ill86

Exactly. These warranties are very much negotiable. Because of this I saved an additional $500 on doc fees, delivery, etc. They get kickbacks for it and can move discounts around.

I've been flirting with trading my Raven on a Series 10. We'll see next week how things go. I'll report back if purchased with #.

bro join the club

Originally Posted by thill

Do you have the nannies turned off?

lol nannies...no they are on. tempted to take it off on the track tho, will see. I know im hitting a wall if I do lol.

[jthornton1993]

im trading my Raven FRS for the 10 series it should arrive wednesday!

[NoFlush]

29k for less features than a brz limited?... I do like the color at least