SOUTHERN ONTARIO GROUP BUY (interest check)

[Saibot]

time to inject some life into this

People whos actually serious about this, PM me your first and last name and phone #. Ill be adding your initials beside the list so that we know whos a flaker or not.

[Sport-Tech]

I am just waiting to hear on BRZ pricing before making a commitment - if the premium over the FR-S is as little as it is in the US I may go Subie, despite the missing colours and the silver-painted dash.

[Saibot]

Originally Posted by Scion FR-S

I am just waiting to hear on BRZ pricing before making a commitment - if the premium over the FR-S is as little as it is in the US I may go Subie, despite the missing colours and the silver-painted dash.

kinda ironic with a username like that, no?

[ahquit]

PM sent.
Saibot, Since you've taken the lead on this, do you need any help with anything? Where do we currently stand... I'm wondering what the next steps are?

[Saibot]

Originally Posted by ahquit

PM sent.
Saibot, Since you've taken the lead on this, do you need any help with anything? Where do we currently stand... I'm wondering what the next steps are?

Just need a solid commitment from a dealership. I'm waiting on a few to get back to us still, but i wouldnt mind exploring other options.

So far the dealerships ive contacted:

Simon (salesperson) - don valley north scion

• Enthusiastic, but their dealership has a few pre-orders already. May not be able to provide much of a deal.

Tom Vu (salesperson) - ken shaw lexus/scion

• Has promised he could work something out. Waiting to hear back.

General Manager at - Weitzes Scion

• Forgot his name...
• Said a group buy from his dealership was unlikely to provide any kind of benefit to us.

Jason Zhang (sales manager) - Toyota on Front

• Told me he'd take care of everything we needed in terms of how many cars we want, accessories (even if we clear out his entire inventory).
• Very willing to work something out.

If you want and/or are able to call other dealerships to see what they can work out, that would be great .

[Aznek]

PM Sent.

That Jason Zhang guy seems like our best bet, I wonder what kind of numbers he's expecting us to bring.

I plan on purchasing a manual and I've only driven manual vehicles for something like 30 minutes in total. It's gonna be scary getting it home from Toronto 0_0. Might have to get a good friend to drive it home for me

[Sport-Tech]

Originally Posted by Saibot

kinda ironic with a username like that, no?

Yeah, I thought someone might call me on that. Who knows, may have to choose a new username at some point.

But I spent an absurd amount of time today looking through BRZ photos to make a colour choice and I am just not liking any of the limited BRZ options we're getting here so I am still very unlikely to go that route. Especially if we get a good group buy discount.

[zex]

Originally Posted by Scion FR-S

Until you see the price, their low production numbers (and WRX pricing) suggest the markup here will be truly nasty.

My dealer wrote in the documents priced at "announced MSRP" +freight
I preordered mine in Markham mid march

[wheeladdict]

FYI, I have contacted principal who owns two dealerships and he has expressed interest in the deal.

best,
WA

[Aznek]

Hey guys,

For those that are serious about the purchase, could we also include in the list the package/colour/transmission everyone would be interested in?

Mine is Basic / Dark Gray Metallica / Manual.

[ahquit]

I'm looking for a whiteout/manual. Depending on which TRD accessory options scion brings in, I'd also like the TRD duckbill spoiler at least.

[Aznek]

I spoke with Nick Heffner.

He says with 5 confirmed he can offer $500 off each individual vehicle. Let's hope we can get some more confirmations or one of the other dealers offers something better because $500 is no 5% haha. Not sure how getting 10 pre-orders would scale it up to 5%, who told you 4-5% OP? (PM me the answer if you don't want to say in here)

He also has the following to say about the head unit upgrades "The head unit upgrade is $515. The upgraded head unit is more powerful (200 watts instead of 160), touchscreen, more customizable in terms of bass and trebel levels and includes integrated blutooth.". Too much for something without navigation if you ask me, I'm inclined to get an aftermarket double-din unit with navigation for a little more.

[Saibot]

Originally Posted by Aznek

I spoke with Nick Heffner.

He says with 5 confirmed he can offer $500 off each individual vehicle. Let's hope we can get some more confirmations or one of the other dealers offers something better because $500 is no 5% haha. Not sure how getting 10 pre-orders would scale it up to 5%, who told you 4-5% OP? (PM me the answer if you don't want to say in here)

He also has the following to say about the head unit upgrades "The head unit upgrade is $515. The upgraded head unit is more powerful (200 watts instead of 160), touchscreen, more customizable in terms of bass and trebel levels and includes integrated blutooth.". Too much for something without navigation if you ask me, I'm inclined to get an aftermarket double-din unit with navigation for a little more.

Just got an email from Jason Zhang.

He's offered us 4% over invoice. As we dont know invoice for FR-s just yet, comparing the FR-S to the US MIATA auto touring (MRSP is off by about $160), a 4% increase on invoice gives us ~$24900. Essentially its a $1000 discount off MRSP. We save taxes on that too.

[Sport-Tech]

^^Sounds great. Will he be OK with provisional buyers who want a confirmatory test drive first? (Of course it may turn out to be possible to do that well in advance of when these will be at the dealership.)

Those of you who like me haven't settled on a colour, are advised to go to a Subaru dealership and look at their cars to see what SWP (Whiteout) and DGM (Asphalt) look like. Apparently a few on the 1st 86 trip have changed to Whiteout after seeing it.