SoCal FRS/BRZ dealers to Avoid and buy from

[nocurfew]

Originally Posted by Project_GT86

Just gave him a call. Very nice and honest guy. It's funny that he knew who you were without me saying your name. Are you related? haha Jokes aside, i appreciate the help Ray!

Haha, not related at all. They usually order their cars with trunk carpet, wheel locks, and rear bumper appliqué. I opted out of the rear bumper appliqué. So if you don't want any of the options, let him know ahead of time so he can catch it before it gets installed at the port. So are you gonna get it from Crown? Anyway, let me know if you have any more questions, and you're welcome!

[Project_GT86]

Originally Posted by nocurfew

Haha, not related at all. They usually order their cars with trunk carpet, wheel locks, and rear bumper appliqué. I opted out of the rear bumper appliqué. So if you don't want any of the options, let him know ahead of time so he can catch it before it gets installed at the port. So are you gonna get it from Crown? Anyway, let me know if you have any more questions, and you're welcome!

Yup! That's where ill be heading sometime this week. Unfortunately i have to put a deposit which is no biggie. I definitely opted out of the applique but the wheel locks and carpet i might actually keep. Well see how it goes... hopefully everything turns out smooth and he does keep his words especially since Ontario is a tad bit of a drive.

[raz0rbladez909]

Originally Posted by Marrk

I know nothing on Scion, so please explain how they can get mark ups and still be a "pure pricing" dealer? If the Scion dealer can negotiate upward (with a mark up), then you can certainly negotiate downward (with a discount), which, it seems to me, destroys the whole idea of pure pricing.

But maybe this issue is better left to another thread.

From what the manager at the dealership I bought from(Gosch Toyota/Scion in Hemet) told me was that Scion is specifically going after those dealerships with dealer markups on any of their Scions. By going after them he said something like 10k dollar fines for each car marked up as well as reimbursing those people who purchased their cars with a markup. I'm not sure if there is any truth to this but it may be something to look into. He said Scion had an emergency meeting with all of the managers in So. Cal. and put many of them in their place. I would honestly call Scion customer support and report the dealers if this is the case.

[Marrk]

Originally Posted by nocurfew

Haha, not related at all. They usually order their cars with trunk carpet, wheel locks, and rear bumper appliqué. I opted out of the rear bumper appliqué. So if you don't want any of the options, let him know ahead of time so he can catch it before it gets installed at the port. So are you gonna get it from Crown? Anyway, let me know if you have any more questions, and you're welcome!

I called John Villalobos today, too. Gotta get a deposit out there tomorrow or Thursday.

[Project_GT86]

Originally Posted by Marrk

I called John Villalobos today, too. Gotta get a deposit out there tomorrow or Thursday.

LOL he mentioned your name too...haha small world

[PMok]

if any of you are in the San Diego area, and interested in FR-S but haven't been able to take a test drive, stop by Kearny Mesa. They have a dedicated Hot Lava FR-S (6MT) available for test drives, it's all covered with stickers marketing the car's features. Since it's a demo car and not to be sold as a new car, you are free to thrash it and test out its abilities. I actually live in NorCal but had not been able to test drive either a BRZ or FRS yet, so while I was down in the area visiting I stopped in and took the FR-S for a test drive. Sales guy "Buddy" was very nice and let me take it around town and on the highway, even helpfully pointing out which curves and ramps I could use to really test out the handling. I've decided to order a BRZ instead but if you are interested in the FR-S, Buddy said they are selling at MSRP but you do have to place an order, which means about a 8-12 week wait. Since he was a nice guy to deal with and you can get exactly what you want, I thought I would at least put a good word out for him.

[nocurfew]

Originally Posted by Project_GT86

Yup! That's where ill be heading sometime this week. Unfortunately i have to put a deposit which is no biggie. I definitely opted out of the applique but the wheel locks and carpet i might actually keep. Well see how it goes... hopefully everything turns out smooth and he does keep his words especially since Ontario is a tad bit of a drive.

I kept the trunk carpet and wheel locks. My car came in about 2 1/2 weeks which was great compared to Longo Toyota in El Monte. I left a deposit at Longo on May 3rd and didn't hear anything from them since. Anyway, congrats! And don't forget to tell them Ray referred you

[nocurfew]

Oops, double post.

[nocurfew]

Originally Posted by Marrk

I called John Villalobos today, too. Gotta get a deposit out there tomorrow or Thursday.

Awesome! I called him earlier and he said he'll take care of you. I hope you have a great experience like I did.

[Jared0934]

If I could add- anyone in the Westminster, CA area do *NOT* buy anything from Elmore Toyota they are horribly unprofessional, try to mark up the car, try to sell you leather seats before they are even installed in the car- Let me tell you, when we first sat down they asked 37,500 for a Manual Red FR-S w/ Bespoke and 3M Paint Protection on the front... Reason being they said $5,000 markup + $3,700 leather seats (that weren't even installed yet just "on order")

Lol I ended up getting the car at base + upgrades price and also a free lo-jack because they fucked up my contract 4 times making me come back to the dealership each time. One of those fuck ups was on MY down payment they tried to steal over 600 dollars from me so my monthly payments would be higher thinking I wouldn't notice...

If any dealers give you an issue or do things out of line- report them to Scion HQ and they will get shit fixed for you pretty quickly, even got me free lo-jack install.

[ryc26]

Originally Posted by madoka

I was told that Puente Hills Subaru was expecting 3 BR-Zs by the end of July. I was also told that there would be a $5,000 markup on each of them.

They had a $6.5k markup on a WRB MT deluxe a week or two ago. They are telling customers that they plan to do a $5k markup on the others.

[DrSteezey]

damn stealerships. does anyone have a review on toyota/scion of orange??? because that is where im supposed to be getting my fr-s. wanted to know how their service/knowledge/scumbagginess is and if they markup as well.

[Giccin]

Holy smokes. I haven't updated this in awhile and its 81 replies! lol I'll update it soon!

[Giccin]

Also, I wanted to kinda know if this thread somewhat helped anyone. Lol

Just want to be making some useful threads.