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Old 09-15-2019, 01:28 AM   #365
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Whats leaning me to a AT is the issue with TOB, nothing worse then buying the car then having to shell out more money.
I hear that they have improved the new TOBs.


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Old 09-15-2019, 09:47 AM   #366
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Yep, pretty much what I was saying about the C7. There are very few 86s that were customer ordered. Almost all of them were spec cars. It was the manufacturer, based on their previous sales, that decided what they wanted to have on the lot. If someone didn't buy a Toyota/Scion version because it was an auto, the dealer just sold it to someone that was OK with it, and they still sold every one they made, at a higher price.
Toyota in general doesn't do "orders." even if you want a specific model with specific features, the dealer takes that and waits to see if Toyota makes it and ships it to the US. The plants make what they want.
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Toyota in general doesn't do "orders." even if you want a specific model with specific features, the dealer takes that and waits to see if Toyota makes it and ships it to the US. The plants make what they want.
Pretty much my point, although they don't "make what they want" they "make what research tells them well sell and be most profitable".
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