People's Reaction to Your New FR-S

[enzeruvs]

I got pulled over two days ago, and the cop asked for my license and registration. Since I still haven't received my tags or plates yet, I handed the officer my license and let him know that my reg was stuck to the windshield, still. Then he stepped back and said "oh, wait... FR-S?" to which I replied "Yes, sir". Then he said "Sweeeeeet" and went on talk about how he had done a butt ton of research and was thinking about getting one too.

After about 5-7 minutes, I tempted fate and asked "so... was I speeding or something?" and he said "Technically, yes. But I was more interested in what your experience with the car was". o.O

After a few more questions, and a namedrop for my dealer in SD, he let me go on my merry way with a simple "alright, sir - have a good one!". No ticket. Not even a verbal warning to slow down.

Felt like I dodged a bullet. :X

[Re~Mix]

Best part is when any car passes and someone else's gf in the passenger seat looks longingly at my car.

Received many thumbs up.

[bigbroimc]

Over the last couple of days I got a thumbs up from a guy in a BMW M3, big Ford trucks, and a really cool guy in a jacked up FJ.

Another fun one I had is I was driving and a girl in a Scion TC was driving the other way and once she say my car her jaw dropped. Me and my friends just laughed and one said "maybe she should have waited before she bought the TC".

Same thing happened at a Jack in the Box. A girl was on the phone and once she saw the car she stopped talking and just stared at the car.

It is always cool to see peoples faces when they see the FR-S.


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[jesseps]

I was driving in a parking lot and this little kid saw me and pointed "Mommy there is Batman and the mother like that isn't Batman"

That gave me a good laugh.

[Coaster]

Originally Posted by FRiSson

Ok, you have a choice. Stand proud and help build Scion's reputation, or hide behind a fake badge.

Scion builds its rep not the consumers. If they make high quality vehicles then eventually it get there. However now it looks like its sinking.

The FRS is great though.

[FRiSson]

Originally Posted by Coaster

Scion builds its rep not the consumers. If they make high quality vehicles then eventually it get there. However now it looks like its sinking.

The FRS is great though.

Consumers build the reputation of a company, not the company itself. A company only provides goods and services. A company can supports its reputation by providing good products and service or cause its reputation to be ruined by not providing what is expected. Without the public's support a company has nothing. Honda, a small unknown car company in the US, had its reputation built from scratch by a grassroots fan base that recognized and spread the word about its superb small cars. Word-of-mouth is 100 times more powerful than advertising.

[E_br4ke]

Was test driving the FRS and a guy in a Mazda 3 slowed down rolled down his window and gave me the thumbs up.

I already knew I was buying it thought but respect from other driver is cool. Not sure if it was a speed3)


On my way to work yesterday a guy in a Sienna was following me. His wife was talking to him but his eyes were on my FRS. Poor fella.

[jmaryt]

Originally Posted by FRiSson

Consumers build the reputation of a company, not the company itself. A company only provides goods and services. A company can supports its reputation by providing good products and service or cause its reputation to be ruined by not providing what is expected. Without the public's support a company has nothing. Honda, a small unknown car company in the US, had its reputation built from scratch by a grassroots fan base that recognized and spread the word about its superb small cars. Word-of-mouth is 100 times more powerful than advertising.

they sent the first one here in i believe '72 and it was the honda 600 coupe!
basically a "piece of shit" ,but they LEARNED,and the '"next" boat load was sent in '73,and was the civic!..the rest,as they say is history!
it's not unusual for this vehicle to last 300,000 to 500,000 miles this is FACT,not fiction! i would say over almost 40 years,they have learned
very well indeed!

[SuperDave]

Originally Posted by FRiSson

Consumers build the reputation of a company, not the company itself. A company only provides goods and services. A company can supports its reputation by providing good products and service or cause its reputation to be ruined by not providing what is expected. Without the public's support a company has nothing. Honda, a small unknown car company in the US, had its reputation built from scratch by a grassroots fan base that recognized and spread the word about its superb small cars. Word-of-mouth is 100 times more powerful than advertising.

exactly so you can blame all the douche scion owners who made the rep look bad, and the toyota marketing department that thought,

"hey, you know how we can sell toyotas to teenagers? rename our cars something stupid/fake name like 'scion' and don't let them negotiate the price, and we'll be golden!"

i think i'm more irritated/insulted that people would be attracted to a car because of the fake name branding. if it's a toyota, call it a toyota. don't change the name for the US market just because you don't think we're intelligent enough to make a decision on the car based on its own merits.

[jmaryt]

somehow,not sure WHY i think this,but "toyota"
just doesn't light my fire when talking sports car!
anything ,BUT "toyota" would be better in MY view!
just sayin'

[jarviz]

Had my FRS parked down the block from my house and I saw some young kid looking and walking around it. He stood there for a few minutes looking suspicious and he starts setting up some instrumentation in front of the car and I was like wwwwtf is going on here.

I didn't have my glasses so I had to squint even harder and finally made out that he was taking pictures of my car on a tripod. I was like wow Maybe I should have offered him a ride for making our cars feel that awesome.

[FRiSson]

Originally Posted by SuperDave

exactly so you can blame all the douche scion owners who made the rep look bad, and the toyota marketing department that thought,

"hey, you know how we can sell toyotas to teenagers? rename our cars something stupid/fake name like 'scion' and don't let them negotiate the price, and we'll be golden!"

i think i'm more irritated/insulted that people would be attracted to a car because of the fake name branding. if it's a toyota, call it a toyota. don't change the name for the US market just because you don't think we're intelligent enough to make a decision on the car based on its own merits.

Aren't a lot of car names fake? Lincoln, SRT, Plymouth, Reliant etc...
Scion is an actual word meaning "a descendent" which makes sense given its relationship with Toyota. The price negotiation is not so bad, at least you don't have to deal with a-hole salespeople playing games. I was going to throw up on the next sales manager I had to meet and greet. They all remind me of executives from Bain and Company.

[jmaryt]

he! he! he! bunch of "shameless hustlers"

[artizhay]

Got a headnod from a construction worker but I was too busy trying not to stall my car in first gear to worry about that lol. Guy doing yardwork in a culdesac spun in place to watch as I went around the turn.

And some guy's girlfriend kept looking over since I was stopped next to him at a light. Needless to say, he had to compensate by speeding off once the light was green. My car's only around 200 miles so I couldn't do anything drastic.