This weekend I made the journey to the Syracuse area to secure a 'new to me" 09' SH-AWD TL Tech. I just sold my S2000 a few weeks ago that was a primarily set up for the track despite the fact I daily'd it.....even in the Erie winter here at PennState. My general first impressions are very good minus the fact I think both front lower door speakers are blown (they rattle with certain songs).
I originally thought the car to be a burgundy color as the dealer described, which I was not wild about. However, the car only had 55,000 miles, came with a warranty, new tires, all records, service manuals, keys, etc. so I assumed I would just deal with the color as everything else was in check. I requested the vehicle be on a lift when I arrived and the dealer complied. When I arrived the car was not the color they described, it was a brown metallic! I had been wanting to warp my S a brown metallic for the past two years so this was thrilling to me. I told the dealer it was miss-advertised and played puppet with them. All in all I escaped paying about 21 out the door for everything which I think was relatively fair.
I plan to change all the fluids here shortly for my own piece of mind as it sat at this Toyota dealer for the last 5 months. The owner of this particular deal had several Datsun and BMW 2002 SCCA cup cars which spiked a lot of conversation as he had just returned from Watkins Glen. I still do not know all that much about this car and have been sifting through the encyclopedia they call a manual :rolleyes:. If any of you have any fun little tricks or features please share as I am probably unaware at this point.
I originally thought the car to be a burgundy color as the dealer described, which I was not wild about. However, the car only had 55,000 miles, came with a warranty, new tires, all records, service manuals, keys, etc. so I assumed I would just deal with the color as everything else was in check. I requested the vehicle be on a lift when I arrived and the dealer complied. When I arrived the car was not the color they described, it was a brown metallic! I had been wanting to warp my S a brown metallic for the past two years so this was thrilling to me. I told the dealer it was miss-advertised and played puppet with them. All in all I escaped paying about 21 out the door for everything which I think was relatively fair.
I plan to change all the fluids here shortly for my own piece of mind as it sat at this Toyota dealer for the last 5 months. The owner of this particular deal had several Datsun and BMW 2002 SCCA cup cars which spiked a lot of conversation as he had just returned from Watkins Glen. I still do not know all that much about this car and have been sifting through the encyclopedia they call a manual :rolleyes:. If any of you have any fun little tricks or features please share as I am probably unaware at this point.