Post what your experience was like when you first fired up your tC and drove it down the street!

For me it was on a test drive. I already liked the car, I liked all the nifty features on it. But when I first got behind the wheel, I was sold after the first two blocks. That car handled way better than anything I drove before. It was nice and quick for a 4 banger too, and made a pretty nice sound. I bought it the next day.

What about you guys?

 

jerky. i didn't know how to drive stick.

 

It was like being happy for the first time in a long time.

 

same... i stalled it in my garage while in reverse. once i learned though, oh man... awesome.

 

haha, i was used to driving a 4 speed toyota truck.....then jumped in the scion and stalled out of the dealership!

 

i was all about the glass roof!

 

Jerky, My 1st car so i didn't know how to drive manual...

 

+1, lol my dad insisted i test drive it. He didnt believe me I didnt know how to drive a manual. Prolly stalled a total of 20 or 25 times in that test drive lol. Stalled 3 times in a row at a stop light, then dropped the clutch and spun tires . All in front of a cop....and with the dealership guy and my dad in the car...best experience EVAR!!!

 

hah i did the opposite, i never drove stick before this car and i peeled out of the dealership cus i dumped the clutch at 3k haha

btw that was on the test drive.... and the salesman jokingly told me i HAD to buy the car after that hahaha, i told him dont worry ill take it

 

x2.
It was a great day when I drove off the lot...
The smell of a clean a$$ engine bay was pure ecstasy.

 

I had driven about a year with a manual subaru legacy gt and subura's clutchs are a lot stiffer so when i got in the scion it was like pushing a feather rather than a brick hahaha. IT was nice tho.. it felt weird at frist the car was fwd instead of awd and i sat a little higher up soo i felt like i was tipping over on corners, but i got used to it quick. bought it that day on the test drive. Traded in the legacy.. still got the tC now,, and still loving it hahaha there too fun.

 

When I test drove one...I didn't have the seat adjusted properly, so I didn't know if it was gonna work out for me, but I did some hardcore test driving in it!

 

So excited to have my first brand new car with everything I wanted! I paused at the dealership exit and checked to make sure I started my insurance on the right date. I was so scared that I forgot something small. I was also very jumpy too even after driving stick for 2 to 3 years. I was trying to look cool but I gave up at the 2nd stop light. But that next day I lit up the tires on a steep hill with my mom in the car. She said she was glad I did it and she didn't.

 

Driving home from the dealer, the car was running smooth, quiet, and distinctively smelling fresh and minty (Mmmm..I just love that new car smell ) .. Now, well....you know.

 

yea, it was a huge difference cause i've was driving a 1989 camry wagon before I got the Tc, i went for a test drive and the first thing i noticed was the ridiculous handling on it, the car is still surprising me when ever I look down at the spedometer and see that i'm doing 60 when it feels like im doing 25.

 

haha x2

 

the very first time i drove it i wasnt intending on buying a tc... i just drove it cause my friend had one and his was getting an oil change so i test drove one. it had the ped.spoiler and i couldnt see anything also the back headrests were all up. and the pedals felt weird to me.

the second time i drove one i loved it... and bought it!

 

Happy, but crappy.

It was my first time ever... DRIVING and DRIVING STICK.

My dad was like, it's easy as pie!
I jumped in and did everything myself guessing.
I got the hang of it though.
I loved it though.

 

my previous car was stick but the clutch on the tC is very soft so i stalled it once or twice before getting used to it

 

To think back on it now it's crazy but at first I hated it. This was early Aug. 04. and my previous car was a celica GT so I could feel the lack of 'pep' on the pedal...BUT I neeed a new ride and after viewing all the features, sunroof, and seeing all the seats fold down I went home thought about it some more, my family toyota brand loyalty and a week later put my order in. When I went to pick my bsp about 3 wks later and had that first drive in MY car I knew I made the right choice - and being stopped at just about every light w/ everybody asking questions and staring like crazy didnn't hurt either