1.5L - Timing chain? or Timing belt?
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1.5L - Timing chain? or Timing belt?
I just got into a fight with my sales manager about whether or not the 1.5 has a belt or chain. I cant find it online anywhere quickly and I know somebody will answer this question immediately...
....Thanks in advance for helping me win this bet whoever answers first!
....Thanks in advance for helping me win this bet whoever answers first!
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Don't you sell Scions? I'm not trying to bash you but I would think this would be a very important thing to know being a salesman or sales manager or whatever. When my wife and I bought our XRS, it came with a full tank of fuel...a full tank of THE WRONG fuel. it called for 91 and we got 87.
When we bought our xB, every question we asked had to be re-asked to the manager. EVERY QUESTION. And the bad thing was that the salesman owned an xB himself and still couldn't answer the questions! I have nothing against you Peruzzi, but I really wish Toyota would do more to educate their sales staff.
I understand this is a 'friendly' bet between two co-workers, and commend you for getting an answer and learning about the cars, but what if it had been a customer asking about the timing chain? It just seems that Toyota is happy with letting the sales staffs get by with 'just memorizing' the broshures and there is SOO much more info that buyers want.
BTW...you never mentioned it...which did YOU think it was before this thread? LOL
When we bought our xB, every question we asked had to be re-asked to the manager. EVERY QUESTION. And the bad thing was that the salesman owned an xB himself and still couldn't answer the questions! I have nothing against you Peruzzi, but I really wish Toyota would do more to educate their sales staff.
I understand this is a 'friendly' bet between two co-workers, and commend you for getting an answer and learning about the cars, but what if it had been a customer asking about the timing chain? It just seems that Toyota is happy with letting the sales staffs get by with 'just memorizing' the broshures and there is SOO much more info that buyers want.
BTW...you never mentioned it...which did YOU think it was before this thread? LOL
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YAY! I just won. My sales manager thought it was a belt and I told him and the customer it was a chain. I DO KNOW MY PRODUCT! I wouldnt sell anything I didnt know everything i could about. Its very important to me to represent the product as best I can. Thanks guy!
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Originally Posted by PeruzziScion
I DO KNOW MY PRODUCT! I wouldnt sell anything I didnt know everything i could about. Its very important to me to represent the product as best I can. Thanks guy!
tC break in question:
Originally Posted by PeruzziScion Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:21 pm
Break in period is nonexistant anymore with new cars. Thats an idea from the old school. Just drive it when you get...
...Break in? HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
...Break in? HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
Originally Posted by PeruzziScion Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:00 pm
It was broken in when it hit the dealers lot. There is no breakin period for new cars. Thats an old idea which is no longer relavent....
These responses tell me you know nothing about cars in general, let alone Scions specifically, and anything you say about them here or while trying to sell them pretty much doesn't hold water.
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Easy there...We all know that salesmen are 'trained to sell cars'. They are trained to read people, to get them to say yes, not to know their product. My point was just that it would be nice to find a salesman that knew his/her product well enough to answer the questions customers have.
I was told the same thing about the break in...just drive it till the 5000 mile oil change. Well, I used up all my 3 free oil changes within 7500 miles.
I was told the same thing about the break in...just drive it till the 5000 mile oil change. Well, I used up all my 3 free oil changes within 7500 miles.
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my salesman didn't know jack. but i liked him because i knew exactly what i wanted. i had done my homework. he didn't pressure me that was kewl. but i may be fooling myself in thinking there is something different about buying a scion and the salesman should know that.
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Like I stated before, I think they are just made to memorize the broshures...Some may take the extra effort to learn more about what they sell, but some will not. My salesman didn't know crap AND HE OWNED ONE!
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Originally Posted by x_rayted711
Easy there...We all know that salesmen are 'trained to sell cars'. They are trained to read people, to get them to say yes, not to know their product.
Besides, it's not like a correct answer for the break-in period is some kind of out-of-reach information...it's in the gawddamm owner's manual!!
No excuses for that kind of ignorance from a salesman. None.