I just got a memo from Scion. Effective on all cars arriving by 1/30/06, the price on all 2006 Scion tCs are going up by $100. Make your purchase plans accordingly.

 

just $100?
thats like nothing.

 

thats aluminum door sills and pedal covers my friend thats like the price of 2 crapy options its alot lol

 

Wow.... if you make plans accordingly to a 100 dollar increase.... well...

I guess they gotta make money somehow... LoL

 

i wouldnt get those options anyway. pointless to buy from the dealer when u can buy urself for cheaper.

 

ok how about 3 tanks of gass hmmm its gas for 3 weeks lol


and i got the door sill cheap online to and pedal covers who the hell wants thoughs lol

 

ohh, $100, huh? Do they come sans rattles?

 

Actually, the $100 covers the cost of some new added rattles. They added $20 worth of chunks of loose scrap metal that they placed in strategic spots under the hatch panels. The other $80 is the profit margin.

 

you mean $100 in addition to the extra 4 grand over Scion's "pure price" that most dealers are charging..? ha ha

 

im sorta lost.
what exactly are u paying $100 for?

 

youre probably just paying for some extra R and D into the cars, along with the increased cost of everything for 2006. Even the price of soda will be going up due to the cost of plastic increasing. 100 beans is nothing though, if it means keeping the car the same, or even possible making it better, i think its worth it.

 

Good god, where do you live that dealers are marking them up like that? That's insane!

 

DC Metro area.. lol. I thought it was happening in a lot of places. Hell, I've even heard of people buying used tC's for more than $17,000. !!!!

 

From time to time, a manufacturer will decide they need to raise prices on their products. In the car business, this is generally done at the beginning of each model year. Toyota has a history of having small price hikes in the middle of the model year. They do this so the new model year price hike doesn't have to be as big.

You're not getting anything extra for the $100. I posted this information now because there are some people who would rather buy a car sooner, rather than later if it means saving $100.

 

i havent seen a used tc sell for under 16k even with 30k miles on them

 

I live and sell them here in the Metro DC area. I'm in Springfield. The only dealer I know of that is marking them up is Ourisman as part of their "Ourisman Advantage" maintenance program. We all have processing fees, but the highest in this area is $299 at Tysons, Lustine and Arlington. The rest of us at right around $200.

There may be a few dealers adding a bunch of accessories to the car to run the price up, but that's a different matter. I disagree with that practice and order all of our cars stock.

If you're looking for a new tC without a bunch of extras, it doesn't take too much effort. I know there are some that are not on the program, but besides me, I know Alexandria and Miller are pretty decent and Waldorf on the other side of the river does a good job.

OK... now for one last shamless plug... Springfield Scion at www.kjscion.com

 

here's a bump for your shamlessness. ahaha.

 

all cars go up in price. 100 bucks aint that bad. Wasn't it 200 or 250 last time?

 

Cliffy,

Are you the one and the same that I saw on EdmundsTownHall a while back? Gosh, I haven't been there in ages.

Glad my dealer only wanted about $50 to do the paperwork and I drove away with my tags. An hour of my time at the SoS office is worth 50 bones.

Anyway, if you are the one and the same, greetings. Well, even if you are not, greetings.


T
(Near the city where BrentwoodVolvo got his name)

 

interesting, must be the r&d, or we really are paying for the "recall"