Long time lurker, just about first time poster. Just picked up my AT BCP tC today. I'm gonna miss my old baby a bit ('03 Mazda6) but I just love the way this thing handles. This thing is sweet as all get out and I can't believe it only costs as much as it did!

Only options would be an automatic (not a 5-speed guy) and the new pedestal spoiler. Only bad thing is there is a paint defect on my hood (under the clearcoat) so I will most likely be getting a brand new hood.

Oh, and no waiting list...got mine min from Gloucester Scion in SE VA. They had 3 tC's on the lot (including this one).

 

congrats on the new car man

 

you should of get a manual that's one with the kick and more power feels like you driving one of those expensive sport cars i guess auto tranny is more your taste enjoy your new ride and drive safe...

 

Congratulations!! I just bought the exact same car today!!!! I am so excited!!!!!

 

if i could do it over again...i would get an automatic...hmm, but i love the manual, maybe it's just a newbie manual driver talking.

nah, i'll stick with the manual, when can you spin the tires in second with an automatic. plus, it really makes me pay attention to the road. anyone half asleep can drive an automatic.

 

Congrats! I am also a new tC owner (in fact, so new that I don't even HAVE it yet; the dealer is installing my options and I'll get it by Wednesday)... a Black Cherry Pearl manual transmission tC. Damn, manual tranny cars are impossible to find! I was calling and e-mailing every dealership in Southern California and Nevada! I didn't even care so much about the color (just no white and no azure). I am thrilled I found the exact car I wanted!

Of course, the Miata will always be my true love. But damn the tC is fun!

Zack

 

Zach, where did you get your tc? I bought my car at Ventura Toyota. I went to Oxnard Toyota yesterday and the salesperson didn't even ask me if I wanted to test drive it!!!! The nerve!!!!

 

Yeah...the dealer I got it from had 3 tC's..and they were all autos. :D

Thanks for the welcome all!

 

Congratulations, I'll picking mine up from the dealership in about 5-9 days. I got mine in the BSP color with the Pedestal spoiler.

 

w00t!

 

I can spin my tires in my AT tC quite easily actually...

 

Oh yah, I've found some Scion dealers are total jerks. Scion of Hollywood... OMG, the salesman told me they had "rules" I was supposed to follow to buy a car from them. WTF!? I was also annoyed that some dealers (Tustin Scion, Power Scion) are ordering cars with premium upgrades (like the overpriced 18" rims) so that you don't have a choice. Obviously this is because they make more money and the tC is in demand enough that people are paying for the extras.

My quest was to find a manual transmission tC right away, not something that I "ordered" and waited 3 months to get. I really didn't want to buy a car now... but my Miata has some kind of electrical gremlin and it's been stranding me in weird places for a month now. It's my own fault (too many mods), but I don't have the time to figure it out properly.

So, I eventually got in touch with Miguel@ Family Scion in San Juan Capistrano. They didn't have a manual transmission car, but they offered to find me one. Three hours later, they called to say they had worked out a trade with another dealer on a manual BCP tC for me! They didn't even want a deposit; a fax of my approval for the loan through TFS was enough. Wow. When I asked if they needed me to come to the dealer today and sign paperwork, they said "Nah, your word is good enough."

Wow. Like... actual trust and service. Who'd have thought? After I spoke with Family Scion, I got a voicemail from Karim @Northridge Scion. He offered to do a search across all Southern California dealers to find me the car I wanted. I had to call him back and thank him for the offer but let him know I'd found a car. Nonetheless, Northridge Scion and Family Scion were the only dealers who were willing to help me find the car and color I wanted.

 

A teaser pic...not sure how many people have seen the pedestal on a BCP:

 

don't want to get of the tc topic but what is the deal with auto and manual tranny,it seems these days it's hard to get into a manual tranny, wanted a manual tranny xb and the dealership didn't had any in stock at the time two weeks after buying they got about 10 xb manual bumer....