That sucks. Because I'm sitting on 2 "kits" (the extra socket, and set of LED bulbs) to do the second reverse light. I guess one of them will still be going in my fiance's '11. I just wanted my car to be the test vehicle. Oh well. Cuts my work in half! Lol. So I guess it doesn't really suck, this is good news for me!

 

exactly! everyone will spot mine out as the first 2nd gen tc muahah

 

let's just do what wellesley did to his... :D

 

I slept on it...

...nope still ____ed.

It just kills me that they released the car with the 1 reverse light, and with no engine cover (FFS my 05 xB has one, why not on this car?) and say it was "designed" that way, and they don't even wait ONE model year before fixing it.

I didn't want to be forced to drill out my OEM light in order to correct their mistake. Wanted to wait and see if they left it as designed, but since they obviously realized they @#$%ed up, they should offer 2011 owners some sort of option to get it corrected.

Forget the style aspect, or even being unique, I'm talking about safety here. People approaching your parked car in a lot from the passenger side will not see that you are backing up. Yes I know your car moving backwards SHOULD be a huge damn sign, but people are stupid. Very stupid.

I just cannot wait to see what other "improvements" aka whoops let's fix that's are on the 2012 model.

 

What's all this about the engine cover? People actually want the plastic crap on top of the engine?

The single reverse light is an annoyance - constantly "Hey bud, you got a back-up light out."

 

Thanks to General Motors having reverse lights fire up every time you unlock the car, nobody sees those lights and expects the car to come backwards anyway.

 

When is the 2012 hitting showrooms?

 

I'm speaking from experience here. As I posted earlier, we were almost hit backing out. Dude in a Jeep was damn close to smacking us, gestures exchanged, I hopped out and did the typical whiteguy "whatchoowant" (think the Jeepdude relented seeing a crazed 6foot Ginger) and left. I told my wife to get in the driver seat and put it in reverse, I walked to where the Jeepdude was and damn skippy... can't see the reverse light from over there.

...i'm just lit up about this. Not directing any rage at anyone on here.

 

Post a complaint. Wait until the '12 tC specks are officially released and file with Toyota Corp. Enough tC2.1 owners complain and they'll put out something. I started the Alpine HU thread here for just that purpose, they eventually fixed it and it wasn't even a safety concern.

 

Don't you mean tC2.0? the next one should be tC2.1...

 

yea that would be my only gripe...whenever i back up...i take extra careful caution when i know cars are passing by from the passenger side


...what would they give us though?

 

I think they will give us two things, Jack and S#£t.

 

a floor jack would be nice....

but yea...i'm talking about the Scratch's perfect world...
would be a fair compensation?

 

Depends on the 2nd light in the 2012. If that wiring is run totally professional, tucked inside the looms in the panels like it was built that way....perhpas a TSB. If someone just swiped Papa_Bear's idea and is putting in some spliced 2nd light, then maybe offer the kit to owners.

Like I said, they won't do anything. Either option costs money, and it won't happen.

I may try to open some kind of complaint case once the specs are officially out, and get it on various social networks to just have people call in, like a petition....but it boils down to money, so I expect no change.

 

for canada, the 2012 and the 2011 have no diffrences.

 

Cool because insuring that won't be expensive. People talk about trading it in.. The tC is not a performance car per say, and the FR-S will be a performance car. The cost of insuring that will be 180+ at least. I love the car, but people forget about insurance.

 

I hear ya there! This thing costs me about $100/mo in insurance... I'm moving soon, and will probably deity back to USAA, so maybe I'll get a break on it then.

 

Same, just think about an FR-S. I know people who spend a car payment in insurance for their newer mustangs and z's.

 

Where are you getting that info from? Cause its wrong...

 

Just wait till someone sues Toyota after being hit, then we just might see a TSB..


I wonder if the white backlight on the clock will be easier to see in sunlight. Down here in Florida during the day the sun is so bright that I have to put my hand up to shadow the display just to check the time. And, that is with 15% tint.