MrH's BRZ Thread

[r0tor]

Remove the "suba" so your just left with "ru" on the back... That would be hella sweet

[Raza]

RUBRZ!  Sounds like your vanity plate was just handed to you on a platter, H.

[Laconian]

"Are You Breeze"?

[Vinsanity]

"ROOBERZ"!

[MrH]

I was definitely going to get "LOL AWD" but $65/year is just a waste of money.

[68_427]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Gag2yXBAZv4

[68_427]

RUBRZ!  Sounds like your vanity plate was just handed to you on a platter, H.

That's awesome.

[r0tor]

RUBRZ!  Sounds like your vanity plate was just handed to you on a platter, H.

Exactly!

[AutobahnSHO]

U R A Bus

[MrH]

Got moved up another 3 days

Some people ordered in March and still don't have an ETA. No idea why I'm getting mine so fast.

[AutobahnSHO]

woot woot woot!

[Galaxy]

It would be great to configure your car online, complete financing and insurance online at the same time, click on the shopping cart, and your car is delivered factory direct to your driveway in a few weeks.

It is almost like that in Germany, granted you still have to physically go to a dealership to sign papers, but they offer complete packages with insurance, financing etc, you can enter your data like down payment etc. directly into the configurator. The insurance is a bit more expensive then if you shop for deals yourself though. That they offer this to do with over half of the country being on company cars. The employer does not want to bother dealing with a separate company. They just want to pay a monthly amount to the car company and then simply get rid of the car in 3 years.

[Galaxy]

VW got in trouble a number of years back doing just that. Apparently for some reason, its against the law in many states for a car maker to sell their cars direct to the public.

Yeah, there was a thread here some time ago where this was discussed. It surprised me that this is the case in the free trade country. I guess the auto dealers have good lobbyists. It is quite normally in Germany for car makers to run their own dealerships, which they then run as a type of museum,  temple of worship.

Mercedes in Berlin for example.

[280Z Turbo]

That's how it should be here. Then we wouldn't have shady dealers with folksy commercials trying to screw people over. Corporate should have 100% control of the dealerships.

[MrH]

Meh, you can't have basically amusement parks for each brand like Germany does.  Population density here for most of the country doesn't allow that kind of investment.

If you mean truly free market, in a sense that's what dealerships here are.  Don't like one?  Go to another.  They compete on price and customer service with each other.

[hotrodalex]

Free market would let dealerships be either independent or ran by the car company. They would compete on price and customer service with each other. (although in the end the company-owned dealers would win, since they could unfairly price the cars under what they charge the independent dealers. Some oversight would be necessary)

[850CSi]

I was hoping you'd chime in. I think we're the only two who debadge here.

*raises hand slowly*






I also lived in a state that required front plates. I think I got two tickets over a 5-year span. Easily worth it.

[Raza]

*raises hand slowly*






I also lived in a state that required front plates. I think I got two tickets over a 5-year span. Easily worth it.

(Debadging a base model doesn't count)

[ifcar]

Free market would let dealerships be either independent or ran by the car company. They would compete on price and customer service with each other. (although in the end the company-owned dealers would win, since they could unfairly price the cars under what they charge the independent dealers. Some oversight would be necessary)

So...is it free market or isn't it? The independent dealer would have to pull off the customer service niche, or offer service specials, or have a better location, or something. Because the whole idea of the free market proposal you seem to be floating is that the dealerships that no one would ever go to given the choice would fail.

[MrH]

Current sales of BRZ/FR-S:

Month      BRZ MTD     BRZ YTD     FRS MTD     FRS YTD
May 12         271                271                 86                  86
Jun 12          818               1089             2684              2770

Pretty clear they're making a ton more FR-Ss than BRZs.  And guess which is the only Subaru exclusive color between the twins?  World Rally Blue

I was thinking maybe I should have gotten dark gray, but the blue is going to be something really rare.  All the other colors will have a lot of Scion versions in the same color around. 

[68_427]

Now if toy really want rare our a scion bumper on

[hotrodalex]

So...is it free market or isn't it? The independent dealer would have to pull off the customer service niche, or offer service specials, or have a better location, or something. Because the whole idea of the free market proposal you seem to be floating is that the dealerships that no one would ever go to given the choice would fail.

It would technically be free market, but could turn into the current situation in Europe unless the independent dealers found a way to win over customers.

[280Z Turbo]

Now if toy really want rare our a scion bumper on

This is gibberish.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Now if toy really want rare our a scion bumper on

What if scion really out bumper want toy rare

[68_427]

Ermergerd

[Eye of the Tiger]

Ermergerd

Mexicans

[MexicoCityM3]

Huh?

And LOL RWD is worth it if you ask me.

[LonghornTX]

Meh, you can't have basically amusement parks for each brand like Germany does.  Population density here for most of the country doesn't allow that kind of investment.

If you mean truly free market, in a sense that's what dealerships here are.  Don't like one?  Go to another.  They compete on price and customer service with each other.

Franchise laws have definitely created a weird ecosystem of car dealerships here. Part of me would like that changed, since it would allow use to control our brand more directly and eliminate the number one thing that people dislike the most about cars (buying one from a salesman). Then again, who is to say there wouldn't be repercussions like those mentioned by you and Alex

[LonghornTX]

Current sales of BRZ/FR-S:

Month      BRZ MTD     BRZ YTD     FRS MTD     FRS YTD
May 12         271                271                 86                  86
Jun 12          818               1089             2684              2770

Pretty clear they're making a ton more FR-Ss than BRZs.  And guess which is the only Subaru exclusive color between the twins?  World Rally Blue

I was thinking maybe I should have gotten dark gray, but the blue is going to be something really rare.  All the other colors will have a lot of Scion versions in the same color around. 

Good choice on the blue. If I ever got a Subie, it would have to be World Rally Blue. BTW, I am jealous man, I am starting to really fall hard for these cars...

[AutobahnSHO]

That sucks that Yota is able to yank Fuji Heavy Industries around like that. Wonder if that is global sales?