OT (not political...whew!)

I gotta disagree with Jeff S. on this one:

This what is called a Loss Leader. Usually it is a hot item (case in point, an '88 Honda coupe I was looking at in March of '88..they were very rare) that had a LOT of stuff on it. But, like Jeff says, there was ONE of them. It had a lot of optional equipment on it and was priced about $3,500 less then it should have been.

They do this to get you into the showroom. If the guy had LISTENED to me, I wasn't interested in it. I wanted a 4-door with hardly anyhting, which would have meant a nice commission for him, but he was more interested in reading the paper (ARE YOU LISTENING, BALISE?!?!?!). But I digress.

They figure someone will come in and buy it rapidly, and then steer everyone else to other models with less equipment at the regular price. Looking back, I should have bought it, but we wound up getting a 4 door elsewhere for

Interesting. Where are you?

Around here (New England), it's always a tricked out ride that gets the treatment!

Perhaps that explains it!

Hey, Hachi--

Was just at the dealer's for NYS Inspection ($600 later) I had time to scour the showroom cars as reading material. They had a Scion two door for $15000 plus a $4500 TRD package plus Tax. Want the Address or phone #?

$4500 TRD PKG?! Did it include the Supercharger (or is it a Turbo?)

I can't even IMAGINE it! The freakin' thing is geared too low for the stock 2.4L. It NEEDS a 6-speed! With the Turbo, I can only imagine having to buy new tires every 6 weeks!

Tires-- Really low aspect # from the looks. They didn't have a detailed sticker on the window but did have a two page handout but the service rep. snagged me before I took one to read.

Hmmmm...my 'stock' tC has 215/45-17's. Any lower profile and I might as well ride on train wheels!

There is a 19" option available for the tC.