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04-21-2005, 04:32 AM

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Nice, but i can stay w/ my RS grill for now.

04-21-2005, 04:42 AM

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Nice, but i can stay w/ my RS grill for now.

well if your ever looking to sell it just let me know

04-21-2005, 05:10 AM

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The grill appears to just be the aluminum mesh that APC and other companies sell at pepboys. cut to shape and glue/screw/ziptie on.

Looks kinda ok on that car though, wonder if they did the lower grill too.

i knew someone would say this but it takes effort to make anything look good. You put a half-**** job and u get half-**** quality! What im trying to say is that grill looks in perfect shape!

04-21-2005, 05:47 AM

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really? i didn't know that! I dont see why toyota would do such a stupid move.

It's not actually all that stupid. . . a car company gets to share the costs of a plant with a competitor, and produce certain models in it, and one benefits from parts/cars. It's a temporary partnership that reduces costs, to guage demand for certain markets/models. That way, they can build more cars, without having to build a new plant, as it would be more efficient to wait until the benfits of building a new plant could be fully realized. If they were to build a new plant, and only use 50% of the capacity, it would be a waste of potentially invested resources, as plants/equipment depreciate.

It's kinda like Toyota's JIT inventory approach, but applied to physical capital.

04-21-2005, 10:16 AM

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Yeah thats a cool grill!

04-22-2005, 08:15 AM

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looks like my grill

04-23-2005, 09:09 PM

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really? i didn't know that! I dont see why toyota would do such a stupid move.

you think thats dumb how about honda putting there engines in the saturn vue redlines now that is dumb lol atleast pontiac and saturn have cars that will last more then 4-5 years lol

you think thats dumb? how about saab puttin the subaru wrx engine inside the 92x and charging a few thousand more for a detuned boxer? now thats just plain silly to me

uh the SAAB IS a wrx.... the whole car, chasis and everything... it just has a nicer interior and different body pannels...

04-25-2005, 05:19 AM

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The 9-2X is designed to be quieter as well, and is still a reasonably priced car for what you get.

04-25-2005, 05:21 AM

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The 9-2X is designed to be quieter as well, and is still a reasonably priced car for what you get.

wow this is way off topic now but i did drive one today and they kick ___ it was taking turns at 40 and it was glued to the track

04-25-2005, 08:49 AM

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I really question dealer support for maintainence. . . who would you go to, to get warrantee work, subaru or GM or saab?

04-25-2005, 01:44 PM

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My little brother has a Vibe and everything under the hood has Toyota all over it. Also, it's VVT-i for those of you who are VVT-i happy. This has been done for years. I believe it was the Geo Prizm that was a rebadged Corolla.

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