man went to my scion dealer today. those _____es dont know ____. asked for the hot lava that didnt even know it was available. they cant tell me when i can get it or anything. i'm at the place with cash in hand for reserve or whatevers needed and that cant even help me. i told them if i couldnt get the hot lava then i wouldnt even get it. does anyone here know when the hot lava is avail. to peeps in n.c. thanks yo

 

It's not available yet anyhwhere. Right on the scion website it says not available until spring 2004.

 

We haven't even received the hot lava models here at the port yet. As far as I know, they're supposed to be off the ship sometime next month. I'll let you know when we get some in. Now as far as when your dealer will get them in, I can't answser that.

 

I dont feel like looking because there are so many posts here about the car. Try searching, youll find more then enough threads about it.

Search under ... rs.1.0 ... Release Series 1.0 ... and Hot Lava

 

im surpised doc hasnt posted here yet ask him hed prolly die for that car

 

your dealer will ( if he gets on the ball) probably have one in March. It's a shame that there not on top of that 4 u!

 

Yeah, Where the hell is Doc?

NCScion, email me with your questions, I can help you as much as I can... soon my site will have all the info available, I just need to put it together....


Doc

 

And Doc appears. Ask as ye shall recieve

 

Werd...


Doc

 

ncscion don't be too hard on you Scion guy down there..you would be surprised of how many people don't know about the R.S 1....at the dealerships there hasn't been a lot of info about it...for people new to Scion there is a lot of info to get caught up in....there so much information on this site and guys like Drew and V who know so much...but they also been doing this since may of last year (that's how long scion been out in Cali) so don't be too hard on him...just make sure he gets on here at scion life so he can get caught up :D

 

the people at the dealer are clueless. they tell me it is no harder to get the hot lava then it is any other color. i have tried a number of dealers around eastern nc and get the same bs. the sales reps are not educated well enough on their new product. wish they knew as much as you guys. so do you all know how to get on a waiting list for H/L
do i need to make a deposit. if any of you have already gotten on the list please tell me how. thanks

 

It all depends on your dealer, most will require a deposit and they will just add you onto a waiting list they have. Once your Hot Lava xb comes in they will call you and you go down and pick it up. Its not hard to do just find a dealer who' knows something about it.

 

My story went a little something like this........

1) i order a black cherry red from my dealer.
2) i went to scion.com and Mia ( i imagine this hot little blond ) told me about this site
3) i just became familar with this site, and it was posted that for an addition grand, i can have an orange ( which i always wanted, i love the look of metallic orange these days, esp. the new Z ) which is called Release Series 1.0. This was the evening of Dec. 31, so i had to wait till the morning of the first to make the call.
4) called the dealer, and told him about the r.s.1.0, and he knew nothing about it. Said he would look into it and call me right back. Meanwhile i E-mailed him the Toyota Press Release on the r.s.1.0 so that he may become edjucated on it.
5) he called back about 15 minutes later, told me that there was indeed a r.s.1.0 in orange, and that i was on the list to get one at that dealership.
6) just got a call last week, and he told me that the first shipment of xBs are going to be in the first week of Feb. and that i could have picked up my black cherry then, but i would have to wait to hear back from him about the r.s.1.0 in a couple of more weeks. Something about they dont know what they are getting in a shipment until a couple of weeks before they arrive at the dealer.

So its really not surprising that your dealer doesnt know about the r.s.1.0 Hot Lava. Its just funny when the dealer says, " thanks, its people like you who are really into this Scion thing that make our jobs easier."

 

CBS thats true, its about the same thing the guy at my dealer said. but i went and put a $500 deposit on it today. CBS my feelings are the same as yours. i like the xb at first but i didnt want those colors. meanwhile i mess up and buy a 2003 diamante. now i am going to trade now that my true car with the color that i needed is available. to me its not about being the only one in town maybe with that color. its just to me the xb deserves a more flashy color like H/L, IMO

 

Hey I heard some really awesome guy showed you where that press release was....thats just what I heard though...


Doc

 

so what are the chances we all will actually get the rs 1.0. i mean do you guys think we have a good chance

 

Pretty good, do the math, it works out, especially if dealers haven't heard of it yet, and you have one ordered already!!!


Doc

 

DOC

that is a really good point. i havent even looked at it that way.[/quote]

 

i got some information emailed to me about the rs 1.0 and southern california is getting 320, so you should be able to get one.

 

All I know is as long as my dealer gets 2 then I got 1. I was the second person to put a order in for the 1.0 at the dealer. Well so they say. All in all though I think if you get your hold for them now you should definitly get one.