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Directly connected to your sage advise, our Scion is in the driveway, with four, count 'em, four signs, with price, phone number, mpg and other such inanities. Cars dot com is running an ad for me. Well, not for me, since I paid for it, but there's one out there too. Got a call today from what I...

I have to say that buying a new vehicle and selling or disposing of the old ones ranks right up there with the unpleasant task of moving a household or finding a new job. We dropped into the local dealership today to see how much of a trade-in our barely used Scion xA would bring. A 2005 model...

I might not try to sell our pristine Scion xA on the open market and Kelly Blue Book has some pretty good numbers for trade-in, so that part may be the key bargaining factor. KBB suggests more than ten thousand on home-seller, and eight thousand six for a valid dealer offer. With only one offer...

Here's the scoop directly from the dealer: MSRP $30,125.00 Sell $28,550.00 tax $1,846.00 tag $225.00 fees $888 Total out the door $31,509.00

Joe, we went into the test drive phase knowing (or believing) a lot of what you write, including the headrests. Ergonomics are different for everyone and the headrests were not the pain in the neck, pun intended, for us that they appear to be for others. I also recognized the option of a...

I have a photo taken of the model in question and it does read at 30,125. The destination charge is 850 as you say. The negotiable part is useful, and it probably did arrive from Jax, fewer than one hundred miles away. It's a holiday weekend, which either excuses the other four dealers from...

Edmunds.com has a facility to send "interest" messages en masse to nearby dealers, so I used that and have received "how interested" responses from four of the five in my area. In response, I asked for itemized quotes. One reply so far that fits my request: MSRP $30,125.00 Sell $28,550.00 tax...

It's a strange combination of only two options, heated mirrors and battery warmer. There is an entry in the standard equipment list of heated driver seat.

After our recent test drive, it's all the more likely that a purchase will be soon. Even though I try to avoid purchasing off the lot, this particular dealer has a lot-lizard that's been there since April and is the ES model I prefer for cost reasons. Are there any owners here with the ES...

I recently remembered that I had visited this same dealer and took photos of the inventory. At the time, it was two and now it's six. At that time, I also took photos of the vehicles and the price stickers on the windows. This most recent trip also included the same photo sequences. April is the...

Our local dealer said they've sold four since the line appeared on the lot, one of them is "owned" by the dealer's wife. This particular salesman did not have as much information as I did and it makes me wonder how successful he is in pushing the i to prospective buyers. The lot was pretty quiet...

Sadly, we qualify for the tax credit, although this is a good thing in this situation. Otherwise we'd have an even bigger hit come tax time. Another unfortunate turn is that Florida does not have any state incentives, not even for charging stations. I agree with the being-seen aspect of road...

If what I remember is correct (and it's often not), the RR display is a multi-function device which also contains a trip meter. Is this not so? The reason I allegedly remember this is that the original posting mentioned it as being a poorly designed item. To the list members in general, what...

My wife and I visited the local Mitsubishi dealership, traveling there by our 2003 Rav4EV to perhaps lend some credibility to our visit. After about ten minutes looking at the five outside vehicles, we went inside to open the doors and poke around the SE in the showroom. At least three salesmen...

What is the situation with cup holders? The Rav4EV has a miserable arrangement, while the miserable Xebra had a great one, perhaps the best part of that miserable vehicle. The Gizmo has a boat-gymbal cup holder I installed by bolting it to the interior panel. Cup holders are a deal breaker if...

Rich, I have not yet taken a test drive and the last time I was on the dealer's lot looking at the cars parked in the back corner, none of the sales crew cared to brave the heat to try to make a sale. I was traveling via velomobile, dressed in cyclists' lycra, which may have been a factor. It's...

That's an encouraging answer indeed. The "little things" exist for everyone, I think, as no one vehicle is perfectly suited, but by definition, little things are not show-stoppers. Big things, such as losing range due to hot overcharging, on the other hand should be in the forefront. Is there a...

This may be the best thread in which to post this question. We've been "electric" for a number of years, first with a Xebra, followed by my wife's primary drive, a 2003 Rav4EV and recently supplemented with a Gizmo three-wheeler, also 2003. The Xebra is possibly beating about in the wilds of...