Scion tC

andeet · November 2008

103k...in great shape still. I should least be offered $8,000-ish. Just checked, trade in values on Blue Book. $8,160. If I was to sell it privately; $10,790. A dealership's asking price; $13,540.

Come on now! My two year old tC STILL has the "New Car Smell!" Not much but still does....

Sorry Carmax...I know the "Trade in" tricks! I wasn't trading in my '94 Ford Probe with trans problem for stupid $250.00. LOL

iluvmysephia1 · November 2008

I couldn't remember how many miles you had on your Scion tC. Well, $8,000 it is, then.

I am used to late-model tC quotes. I sure see a butt-load of Scion tC's on the road in Tucson, AZ. They love them there, as they should. It is one hot looking automobile!

andeet · December 2008

On new tires....

Got stuck paying 155.00 per a tire. Winter tires! The tire shop only had two BF Goodrich in stock. And I didn't want to get stuck with worn down tread by next month with going with the same ones I had last year.

Vredestein Wintrac Xtreme

I guess these are from a company that is claimed to be "Cadillac of Tires."

I sure felt the difference within a second! They are such a quiet winter tire. When April comes around....I better have 1,500 stashed somewhere for a tire & wheel package.

iluvmysephia1 · December 2008

I just blew $149 a tire on new tires for my '08 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS. They are Pirelli P-Zero Nero M+S Pinna's. They take my town's street bumps much better. I had an alignment done and my toe and camber were way off. The cars steers straight now.

Also, the P-Nero Zero's give off way less road noise on all surfaces. Italian-based Pirelli makes a great tire!

Congrats on your new tires, too!

andeet · December 2008

I guess I'm the lovable kind person after all.....

Monday, I woke up at 11:00 am for no reason. Decided to stay up a bit and go to the dealer for some oil filters. Sales stops me and fires questions about the tC in the snow. I answer back. Went to parts and got some filters. Walked back and all of sudden Bullitt's saleswoman greeted me with "Did you get my Christmas card?" I look at her while noticing she seemed very happy. "No not yet" with smile back. She asks me "So how is the tC in the snow? I never driven one yet.." I tell "Okay, but I wouldn't recommend buying one during a snow storm. You just have to learn how to drive it." So anyway, she asked me "Hey, you want to get something to eat?" I said "Okay." We had lunch together with couple of her co-workers. We talked about each other's employers and interests. I bought hers while offering to buy theirs but they declined. She sure is a woman who found her "Fountain of Youth."

I learned how much that woman is even more fun outside those walls LOL I guess this recession is giving her some security with customers like me.

iluvmysephia1 · December 2008

sure looks froze-up!

andeet · December 2008

LOL

Now its 52 degrees. All the snow is melting. Funny thing is, I was at the ATM today. And as I was about to drive off...I clipped the median quite hard! I automatically got worried. Went to get gas; checked the tire. NO DAMAGE whatsoever. I would of damaged something else with other tires but not these. I think I'm in "tire love" LOL

iluvmysephia1 · December 2008

I know about loving tires, I love my new Pirelli P-Zero Nero M+S(mud + snow) Pinna's, too! I feel ready to take on the elements, come what may! Glad you survived the hit on the median!

andeet · January 2009

Well, it finally happened! :mad:

I was sitting at a stoplight...all of sudden a teal Ford Taurus slams right into me! I notice this Mitsubishi Eclipse is totalled and leaking fluids everywhere. The Eclipse decided to pull out in front of the Taurus.

I'm just minding my own business and this happens!

Where my left side bumper is balding out is where the airbag sensor is at. So I was about half inch away from hitting the sensor. My bumper is trashed. My driver's fender is dented in. Who knows if Bullitt's mechanical life is okay. Seems like the car's frame is slightly shifted...that's what I more worried about than anything else. That's automatic "Totaled" red flag.

My insurance company knows and someone from there is coming on Monday or Tuesday.

I have two things on my mind: One-high mileage, total repair costs, and value="Totaled." Two-Toyota Financial says "Fix it or pay that GAP!" and I keep Bullitt. If they totaled it, I'm basically damned. :mad:

I don't mind seeing my Carmax sales buddy; but I was hoping to see her when I have 10k sitting around for a 2nd car. Not on a "totaled" car term! :mad:

iluvmysephia1 · January 2009

isn't that when your "Gap" insurance will kick in, if they "total" Bullitt? Keep us updated and am sure sorry to see that damage to your tC!

andeet · January 2009

Here's my answer:

iluvmysephia1 · January 2009

and at the same time I'm thinking....AWWW! I am hoping Bullitt gets fixed back to "normal" ASAP. It's hard to see a good lookin' Scion tC in that kind of shape! :sick:

Thul17 · January 2009

Long story, short. My PC cookies deleted all my saved usernames and passwords. Now! I tried getting new password BUT my e-mail address is inactive. I had special domain that AOL let me have until last month when they decided to offer that "Domain" services for a simple monthly charge. I'm not comfortable giving my credit card to these people. When e-mail should be free.

Lucky for me I changed all my more important usernames few months ago to different e-mails before this happened. Only down, I have to make new accounts with those sites.

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2,600 ish for body shop repair for exterior. We haven't looked in the engine bay yet since I'm still driving in it. Could be even more damage.

Good news! No more rock chips, no more foglight sealant gone bad, I'm not giving them my front plate so they can't drill new license plate holes into the new bumper. LOL

Car still idles rough going to a stop or sitting at the light. But once he driving, he's fine! His start-ups even in the Tundra conditions last week, he started just as good before the accident.

johnnyg7 · January 2009

Regarding this Problem

Jan 24, 2009

The problem we are having with our 2006 TC is that the backing plate that the emergency brake hardware is mounted to is bent out, that is where the noise is coming from regarding the grinding sound, again the backing plate is rubbing against the rotors causing that noise and its a bad noise with ours, slows the car down and reduces gas mileage etc, we are taking it to the dealership and are interested to see what they say.

25 K on car :mad:

iluvmysephia1 · January 2009

so, the accident damage is fixed, on the body at least? Good news. Good idea not to give them the front plate, too, saves on extra bumper holes indeed.

Hope your tC's engine is unscathed. Were you mentioning radiator damage in the beginning, too? Or am I imagining tC injuries that aren't there?

Thul17 · January 2009

Well???? Body shop has pushed back the delivery date AGAIN. To Feb 4th. They have found additional $2,000+ worth of damage like engine mounts and minor front frame damage. There's probably other damage the estimator didn't say over the phone.

I've been without a car for five days so far! I'm so going to personally kill this kid if I ever see him again in a dark alley. LOL I SO have "Cabin Fever."

What "P"'s me off the most, I've been driving with my brake light on. That Friday before the accident; I went to the dealer for a Coolant Flush and brake check. They wanted to charge me $500's for new rear brake rotors and pads! When last year, front rotors and pads didn't even cost me $400 bucks! :mad: So I declined the brake service and let my cousin do it for me. The morning of the accident, I was supposed to pick up "set a side order" basic OEM rotors and pads from Advance Auto then take the car to my cousin. So I drove three weeks with brake light completely ON and the car probably doesn't even have one bottle of Brake Fluid in him! All because I couldn't open my hood. :mad:

Since I'm waiting: I doing something little more OEM.

Slotted-Drilled rotors; keeps brake pads nice and cool.

iluvmysephia1 · January 2009

slotted rotors, andeet. Makes good sense for brake pad cooling.

Thul17 · February 2009

Here's the list:

New hood, new front bumper, new left headlight, new driver's side fender, new engine mount, new windshield washer reservoir, replaced A/C pipe, replaced hood cable and lever. Paint and refinishing.

PLUS!!! Repaired front frame damage.

All this cost my insurance company $5,631.00; all because the little brat who caused the accident didn't have insurance! :flame:

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I think this was the only option to hold my foglights in place? LOL

I wanted new foglights anyway.

iluvmysephia1 · February 2009

now, do you know if your car insurance rates will rise because of this? :sick:

BTW-your tC looks great once again! And to have all of that snow and ice off of it helps, too.

Thul17 · February 2009

Yep! :mad:

I'm still thinking about suing the kid for the deductible with a lawyer?

Lets see here; my car's value decrease due to being in accident (no matter what), my rates are going to increase, there's possibility that my car's safety isn't the same and if I'm another accident down the road; I can get seriously hurt. All this because some dumba$$ kid couldn't wait for ONE second! :mad:

iluvmysephia1 · February 2009

accidents are such a big pain in the rear. You might consider suing the kid, or just chalk it up to bad experiences and move on. Still, it does get ya to wonderin', huh?

Thul17 · February 2009

It's really up to my insurance company? If they sue, I'm not. If they don't, I'm going to.

I'm not going to be greedy about this one bit. BUT I do feel that I'm entitled to not pay for my $500.00s.

State of Wisconsin clearly states: "You are not entitled to have insurance unless the automoble is financed. BUT YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PAY FINANCIAL"

Thul17 · February 2009

Yesterday, we were lucky to have beautiful 60 degree day. So I spent good amount in my car with the windows down. Hour and half later, I see a rock chip on the driver's side windshield. Get home, not one, not two, not three BUT FIVE rock chips! Apparently, I was behind a car that picked up some rocks and they threw right onto the windshield AND my new hood making nice rock chip into the paint! :mad:

Then I go visit my sister's. She lives in a city that has "Red Light Photo" intersections. I happened to be coming to one. Stale green light. I wanted to turn left. So I stop before the stop line. I'm yielding traffic then I see a van. Okay, here's my chance to turn during rush hour. Then these two small economical cars follow behind while I'm about to gun it. I notice the light turning yellow so I slammed on the brakes. Red light comes. I'm sitting there watching "Two" flashes occur while I'm noticing I'm about half of foot over the line. :mad:

See this what happens when you are very careful driver after having accident last month and trying your damnest to void another.... :mad:

iluvmysephia1 · February 2009

have got to go! I don't know anyone that likes them. All they are are revenue-generators for the cities/counties that employ them.

The other day while traveling on an old dirt road leading over the Dragoon Mountains and eventually to historic Tombstone, AZ, these yahoos go flying past us(they were coming at us very fast on the rocky dirt road in an old Ford pickup that was raised a bit high) and Bam! A rock was thrown at our windshield. I looked at the shield after they got totally away from us and the dust had cleared. No speck or star left on there. What the?

Couldn't believe it! You can get paint sticks for the little ships on your car's paint job. I have one in Rally Red for my Lancer GTS' paint chips. The Mitsubishi dealer charged $10.00 for it but I haven't gone out there yet to see how it works. Good project for this week off from work that started yesterday morning.

Hope things start getting better for you and Bullitt!

Thul17 · February 2009

"To get Summer rims & Summer tires or to get Summer BF Goodies and header or tint windows?" I'm getting my returns this week.......

These are the "Winners!"

Tenzo R DC-5 with red stripe. Don't know how much the tire shop is going to charge? If I buy tires now and wait on the wheels. They will switch out the TPMS and tires from the OEMs place on these. I'm sticking with 17 inches.
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Yeah I know about dealers can order OEM touch up. Carmax only charges me $7.50 & tax! LOL

Speaking Carmax; they had this Lancer in Florida for sale.

Nice "black out" EVO! I would name him "Jaws!"

Like I said before. I could of bought a new '05 RS Rally Red for $24,000-ish at my brother's dealer. But this stole my heart....

It's lovely to know the car you just bought doesn't get off their inventory until 24 hours later. I stole the pic before they took it off the site.

iluvmysephia1 · February 2009

that you have a pic of Bullitt right on the sales lot. I'd pay more than a few bucks to have a pic of my '08 Lancer GTS in Rally Red still in Avondale Mitsubishi's showroom!

Thul17 · February 2009

lol

The morning after when I bought it. I was doing my daily online and happened to accidently hit the link on IE when the link was in "histories." My car that I bought about 12 hours ago was STILL on Carmax.com? LOL So I downloaded the best one (Which was that one.) That maroon tC behind Bullitt is what I WANTED but since it was manual and the sales consultant was too much "Mothering" me by saying "No, since you don't know how to drive manual. "

Anyway, I finally installed my new brakes!

Took my cousin about 20 minutes each axle.

Front

Rear

They were nice and new BEFORE I went to the car wash LOL

iluvmysephia1 · February 2009

fresh brakes. Excellent!

My '08 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS at 32,595 miles has never had any brake work...yet that is.

Thul17 · March 2009

You'll have to wait and see!!!

iluvmysephia1 · March 2009

I love surprises!

Thul17 · March 2009

Got my window tint! $165.00s later, 35% all around except for windshield. We'll see if I run into some more "Coppie" trouble? lol Wisconsin has a law about tint can only go 50% on the driver & passenger windows. As you can tell, you STILL see inside.

funonwater · March 2009

Does anyone know what size speakers are factory in a 2008 scion tc without me having to pull the panels to tell? these speakers are the main part of my audio upgrades remaining to purchase and assistance would be greatly appreciated.

iluvmysephia1 · March 2009

your tint job looks fantastic. Congratulations!

I have it OEM on my '08 Lancer GTS and it comes in handy in this desert I live in shielding that bright sun out!

Thul17 · March 2009

Have you thought about looking through Best Buy.com or Crutchfield.com?

Anyway, Fronts are either 5 1/4s or 6 1/2s? Same sizes for rear seat too. That's whats Crutchfield stated.

Thul17 · March 2009

Woke up to this on Sunday! LOL I'm still going to drive on them until Mid-Late April; just in case!

Twenty bucks for the correct guess on the pictures below? "What is it?" :P

iluvmysephia1 · March 2009

air filter or inside cabin air allergy-filtration filter. I'll say it's your engine air filter.

Thul17 · April 2009

Very good; the air filter. Thats from my cold air intake. As you can tell, it was in serious need to be cleaned and re-oiled. That filter is a lifetime filter and doesn't need to be changed at every oil change. When cleaning them, you use powerful cleaning chemical that is specially made by filter companies. Then you wash it with water and let it sit for least 12 hours. Next step is the special oil then place on intake.

Last time, I've done that was at 60k. That filter WAS bright red when I first ever installed the intake. Its about the size of medium Nerf football.

Yes! It's a pain in the butt to take it out of the car.

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I guess its gonna be official about Toyota killing the tC @ NY Auto Show.

What is it you may ask? Its currently called Toyota iQ in Europe & Asia. Will be imported in the US with Scion badge. They claim this little 1.5 litre engine (Same engine as the Echo, Scion xA, and Yaris) will get 56 MPG. Rumor as it, Toyota wants to sell this car for at most $11k. It's three seater, actually 3 1/2 seater (small spot for a baby seat.)

Its good to know people in the Scion World also works for Toyota...

Since my front of the house isn't that big and I'm stuck sharing "Street Parking" with neigbors. I may look into buying one while owning the tC... I'm just want to make a request to Toyota "ORANGE!!!!!"

iluvmysephia1 · April 2009

kind of like the white iQ, from those pics. I sure enjoyed my test drive of the Polar White 2006 Scion xA, and the 2005 Scion tC RS 1.0, that tC was dressed in Absolutely Red. It was a ball to drive. I was in love with the Scion tC for many months, then started to like the xA better. Ended up keeping my '01 Kia Sportage 4X4 and trading in a year after those Scion test drives for my present car, my 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS.

Ahh, aren't cars wonderful? :P

Thul17 · April 2009

LMAO!!!! I just met some a Scion owner who stripped out her heavily customized tC. Just so she can get new EVO. I bought her carbon fiber gauge pod & side wind spilters for $450.00. Now I have to buy gauges, C.F. hood, C.F. front wind spilter, and possibly new Toyota ground effects side skirts. That's about 1,800s. LOL

Thul17 · April 2009

These are the wind spiltters: They aren't heavy but they are least 6'3 feet long. I kept accidently hitting them around the house. LOL

The gauge pod:

I even waxed everything before repacking them into the boxes...

aladdinsane · July 2009

Howdy all...
There's been NO activity in this post room at all for quite a while. What's up with that? :confuse:
My question concerns the 2010 model tC:
According to the September '09 issue of Motor Trend magazine the new model year tC will now feature stability/electronic stability control. This is great, speaking for myself. I always wondered why Toyota never gave this model stability/esc in the first place. Anyway, I seek confirmation of this from anyone in the know: Is what MT states about these additions for the '10 tC true, or just another mis-step by MT?
According to Scion reps such an addition to the tC isn't in the cards, but then again I may have connected with a rep who knows less about such things than some of you out there. Know what I mean?
Please inform. I'd really appreciate it. I'd like to purchase a tC...it seems to be a simple, yet value packed machine...stability and esc would make it all the more attractive for yours truly!

Looking forward...
Peace!<-AladdinSane<- :shades: -

canrun · August 2009

Greetings!
This will be my first time to sell a used car, so hopefully I can get some good advice. My wife has a white, 2008 Scion Tc with 3,500 city miles. Like new condition. We bought it in April of last year. My work is going to send us abroad for the next five years, so I need to look into selling it. I've looked at the KBB and Edmunds values and they tell me between $14,000-$16,500 are ballpark figures.

Since I will be selling my car on my own (and first time doing this) I'm hoping that someone can:
A. Help me out with what they feel would be a reasonable price for the vehicle
and
B. Give me any advice or tips they feel would be important for a first-time seller.

Any insight is most appreciated! Thanks a lot in advance.

sejr · April 2010

Yeah I know how you feel, a rock just hit my window the other day while I was driving, and I curb checked the rims on my new scion... it sucks. If anyone has any rims they are selling let me know at Cyber Scion

sejr · April 2010

Hey I saw your post and I figured I could help you out,
I am the Scion Manager at Eastern Shore Toyota and with that mileage, that sounds about right...I'm not sure if you will get the maximum KBB value though (As I am sure you already know...), I'm not saying you won't for sure, it's just not always that easy in a short time (Even though 14 for an 08 tC with only 3500 miles on it would be a steal for someone). I wanted to give you a site that you could find more info and post your car for free, maybe it will help you sell it, we have had success with it in the past. Cyber Scion

wronsky · June 2010

I just took delivery of my 2010 tC. Love it, except for the luggage cover, which looks flimsy, is awkward to open and "flops" between the anchors on the passenger side, leaving an unsightly gap. I had a 2006 Tiburon, whose cover raised and lowered with the hatch door. When I needed to carry something bulky, it was easy to remove and later to reinstall. Does anyone know of an after-market accessory that can hide the clutter?

mbdealhunter · July 2010

Can anyone tell me if there is room to negotiate on the nationally advertised lease. Right now it says $906 down, $265/mth, 36 mths, 15K per year. I know there is ALWAYS room to negotiate on cars, but this is my first dealings with a Scion and I am doing the research for my niece. Can I expect to go into dealership and negotiate a better deal? Any help would be appreciated. P.S. I am on Long Island, NY. Thanks

iluvmysephia1 · July 2010

was your Hyundai Tiburon a manual transmission? Or an automatic? Hyundai is having a terrible time with the clutches prematurely burning out in their 2003+ Tibby's. I do like the Tiburon's bodystyle, yes, but I like the Scion tC's just as much.

jackq1 · August 2010

canrun, Where are you located. I may be interested in your car.

Scion tC

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