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Do we really need a headlight shitstorm? Appearances are subjective and to each their own. Some like things and some don't and there really is no way to debate the pros and cons of how something looks. I simply expressed my thoughts on the lights and in no way was expecting to change people's minds on theirs.
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Blue = Police/snow removal equipment Amber/Orange = Side markers Red = Rear facing lights and reflectors Nothing "communist" about the rules since they are intended to actually keep people safe.
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Amber = Side and corner markers (which could be front and or rear) The headlights are not corner markers and I doubt you could convince a cop that the rings were ok. Not to say that I don't see people with all sorts of weird and wonderful lights in the and back of their cars and they seem to get away with it. The car is already loud, low(ish) and orange so I just personally do not want to give even more cause to get pulled over. Now, my wife is currently nagging me for purple under glows on her RVR so apparently she has a different opinion on lights than I do.
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On the first line, you said the sales people only know Toyota and know nothing about the Scion brand cars. My response was each dealership that sells Scions have Scion Ambassadors, including myself in my dealership, who have gone to training to embody that title. The only reason a dealership that sells Scions won't have a Scion Ambassador or has a Scion Ambassador that doesn't really know anything is because the dealership was cheap enough not to send someone to training, which is going to hurt them in the end. The other line was you saying Scion doesn't advertise. My response was Scion does. They recently advertised heavily in ESPN for the iM and iA, and their ads are still running. Since it's football season, why not? That's a great way to capture the market's attention. Does it mean everybody who will buy a Scion is going to be a sports person? Of course not, but that's a good start introducing their newest cars to the public. And did I say they're not advertising anywhere else? Or would you rather they not advertise at all, which was what you said was one of their problems? And let's face it, a lot of people barely watch TV anymore. So much easier to just watch a stream of it on the internet at our own schedule than hope our recording device is doing its job and that we set it right. Scion also advertises heavily on YouTube. Those annoying ads before we can even watch the video we clicked for. Quote:
Of course. Despite the fact that we now live in the information age and anyone could easily find the invoice price, people still think buying a vehicle is still like the in the 80s and 90s where dealerships don't disclose anything and you have to play the back and forth thing for hours when dealerships such as mine are trying their best to avoid the hassle and get more to the point. Quote:
xBs and tCs have been around a long time and were (still are) widely popular, so of course you'll see them often. Some people mistake the xD (and even the xA) as xBs and vice versa. The FR-S has only been around 3-3.5 years. The iA and iM JUST came out. Do you really think the whole continent will be littered with them in a matter of months? I'll skip the promote portion since I already addressed it. Quote:
I think the bigger problem is at the dealerships level. Some don't believe or care for the product. It's already bad enough when the sales person doesn't believe in the product they're selling, but it's even worse when it's the whole dealership. But, the nice part about that is with the dealerships that don't believe in Scion being able to opt out, it weeds them out and helps Scion from getting negative feedback from the public. After all, the dealerships are the face of the brand. I will admit that my dealership has sales people and sales managers that originally had the opinion that Scion was a failing brand and not worth the time and effort. Ever since I've stepped up to take on the Scion Ambassador role, proving them wrong, they're now starting to question their own opinions of the brand. As for the "indoctrinated" comment, is that a bad thing or good thing? I don't hide the fact that I believe in the brand and the products. Some took a bit to grow on me. But, in my line of work, if you're not enthusiastic about the product, you're not selling it. And since I'm true to my feelings and opinions, I heavily dislike showing fake emotions or opinions towards something. And although the dealership level is the face of the brand, if Scion offered me a job I can do and I know I can succeed at, I'd switch over to working directly for them. And trust me, I've been looking at their available positions often. Last edited by PhantomX; 01-05-2016 at 03:51 PM. |
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I've seriously considered under glow just to turn it on at meets, but the cost just isn't worth it (not that I've actually researched it at all, though). The novelty probably wears off pretty fast
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Battery powered christmas lights and zip ties. $2 at Dollartree and have the same effect for short term usage.
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