[lightdir]

I have noticed as of late that I see more and more TC's here in Houston. A year ago when I got my TC I would see another TC 1 or 2 times a month usually on the highway. We would do the standard honk, wave and thumbs up to each other. Now I see about 5-10 a day almost every day. It seems that it is now as common place as the Camry.

 

[ekafgsr]

all i have to say is ican't wait to get my tc, but ah you live in houston, cuz i live houston too

 

[phungy]

I wouldn't say its as commonplace as the Camry but there are more and more. I understand what you're trying to say though, I liked it when I would always get turning heads but that was almost 17 months ago.

 

[kidazn719]

I don't have one yet but I have been seeing them a lot and the other night I was riding in a M3 and thinking.. there's nothing I can do to a tC so it can keep up with this thing.. =(

 

[neo-truth]

^^^ I still think it's amazing that an M3 gets 333hp with a V6. It's in a whole different world from the tC... I wouldn't concern myself with trying to keep up with an M3.

As far as tC's being common... I don't see a whole lot of them, but I live in a fairly small town in a rural area. I only know of one other person in my area that owns one. I see quite a few xB's though.

I hope the tC doesn't become too popular. I know I'm a fairly new owner myself, but one of the main reasons I bought a tC was that they were somewhat uncommon and unknown. I just hope they don't turn into the new Civic of the sport compact world.

 

[serith]

When I first got my car, I think I saw a grand total of 5 tC's within a small amount of time. An azure pearl in a parking lot @ the mall, an azure pearl at an intersection, a black sand pearl with 2 kids on the Blvd who couldn't shift to save their life, a black cherry going the other way on a divided road, a flint mica near my house (hot chick was driving it.. hehe), and my buddy who has a flint mica. If it weren't for his car, I haven't seen a tC on the road or in a parking lot in months. And I like it that way.

 

[neo-truth]

Yeah, it's weird how you never see one until you buy one, and then they're popping up all over. This seems to happen with everything, not just tC's.

 

[alas]

those bastards! they should discountiue the tC right now!

 

[neo-truth]

^^^ yes lol

 

[buiboy88]

there are 7-8 at my high school and 2 that i know of in my neighborhood

m3 has an i6 btw

 

[acrimoniousbear]

Originally posted by buiboy88@Jan 4 2006, 05:52 AM
there are 7-8 at my high school and 2 that i know of in my neighborhood

hoes!? oh i know plenty of them.....oh...tCs.....well they're not as plentiful as hoes. and we still get suprised when we see a new one of those too

a honk and wave at them might get you jail time however, "john".

 

[basilisk4]

Um, there are nowhere near as many tCs as Camrys. Not even close. I mean, not even the same ballpark. I think it's pretty safe to say there aren't even as many tCs out there as M3s at this point.

I also haven't really had the experience that others have had about the tC becoming so much more common. When I first got my tC, I would go months without seeing another. Now, I still only see a few a month. It's still a very uncommon car around here.

Oh, and about the M3 -- you can take comfort in the fact that you will still be driving your tC those weeks of the year where the M3 is in the shop.

 

[eddiemoney]

But the M3 looks so sexy

 

[iGod]

Originally posted by ALaS@Jan 3 2006, 11:24 PM
those bastards! they should discountiue the tC right now!

that would suck a lot. i make a good deal of my living of this car.

i see them around all the time here in sacto, and for the most part, no one will look sideways at me if i pull beside them in mine. there are a good number of tC owners out there, but a much smaller number of enthusiasts. i wonder if some of the people in stock tC's even notice i am driving what they are... but thats what mods can do to people who arent into them.
spekaing of which, as i was backing out of my driveway the other day in lo bux's tC, my neighbor looked over and shouted out that i had done a nice job with the paint since the accident. nevermind that rims are drastically different, the tint is blue on lo bux's, there is a lip kit on it, etc... i mean, how can you not see the difference in two cars? but, people cant.

 

[JP'sTc]

Yup i see plenty here in Miami. Im slowly but surely modding mine so that theres no other tc exactly like it here. Plus, the ones i have seen are usually autos.

 

[basilisk4]

Yea, there isn't really a tC out there that looks much like mine at this point, either.

 

[easyrider]

I am seeing a lot more xB's here lately. I just read an article that stated again that Toyota does not plan to drastically increase its numbers of Scions. I think it said there are about 79,000 Scions on the road, but that tC's are starting to outsell xB's.

Inevitable, correct me if I have my figures wrong.

 

[iGod]

Scion sold 99,259 cars in the U.S. in 2004. We dont have a number for 2005 yet as year end just closed yesterday.
Jim Farley (VP) has been quoted as saying, "We could sell 125,000 Scions a year and still not have enough vehicles."
There are no plans to increase production further as of right now.

 

[iGod]

but yes, the tC is overtaking the xB. no question about it. regardless, we are sold out of all three models at month's end.

 

[user1234]

Ummm, for every tC sold 6 camrys are being sold so it's not quite the same, but it probably feels the same to drive both i imagine

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