Clearwater Toyota

We recently purchased a new Scion from Clearwater Toyota/Scion and it has left a seriously bad taste in our mouth. Pros: Nice new dealership. Great salesperson, she went out of our way and answered any questions we had. Unfortunately she is really the only person at the dealership who is genuine and caring. Cons: Finance department tried to screw us. Initially doing the whole 'what kind of payment can you afford' scam. First they came to us with a 14% interest rate when we knew we would qualify for a 7-9%. Unfortunately for them this is our 3rd new car purchase and we knew what we were doing. It took threats of walking out and securing our own financing before they become truthful and quoted accurate figures. They did not apply for our tag until 5 days prior to the temporary expiring. We were told it was in the mail when it was not. It took 2 very heated phone calls to finally locate our tag one day prior to our temporary expiring. Service department is an absolute joke.....will write a seperate review for that. If you relish being hassled and screwed this is a great dealership. Otherwise there are plenty of other Toyota/Scion dealerships in the area that are probably leaps and bounds better than Clearwater Toyota.