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#1696 of 9654 Allocation -> Ground by broncoguy Jul 08, 2003 (9:38 am)
I learned of my vehicle was picked up for allocation the middle of June. It was built July 2 and will arrive between July 9 and July 12. It will be less than 4 weeks from allocation to ground for me.
#1697 of 9654 Buying in CA from Oregon by akedmunds Jul 08, 2003 (6:08 pm)
Thanks, Steve.   Before buying from California, I called their State Board of Equalization. They told me that as long as I didnt take delivery in California, I would not owe CA's use tax. Another dealer also confirmed this - they had people take delivery in Nevada. Valley Toyota also checked with their corporate office.
#1698 of 9654 Good to hear, Akedmunds by steve_ HOST Jul 08, 2003 (6:21 pm)
It's still hard for me to believe that CA is passing up a chance to collect sales tax!   Steve, Host
#1699 of 9654 Tax not Due by mmb568 Jul 09, 2003 (10:05 am)
Steve-   I think the reason CA doesn't collect tax is that akedmunds doesn't live in CA- he just bought it there. Since OR doesn't have a sales tax either, he gets away with it- lucky bum!
#1700 of 9654 thx Mmb568 by steve_ HOST Jul 09, 2003 (11:28 am)
d'oh, and I even have new reading glasses for my monitor. Could have sworn it was going to be titled in Sanger, CA. Nevermind   Oregon is nice that way; wish it was a bit closer than 45 miles away - I can save 6% on most everything (but cars) by driving over to Ontario from Boise.   Steve, Host
#1701 of 9654 What's the typical wait on an XLE? by dparler Jul 09, 2003 (3:23 pm)
Well, here's my story. I searched around on internet and locally and found two dealers that were willing to give me a price break below MSRP on a "plain old" (new)2004 XLE ; we were specific about the model, color,options, etc. We wanted the Mirage Metallic (light blue) XLE with no additional options. (All you kids who pay $2000 for NAV, why don't you GROW UP ? -- Just kidding.) We live on SC/Ga line and Pitts Toyota in Dublin, GA and Taylor Toyota in North Augusta, SC were both willing to give about $1000 below MSRP. That was in late May; they may be tougher now. THe price was as follows   MSRP $29,041 inc. destination, etc. Out the door $28,000 ... everything except tax, tag and title.   We went with Taylor only because it was local/closer.   The issue now is : Order placed 5/20/03. We were initially told "2 month wait; 2- 1/2 mos. max"...   Now, 7 weeks later, we don't have an allocation, build date, delivery date, VIN, temporary VIN, etc... anything. (Good thing we're not in a hurry.)   Is this unusual ? Should one wait 6-8 weeks for allocation and information on dates, and then another 6-8 weeks for delivery for the XLE's ? What are others' experience? (I've seen those listed thus far.)   And, friendly dealers/salespeople of the Town Hall, what is your experience? Should I be ranting and raving or patiently waiting ?
#1702 of 9654 dparler: 8 weeks total for my XLE by broncoguy Jul 10, 2003 (4:51 am)
From my initial order of a XLE FWD with Pkg 16 on May 23, my van was picked for allocation 3 wks later and was built last week. I should have it next week for a total of 8 weeks from order to delivery (assuming everything goes well.)   My guess is that your choice of an XLE with no option packages is hurting you. As that is not a real common choice there are likely very few being sent out in allocations.
#1703 of 9654 Re:What's the typical wait on an XLE? by by guardlights Jul 10, 2003 (5:48 am)
dparler :   You choice of options or colors should not matter, if it really being ordered from the factory. When a dealer gets an allocation they can configure the options and color shortly after the allocation is given. I think more likely, is that your dealer has a backlog of people waiting for Siennas and first you have to move to the top of the list. After that, the allocation that they receive from Toyota must be for your model. If it is not your model, your dealer should be contacting other dealers who have been allocated your model, to see if your dealer can trade the model they are allocated for the model another dealer is allocated. This is all done before the ship date. If your dealer cant get a vehicle for you or a vehicle to trade for the one you want, I think something is wrong. Your dealer may be a low volume dealer who just does not get enough cars to be able to complete this deal quickly.   I just went through this whole thing for an XLE LTD AWD, a hard vehicke to get, and my dealer traded with another. the build date is 7/27 with a delivery of about 8/15. I ordered it on 6/23, so this is what I expect. For an XLE FWD it should not be as bad.   Hope this helps!
#1704 of 9654 dparler - 12 to 14 weeks for LE 8 by jonjazzblue Jul 10, 2003 (7:15 am)
I live on the GA side of the GA/SC line and negotiated with several dealers in the two states. Pitts did not give me the time of day! Taylor, NA offered a me a couple of hundred dollars off of MSRP and quoted 120 days delivery. Bourne did not budge off of MSRP and quoted 9 to 12 weeks delivery.   Finally on 7/7/03 ordered an LE-8 with package #6, running boards and mats through Toyota Center in Columbia SC. They quoted me $ 26,367 (MSRP - 28,339) plus tax and tags. Initial delivery quoted was 16 to 18 weeks, but they cut it down to 12 - 14 weeks later. Salesperson says that it will be 7-9 weeks before they will have details on their website and VIN # will be issued after that. Not sure if TC is a high volume dealer or not. Hoping that they can swing it within the promised time frame.
#1705 of 9654 in my region(southeast) by chorton Jul 10, 2003 (9:37 am)
The wait for an xle will be from 6-8 weeks. due to the production orders by the distributer,and the limited production of that style. Toyota was geared up to make the LE the volume leader. We have sold a lot of both but there are more LE siennas sitting around and NO XLE's anywhere!! We have a few orders that still have to be filled!!! but thats good news......I guess.

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