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| Bought our XLE CZ from Bredemann Toyota in Park Ridge. Other dealers said no CZ's but Bredemann got the factory to change one to the color we wanted (Aspen Green/Fawn int). Took about 4 weeks to deliver. No hassles with the sale, closing or delivery. Mild pitch on the paint sealer, rust proof, etc. and extended warranty. Didn't buy either. Price in line with others on this board. Sienna runs like a watch. Don't like the gear shift gate though. | |
where did you buy your sienna? I'm in HOuston and looking for sienna too. since we are not allowed to post the salesman name, can you please email me: yajunr hotmail.com and tell me the dealer's and salesman's name. thank you very much. |
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| Back in August/September, I went through the Sienna vs. Ody thing and decided that the Ody was the better value and purchased one on 9/5/03 for ~2,500 off normal MSRP. This week I got a call from the Toyo guy I had been working with at Covington Pike Toyo. He asked me if I was still in the market (in August, his best offer was $1,000 off MSRP plus a $300 doc fee) and I told him I went ahead and got an Ody. He immediately said, "They are both really great vans and I am sure you are happy with your purchase. You really can't go wrong with either one." He then said he had plenty of Sienna's to choose from now and he was sorry that was not the case earlier in the year. Never have I heard a Toyo dealer concede another product is similar or equal to theirs. Plenty of '04 Sienna's in Memphis now. | |
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Hi, I ordered my XLE LIMTED AWD the day after thanksgiving, still waiting. How long did it take your guys to get this vehicle? Thanks in advance for any info. |
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where did you buy your sienna? I'm in HOuston and looking for sienna too. since we are not allowed to post the salesman name, can you please email me: yajunrhotmail.com and tell me the dealer's and salesman's name. thank you very much. |
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| The LE/XLE/Ltd come with privacy rear glass, high solar energy absorbing (HSEA) glass on windshield & driver & front passenger windows, the CE does not have these windows. Over here in Houston we have extremely intense summer heat, most dealers in town already have all the windows tinted on the CE/LE/XLE, with/without solar energy absorbing glass. Yes, my van was tinted by the dealer. | |
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| After looking at some of the postings here, I don't think I got such a good deal. I bought my Sienna at the dealership located at Kirby & the 610 loop. This is the only one willing to negotiate to the price that I think is reasonable. Previously, I also talked to the dealership on 59 near the beltway (SW). They offered me a price that's more than the MSRP I found on toyota.com. When I said I would not pay sticker, he said there was a lady coming from Dallas to look at the van that they had. The sales person kept telling me Sienna is in short supply (I confirmed that with toyota.com), apparently they're selling it to the highest bidder. Lately, the msg that Sienna is in short supply does not appear on the Toyota.com website any more, I believe there will be more soon in our area. If you can wait for more inventory, might be easier to negotiate. If you go on a weekday they will spend more time with you & are more willing to talk. Also, if you're a lady like I am, better to go with a guy/hubby, or they'll just totally ignore you. | |
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First, thx everybody in this forum for providing information in Northern Virginia for buying the SIENNA. For the inpatient, here is a quick description on what I bought: - Sienna Le 8 pass, Desert Sand, Package 1 (AM), Z1 (floor mats, cargo net, first aid kit) - Base price 24,734 + 188 processing fee + 3.17% VA and city tax + 54.5 tag == 25,766.21 - Dealer: Miller Toyota, Manassas, Virginia. It took more than 2 weeks since I started the research from scratch until I took the car home. Here is the detailed story: - Nov 25: Found out what the model, options we like. We initially liked the 7-passenger with the above color and option. - Nov 28: Did the research. From this forum and other resource, I could see that the reason price could be 1300-1500 below MSRP + tax + tags for the 7 passenger. - Used cars.com (you can use buyatoyota.com or other web sites) to send out a massive inquiries to all Toyota dealers within 40 miles. I also sent inquiries to Honda dealers for the LX 2004 Odyssey, I just wanted to make the competition a little bitter 8-) - Got a bunch of responses from other dealers. Filtered out dealers with the ?unreasonable? quotes. These quotes were 500-1000 highest from the lowest quotes, and they just had few Sienna in their inventory. - Made some haggles thru emails and phone calls. I sent the quotes from different dealers to one another, including the ones from Odyssey. It was surprising to me that Odyssey was very low these days due to competition from Sienna 2004. I got the lowest quote from College Park Honda, MD for 23,800 out the door price for the LX!!! I almost wanted to switch to Honda after getting that quote. It is 1500 lower than Sienna LE with pkg 1!!!! - Dec 3: Three dealers got to my final 8-) with the lowest quotes: o Fitzmall.com: 24716 + 45 processing + tax + tag o Darcars, SilverSpring: 24500 + 100 processing + tax + tags o Miller Toyota: 24560 + 188 processing +tax + tags At this time, it was about 5 days since I started the inquiries. - We suddenly found that we did not like the 7 passenger any more, and wanted the 8 pass instead. In the brochure they are only 150 different!! - Dec 4: The Sienna 8-pass Internet quotes came back from the above 3 dealers. This time their positions changed a little bit: o Miller Toyota: 24734 + 188 processing +tax + tags o Darcars, Silver Spring: Added 700 to their quote for the 7 pass o Fitzmall: Wanted 340 below MSRP firm. This is about 25,694 + 45 processing + tax + tag None of these dealers had the car with the color I liked (Desert Sand) in stock. To get things worse, Darcars, Fitzmall indicated that they did not have intention to find this car from the other dealers and wanted me to buy cars in their stock only. Only Miller agreed to find the car for me. - Dec 5: With their lowest quote and their aggressive attitude, I awarded Miller the buy without haggling their Internet quote. Moreover, I needed the car urgently and they are just 10 minutes from my home. Fitzmall and DarCars is almost one-hour driving for me. - Dec 6: Came in the dealer to make 200 deposit. In and out in 30 minutes. I gave them 10 calendar days to bring the car to me. - Dec 11: Miller informed me that they got my car at the dealer ship. I came in, signed the paper work and took the car home. In and out in about 45 minutes. In general, I found that Fitzmall seems very honest and very responsive for all emails. Problem is Fitzmall, like Carmax, does not want to negotiate, unless you can show them you get a better deal from other dealer in Buyer?s Order. Darcars, Silver Spring, was also responsive. DarCars in general flushed me with a lot of quotes. But I felt DarCars seemed to play game. Their quotes were not consistent. Sometimes, they includes freights sometimes they don?t?. Today is 1000 below MSRP, tomorrow it is 1500 below MSRP? Miller seems very honest. They did what they promised. No games. The manager even agreed to sign the buying contract I wrote myself besides their Buyers Order when I made the deposit. The Internet Sale person quickly found the car I wanted and returned my call in one hour. The sale person, Tony Testa, took care of the paper work for me when I was at the dealer. No thing different from the quote and the contract. I don?t think my price is the lowest price out there. But I believe it is the reasonable price. The most important thing is I did not have to spend a lot of time on this buying at dealer ship. I just did it mainly thru emails at my convenience. And most of all we are very happy with the car we got. Good luck to all for your Sienna buyings. I hope that this information would help you to make your decision in buying Sienna. |
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| Has anyone tried the fax to fleet managers recommended by MotleyFool.com? MF recommends including the statement: "I have not 'shopped' your dealership in over one year and have had no sales contact with any employees operating in the dealership's interest during that time. Because of this, please treat this as a 'house sale'." The purpose is to get around paying a commission to a salesman. I am curious if this makes any difference. | |
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Like hnguyen20121 in the above post, I found my best deal in terms of price/convenience at Miller Toyota in Manassas. Their original offer was $2k higher than I was able to get from other dealerships, but in my final e-mail to them before committing to another dealer, I told them what I'd been offered elsewhere and what they could do to earn my business. To my surprise, they agreed. The best part was that the Arctic Frost Pearl XLE w/ pkg 16 that I ordered on a Monday came in five days later. Another customer ordered the same vehicle, and it showed up before they were ready to take ownership (they had another month on a lease), so we got that vehicle and they will presumably get the one we ordered. I don't have the numbers in front of me right now, but my deal included the auto-dimming mirror and was ~$2900 below MSRP. |
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