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Replying to: tourist (May 12, 2004 6:38 pm) I naver got such quote so far. Lowest on XLE limited with package #6(HO) was 1300 $ below invoice in vicinity of 37800. I am in Pittsburgh and looks that OH is not too far. Can you let me have name of the dealer. I am dying to get this good a deal.I have my e-mail in profile sienna36
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Replying to: valkov (May 13, 2004 6:49 pm) |
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Replying to: wildred (May 13, 2004 5:52 pm) |
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| Toyota only make certain packages. They list 20 packages but at any ggiven time they are only making 2-4 per trim line. I would guess that this cuts cost. | |
Wildred, I am also in the bay area, and looking to purchase Sienna sometime this year. Can you send me detail information for the dealer/sales person? Thanks
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Well, I found a dealer who was able to track down a Desert Sand XLE w/ pkg 12 - it comes with Z1 (car mats, etc), Wheel locks and the wireless headphones. They were, or will be giving me a price of $30,436 plus tax/tags. It turns out about $600 above invoice. My next question is about the warranty - does $880 for 7/75/0 seem right, their 7/100/0 was $1175 and I dont want to spend that much. Thanks for all the info and price watching all these months. I'm just waiting for the call to find out when to pick it up. |
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I know I dont have to buy the warranty right away. But do most dealers sell the warranty to you if you didn't buy the van with them? How about the ones I read about here, KC summer and Midway? Has anyone just purchased the warranty, not the van and still get those good low prices.
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Garyman: I just purchased a Sienna XLE Limited from Clair in West Roxbury about 2 weeks ago. Overall it was a good experience and I bought the car in 2 days because I knew what prices others were paying, I knew what my trade-in was worth, and I knew the interest rates for new car loans. Here's some things I learned before buying the car, culled from messages on this board, that I wish were in one place when I started looking for a new car. 1. A fair number of people seem to be getting the Sienna for between $300 over and 3% over invoice (for my car, this is around $1,000 over). A few people claim to be getting it for less, many for more, but I think in Boston you should be able to negotiate around $500 to $600 over invoice without too much aggravation. 2. TDA (advertising) works out to about 1.5% of base invoice (i.e., invoice without an option package). Dealer will expect you to pay this, although it is not shown on the Edmunds site. This was around $500 for my car. The destination charge of around $540 is also non-negotiable. 3. The dealer's base invoice price was actually about $200 lower than what Edmunds quotes. Come in with your invoice info from this site, then ask to see the dealer's invoice. Clair was happy to show me the invoice on the car. 4. As many others have noted, there are only a couple option packages available for each trim line. For example, Toyota expects to sell more sunroofs in Miami and more traction controls here, so they only provide a couple of option packages for the CE, LE, and XLE -- I think they were #12 and #17 on the XLE. We upgraded to the XLE Ltd because we wanted a sunroof, the nav system, and the traction control. The XLE only has one option package with the Nav system and it doesn't include the traction control (and it wasn't sold in Boston either). 5. The cost of the 7/100,000/0 warranty to the dealer is $775. You can get this from any dealer, and there's someone in Kansas City who is willing to sell it to you for $795 (according to other posts). Clair wanted to charge $1175 -- I split the difference and paid $1000. To me, it was not worth the aggravation of getting the warranty elsewhere to save $3 per month on my car payment. My salesguy was nice and seemed honest, although he didn't have as much knowledge about the car as I would have liked. I'm happy to e-mail you his name if you like. One thing Clair did -- I have 3 children and only 2 wireless headphones come with the car --- I asked if they could throw 2 extra headphones in at no charge and they said fine. I've bought an Audi from Clair also and they are overall a reasonable dealership. Hope this helps. |
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Replying to: sienna36 (May 13, 2004 9:12 pm) I don't know the name of the dealer - they are in Cincy. If you go though CarsDirect.com you should see the prices I mentioned (try using an Ohio zip code when asked so you will see what I saw - say, 43215). This is my first experience with an Internet car-buying service (in general) and CarsDirect (in particular) so I can't tell you what to expect. Open up your email if you need additional details. Good luck |
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