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After 4 months of painstaking research, finally bought a 2005 Sienna XLE LTD AWD with the HE package. The following summarizes our experience: Started with the usual suspects – Nissan, Honda and Sienna. Quickly eliminated the Quest. After a lot of thought process, settled for the Sienna. Reasons - we were looking at a high-end van – close to the luxury segment. Minor details like HID, Dynamic cruise, no side door channels and power passenger seat were important to us. The Honda ODY Touring appealed to us. But could not get only RES. Did not really care for the NAV - a van is a mom mobile, how many times were we going to really use it in city driving conditions? Chose Sienna AWD instead. We shortlisted the following dealers based on honesty and fairness in dealings: NISSAN Buckeye Nissan, Columbus, OH HONDA Matthew’s Honda, Marion, OH TOYOTA 1. Dry Ridge Toyota, Dry Ridge , KY 2. Kerry Toyota, Florence, KY 3. Toyota of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 4. Kings Toyota, Cincinnati, OH Went with Kings Toyota, Cincinnati, OH Ordered the car - 10/4/05 Build Date - 10/27/04 Delivered to the dealer - 10/30/04 Picked up - 10/31/04 Phantom Grey and Stone interior, HE package with the GBS sensor. Paid – $37 K (invoice – $36,340, MSRP – $40,121) 3.09% financing for 60 months $423.05 for additional console (MSRP $703) $775 for Platinum, 84/ Months/100K/0 ded TCS Warranty $40 for Mudguards (self installed, MSRP $75) $100 Doc fees $25 title and tags State Tax In and out in 2 hours. No haggling, no issues with F&I. Drove 2 hours from Cincinnati to Columbus. Love the van, best auto decision we have made. Thanks to this site - helped us tremendously in our buying process! |
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slader, what dealership are you working with. some other forums say uhlmann/1-5 toyota in chehalis, wa (about 80 north of pdx) has some good deals. I am helping a friend to shop for an 05 awd xle, but have had very little luck getting low prices here in portland, or. |
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Replying to: cmh (Oct 31, 2004 8:58 pm) |
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Replying to: rhopf (Jun 03, 2004 8:44 am) 2005 Sienne XLE w/pkg #6 (grey leather, sunroof, cd changer, safety options plus floor mats, cargo net, door sill protectors) and Arctic Frost color for $31469 (incl destination and dealer processing fee but not including tax and tags)at Fitzgerald AutoMall in Gaithersburg, MD. The price was supposedly their invoice price which incl advertising fee and preferred pkg dealer extras. They were very generous on my trade-in (offered $800 more than CarMax). Good buying experience, no price negotiating (all prices posted on their website) and I was in and out in less than 2 hrs. Hope this info helps others. |
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I finally went to a Toyota dealership after months and months of emailing with Internet Sales Managers on Saturday. I made the mistake of going in blindly to a dealer that I did not get a email response from...so I ended up talking to a Dealer that I had no relationship with. Although I could have written a check to the dealer ( if the right deal came along ), I wasn't intending to buy anything cuz I simply wanted my wife to simply "touch, see and feel" the 2005 XLE Sienna AWD that I was talking to her about all this time. On top of that, although they didnt have the AWD, I wanted the both of us to test drive a FWD just to get a feel for the car. After test driving the car and discovering that it maybe a good idea to get the XLE Limited ( cuz of its backup rear sensors feature and moonroof ), the dealer ( a rather nice guy ) had asked if we intended to buy a vehicle if they can find the AWD. The problem is that I had to deal with the Sales Manager in order to see if they can get it. After waiting for about 20 minutes, the Sales Manager FINALLY came over ( which already didn't make my wife happy ). After some sales mumbo-jumbo, he finally offered $39750 ( before taxes ) with a OTD price of about $42k...which was at least $2150 over the lowest OTD price that I got from another dealer through the Internet. After another 15 minutes of discussion about dealers having to make some type of a profit ( although valid, I wasn't going to pay a couple of thousand more then I was comfortable with ), the sales manager excused himself for some reason ( at which point my wife was already irritated ); we thanked the dealer that was helping us before and we walked away. The moral of the story ( which is obvious ).....if you can avoid it, negiotiate your OTD price over email and save yourself the hassle of talking to a Sales Manager either directly or over the phone. You will save yourself alot of grief about having to negotiate with a pushy Sales Manager. The only good thing that I got out of this is that I now am considering either the XLE AWD ( if the right price comes along ), the XLE Limited FWD ( depending if its lower in price then the XLE AWD ) and the XLE Limited AWD ( if I somehow win the lotto or find a couple of thousand $$ in my mattress ). I will say this....when I finally do buy the vehicle....I will be negotiating the price before I step foot in the dealership. |
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I am looking for a 2005 XLE AWD with Package#10 with Running Boards and Rear Spoiler. Of the dealers that I have been dealing with ( mainly over the internet and a few over the phone ), despite the fact that it appears to be difficult to find a 2005 XLE AWD, none of them have suggested that I special Order it from the factory. In fact, one dealer did suggest that it is a bad idea to do special orders from the factory cuz it take so long to receive the car. ( but I suspected that they wanted me to get what they had in stock as opposed to special ordering the vehicle ). I would have thought that because it was difficult to find the 2005 XLE AWD that I am looking for....it maybe a better idea to special order the vehicle from the Factory instead of waiting for one to pop up in inventory somewhere. For those that live in Northern California.....has anyone had any experience ordering the vehicle through a dealer directly from the factory? Can I simply go to the dealer and tell them that I want to special order the vehicle of my choice? |
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I see that some of you are getting warranties from other dealers. Weedshasta, I see that you got your car in CA and your warranty in IL. How do you shop for that .... just contacting Internet salesmen the same way as when looking for a car? I would like that same warranty, and it seems like you got a really good price. If they can find the color I want, I will be getting an XLE soon.
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