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We bought the LE - 7-pass w/pkg #3 + CF today. We liked our salesperson and felt he was very straightforward (Suburban Toyota in Troy, MI). Prices paid here in Michigan appear to be several hundred dollars more than other regions (especially toward the southern states - seems like Florida has got some good deals going on), according to Edmunds.com. Also, rebate is less in MI. Our OTD price (which included everything - the $1250 rebate, taxes, doc fee and plate transfer) was $26800. We were originally given $27,142 as the OTD price. We returned with $26,600 (though I really wanted to pay only $26,300 tops). They countered with $26,800 and "manager says 'take it or leave it'." I let my husband make the decision, and he decided to take it. As my husband was filling out the paper work with the F&I guy, he apparently muttered, "wow, you got this under cost. this is a good deal." Looks like we could have gotten this same deal in FL for $26417 (lowest I've seen). I feel pretty good about it considering I was given a quote from a different dealer for LE w/pkg #2 for $27,129 + tax and plates! And the price increase for pkg #3 is almost $1300 more than the #2. Very happy to drive off in our new van. Though, it took about 30 seconds for my kids and I to instantly make ourselves home in it and clutter it all up! |
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GoodDay all! I"m a new owner of a '04 Sienna LE w/36,069 miles. I got it for $15850, then added a 4yr/60k warranty. I don't know if I needed that but read some posts discussing Toyo problems. I bought it from Bankston Nissan in Lewsiville Texas. It was a good experience overall....just too long.  It was back-n-forth over the Odyssey and Sienna but the Toyota won due to the transmission problems of '00-04 Ody's ( motor mounts and electric doors too). I only received a valet key...no other keys nor any remotes. So I ordered some remotes off Ebay but was stunned and shocked at the price that a local Toyota dealer quoted me on a new key (transponder key and programming)....$300! Thats outrageous in my opinion. Where could I go to get a master key for a much lower price? Any ideas any of you could offer? thanks so much
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| Purchased LE with Z1 package (carpeted floor mats, 1st aid kit, cargo net) on May 11 for $22,999 OTD ($24,145 - $1250 rebate + $89 processing fee + $15 temporary tag fee) - price does not include TTL since we bought out of state. Very few dealers seem to be carrying an LE w/out an options package. | |
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We're looking for a Sienna with an option package that is supposed to be available in our state but apparently no in-state dealers have it in stock, so a local dealer said that they could have one transported from another dealer who's in a nearby state. We haven't done this before, so had a few questions: (1) Should we have the van trailered to the local dealer or have one of their porters drive it there and incur some miles on the van? Not sure of pros and cons for either method. (2) Who usually pays the cost to have it trailered in or driven in? If it's driven in by a porter, should we ask for a lower price due to the miles incurred? (3) We don't want to sign a purchase agreement before we see the van in person, so what would be reasonable/customary for us to agree to in order to have the van moved to the local dealer so that we can see it? For example, should we be willing to put a refundable deposit on our credit card for say $100-$200 (although we're not sure if they'll even ask for this)? If there are defects on the van that we don't like when we see it, we would want to get the deposit back. (4) Is there any due diligence that we can do before asking for the van to be moved to the local dealer? For example, should we ask for a vin #? And would a vin # tell us what option package comes with the vehicle (just want to make sure we have the right van before going through the trouble)? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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Replying to: buikje (May 14, 2007 9:46 am) Sale Price: $29,508.07 Dealer Fee: $249.00 Tax: 892.71 (it is 3% In Virginia) Tags,etc: 49.50 OTD: $30,699.28 We took the 0% financing We also added a 6/100K platinum warranty for $880.00 plus $22.00 tax; which we just rolled into the 0%. Like I said, it was a great experience with the dealer. Just used the email method with several dealers in the area. Love the van, but who knew it would be so much work to spend $30,0000; it is exhausting. We certainly can never be accused of making an impulse purchase. Thanks to everyone on the forum for all of their input it was invaluable! |
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Replying to: tsw2 (May 16, 2007 5:18 pm) Your questions are valid ones. Everything is open to negotiation (if one dealers say no, move on to the next). I just went through this, and while we ultimately got one from in town, I did experience both sides of your issue. If you insist on trailering, I would suspect the dealer will charge you for that. Most of the time they are doing a dealer trade, so the porters are driving a dealer car to make it happen. With a trailer, that's probably not the case. Ask the dealer to get the invoice for the target vehicle and provide you a copy. That way you can confirm it has what you want. Also, have them confirm how many miles are currently on it, prior to transporting. That will help you determine whether it was used as a demo or is just off the truck (or somewhere in between). I had a dealer tell me that they typically won't drive to get a van if it is more than 200 miles away since customers don't want that many miles (both on the one he is getting for you, and the one he is trading). In which case they would trailer. The potential one we looked at was 170 miles away, so it was never an issue (and we were ok with anything less than 200 miles total on the odometer). Here was our experience - one dealer told me their policy was to not even try to locate a vehicle from another dealer until we had a firm deal (we didn't buy with him). Another dealer was more than willing to figure out who had what we wanted and arrange to secure it before we had a deal. He initially talked about requiring a deposit - but backed away when I explained that we would only do a refundable deposit, and since we were coming in that night, if it didn't happen we would be getting our money back. We were willing to take the risk that the van would still be available. I could only see putting up a refundable deposit to secure what you wanted if there was a risk of it being sold - for all of the reasons you stated. Remember, knowledge is power. Know what the inventory levels are of the local dealers for the model/pckg you want. There was exactly 1 van in our area with what we wanted (color/pckg). Sienna's in general are selling pretty well - especially when compared to the Oddy's. So any grief they give you about trading for something they might not be able to sell, could very well be b.s. Good luck! |
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Hello all, I recently bought a Toyota Sienna LE 8 passenger with opt pack #3 for 26,600 OTD. The option pack included the Daytime running lamps. My experience with day time running lamps is, it would glow dimmer when outside light is bright and turn brighter at night automatically. It is not the case with Toyota Sienna. One has to turn on the headlight in the night as the DRL will not turn brighter. I was shocked to see this behavior. I also confirmed the same with dealer and Toyota customer service. Did any of you see this behavior odd? Please share your experience with me.. |
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I can't speak for the LE model, but this works in the XLE. Do you have it on the proper setting (auto)? I observed this first hand the other day when I had the van outside and pulled into the dark garage. The lights were on low and then after about 10 seconds popped up to full brightness.
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Replying to: axel2 (May 17, 2007 8:58 am) I have only two option [ rotation switch type ] on the left lever arm of steering wheel. Off - Daylight running lamp glows dimmer. Switch 1 - Daylight running lamps + an orange or yellow lamps glow. Switch 2 - The head light comes on. Daylight goes off. Do you have an extra AUTO option or what? Please confirm and thanks for replying.
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Replying to: sudha22 (May 17, 2007 9:55 am) Same arm - we have one more position labeled "Auto" on our XLE. So must not be on LE. It was a nice feature to discover. Also, the lamps turn off automatically about 30 seconds after parking. Not sure if you have that option on the LE or not. |
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