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#3729 of 24381 Signed, Sealed, and Delivered by rboyd4 Apr 14, 2003 (7:49 pm)
We took delivery this afternoon on our '03 Ody EXL-RES. The "drive-out" price was $28,217.50 not including Georgia sales tax which for me is 7%. The vehicle seemed perfect except one medium sized scratch that the driver buffed out on the spot once we pointed it out. This unit did have the cargo tray (not mat as previously reported), cross bars, and mudguards and the extra surprise of pinstripes. I don't really care for pinstripes but it would not keep me from buying the lowest priced unit.   Because we bought the unit from an Alabama dealer who delivered the car to our door and we did all of our negotiations over the internet and phone we never actually set foot in a dealership during the whole process! We did visit a dealer a couple of months ago to take a look but tonight was the first time I had ever driven an Ody even though I had already paid for it. I though the Ody drove great! That this was my first drive may sound crazy but to me there were only two real choices- the Sienna and the Ody (this summer will include the Quest). After I realized that the Sienna we would be happy with would run about $5,000 more than the Ody (given today's markets and limited Sienna discounts) I did not need to drive the Ody to decide to buy. Plus I had ridden in my brother in law's Ody several times.   In looking at the Ody versus Sienna page tonight I was somewhat surprised to see some buyers indicating they are paying only 2% over invoice for Siennas. To be honest, I don't really believe they are getting these deals- it makes no sense unless they are ordering to wait for months (this statement may create a stir). Here in Atlanta, most dealers have between 0 and 2 Siennas on the lot- not the conditions conducive to discounting. One Toyota salesman I had spoken with when the Sienna was introduced in March recently told me that the demand for the new Sienna was greater than his dealership had anticipated and there would be no significant discounting for a few months. Further, for buyers subject to the Southeast Toyota Distributor Sienna program the only way to get the Sienna options we wanted would be to overbuy and get the XLE Limited (or do a special order).   Anyway, back to my Ody purchase. Hopefully Steve will not get angry for my listing of dealers. We bought the Ody from Sunny King Honda in Anniston Alabama. Here in the Atlanta area the closest competitors were Honda Carland (somewhat surprisingly) and Carey Paul Honda. The big disappointment was Gwinnett Place Honda- they must have 30 Odys on the lot but they did not come within $800 of my purchase price. Sunny King is known for having pretty good deals. They have to in order to entice Atlantans to buy from a dealer 100 miles away (although few Atlantans actually travel there as they will deliver to your door). But in the end, I don't think the buy was dealer specific as much as timing- I found dealers who had the model and color we wanted and were in the mood to move the product when my e-mail came in.   PS- I was able to get the final price to come in about another $300 from the original quotes by playing the leading 3 dealers off one another.   Good Luck to everyone else. I really learned a lot from the Edmunds pages.
#3730 of 24381 thx & congrats by steve_ HOST Apr 14, 2003 (9:06 pm)
Dad16 - thanks for solving the mystery of the missing post.   Rboyd4 - Congrats on the Ody! Like it says in the discussion header (I know, no one must read that stuff up top), it's fine to mention dealer names. We just don't want people to tout individual salespeople and fill the discussion up with "bird dog" fee posts. Kind of like what Lapvn is hinting at   Steve, Host
#3731 of 24381 Rboyd4 by lapvn Apr 14, 2003 (10:21 pm)
Congratulations, WOW, great deal. You got a great price to start with, PLUS a few freebies. Not bad at all. What are you going to do with all the money you saved from not buying the Sienna?   Harry is going to buy 100 boxes of diapers. I am going to try to take a family trip.   Your $5k figure is right in the area where I have been SCREEMING about in regards the pricing difference with the Sienna, and I got labled a "Bitter Ody Owner."   Again CONGRATULATIONS. And if you are like me, you will be up late night posting on Edmunds because after two weeks I am still excited about my Ody.
#3732 of 24381 Re: dad16 by harryfat Apr 14, 2003 (11:19 pm)
dad16 - no big deal on the deleted post, it's just that your screen name sound familiar and when I looked back at what I said to you, I realized I was responding to thin air. Good luck in the search. The prices do go up a down. I remember trying to get price quotes in January after reading about what people got in December and the sales people said, "That was last month's sale. We're low in inventory now."   Like I said in 3702, I don't understand how Dublin can sit on that many Odys (37 plus) and not making deals. They've been at this level at couple months now. Oakland sound like they're willing to do thing with you, but I'd imagine you have to prepare to a haggling deal as they were aggressive in calling me/emailing me weekly and say "come in now with any deals you get from other dealership and we'll beat it."
#3733 of 24381 RBOYD4 by bmartin5 Apr 15, 2003 (7:10 am)
Not quite sure if it is allowed... Can you please give me the dealer name/phone#. I wonder how much they would charge to deliver it to FL.
#3734 of 24381 NPKB by barreg777 Apr 15, 2003 (7:31 am)
NPKB,   Would you mind letting me know which Chicago area dealer you bought the LX from for $500 over invoice? We're going to be looking for an LX in the next month, and aren't far from Chicago. Thanks!
#3735 of 24381 Re: rboyd4 by harryfat Apr 15, 2003 (9:13 am)
Congrats on the new Ody.   Like you said, there's certain element of luck in getting deals on any given week (depending on their mood/ internal sales target). As I have communicated with various people in my area, the dealer with the highest inventory doesn't always imply the biggest discounts. Some other dealership prefer the "fast turnover" business model where as soon as they get an Ody in, they email/call all their contacts and see if they can move that in 7 days or less. So it depends on the dealership you pick and luck on getting the color your family likes.   We too bought over internet/phone and had the van delivered to our house. But our dealership was only 20 miles away. I think yours is across Stateline, so how far is that drive? I assumed you looked at all the requirements of GA's DMV for bringing cars from out of state?   As for the Sienna, you can say anything you like about the Sienna on "this side of the fence" and nobody will give you flak as them Sienna boys have no interest in finding out what we all paid for our Odys, even after I told them to come over here to check out our claims that Ody owners are saying the gap is $5K. But if you want some "controversy", go over to the Ody versus Sienna board and post your statements and I guarantee that you will get reactions. But for lapvn, Andrew and myself, that's the "fun" part of it and being labeled "bitter" Ody owners is just part of the ammo we love to use against them.   Given the pricing of Sienna is so regionalized right now, your savings can range from $3K to $5K on the EX and higher model. But then Odys prices are regionalized as well. So everyone needs to do their homework before they sign on the bottom line on what the savings is worth to them. For me with a newborn in 2 months (still haven't picked a name yet, spending too much time debating with the Sienna boys), the savings is 100 plus jumbo boxes of diapers from Costco for my new son. With your $5K savings, that's enough to buy formulas/clothes/toys to boot...
#3736 of 24381 elect andrew president by njswamplands Apr 15, 2003 (1:08 pm)
on the platform of a nav in every vehicle at no additional costs????
#3737 of 24381 Re: Andrew for Pres by harryfat Apr 15, 2003 (2:15 pm)
I second that motion on Andrew being President, but only if he tosses in the $1.99 conversation mirror that's in the Sienna, not in the Ody...

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