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I have been going back and forth between the Ody Touring and the Sienna LTD for some time now and have changed my mind countless times. I finally bought a 04 Sienna LTD last night. If the Touring did not have PAX or if the EX/L had a power tailgate, I would have bought the Ody. Nonetheless, I want to share my findings for anyone who is looking to buy an Ody or Sienna in GA or north FL. I did most of the leg work via e-mail but found that you have to prod and have a few iterations before you get a solid price Please note that the doc fee at the dealers below is around $400 which is typical for GA. Also all my dealings were with the internet dept at the dealers I mention below and none of them pushed me to buy any accessories. Sienna. In the southeast, most dealers have what is known as Toyoguard which is an utter waste of money and retails at around $699. I bought my 04 Sienna FWD LTD from the internet person at Cherokee County Toyota for a few hundred under invoice (invoice is around $32.2k for the 04)+ doc + tt. It was painless and a pleasure to deal with them. The great thing about them is that none of their vans have this Toyoguard which brings the price down. If I was willing to drive about 3 /1/2 hours south of Atlanta to Albany, GA, the best deal all round was at Fairway Toyota via their internet dept. They only have 05 Siennas and will sell them very close to invoice (invoice is around $32.6k as per carsdirect). They were very responsive via e-mail and I would have bought from them if I went the 05 route. They do have some of their Siennas without Toyoguard which is great. Definitely the best deal in GA for an 05. Ody Metro Atlanta is not great and you get a few paltry dollars below MSRP. However there is a dealer in GA that smokes the other dealers. If one is prepared to travel south a little over 4 hours from Atlanta to Brunswick (the dealer there is Nalley Honda), they will sell the 05 Ody at around $1800-1900 below MSRP via their internet dept. The internet person was great and I would most definitely have bought my Ody from them if I landed up going for an Ody. He gave the facts as they were as objectively as any dealer I have ever dealt with. He also offered to drive the Ody to me in Atlanta. If you are buying in GA or north FL, definitely check them out. I would have flown there on Delta from Atlanta for a little over $100 and then driven the car back. Financing CostCo rocks. Thru their auto program they hooked me up with Capital One and I got a rate of 2.64%. There were 3 provisions: It needed to be a 3 year or less term, I needed to do direct debit out of my account and there was a one time $65 fee. I took this out about 2 1/2 months ago and they granted me one extension at the same rate. Not sure what the rate is now. Auto Ins Again, for me CostCo Ins program hooked me up with Amex Ins and I did my home and car thru them and the rate was great. Bottom line after all my research is that if one does not care about the power tailgate, I think the best buy is definitely the Ody EX/L or EX if you do not like leather. However if the power tailgate is a must and you are not crazy about PAX, then, welcome to my world !!
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Thanks to everyone on this board for great information regarding Ody prices. In the end I paid MSRP with no doc/dealer fees. Neither of the two local dealers had an exl res/nav so one dealer got our Van from Virginia. I would have bargained harder but: 1. Want the van for a trip to Florida next week 2. Saleswoman goes to our church - which complicates things I paid $900 for the extended warranty. Is that a good deal? |
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Replying to: fredf3 (Oct 26, 2004 8:05 pm) olive is a grey leaning towards tan. (The grey is very drab grey, like battleship grey. |
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For all of you still talking MSRP and above....hold out and search. I got an offer for well over $1500 of the '05 Odyssey from Moore Stewart Honda in Selma Alabama. When I calculated the cost of traveling to Alabama to pick up the cost (I live 15 hours away), I contacted Coral Springs Honda in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. and informed them of my offer and my determination to go to Alabama to get the Ody. Within 15 minutes they offered to sell me the same model for or $1,000 off the MRSP price. While Moore-Stewarts offer was better, time is money and the costs associated with traveling to Alabama including having to take two days off from work made COral Springs offer reasonable. I got the Ody that same night!!!!! |
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I was able to locally (Louisville, KY) buy my first Honda yesterday without any pain. I got a 2005 Odyssey EX for $26,200 + tax & fees. The $26,200 was the total price vs. the msrp of $28,510 + the prep items that the dealership put on the van. It was more than $3k less than what their "total" sticker price showed. I was shocked that I could get one that much lower and without too much haggling. Are others seeing these aggressive discounts? When I went to the dealership I wanted to find one of the 2004 clearance vans and they did not have any. They convinced me to get a 2005 when they gave me such an aggressive price. |
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There are many types of warranties: mileage/years/deductible vary, so with out knowing the exact warranty you got it is hard to say whether the deal was IMHO was a good one. That seems like a very good price if you got the 7yr/100K/0 deductible.
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Hi, Billiebird, Could you provide the name of the dealer in your area that is willing to match the $950 over invoice price? How is your wait time for your van? Thanks, |
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Replying to: cburnett11 (Oct 27, 2004 9:51 am)
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