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Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Toyota Highlander Prices Paid and Buying Experience
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Replying to: hha (May 14, 2008 2:22 pm) Base Inv 25757 Fact Opt 1088 Port Opt 2259 Delivery 740 TMF 875 2% hold 599 PIO Hold 204 1%finance 299 Total DLR $31821.55 What is your dealer invoice includes beside the actual cost of the car?
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Just bought my 1st Highlander Hybrid last week. I live in the Chicago area, and before purchasing I read a bit here and noticed people were paying below sticker for their hybrids. After 3 years of researching new cars, and deciding on this Hybrid 6 months ago, we figured we were prepared and comfortable with the price we came up with for the Limited Hybrid that we wanted. Well, no one in our western Chicago area would allow us to pay less than sticker! One dealership we even charging over sticker for Highlander Hybrid Limited because he could not keep them in stock and said he would sell to the next customer, no worries for him! We figured with the economy being slow, we would have no problem finding what we wanted at the price we wanted. Here in Chicagoland, we did not find this to be the case. We did end up driving further west just for the heck of it, and there was a Toyota dealership in Dekalb that was great, no high pressure, nice salesperson, never had the sales manager come over for the hard sell, and they did take a couple of hundred off of the Highlander Hybrid they found for us because it had a couple of extras that we did not desire. We ended up with a Highlander Hybrid, with everything but DVD and Navigation, for $43, 170. Also saved over $600 in taxes because the tax rate was less in Dekalb. Yippee for that! Just thought that if there was anyone looking in the Chicago area, don't be surprised if the salespeople laugh at your offer below sticker. Go try Dekalb - sure its a drive, but even if you pay sticker, you are saving taxes (unless you live in the city of Chicago, I think you have to pay those taxes no matter where you buy - so sorry about that). And I must say, though this has been a huge adjustment after driving my '97 AWD Chevy Astro for 11 years, I do like it, especially since my mpg is almost 3 times what my Astro was! |
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Curious...what would be the ballpark price for GAP insurnance on the Highlander?
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Replying to: h_dang78 (May 15, 2008 8:36 am) |
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Replying to: dafredstah (May 15, 2008 9:41 am) If they come at you for $600-$700, they're trying to hit you at full retail. Negoatiate for GAP, just like you would negotiate for your vehicle, now that you know the approx cost.
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Replying to: ocautoseeker (May 16, 2008 4:19 pm)  $400. i wish i was more aggressive and got it closer to $200. Thanks again!
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Well - I've been dealing with Deery Toyota here in Waterloo, Ia for the last 6 years. Bought my Tundra and my 06 HH from them - great deals, prices, and service both times. But now it seems they've farmed out to some telemarketer - two months ago I started receiving "Offers" from the dealership, showing what I'd have to pay, with my trade-in, with them basing trade-in value on what they saw at the last dealer service. In the last "offer", they offered my an 08 HH for 11k plus my 06 (with 60k miles.) Seemed too good to be true, but called them up anyway - after all, a phone call is free. Well - first, the dealership had NO HHs in stock. Second, the price offered was for a base model, no options, at the msrp of 33k. Fine with me - that's all the options I need; turns out though, that Toyota is not building or importing ANY HHs with that feature set. But they COULD fix me up with one for 38,5 - which of course, would bring my trade-in price due up over 16k. I'm still driving my 2006; its still fine, still getting 28+ mpg; and they just sent me another offer for the same vehicle that they don't have and can't get. 
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Replying to: 2002champs (May 14, 2008 9:48 am)
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Replying to: dakineguy (May 27, 2008 2:09 am) Dual Front A/C Navigation System incl the premium JBL stereo Rear DVD entertainment system w/wireless headphones, which also requires the Moonroof Running Boards Cross-bars Mud Guards Finding the combination of BOTH the Navigation and DVD was the hard part...most seemed to have the NAV but not the DVD player. I feel rather fortunate to have gotten 1K over invoice given the scarcity of the ones who matched what I wanted. Good luck.
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I walked out of a dealer yesterday because we were 2K apart on my trade (another story). I'm going to re-load and see if we can still agree on a deal though. However to start, I'd like to see if folks here can confirm/deny my math: 2008 HL Limited AWD - Blizzard Pearl Paint - Heated Front Seats - Nav - Power Rear Hatch - Auto Rear Air - Color Keyed Sport Rear Spoiler - Moonroof - Tow Pkg - Sirius Radio - 3 row carpeted mat set I maintatin that the invoice price on this vehicle, including destination, is $36,050. Multiple online sources have returned a value within $5 or $10 of this. Am I crazy? |
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