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Replying to: richmonder (Dec 06, 2008 10:19 am) On the tax question, most of the dealers I've been dealing with in MD and VA seemed to apply the rebate before taxes on their quotes, so you are only paying tax on the price after rebate. I had one dealer whose quote applied the rebate after tax, and that seemed weird to me. |
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Replying to: richmonder (Dec 06, 2008 6:40 am) I think that McGeorge Toyota dropped out of the price race as I haven't heard from them in a couple of days since I said I was talking to a couple of dealerships in NC. Conversations with two dealerships are going fairly well and hopefully I will be driving a new car soon. |
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You can so tell who is really helping the rest of us and who is a DEALER IN DISGUISE. Enough of these, "I went to this guy at this dealership and he gave me the best price" without telling us what you paid. Watch out buyers, the dealer may be on this site and using it to sucker you in - especially if you fly out there only to find hidden charges. Don't want to be paranoid but the dealers are desperate and sneaky.
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I found a loaded 2008 Highlander Limited AWD in Blizzard Pearl that is a dealer DEMO with 5k miles. MSRP is right at 41000. Does anyone have an idea what I should be able to get this Highlander for? I'm thinking the dealer won't be able to go low enough to cover the depreciation on a vehicle that is technically "used". Any input is appreciated. Thanks!!!
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First of all, this is a great forum and was very helpful when it came to buying our new car. I thought I would post my experience and hopefully it will help some one else out. I am in Houston and the new car price/invoice at Edmunds did not include all the extras packages the dealers throw in to increase the MSRP. I thought KBB did a good job of adding those packages, it was a pain to go through the list and add everything but it was pretty accurate of coming to the same MSRP as the dealers here and an invoice price. This car is for my wife and she wanted a Grey 08 limited with nav which was hard to find. I found two, both demos in North houston. One was not kept well at all, the interior was already torn up. The other was pretty well maintained but the dealer was not willing to work on the price.... MSRP 41500 and were only willing to go down to 38,100 saying that was at invoice. So we walked out. We had contacted them through the internet. One thing I have noticed in Houston, I dont know if it is true for the rest of the country, the internet department say it will charge $150 above invoice but there invoice is at least $1500-1700 above the invoice listed in KBB. One dealer let me take a look at there invoice and the extra money came from extra fees. And most were not willing to waive these, kinda odd since cars are not selling these days. We decided to go for an 09 Limited. We thought the 08 is already a year old car and already depreciated one year and starting on the second year. The only benefit for the 08 is a 2.9% interest for 60 months so that saves at least $2000 in interest. We are only planning on keeping the car for maybe 3 yrs maybe longer. What are peoples thought on this, were we on the right track in our thinking? Anyway we could not find an 09 gray with nav but my wife found one she liked without and it ended up being at the first dealer we had walked into 2 months ago. They were pretty aggressive, there was at least another few hundred dollars to play with, I think but I did not have a real idea how much I can get an 09. I dont know if there was any holdback on the 09s? 09 Highlander Limited FWD MSRP 38,900 Invoice 33,600 Options: JBL, heated from seat, power gate, rear AC, Moonroof, Option F package and vehicle shield package Selling price 34,200 so about 600 above invoice. I think it was a decent deal. A friend had recently bought similar equipped car but an 08 for $300 cheaper. Thoughts.... advice what I could do better next time ( this was the first car I have bought) As per the articles, shop around before you buy for a car loan and get pre approved, My bank offered 4.8% ( excellent credit) for 60 months. When we bought the car, the dealer offered 7.1% through the SAME bank. At that point we said we had a better deal with the same guys and were already pre approved. The questioned it at first, I didnt have any proof with me and the bank was closed on Saturday. I told them we could wait till Monday and buy then. At which point they came back with 4.79 through the same bank. I guess they make some fee by bringing the bank business. I know you should get GAP insurance when you lease a car but should you get it when you buy? it adds $9 to our monthly payment but I have 10 days to opt out. Also, anyone know of a place in Houston where I can add a good in Dash nav? Sorry for the long post. Any input would be helpful Thanks |
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Replying to: rjohnson1987 (Dec 07, 2008 8:05 am) Nonetheless, you should be able to get a wonderful deal on this particular vehicle. I'd offer 30K. |
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| I bought a blizzard pearl with with nav sys, ect leather, moon roof in march 08 in bryan, tx for 37500, it also had some option packages on it. it will really pay to shop around and dont believe the salesmen on their prices, if you get the extended warrenty offer half of what they ask, there is a toyota dealer in kansas that whole sales the toyota warrenty for usually a third of what dealer want. it is the same national warrenty. I hope this helps. | |
We are looking at buying an '08 Sport or LTD for my wife. In our area Central FL, all the dealers list a Dealer Fee of $699.99 plus many have the Toyoguard added at $619. Been through this crap many times over the years and I'm pretty sick of the effort.  Assuming what we want is in inventory, can anyone come up with a valid reason not to buy from Jim Barkley in NC? We happen to love Asheville, and I have already figured a cheap way to get there, so traveling is not an issue. Airfare is $29 one-way to Greenville, SC, and a one-way rental car is cheap through Budget.
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Replying to: jam8 (Dec 08, 2008 7:04 am) I believe I checked their website for AWD Sports before I purchased, but they didn't show any available. I ended up buying from a dealer close to my home, but as it turns out, I've paid about $1k more then what I could have paid if I had waited to buy from Asheville. I knew I left a few bucks on the table and was ok with doing so as I wanted to support the local dealer and I knew they don't have the volume to compete $ for $ with some of the larger dealers, but I didn't think I was $1k off the mark...
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Replying to: rjohnson1987 (Dec 07, 2008 8:05 am) |
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