2003-2008 Toyota Corolla Prices Paid and Buying Experience - READ ONLY

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#1977 of 2208 Toyota dealer in North Austin by e_thereal Jun 25, 2008 (9:26 am)
I went to check out the '09 Corolla LE with Keyless and Cruise yesterday at the dealership. I test drove the car but the salesguy told me that if I was looking at getting invoice on this car, it wasn't going to happen! I was pretty peeved but decided to wait and see what they would offer on my trade in ('98 Lexus GS 300) They low balled me and the sales guy said "thank you have a nice day" and walked away. Needless to say I was pretty upset and started to walk out when the sales manager stopped me and tried to tell me how my trade in wasn't worth what I thought it was even though i had thoroughly researched it's value. I told him that they must have lots of business because the salesguy didn't want to even talk about selling me a corolla at close to invoice! I also told him that my previous car was a mercedes c55 amg, and before that a bmw m3, Nissan 350Z roadster etc etc. and that i've bought 10 cars in the last 6 years and know pretty much all the tricks! I also told him that if a customer offers invoice for a car and a dealer sells it for invoice, then that is the market value for that car, if not less. He told me to go find the absolute best price i could get on a new corolla and he promised to beat it by $300 no matter how low the price is. I appreciated that he was a straight shooter and if I do buy the Corolla, I'll give these guys a shot. These sales guys are using high gas prices as leverage to try and charge higher prices on cars like corollas but if they have 30 of them sitting on the lot, they're going to have to deal.

#1977 of 2208: Toyota dealer in North Austin by e_thereal; Jun 25, 2008 (9:26 am)

I went to check out the '09 Corolla LE with Keyless and Cruise yesterday at the dealership. I test drove the car but the salesguy told me that if I was looking at getting invoice on this car, it wasn't going to happen!
I was pretty peeved but decided to wait and see what they would offer on my trade in ('98 Lexus GS 300)
They low balled me and the sales guy said "thank you have a nice day" and walked away. Needless to say I was pretty upset and started to walk out when the sales manager stopped me and tried to tell me how my trade in wasn't worth what I thought it was even though i had thoroughly researched it's value. I told him that they must have lots of business because the salesguy didn't want to even talk about selling me a corolla at close to invoice!
I also told him that my previous car was a mercedes c55 amg, and before that a bmw m3, Nissan 350Z roadster etc etc. and that i've bought 10 cars in the last 6 years and know pretty much all the tricks!
I also told him that if a customer offers invoice for a car and a dealer sells it for invoice, then that is the market value for that car, if not less.
He told me to go find the absolute best price i could get on a new corolla and he promised to beat it by $300 no matter how low the price is.
I appreciated that he was a straight shooter and if I do buy the Corolla, I'll give these guys a shot.
These sales guys are using high gas prices as leverage to try and charge higher prices on cars like corollas but if they have 30 of them sitting on the lot, they're going to have to deal.