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3128 messages, Last post on May 24, 2008 at 8:19 PM
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Good thread with good advice. Thanks. Just ordered a Flint Mica, AWD, Nav Lev, Heated FS, Towing +Pref Access Package. 18" Alu wheels. Came out to be $41,989, which is about 3k off msrp. There are only 4 Lexus dealers in SE MI and 3 didn't want to match. However, got the Lansing dealership to match, and so far to good. |
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| It appears that the southern California RX330 market is still very competitive. I checked at CarsDirect today for a 91311 (Los Angeles) zipcode. For a 2004 RX330 FWD with the premium package, the MSRP including freight is $37,945. Invoice is $33,908. The CarsDirect price is $33,908. | |
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Hard to believe! Yep, mrrogers is absolutely correct. At first I thought the given price might be something CarsDirect sometimes refer to as their "target price". No, this was indeed the "CarsDirect Price". Be aware that CarsDirect may allow you to configure options that are not readily available in certain areas of the country. For example, several months ago the Southern California dealers were not offering an RX330 with the Premium Package. The least expensive configuration available was a FWD with the Premium Plus Package, 18" wheels, and the floor and cargo mats. If that's still true, CarsDirect is showing this configuration at their indicated Invoice Price of $35,211. It just seems too low to believe, doesn't it? |
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Please help confirm that we have a very good price for a 2004 RX330 Fwd, Millennium Silver, with: PT Premium Plus Package and NV Navigation System with rear camera. The best price we could find, here is southern California (in the Valley)is $37,580 plus sales tax, Registration & Documents. Would sincerely appreciate any comments. Thank you. |
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Well...I'm from Wisconsin and here's my experience: I just went through the paperwork for a '04 AWD RX330 black on black with PREMIUM PLUS package, 18" wheels, 2-level front heated seats w/ rain-sensing wipers, towing package, cargo mat, all-weather rubber floor mats, and wheel locks for $36,925.00...not including taxes, registration, etc. There was no trade-in involved. INVOICE was $36,715.00 and MSRP was $41,680.00. The SUV will be arriving from Japan on Feb. 1st. I'm anxiously waiting. The buying experience was fast and easy. I arrived at the dealership at 8:30pm and out the door at 10:00pm. Oh, they close at 9:00pm. The dealership was Lexus of Northshore in Glendale. |
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From the posts I've seen the RX330 should be selling for invoice at CarsDirect.com. This is a tough price to beat, and quite possibly too good to be true, but what have I got to lose? I submitted my order yesterday(01/26/04) for an RX330 with the Premium Package only. I don't know how well they will be able to keep their agreement. I have recently perused the online inventory from Lexus of Longo ( in Southern California). They only list the car as 2wd or AWD with a price, and don't disclose the options. I guess you have to call for that. But none of the prices seemed to agree with what the MSRP would be for an RX330 AWD with premium package only. I suspect that Toyota Corp. is getting a little greedy and sending everything with the Premium Plus, heated seats, rain sensing wipers, etc., to make and extra buck. Most discouraging. I'm hopeful that since CarsDirect offered the vehicle I'm interested in for my zip code (in Palm Springs area) that they will be able to deliver. I'm trying to save some money here. It seems pointless to save $3000 or more on a car that automatically comes with several thousands of dollars worth of unwanted options. Living in the desert I don't have much use for rain sensing wipers or heated seats! |
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Thanks for a well written post. I could not agree with you more. Buying options you don't need is not a good deal. It was interesting that one of the reviewers in the Car & Driver magazine RX330 road test said he preferred the basic model over the loaded one. Please let us know how you make out with CarsDirect. They may tell you that every RX330 is loaded. I checked the JM Lexus website. He is in Margate, FL and has an inventory of 290 new RX330's. He does have five with fabric interior, so I hope CarsDirect does not tell you that every RX330 is loaded. Good luck! |
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Sounds like you are wanting AWD, but if you wanted to save more $$ and are willing to go with 2WD, you will also avoid the heated seats or rain-sensing wipers options. It was my experience that dealers within a specific region received only a handful of different configuration. No a la carte ordering. |
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Thanks for the responses and advice. If cars.direct.com can't come up with what I'm looking for with the premium package, I may just ask them if they can find it in the base model. My wife said she called Lexus of Riverside when we first started thinking about the car some months ago, and supposedly they had some base models in AWD. I think I might have seen them on the Lexus of Longo site some time ago also. Maybe cars.direct.com can order one, we shall see. Incidentally, I received an email this morning from cars.direct.com, stating that my customer service rep would be calling me shortly. That was at 7am when I checked my email. It's now 5:20 pm and no call. I emailed tham asking What's up? and gave them my phone number again. I can only ponder as to why they haven't called yet |
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Still hoping to get a response to evaluating price of $37,580 (+Tax, Registration, Docs.) for a 2004 RX330 with Premium Plus package (PT) and Navigation System (NV). Thanks for any input. |
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