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#1159 of 1474 Re: Toyota Avalon,how much did you pay? [googlestars] by bushman26 Nov 13, 2006 (6:39 pm)
Replying to: googlestars (Jul 20, 2003 8:26 pm) Purchased a 2000 from Car Max in 2004 with 11K. Paid 20K Have driven it 34K and it still feels new.
#1160 of 1474 Re: XL with VSC but no moonroof [smith1] by armydave Nov 15, 2006 (1:11 pm)
Replying to: smith1 (Nov 07, 2006 8:00 am) I find the only way to get what you want is to ORDER the car. My camry would have had things I did not want. I avoided $2,000 worth of fluff by ordering a car, It took one month.   Dealers order the cars the way they want them to sell a more expensive car. Higher end cars will have some of those things on board because that is the way the dealer ordered them. Replies to this message: smith1 (Nov 16, 2006 9:50 am) nonjth13 (Nov 17, 2006 9:46 am) fmayberry (Nov 18, 2006 5:14 pm) vyrenee (Nov 19, 2006 2:16 pm) and 1 more...
#1161 of 1474 Re: Price paid for Avalon 2007 Limited [maniax] by armydave Nov 15, 2006 (1:35 pm)
Replying to: maniax (Oct 10, 2006 7:35 am) I have looked at the TMV price and think it is too high on the car I was considering. I don't think you got a good deal but I don't really know. I think we all think we paid too much after we get the car.   The difference on a good deal and a great deal could be a few hundred dollars. When you get 0% fiaancing the dealers do not want to give you anything off on the car. I think it is hard to get the price set without the dealers checking to see if you qualify for 0% financing.   I have never tried to do that but I have thought about it and have no real idea of just how you get the price before the 0% financing comes up.
#1162 of 1474 Re: XL with VSC but no moonroof [armydave] by smith1 Nov 16, 2006 (9:50 am)
Replying to: armydave (Nov 15, 2006 1:11 pm) Can you really "order" a Toyota in the same way you can order a Ford or Chevy, i.e. have the dealer instruct the factory to build a car with a specific set of options? I was under the impression that although Toyota dealers talked about "ordering" in reality all they could do was "preference" a car, i.e. search unsold inventory and the announced production schedule for a car matching the customer's requirements and snag the car for that customer -- but if the desired car didn't exist and wasn't scheduled to be built, you were out of luck.   Has this changed? Replies to this message: nonjth13 (Nov 17, 2006 9:46 am) fmayberry (Nov 18, 2006 5:14 pm) vyrenee (Nov 19, 2006 2:16 pm) smith1 (Nov 21, 2006 8:10 am)
#1163 of 1474 otd cost by rpfingsten Nov 17, 2006 (3:58 am)
My Toyota Friends: a question for you about what you paid for your avalons out the door... forget downpayments, forget trade ins, forget taxes, title and license... just take the sticker price of the vehicle, and how much were you able to get the dealership to come off the "sticker" price.... in my case, the sticker on my xls was 33,320.00 The dealership came off that price 3389.07 for a net sticker price of 29,930.93 when you add in the taxes, title and license, plus all of the miscellaneous fees that go with it, my otd price was 32,241.86 This is my first Japanese car and I had heard that Toyota didn't come off the sticker very much because they didn't have to. At first I thought nearly 3400 off the sticker wasn't too bad... but then after awhile I started thinking back to deals I've made on american cars, and on those, I've always negotiated "more" off the sticker than 3400. Did I get hosed? Dosn't matter, I love the car so I have no regrets in buying it...Just trying to get a feel for how "different" toyota dealerships are vs. their american counterparts. Thanks in advance for your input.   Roland
#1164 of 1474 Re: XL with VSC but no moonroof [smith1] by nonjth13 Nov 17, 2006 (9:46 am)
Replying to: smith1 (Nov 16, 2006 9:50 am) You may have to look around. I factory ordered an Avalon in 2001. Took a trip to 3 dealers in Albany NY area before I found one who was not too lazy to order what I wanted. Took 3 months before it arrived.
#1165 of 1474 Re: XL with VSC but no moonroof [smith1] by fmayberry Nov 18, 2006 (5:14 pm)
Replying to: smith1 (Nov 16, 2006 9:50 am) Toyota has not changed that process. In recently looking for a particular interior and exterior color, the dealer showed me the build matrix from Toyota covering the next quarter. There was exactly one car going to be built in that quarter with my color combination. He said there i snot such things as custom ordering a Toyota like you can with a Ford or GMC product. Replies to this message: vyrenee (Nov 19, 2006 2:16 pm) smith1 (Nov 21, 2006 8:10 am)
#1166 of 1474 Re: XL with VSC but no moonroof [fmayberry] by vyrenee Nov 19, 2006 (2:16 pm)
Replying to: fmayberry (Nov 18, 2006 5:14 pm) I am looking for the same (XL w/VSC but no sunroof. Dealers in my area (Virginia) told me I could order it. Replies to this message: smith1 (Nov 21, 2006 8:10 am)
#1168 of 1474 Re: XL with VSC but no moonroof [vyrenee] by smith1 Nov 21, 2006 (8:10 am)
Replying to: vyrenee (Nov 19, 2006 2:16 pm) Yes, Toyota dealers talk about "ordering" but I believe this doesn't mean the same thing it does with U.S. makes. They can't actually "order" the factory to build a specific car. I believe they write a sales order for your spec car and start watching for it on the build schedule. When they find it, they attempt to snag it for you and if they are succesful you are told that your "order" is about to be filled and given a firm delivery date. If the desired car doesn't show up on the build schedule and you get tired of waiting, they tell you "the factory is backlogged" and let you cancel the sales order.   I'd love to be wrong about this, but what I've read indicates I'm not. So if you do get into "ordering" an Avalon please dig into this and let us know what actually happens.

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