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Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Toyota RAV4 Prices Paid and Buying Experience
3153 messages, Last post on Dec 08, 2009 at 11:31 PM
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I purchased the above RAV with the addition of all weather mats, mudguards, and the L4 base pkg. I got it for $22,000 (this price includes $500 rebate) plus taxes and fees. I bought at Magic Toyota in Edmonds, WA. Rogers Toyota in Lewiston, ID gave me the best deal which Magic Toyota matched. I went with Magic because it was closer but Rogers would have been my dealership of choice if they had been closer. What I found really odd was that the invoice prices I was shown at several dealers for the same exact RAV would vary a few hundred dollars. But then again, as I was looking through the RAV's for sale by Fitzmall, the very same vehicles with the exact equipment showed a $350 difference. Of course, when I dealer purchases a vehicle there may be different incentives in place which would account for the differences in invoice. Two dealers said they would meet my price but when we actually got down to talk turkey they went hundreds of dollars higher than what they had told me on the phone. So I walked. |
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Replying to: rengaw (Mar 10, 2009 10:27 pm) I found the same thing with the RAV4 Sport V6.........typically by approx $200. I think it has to do with build date and that Toyota increased the invoice but not the MSRP. That said, I just purchased one at $200 over invoice ($300 under after the rebate) and the dealer paid pretty aggressively on my trade. |
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Replying to: rengaw (Mar 10, 2009 10:27 pm) Can you please tell us the details. I have 2 questions I wanted to ask and sorry if it is already discussed. 1. 4-Cyl. Vs V6.. What should decide which one to select? (V6 is almost 2K more) 2. AWD Vs FWD again what should be the deciding factor? (I am in Maryland if that is one of the criteria) I know ppl here are smart and they can give reasons that will help me make my decision. Thanks
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Replying to: ravanip (Mar 11, 2009 9:51 am) The I4 is more than sufficient for anything we need, and the engine and transmission seem very nicely matched. My recommendation would be to consider the V6 if you want to drive your RAV like a sports car or if you are doing almost exclusively high-speed freeway driving. I find my I4 is up to the freeway driving, but the mileage seems to suffer at high speeds (by which I mean like cruising at 70 or more). I am very happy with my 4-cylinder. I drove the V6 and was not as impressed as I expected to be. That's not a knock on it, it just didn't impress me enough to merit the extra cost and slight dropoff in mileage. Then again, my other car is an Acura TL.  We have the AWD, since one of the reasons for the purchase was to feel more secure in driving to winter sports areas like ski resorts and cross-country ski locales. I have no recommendation of the AWD vs the FWD. |
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Replying to: mazda626atx (Mar 07, 2009 12:37 pm) .... As the economy has slowed all businesses have less opportunities to create revenue. If we're used to having 10 customers a month to cover our overhead and now we're getting 7 we have to charge more per customer just to stay open. If the economy continues to slow the prices will go up, not down. That's just the law of supply and demand. When there is alot of demand you have to be more competitive to play. Uh, price goes up when demand goes down? That is a new one!! I did finally find a dealer, Putnam, in the north bay who agreed to go $500 under invoice for the exact same car. The odd thing is that when I presented Toyota Sunnyvale with the email offer from Putnam to sell at $500 under invoice, Toyota Sunnyvale still refused to budge to anything approaching invoice. So it does pay to shop around. And not shop at Toyota Sunnyvale if you want a good price!
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Replying to: blueman4 (Mar 11, 2009 10:50 am) The dealer I purchased from swapped (or purchased it) from a dealer 10 miles away. The dealer that had the car would not budge from a price that was more than $2000 above what we bought it for. How do they even stay in business? In addition, there were two or three minor options (like cargo net) that were on the car and never showed up in the pricing, so we got them for free. Didn't really want them, but no cost anyway. Sometimes I think the only way the dealers make money is totally in spite of themselves. |
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Replying to: kkrtrek (Mar 11, 2009 11:31 am) Thanks to those on this forum who reminded me to keep searching until I found a dealer who would deal.
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Replying to: terri6 (Mar 10, 2009 7:30 pm) Don't expect a huge discount on RAV4 though because, believe it or not, sales of RAV4 were up 16% in February over a year ago.
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Replying to: natalicious (Mar 04, 2009 8:45 pm) Feature wise is good even at the base level. I think it is well built, though the paint does seem to get rock chips easily. Overall, I don't think it can be beat for the money. The room, the quality, the acceleration and braking at all very good. I do wish the seats and the headrests were more comfortable. I bought the extended warranty, so I'll be driving it 7 yrs, 100K miles.
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Replying to: blueman4 (Mar 11, 2009 12:02 pm) We became friends and he was not that surprsed that I got my car for the price I paid . I guess that proves that not all dealers are in the same financial position , and some can afford to be more firm in their pricing than others. The moral of the story is, find the motivated dealer.SHOP SHOP SHOP till there are no dealers left in the area that you are willing to travel to, and DO NOT BE SUPRISED by the difference in price. In my case the dealer where I bought it ,was only about 25 miles from my house .
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