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#2928 of 3148 4-cylinder rav4 4x4 by cableman2 Jul 24, 2009 (4:03 am)
I am from Rochester, NY. I am interested in buying a new Rav4 4-cylinder 4x4 with the extra value package (daytime running light, tinted windows, 17 inch wheels, roof rack). Does anybody have an idea on what i should pay for this. Has anybody bought a car similar to this and got it for a good price? thanks for the help.
#2929 of 3148 Just bought on by greytautumn Jul 24, 2009 (4:48 am)
$22k even. However the this dealer has a special on one similarly equipped blue one for $21.3k.   I've bought 2 cars at this Boston area dealer. No real haggle on price, and they gave me decent value for my trade. (A 10 year old VW). I might have been able to do better on price, but the trade value I was given was $500 better than elsewhere, and I was not seeing $500 better prices.   Hit up the BDC's (internet department) at the local dealers. Boston has a lot of Toyota dealers so they compete aggressively against each other. Dunno about Rochester as it's a much smaller city.   I've found that some dealers will give price over the phone or email, some won't. If you won't give me a price over the phone, I'm not coming in. For me that simple, I got minorly burned (time only) with another dealer locally on a Highlander before buying the RAV.   My dealership is not the closest to my house but it's less than 20 minutes away. the closest is literally 5.   I'm not interested n the art of negotiating. I just want to buy a car at a good out the door price.   Our rav (had it for a week) is a base 4x4 with the EVP and floor mats. Sticker was $24019.   Hope this helps.   You can always go to www.fitzmall.com and check their prices for 'fair value' on a new Toyota. Make sure equipment is identical as different regions get differing equipment. My mom lives in Kentucky and they don't see many 4x4 RAVs. However we don;t see many 4x2's here in the Northeast. Replies to this message: cableman2 (Jul 29, 2009 6:19 am) greytautumn (Jul 29, 2009 6:29 am)
#2930 of 3148 Used 2008 for 18K OTD by krisudha Jul 24, 2009 (7:35 am)
Can some one please let me know if a 2008 Base Rav4 2WD with 22K miles Leather & Running board for $18K OTD is a good price?   I am planning to buy it today, please let me know.
#2931 of 3148 Re: 2009 Toyota Rav 4 [jenp1] by arcadia Jul 24, 2009 (12:46 pm)
Replying to: jenp1 (Jul 17, 2009 10:29 am) what is your MSRP price?
#2932 of 3148 Re: 2009 RAV4 Sport 4x4 model 4443 [thearchies] by chuckfromli Jul 25, 2009 (12:03 pm)
Replying to: thearchies (Jul 18, 2009 5:15 pm) Veronica, I would walk away from that deal. I have just started searching for a similarly equipped RAV4, either Sport or LTD and either 4 cyl. or 6, I really don't care as long as it has the moonroof and leather. Granted, I have only looked at websites, but it seems that the 4 cyl. should be well under 27K, while the 6 is around 28K. This is for Long Island, NY and there are at least 4 Toyota dealers within 30 mnutes of me.   I would shop other dealers and try to get prices on line from their Internet Sales dept. Another tactic is to call and see if the dealership has a Fleet Manager. Call the fleet manager and tell them you want to fax over a bid sheet. Type up a sheet stating what you want, make, model, options. Give them a day or two and then call back and ask them to fax you their best price.   One thing I have seen dealers do, in regards to warranty work only, is to make you wait for work on your car if you didn't purchase it there. You have to get in line for repairs and wait until they finish all warranty work on cars sold by them. This was at a Pontiac/GMC dealer where I saw this sign in the service department. I believe the manufacturer pays them much less per hour for labor than a customer.
#2933 of 3148 Re: RAV4 security alarm [ecarbuyer123] by chuckfromli Jul 25, 2009 (12:07 pm)
Replying to: ecarbuyer123 (Jul 22, 2009 5:21 pm) An aftermarket alarm from a stereo/alarm store sholdn't cost more than $250 installed, unless you are looking for some type of upscale brand with more features.
#2934 of 3148 bought FWD base 4-cyl today by tad44 Jul 25, 2009 (9:27 pm)
with extra value package and floor mats in the bay area: MSRP $22,619 Cache Price $21,300 Rebate $1000 Trade-in (CARS) $4,500   So the cost of vehicle is $15800 (+ sales tax, DMV fee, etc.) I think it's a pretty good price.   But I was probably ripped off by the finance guy. I paid $1395 for 4 yrs (premium) prepaid maintenance plan. Also paid $395 for alarm and $100 for 5 yrs theft protection (which pays $5000). (BTW, what's Guarding alarm?)   Fortunately the maintenance plan can be canceled, but the alarm and the protection probably can't.   This was my first new car purchase. I did research the vehicle price, but I didn't expect the last minutes rip-off.
#2935 of 3148 On 7/25, fueleconomy.gov changed EPA estimate by ecarbuyer123 Jul 25, 2009 (10:28 pm)
For two months or so, fueleconomy.gov had 1991 Toyota Camry V6 Auto listed for new EPA combined mileage as 18. Thus, the car qualified for cash for clunkers program. On 7/25, they changed the mileage to 19 and made it not qualified. Anyone noticed about this change? Replies to this message: don_michaels (Jul 28, 2009 6:02 am) kirstie_h (Jul 28, 2009 7:55 am)
#2936 of 3148 Somewhat Bad Buying Experience by festivus Jul 26, 2009 (10:05 am)
I have some buyer's remorse after my purchase. Got a 2009 Rav4 Limited V6 4WD w/ extra value package 1, towing pkg, and mats. MSRP was 30,400 or something like that.   Sales guy knew my wife fell in love with the car and knew we had $4500 coming for clunker, a 99 Rodeo. I should have known that the guy was a shyster when he offered me only $2300 for potential trade-in. KBB said $3200.   So he hit us with 29,789 price. I argued that 28,500 would be fair. By the way, I have never paid over invoice for any new car. He then fooled me with the extra value pkg explanation that the car was already discounted by $2000 with this package. Beware of this ploy. I don't know why I fell for it. I knew better but we really wanted the car. Maybe I was exhausted and hungry too. I settled on $29,500. Then I got the extended warranty, the one for 6yr/100,000k for $895. We've had some issues with our 04 Accord so we bit on it. We did get the $4500 clunker and the $750 cash and got a great rate on a 63 month loan from a bank. 4.5% I think.   Lessons learned: Don't let them see/hear your emotions! Don't let them know you have a clunker ahead of time! Don't make an impulse decision!   I cost myself at least $20/month by my calculations. Time to move on and never go to this dealer again. But I think that we got a great car anyway so at least that's something...
#2937 of 3148 RAV4 by kenleslie76 Jul 26, 2009 (6:24 pm)
Hi, I just brought a 2009 RAV4 Base Model with 3rd seat option and bluetooth wireless. MSRP $24,028 which including the value package discount which is standard on all base model. Anyway with the $500 loyalty, $1,000 college Grad. discount, and take the 3.9% 5 yrs. I paid $23K OTD... Was that a steal for me? I was quote at $23,800 at other dealer but this dealer LONGO Toyota got me for $23K OTD . Took me 5hrs just to nail it down to $23K. Overall I'm happy with the price. Anybody out there have/had a better deal than this? I'm from So Cal Replies to this message: deepseabio (Jul 26, 2009 7:23 pm) kenleslie76 (Jul 26, 2009 8:51 pm) deepseabio (Jul 27, 2009 8:53 am) and 3 more...

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