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Replying to: arg10 (Dec 02, 2005 12:48 pm)
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Replying to: gvr4wd (Dec 19, 2005 11:18 am)
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Replying to: motownusa (Dec 20, 2005 10:37 am) 32K MSRP is a very basic vehicle. |
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Replying to: jpdeg (Dec 19, 2005 6:50 am) If I needed a car in a hurry, at this point, I would look at this website and use the price quotes in it as a negotation tactic to give me confidence when I walk into a dealer. If I tried several dealers or internet quotes and none were "biting" at my offer, I'd check out Edmund's TMV to see what a realistic price might be. (The difficulty with using TMV is that you have to enter ALL the vehicles options to get a number, and that can be difficult to do.) Sorry if your negotiation tactic left you with less choice in vehicles. But it just shows that what worked yesterday or a month ago might not work today. In your case, you needed to move more quickly than posters have had to do in the past in order to maintain your choices. However, with Toyota, I have noticed that choices disappear fast. And, maybe you will have the option of picking up a 2007. |
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Replying to: jpdeg (Dec 19, 2005 6:50 am) When I first purchased my car, the Sam's Club rep told me that Toyota reduced production in 2001/2002 due to the September 11 attack. At the time I purchased my car (March 2002), ES 300s were going for 94-95% MSRP because there was a shortage, and the Sam's Club rep told me I was unlikely to have much luck getting a really low price. The situation changed later, however, and until now, cars have been going for about 90% MSRP. Now it looks like there may be a scarcity again, if one believes Edmund's TMV.
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Replying to: atoews (Dec 21, 2005 9:19 am) Bye the way, what kind of mpg are you getting on your 2002 ES300?
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| I thought this was a big sales event but was told by the Austin salesman it simply means 2K off MSRP. We looked at an es330 with msrp around 35,500 w/ everything except navigation, according to salesman. 2K off doesn't seem like a great deal, but it is a very nice ride. We also looked at the Mercedes c230 and bmw 235i, but my wife liked the es over the more powerful 235i and the weak c230, oh and a tiny volvo s40. Shouldn't I be able to get more off msrp? They seemed to have a lot of them. | |
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Replying to: fredvh (Dec 21, 2005 12:12 pm) Here is what I have observed however: 1. One pays a very high mpg price for accelerating. 2. One pays a very high mpg price for driving uphill. If one takes a two-way trip that is hilly, the lower mpg for the downhill part will not compensate for the higher mpg. of the uphill part. (A two-way trip theorectically equalizes the uphill/downhill portions there and back) 3. One pays a very high mpg price for stopping at fast food prices, which requires lots of acceleration/ stop and go. As such it is really hard to tell whether the basic vehicle is providing good or bad gas mileage. The only way that two drivers can get good comparison numbers is if they both live in a flat region, and they both have the same amount of stop and go when they drive in town.
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Replying to: atoews (Dec 22, 2005 5:26 pm)
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