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1357 messages, Last post on Jun 16, 2008 at 7:37 AM
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I'm in TX and looking for an ES with premium package + VSC. The sales lady told me no cars in the southern reagion has VSC unless I get every option. She said I can only get an ES with premium + VSC thru special order. She also said that special order cars will be sold at MSRP. There is no discount. Is it true that dealers can't offer discount to special orders? |
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will be added to the 31,500 price, and you will end up paying 32,750, plus license and tax, then you are getting a 93% of MSRP, which is significantly higher than board members posted between November - January. If your 31,500 includes the $1250, then your final quote before license and tax is 89.5% MSRP, right in line with what other board members have been getting. Were I in your position, I would push for not paying any more than 31,500 not counting license and tax. |
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however, they are not as motivated to give you a discount on vehicles that are not currently part of their inventory, Many dealers have to pay the manufacturer for vehicles on their lot. Special orders don't help them move their inventory. |
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| What is the base money factors and residuals for the ES330 for 36/15000 and 48/15000? | |
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If your local dealers are gouging the price, try autopurchaseconsultants.com. They are an auto broker that will shop the best price for you all over the country if necessary. The cost of shipping when added to the price they can get for you should be much less than a local dealers price. Plus, they can special order if you want. The problem is if the car arrives with minor cosmetic damage, but that type of damage is generally not very expensive to fix. I have talked to them and read their materials, but have not used them yet. I probably will use them when I decide to pull the trigger and buy. If you use them, please post your experience so that I and others will have a better idea of whether they perform as advertised. Good luck. |
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Thanks for maxhonda99's answer, I also read some other posts which are very helpful as well. Here are more questions: 1,Given no significant difference in quote, what advantage do we have if we choose local dealer instead of some one a bit far away? I know some guy in N.CA even took plane to pick up his car from S.CA, because of a deep discount. 2,What's the car tax rate in N.CA? I'm moving to N.CA, where the sales tax is 7.5%. 3,What's the typical package? Is that the base + PM (Premium package) ? Since I have a preference on the EX.color and In.color, I want to know which package are most available or less worried about dealer's inventory. Thanks! |
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1. In my experience, there is little impact on choosing one dealer over another. A dealer provides its level of maintenance service regardless of whether you bought your car from that dealer or not. Also, dealers (at least in So Cal) are cooperative with one another, often swapping inventory to meet a particular client's needs. For example, I wanted Mystic Sea with Charcoal interior and my dealer only had the ivory interior. My dealer swapped with another for the car I wanted. 2. Don't know the answer to your 2. 3. You can find the typical package for your area by going to www.lexus.com and "building" you car. When you "build" a vehicle, it asks for your zip code, and then it brings up the typical packages for the zip code, along with MSRP for those packages. In my experience, it is toyota that limits the packages by region. The dealers have little choice in what they get. Makes sense when you think about it. For example, I have never seen a Starlight Pearl color in So Cal, and neither have many of the So Cal dealers. However, in Texas, there seem to be a lot of Starlight Pearl. Another example, when I bought my car, in the So Cal region, heated seats were not included on the lowest end premium package. However, in Michigan, heated seats were in all premium packages. By the way, they tend to call all packages that are not the "base", premium, unless they have NAV/ML. But the base models are seldom available, making virtually all packages either "premium" or "NAV/ML". |
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| I'm just wondering right now, how much are ES330's going for? Sticker? Invoice? Somewhere in between? | |
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I was just offered an ES330 with everything except the NAV system for $30,900 excl. tax and license. The MSRP is $35,174. Did I get a good deal? I have to thank the board here for helping me negotiate for the price, I have read a lot of posts regarding the prices they paid, it helped me figure out my target price($30,500)which will be ideal. The sales rep.was not budging beyong $31,200 until I told him that I saw people paying $30,000 range from this site . He then went to talk to his manager and offered me the final price. Is there anything else other than license,and taxes that they may charge me in closing? I'm going to close the deal on monday.Thanks for any advice. |
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You might post your dealer's geograhical location. You seemed to have received one of the best quotes on the board at 87.8 MSRP. Even his higher quote is 88.7 of MSRP, which is not bad at all. Sounds like a fantastic deal, provided they don't add other charges. Based on info from this board, it seems that a buyer can get a vehicle for 89% MSRP with no haggle. However, if the potential buyer is willing to walk out, etc. etc., he/she might be able to do quite a bit better. Sure wish we had thought of this method when I was purchasing my car!! At least I know what to do next time I buy one!! |
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