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1357 messages, Last post on Jun 16, 2008 at 7:37 AM
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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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That's why I thanked this board for helping me get this deal. I would not have any idea what to negotiate for if I had not read all the posts from people who got good deals. I actually told the sales rep. that I've researched a lot from this site and I know my target was in the ball park,and that I was not talking nonsense, he took note of that. Thanks again to this board! BTW, the dealer is in larchmont, westchester.
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... to go to a dealer set on not paying more than 89% MSRP. I would offer the dealer 87% to begin with, and see where it goes from there. Be sure and post your deal to this board. |
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| Were you asked to 'commit' to $30,900 on the spot in order to keep it. Just as buyers'd use walk-out technique, sellers usually demand you buy it 'today' to keep a negotiated price. Sounds like you'd still have time to check the price here b4 you commit on Mon. Good deal, and/or a nice salesperson? | |
| Is the navigation system worth the price? | |
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I just ordered an ES 330. My local dealer in Bellevue, WA and the other Washington dealers are selling cars at much higher prices than the SoCal dealers. The lowest price offer I received from Bellevue was $32,900 for the mid level Northwest Package (MSRP $35,314). Frustrated with the reluctance of Northwest dealers to negotiate a "reasonable" price, I turned to the Internet. I sent out proposals to seven dealers - one in Colorado and six in California. I picked the California dealers from posts on this Board. The response I received was overwhelming. Within two hours I received proposals from all of the dealers. Virtually all of our communication was by E-mail so I didn't have to listen to the local salesmen whining about how much money they would lose if they sold me a car (funny how the owners of dealerships are all multi-millionaires). The E-mail communication was terrific. After letting the dealers know that there was healthy competition in the marketplace, I received several quotes from California dealers at $30,700 for the California mid level package (MSRP $34,734). I have a feeling that if I had bargained hard and waited until a few days prior to the end of the month that the price would have dropped to $30,500 (but $30,700 was the low offer I actually received in writing). All of the dealers were prompt, courteous and pleasant to deal with (unlike my face to face car buying experiences). I finally placed an order with Stevinson Lexus, the Golden, CO dealer because the Colorado Package had VSC Brake Assist which the California packages did not. In rainy Washington it is a good to have VSC Brake Assist. The Colorado dealer was not the lowest price, but it was reasonably close and I have a very good feeling about the person I am dealing with and I am getting VSC. My car will be trucked to my home address. I must admit that I am a little fearful that something may go wrong (I tend to worry about things) but I feel that the cost savings justify taking a risk that there might be delivery damage or dealer insolvency issues. Many thanks to the people who have posted their experiences. Without this Board, I never would have held out for such a good deal. In particular I wish to thank atoews who has spent a considerable amount of time helping the rest of us novice buyers. When I actually get the car I will let this Board know and will update my experience. Thanks again. - charliegooddog |
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| What was the MSRP and what price did you pay at the CO. dealer? Were there any other costs other than TTL? | |
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