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Replying to: oralmeddoc (Nov 21, 2004 4:02 am)
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Replying to: atoews (Nov 21, 2004 8:45 pm) |
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Replying to: igiban (Nov 22, 2004 12:30 pm) |
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My mother wanted a 2005 GS300 (even though I told her 2006 with new body and engine would be coming in April). I shopped some prices and Putnam Lexus said we had to come to get the Costco price which is the best price available. The guy converted her to the 2005 ES, which has some niceties like twin memory seats and ventilated/heated seats. So the Costco price was about $1200 over the claimed invoice for the model without the NAV (incidentally, most of them had a bunch of options which you have to add in at Edmunds to get true idea of the price). NAV and ML seemed to be the only options you could add along with the sport/comfort transmission thing. So a model without NAV was about $2600 below MSRP and the model with NAV was about $2700 below invoice. He then invited us to give us a price over invoice that we'd be willing to pay. Then he showed us on Carsdirect that the "best" price was about $700 below what he was offering and asked if we would buy for that price. That put it just under $32000 for a model without NAV. Of course, he wouldn't give us anything written to take with us so I'm recalling all these numbers from memory. My parents wanted to hold off, check another dealer and check the colors better (we went at dusk). I noticed that a lot of the discussion in this thread revolves around percentage of MSRP. So what is a good rule of thumb for the percentage of MSRP we should shoot for in the Bay Area? Will that change if we add NAV? Does the total MSRP include all the fees? I don't want to see some fees slipped in at the end. |
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Replying to: igiban (Nov 22, 2004 12:30 pm) As to the ES 330, I think I am more willing to give it another look even though I have been more interested in the TL. The ES suits more of my driving style, but TL's techno gadgets are way more cool, and I love its no-option pricing. |
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I'm about to buy a 2005 ES330. December sale makes this attractive but I have read that the 06 model will be different. Does it pay to wait? Better deal now but lower resale because of new model? Does anyone know what's up with the 06 330? Thanks
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Replying to: georgefs (Nov 28, 2004 8:20 am) |
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My folks got a black 2005 ES330, no NAV, for 34,000 out the door. Putnam Lexus in Redwood City, CA. The sticker was 35,289, which includes HID, heated seats, sunscreen. In other words, the base option package which all of these cars seem to have. By my calculations, that means the price before tax and license would be just around 90% of MSRP.
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Replying to: wco81 (Nov 28, 2004 11:51 am) |
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Replying to: georgefs (Nov 28, 2004 8:20 am) |
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