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I just helped a friend buy a brand new 2005 ES330 Alabaster with Navigation from Longo Lexus in Southern California MSRP $37,119 including destination. Purchase Price was $32,309 including destination (which is $750 below invoice) + Tax, Title, and registration + $45 doc prep. + 8.75 tire waste fee. I tried to negotiate the Lexus Platinum 7 yrs/100K mi/ $0 deductible extended warranty but finance manager wouldn't go lower than $1825, which is retail. Any leads on who may be able to sell me an Lexus Care extended warranty for a reasonable price? I bought my Pilot a couple of weeks ago and my Honda dealer matched College Hills Honda Honda Care internet price of $1,150 for the 7yrs/100Kmi/0 deductible. Thanks in advance, The buying experience was wonderful. Sales person was great, didn't push anything on us, very straight forward. It took my friend two hours to decide on color as Longo had all of them. Then it only took one hour to write up the contract and sign the paperwork. Very professional. Spyderred.
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Replying to: brads (Jun 04, 2005 4:51 am) Keep in mind that programs like Costco, Sam's Club etc. auto buying programs are "no haggle" programs. The dealer is supposed to give you the best price they can without your having to negotiate. Your salesman was violating the rules of Costco by trying to haggle with you. Also, Costco should be able to provide you information on what kind of deals are available given the environmental factors at the time you are purchasing your vehicle. I used Sam's Club to negotiate my deal in 2002. Based upon my experience, for Lexus anyway, these programs do not buy you much. I'd prefer to come to this thread to see what deals folks are getting at any given time, and then I'd negotiate a good price that way. I might use Sam's Club or Costco if the only deals I could get in my geographical area were significantly higher (1-2% MSRP) than others on Edmunds were getting. This happened in Houston last August-September, when the lowest that buyers could get was 92% - 93% MSRP, which I consider outrageous. If the best I could get was 93% MSRP, I'd use Costco or Sam's Club as a sanity check. |
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Replying to: brads (Jun 04, 2005 4:51 am) Always do your research before hand, read the fine print carefully, study the window sticker hard, and get everything in writing. Even an e-mail will work since you can always print it out. |
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Okay I have narrowed my next car down to the 98 Lexus ES/300 or the 2003 Nissan Altima I can have either for about the same price Any opinions? Thanks. James |
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Replying to: ohdaddy926 (Jun 09, 2005 3:25 am)
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| In searching the forums, I saw some comments a year or so ago that Vehicle Stability Control is not available in cars that dealers have in stock and that it is only available with navigation. Is that the case these days? Thanks. | |
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Replying to: jchan2 (Jun 09, 2005 6:06 am)
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Replying to: curt2005 (Jun 09, 2005 10:00 pm) Good luck, Spyderred.
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Replying to: spyderred (Jun 04, 2005 1:41 pm) |
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Replying to: spyderred (Jun 10, 2005 7:56 am) |
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