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Lexus RX 450h Prices Paid and Buying Experience

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What is this discussion about? Lexus RX 400h, Lexus RX 450h, Hybrid Cars, SUV


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Re: thx tim [pman7] by merick
Jan 16, 2007 (8:54 am)
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Replying to: pman7 (Jan 05, 2007 12:52 pm)

42,687 was final price for purchase, not lease........front wheel drive. i just bought cables for going in the snow..$70.
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Re: Pricing Update plus XM Info [eshapir] by apg97ss
Jan 16, 2007 (10:57 am)
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Replying to: eshapir (Jan 16, 2007 7:48 am)

Thanks Ethan
I submitted bids through Checkbooks CarBargains service. They are supposed to shop the deal to 7 local dealers and come back w best price. I will post on site what they come back with to help others (assuming it is good deal). My first pass w salemen at $600 over invoice got nowhere, so appreciate your advice to work w internet sales mgr.
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Re: thx tim [merick] by suvnow
Jan 16, 2007 (10:30 pm)
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Replying to: merick (Jan 16, 2007 8:54 am)

Hi Merick! I'm talking with Westminster, among others, for an AWD RX400h, Nav, Mark Levinson, 18" alloy, tow prep, wood trim, etc. Did you say that $42,687 was what you PAID? That means that Tax, Title and License were included in that price? I'm only getting around 46,000 offer price, and then it's another 10% roughly, for TTL. Is that any good? I'm looking at a color that is hard to find! I'm also looking in the Bay Area, since we spend time north and south.
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Re: thx tim [suvnow] by apg97ss
Jan 17, 2007 (6:28 am)
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Replying to: suvnow (Jan 16, 2007 10:30 pm)

i think Merick's price is for FWD not AWD. Closest compare is Ethan's at about 45,500 but that is without Mark Levinson, so 46,00 may not be bad? Maybe Ethan will clarify
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Re: thx tim [apg97ss] by eshapir
Jan 17, 2007 (6:43 am)
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Replying to: apg97ss (Jan 17, 2007 6:28 am)

The thing about TTL is that you can't get around having to pay for it and its included in both leases and purchases/finances. Its a forgone conclusion, so most people just refer to their purchase price + TTL. I live in NY so our sales tax was 8.0375% plus the registration of $129. Thats probably the only stuff a purchase would have in addition to the purchase price (there may be dealer prep fees but check out (http://www.carbuyingtips.com) to see if its a BS fee.
 
FWD is not as expensive as AWD by the way and they can be bought for a few thousand less. If we're talking about the car with a MSRP of $49,886 then we're probably talking about the same options, AWD, Premium Plus, 18" alloy wheels, Nav, Heated Seats/Rain Wipers, NO Mark Levinson, etc....
 
If you're getting Mark Levinson, u got to figure thats worth an additional 1-2k so I would compare your deal with the $49,886 MSRP car.
 
Good Luck,
 
Ethan
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Re: thx tim [suvnow] by gtoph
Jan 17, 2007 (1:13 pm)
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Replying to: suvnow (Jan 16, 2007 10:30 pm)

suvnow,
What's the actual MSRP for the one you are looking at?
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Re: Pricing Update plus XM Info [eshapir] by apg97ss
Jan 18, 2007 (5:36 am)
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Replying to: eshapir (Jan 16, 2007 7:48 am)

Hi Ethan.
you seem to have gotten best price i have seen in this space. I am ready to get serious about purchase of 400h AWD/NAV over weekend. Where did dealers first open over invoice, how many iternations did it take to get near invoice, how many dealers did you play off against each other, and any other tactics you used would be appreciated. i made note of your advice of only dealing with internet sales mgr.
Thanks
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Re: Pricing Update plus XM Info [apg97ss] by eshapir
Jan 18, 2007 (5:50 am)
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Replying to: apg97ss (Jan 18, 2007 5:36 am)

I submitted pricing requests through edmunds.com first but of course all the dealerships called as opposed to emailing their quotes like I requested. The lowest offer I got was $45k from Prestige Lexus of NJ. I next called Ray Catena in NJ and asked if they'd match or beat the deal I received (didn't mention other dealership). If they wouldn't I was still happy with the price I was given. Surprisingly when you deal with the Internet Sales Mgr, they don't play games because they assume that you're an educated consumer. As a result there were 0 iterations before they gave their best price. Compare that to my experience when I walked in and test drove at Lexus of Manhattan. The sales rep. had the audacity to say that these cars were going for retail and that he was doing me a favor by knocking $1,500 of the retail and giving me a MF of 0.00175. No thanks, I'm not an idiot.
 
Good Luck,
 
Ethan
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Re: Pricing Update plus XM Info [eshapir] by daloosh
Jan 18, 2007 (8:38 am)
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Replying to: eshapir (Jan 18, 2007 5:50 am)

Omigod, I just remembered Lexus of Manhattan last summer. They opened with something close to MSRP, when I came back with my offer (somewhere around $500 over invoice), they said they couldn't do that, which wasn't surprising, but they countered with something insulting, like $750 under MSRP. Never called them again, not gonna waste my time.
 
Best of luck!
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Re: thx tim [gtoph] by suvnow
Jan 18, 2007 (8:50 am)
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Replying to: gtoph (Jan 17, 2007 1:13 pm)

Thx Tim,
  
For that Prem Plus, Nav, Levinson, 18" wheels, Tow prep, etc that I mentioned before, actual MSRP was:
$51346 and my price is quoted as 46288 plus tax and lic.
 
Whaddya think? Any good?

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