Edmunds.com | Inside Line | Auto Observer Your Account | Help | Directory
You are here:
![[F]](http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/townhall/webxicons/site.gif){kind=small}
Forums
Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Lexus ES 350 Prices Paid and Buying Experience
2179 messages, Last post on Nov 10, 2009 at 7:14 PM
You are in the Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Forum. Your Hosts are car_man & kyfdx
|
|
|---|---|
|
I looked at all your posts during my recent purchase, so I hope someone else finds this info useful: I contacted a bunch of dealers for an ES 350 with Premium Plus and Nav. MSRP is 41,612 (website says 41,465). (prices listed are first offers and do not include documentation fees because they vary by dealer, usually $199 to $299.) Bridgewater, NJ -> $36,859 (BEST PRICE) Greenwich, CT -> $36,894 (invoice) New Haven, CT -> 37,394 Hartford, CT -> 37,794 (they later matched Greenwich) Ray Catena, NY -> 37,600 NewCountry Latham, NY -> 37,894 Springfield, MA -> 37,900 Smithtown, NY -> 38,394 Westport, CT -> 38,569 Rallye, NY -> couldn't match Greenwich I had a trade-in, so I only planned to visit places that gave me good offers via e-mail. Greenwich gave me a great price immediately. New Haven was close and said they could probably match it, but I didn't have time to visit them. Hartford said they'd match the Greenwich price. I wanted a smoky granite mica with black leather, Greenwich had one coming on a ship in 7 days or less, whereas others said 2-3 weeks. I was ready to buy the car from Greenwich. When I called to confirm their fees, I couldn't get ahold of my internet salesperson, nor the manager I met with in person. Finally, I got ahold of another salesperson, he said he'd look up the fees and call me back in a few minutes. He called back 6 hours later. By that time, the car I wanted was already sold and the next one would be there is 2-3 weeks. The new salesperson kept telling me how I had to "pull the trigger," that they'd get a car for me from another dealer but I had to pay a $2000 deposit before they'd even locate the car. I resented the hard sell since other salespeople were pretty good. But overall, I was really annoyed and decided it wasn't worth the hassle of going to Greenwich if I couldn't get ahold of salespeople and if they couldn't call me back in time. Most of the dealers' internet salespeople were pretty nice and offered the same Lexus service (loaner cars, pickup/delivery services for major tuneups). I would have liked to go to Bridgewater, but it was just too far away. I ended up buying from Hartford because it was the closest dealer to me, they gave me a great price for the car, and they gave me the same trade-in value as other dealers did. Their documentation fee is $299, which is slightly annoying, considering Greenwich is only $199. But the registration fee for transferring plates was $13 less, so I only ended up paying $87 more. It was well worth it because the internet sales manager was responsive by e-mail, didn't pressure me, and was very patient in person while we test-drove and considered the ES 350, GS 350 AWD, and the RX 400h. My ES 350 will be straight off the ship in a couple weeks. I'd highly recommend going to Hartford for a Lexus because the price was great and so was the service. |
|
|
Replying to: cornsclan (Jun 26, 2007 7:04 pm)
|
|
Those of you out there who have recently bought a 2007 ES350 with the Premium Plus package - what were you able to successfully negotiate? Below invoice? Please specify price with details and dealer. If you have a $0 down lease with tier 1 credit, please share the leasing factor and residual too.
|
|
|
Replying to: sunilshenoi (Jul 17, 2007 2:48 pm)
|
|
|
Replying to: njcargirl (Jul 21, 2007 10:05 am) |
|
|
Replying to: cornsclan (Jun 09, 2007 3:06 pm) |
|
|
Replying to: crazyma (Jul 21, 2007 4:23 pm) We know they are going to play salesman/manager game so my wife and I did the same thing, I started with number I got from their internet sales manager ($37,389)and push down a little bit then wife steped in and finished the job. ALWAYS ask for extras even after number game, we got free all weather floormats in that way. Overall not a very bad deal IMHO. This place gave me lots of help I wish everyone here got a good deal. |
|
|
Yes - I am in the market for puchasing a ES350 having difficulty sending you email. please advise on email address. |
|
| If anyone is shopping for ES350 in the valley, I recommend to visit Lexus of Chandler before you buy one. No one can beat their pricing or customer service. There is no salesman/manager games and also the finance guys give you great deals on extras if you plan to buy one. Even their after market sales is better than corporate Lexus, they'll make sure you are 100% satisfied with the vehicle. I have had very good buying and after market experience. The sales manager gave clear carpet and touch up paint at no cost and the finance guy charged me the same price as any shop for window tinting. I highly recommend this dealer. | |
You are here:
Forums
Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Lexus ES 350 Prices Paid and Buying Experience
New? Join Now!
Forum Tools
Search Forums
Browse by Vehicle
2010 Lexus ES 350
Browse by Board
Browse by Topic
Today's Chats
