2009 Toyota Venza Crossover

Replying to: boomdude (Jan 18, 2009 11:11 am)

OK from a seller's perspective. Let's say that you were in business. You build a brand new product. After all your efforts to think it up, design it and build it you prep it and put it on the shelf. It costs you $14 to do all this. You have it priced on the shelf $17.95. You have one on the shelf and one being built. A lot of people have looked at the one on the shelf.
 
A serious buyer calls and says 'I'll take it off your hands at $13.' Do you take him up on the offer?
 
There's the answer to your email.

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Replying to: kdhspyder (Jan 18, 2009 12:18 pm)

MSRP of boomdude's Venza is $38.5K, estimated invoice is $33.6K, and the offer is $34K. I'm not sure what you're implying, as you're answering the question with another question, but I think $34K is a fair offer.
 
Then again, it doesn't matter what any of us here thinks; only the dealer can make that decision. It's a new vehicle with a lot of shelf life left (as opposed to a 2008 that's already "stale"), so I wouldn't be that surprised if the dealer counters with a higher offer.
 
In fact, I'd be very afraid if a dealer eagerly accepted my first offer without a counter-offer.

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Replying to: steve_ (Jan 18, 2009 11:02 am)

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Perhaps... but I want it NOW!

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• boomdude (Jan 18, 2009 3:42 pm)

Replying to: LSP972 (Jan 18, 2009 3:32 pm)

Numerous pages back, there was some conjecture regarding the flexibility of the available packages; as in, not much.
 
While not exactly correct, there is some truth in this. One major annoyance I had to swallow yesterday was the fact that you MUST pay for the 13-speaker whiz-bang/jump-back JBL stereo/speaker system if you want the GPS unit. As someone who hardly ever listens to anything music-related while driving, this is an expense I could have done without.
 
I also had to pay for seat warmers, windshield wiper de-incing, and defrostable/foldable side mirrors; three all-but-useless items in this sub-tropical climate. But it was that, or lose a few other goodies I DID need/want.
 
We're not talking about deal-breakers here; but it was aggravating.
 
Without wasting much more bandwidth, the villain here is the way they build them, apparently. I could indeed have gotten it EXACTLY the way I wanted; along with the panoramic sun roof option. Can you say greehhouse effect in the brutal sun/humidity of high summer here? No thanks.
 
Bottom line; budget-conscious folks will be advised to wait for the four-banger, which may have a better selection of what you can and cannot have together. I am by no means a wealthy man, but I have a healthy D.R.O.P. account just sitting there, and this vehicle appeals to me big-time. So I bit the bullet and got lucky on the final offer.
 
I did NOT want an SUV, period. But I need enough room to tote my quarter-scale radio-control aerobatic airplane (sans wings, of course), which is 71 inches long and 21 inches tall at the rudder post. And I most assuredly did not want a soccer-mom special (van).
 
I was looking at VW wagons when I saw a Venza... a cursory exam and test-drive later, and that was that.
 
I've been driving the same 1998 S-10 since it was new, and a variety of US-made police cars; along with the wife's 2002 Solara. This Venza is sorta like being born again, in the driving/handling department. Oh, the Solara is a very sporty little ride; but I rarely get behind its wheel.
 
I'm like a kid the week before Xmas. The dealer said about a month; apparently the line just got cranked back up, as he selected my ride from some being built right now.
 
Stay tuned...

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