Re: Buying Toyota Corolla, Maybe

"goodman" <no@no.com> wrote in message
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>I have always been a Ford man, but looking this time to try Toyota.
> When you buy Ford you never pay sticker price, most of the time you
> get at least $2000 off. Lately alot more. Since i never bought Toyota
> was looking for some help in what people paid for their Toyota.
> What sticker price was and what you paid and if any rebates.
> Thanks[/color]

Long. long ago there was no dickering with foreign dealerships - sticker
price was the price, period. But that was in the 70's when I bought a
Datsun, & had seriously considered a Toyota.

I'm now on my 4th Corolla, since '84. I've never paid sticker price, &
although I don't remember many details about the '84 & '90 cars' purchases,
I remember more about the buying process for the last two. I ordered the
printouts from Consumer Reports ($12 IIRC) for each one, to get the dealer
costs & MSRPs for the basic models & all of the options (& probably used
Edmonds.com for the '02). Then bargained hard. Walked out the first couple
of times in the dealership when beginning the shopping when the salesman
refused to move down enough. Then went back a few days to a week later.
Eventually paid $400 over dealer cost on my '98 Corolla (LE version) and
$200 over dealer cost on my '04 Corolla (also LE).

I've had good experiences with my local Toyota service dep't., & each time
the salesman knew that they were going to make their money *after* I bought
the car Vs. on the actual sale, since I have all service work done there.[color=blue]
>
> Last car was Ford taurus 97 sticker price was 23,800 paid 15,600[/color]

Nowhere near *this* discount. To me, it sounds like either the MSRP built
in a HUGE profit, or else you got it for _below_ dealer cost.
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> New models were coming in so got a great price.[/color]

That helps to explain it, but still, an $8,200 difference is huge... (about
half a Corolla LE!)

Cathy

"Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote in message news:Fq2dnYtgdodkwtzYnZ2dnUVZ_r6dnZ2d@giganews.com...[color=blue]
> [...] Then bargained hard. Walked out the first couple
> of times in the dealership when beginning the shopping when the salesman
> refused to move down enough. Then went back a few days to a week later.
> Eventually paid $400 over dealer cost on my '98 Corolla (LE version) and
> $200 over dealer cost on my '04 Corolla (also LE).[/color]

By "dealer cost", do you mean "invoice price" ?

How about no-dickering sticker prices on scions ?
Are they still there or you need to bargained on scions, too ?

"Pszemol" <Pszemol@PolBox.com> wrote in message
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> "Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote in message
> news:Fq2dnYtgdodkwtzYnZ2dnUVZ_r6dnZ2d@giganews.com...[color=green]
>> [...] Then bargained hard. Walked out the first couple of times in the
>> dealership when beginning the shopping when the salesman refused to move
>> down enough. Then went back a few days to a week later. Eventually paid
>> $400 over dealer cost on my '98 Corolla (LE version) and $200 over dealer
>> cost on my '04 Corolla (also LE).[/color]
>
> By "dealer cost", do you mean "invoice price" ?[/color]

Probably. What the dealer paid for the car, incl. its options.
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> How about no-dickering sticker prices on scions ?
> Are they still there or you need to bargained on scions, too ?[/color]

I have no clue - haven't looked into them, at all.

Cathy

Pszemol wrote:[color=blue]
> "Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote in message
> news:Fq2dnYtgdodkwtzYnZ2dnUVZ_r6dnZ2d@giganews.com...[color=green]
>> [...] Then bargained hard. Walked out the first couple of times in
>> the dealership when beginning the shopping when the salesman refused
>> to move down enough. Then went back a few days to a week later.
>> Eventually paid $400 over dealer cost on my '98 Corolla (LE version)
>> and $200 over dealer cost on my '04 Corolla (also LE).[/color]
>
> By "dealer cost", do you mean "invoice price" ?
>
> How about no-dickering sticker prices on scions ?
> Are they still there or you need to bargained on scions, too ?[/color]


they dont bargain on scions, at least in so cal. they arent even
available thru the costco website.

the GOOD point is the sticker isnt bad. all the cars are (to me) loaded,
and the price is fair. my scion xA was about $14.5 out the door. a
similarly equipped yaris 2 door hatch would have cost more.

"SoCalMike" <Mikein562athotmail@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:UdW0h.10169$zy2.3253@tornado.socal.rr.com...[color=blue]
> they dont bargain on scions, at least in so cal. they arent even
> available thru the costco website.[/color]

Any other car is available at costco ? :-)))
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> the GOOD point is the sticker isnt bad. all the cars are (to me) loaded,
> and the price is fair. my scion xA was about $14.5 out the door. a
> similarly equipped yaris 2 door hatch would have cost more.[/color]

I wonder if they are same quality as toyotas...
I have 1995 camry with 217 000 miles on the odometer and
no major problems - no rust at all... and I use it in Chicago area.
My worry is that tC and other scions would not have same
quality and reliability as toyotas are famous for...

They are not around long enough to really tell.