Looking to purchase a 2007 Avalon/Camry. Haven't decided which one yet.
Looking for advice from 2007 buyers on where should I start to negotiate.
Where should I start from the MSP. Do I start at $2000 below the sticker
price? Looking for a starting point. Help

"Ph@Boy" <user (AT) example (DOT) net> wrote


Was there ever a Toyota that wasn't a grear car? Actually while I'm thinking
about it, I know that some of the Tercels 3 speed automatic transmissions
were crappy in the mid 90's.

Check out Edmunds.com

They have a lot of good info


"Reasoned Insanity" <mintclovers (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

bjd wrote:
First check for the incentives that are available for your geographic
area. Check carsdirect.com for a low cost zip code such as 93001.

Multiply the invoice price by 0.95, subtract the incentives, and bargain
up from there (the dealer cost). You should be able to get it for about
$500 over actual dealer cost (not over dealer invoice).

Never start from the MSRP.

If you can wait a few months, incentives tend to go way up around July
or so.

I've owned a bunch of them and all BUT ONE have been good cars. The
exception was a 1995 Toyota Cressida which had a lot of problems. The
most prominent was the seemingly unavoidable failure of its valve guide
seals. I recall waiting at a light for a few minutes. When it turned
green and I took off, I would seldom see any cars behind me as they
were completely hidden in the haze of my blue smoke. Other than that
one POS, I like em'.
jor

jor wrote:

Was the Tercel called the Cressida in Europe, or do you mean 1985...?

"bjd" <bdowns (AT) one (DOT) net> wrote

Start from the dealer cost, not down from the MSRP.

Cathy

"bjd" <bdowns (AT) one (DOT) net> wrote

BTW... by hard bargaining - which involved walking out twice (on my part) &
finally getting the deal I wanted during the third negotiation session - I
have paid ~$400 over dealer cost two car purchases ago, & $200 over cost on
my present car; same dealership.

They would rather make a sale with little profit than no sale at all. Tell
them what you're willing to pay & don't budge. Even if it means walking out
& leaving them dangling. By the time you walk back in a few days to a week
later, they'll be willing to meet your offer - or at least start to meet it.
There is no way I'm willing to pay anything near MSRP. (Will probably have
to kiss that notion good-bye if I decide on a Prius at some point...)

(I got the dealer cost of the basic car, plus for each & every option from
Consumer Reports; small fee for the print-outs.)

Cathy

"Cathy F." <clfr (AT) adelphiadot (DOT) net> wrote

than I've been dealing with for the past 24 years, tell him what I want, and
when it comes in, he gives me a price that is $300 over his cost, I write
him a check, and we're out the door, with him thanking me for the dozen or
so referrals a year I've been sending him for the past 24 years.
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

"Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote

I've been buying cars from this particular dealership since '84 - & got paid
for a referral at one point (a Toyota promotional thingy), so maybe at some
point they'll do the same for me?! 'Twould be nice! (OTOH, it changed
ownership at one point, so...)

Cathy