Another new 4R owner!

rando

rando

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Got my new Titanium 4x4 V8 SR5 (w/ Rack, Mats, Sunroof) at Longo yesterday (2/1/2004). Here is the breakdown.

$ 32539.00 (MSRP)

$ 28962.00 (Offered Price = Invoice[including $300 TDA and $6 Gas] - $300)
$ 45.00 (Doc Prep Fee)
$ 2393.08 (CA State Tax = 8.25% x (28962+45))
$ 243.00 (CA License Fees)
$ 5.00 (CA Tire Fee)
$ -750.00 (Rebate)
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$ 30898.08 Out the door

I guess this deal could be (mis)stated as $1050 under invoice.

I'll let you know how I like her after I get a chance to get her dirty! :D
 
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Looking at your fees, is 8.25% your State Tax? OUCH...A couple years ago GA raised their tax from 3 to 4%, but made food tax free. I have a extra 1% in our County, which makes 5%. Of course I don't get the privledge of living in Sunny CA. :cool:


Looks like a pretty good deal to me.
 
use to live in ga a while ago. ga makes up for the tax on vehicles by making the vehicle personal property. so when you go to get that stinking little sticker, that brand new vehicle tags could be quite high, ga calls it ad valorem tax. heck i remember when i got my 91 cressida, it cost me 400 to get that sticker. it goes down each year due to the value of the vehicle going down each year.

not quite sure if its still that way or not. havent been in ga since 87.
 
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NoDak said:
ga calls it ad valorem tax.

not quite sure if its still that way or not. havent been in ga since 87.
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Good Point. Yes, we still have it and my 2001 4Runner is still over $400 per year. I guess they get it one way or the other.:mad:
 
peter78 said:
Looking at your fees, is 8.25% your State Tax? OUCH...A couple years ago GA raised their tax from 3 to 4%, but made food tax free. I have a extra 1% in our County, which makes 5%. Of course I don't get the privledge of living in Sunny CA. :cool:


Looks like a pretty good deal to me.
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Oops, forgot to mention what that fee was. Yep, that's the CA tax rate....freak'n insane!!! And they call this freedom?
 
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Thai said:
Good job haggling!!:D

Welcome to the forum!
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Thanks, I'll get some pics up soon (though it's still stock so it's nothing you'all haven't seen before).

In any case, no haggling was needed. I started and ended with that price. They said it was impossible. I said I needed to hurry home to watch the superbowl (actually did have guest coming over.). I told them they were wasting time and that they still needed to wash the truck before I could take it. Deal done (5 minute total negotiation)!
 
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looks like a sweet deal!! congratz

longo has some awesome prices!!! they're service department is one of the best and their body shop is the best for the yota's.
 
Nice deal, always pays to go to Longo. I bought my rig with them, and would buy another. As far as the service dept. I wouldn't trust them:

Screwed up my supercharger install

Messed up on an install for some spark plugs

and messed up on a simple oil change, the tech didn't screw the oil plug on properly half of my oil came out.


That said you got a good deal, just don't take your rig back for service.
 
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and if anyone is wondering how i can have a 91 toyota and not been back to ga since 87, my dad bought that last ga toyota from a dealership in ga and had my dad register it in ga and then drove it up to me and just paid him back for everything. my dad like the art of haggling and he has more fun doing it than i do.
 
Biff said:
Nice deal, always pays to go to Longo.
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That said you got a good deal, just don't take back for service use another dealer.
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There is no chance I'd drive the 40 miles for service anyhow. Thanks for the information though.
 
Biff said:
As far as the service dept. I wouldn't trust them:

That said you got a good deal, just don't take your rig back for.
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I agree 100%!!!
 
Congrats on the new 4Runner and that's a sweet deal you got on it too! Just a quick question, what's the $6 gas charge for?
 
Congratulations and good luck with the new 4Runner. Hope you enjoy it. That is a great deal you got yourself.
 
tkr128 said:
Congrats on the new 4Runner and that's a sweet deal you got on it too! Just a quick question, what's the $6 gas charge for?
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To be precise the $6 is labeled a 'Fuel/Admin Charge' and appears on the dealer invoice right next to the $540 'Delivery, Processing and Handling Fee' and $300 TDA fee. My guess is that this is a fee that the distributor charges to the dealer for filling the tank with gas. You can see an actual invoice of an identically configured truck as mine (but not actually mine)here.

If you're wondering about that link, I got it from the Toyota of North Hollywood web site. They are kind enough to publish scans of the actual invoices for most of their in stock vehicles. Since all of the dealers (within a region) purchase their trucks from the same Toyota distributor, I think it's a safe bet their invoices look much alike. It's interesting to note that the invoice shows both a 2% dealer holdback (widely reported on Edmunds, etc.) AND another 1% financing reserve. This means the real holdback is 3%. Obviously these fees will/could be slightly different in different areas.

At the time of my purchase, ConsumerGuide.com also reported a 'secret' $400 factory to dealer incentive on the 4runner (good trhough 2/2/04). I can neither confirm nor deny if this incentive actually existed for Longo or anyone else. Regardless, I factored it into my asking (and ultimate) purchase price.

I hope that makes everything clear.
 
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I almost forgot to mention how helpful this board was when deciding which new truck to purchase. I tried evertying and was seriously considering the cross-over (higher luxury) route. Seeing the community support for the 4runner, available here, made all the difference and ultimately swayed my decision.
 
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rando said:
To be precise the $6 is labeled a 'Fuel/Admin Charge' and appears on the dealer invoice right next to the $540 'Delivery, Processing and Handling Fee' and $300 TDA fee. My guess is that this is a fee that the distributor charges to the dealer for filling the tank with gas. You can see an actual invoice of an identically configured truck as mine (but not actually mine)here.
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Wow! Thanks for all the info! You really did a lot of research and it shows in your deal! Again, congrats on the new truck!
 
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