No knowledge on dealers, but I've looked at Gulf States supply and she'll probably get the best deal on the white/pearl. Seems like every dealer has that in stock. Other colors are less easy to find.
Try Seth Cook at Atkinson Toyota in Bryan. After contacting five or six dealers I drove from west Texas on a friend's recommendation and got exactly what I wanted at a good price with excellent customer service. They even overnighted the plates so we could go on a road trip without the dealer tags on it. My local dealer can learn a lot from them!
If you go with Seth, tell him Eric and Sally appreciated working with him.
Trail not trail premium?
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that's the color she prefers so that works. The one dealer in the area that we found wanted 44,900 for it which is a couple thousand off sticker. We are also cross shopping a Gx460 and are getting close to 6k off sticker on those. Seems they are a little less likely to deal on the 4runners.
I picked up a white 2016 4Runner TEP for $36,300 and got them to swap out the Toyota all weather floor mats for Weathertech floor mats. In the end got them to return the Weathertech cargo liner (which sucks) and bought a Husky cargo liner. So true price was $36,180 +TTL.
On day of delivery took the vehicle to Discount Tire and sold them the stock tires and bought BFG KO2 265/70/17 Tires.
Out of curiosity what did they give you per tire? I never knew they would buy tires like that. Can you negotiate on a factory order (allocation) or does Toyota typically give you the middle finger if you try to negotiate on ordered vehicles?
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that's the color she prefers so that works. The one dealer in the area that we found wanted 44,900 for it which is a couple thousand off sticker. We are also cross shopping a Gx460 and are getting close to 6k off sticker on those. Seems they are a little less likely to deal on the 4runners.
It is like pulling teeth shopping 4Runners. Discounts are obtainable but you have to work really hard, and they're all loaded up with accessories that you may or may not want (particularly Gulf States). If I was shopping a new limited, I would spend an extra few grand and get the Lexus since it's a much, much nicer vehicle.
Pretty sure they are all made in Japan.
Mine is a '16 and VIN starts with a "J".
Window sticker also says it was built there.
Not sure if Toyota's moved all 4Runner production to Japan now (highly doubt it) but at least back in 2005 there were still unit VINs which started with "K" (Kentucky - I believe that's what it represented).
Got another question for the general forum though. I'm contemplating an upgrade from my 2005 T4R SE to something more current. The thought of having to deal with car sales people makes me cringe, and honestly puts me off the idea of buying a new car. Anyway, I'm in Southern California pretty close to the Pasadena area. I was curious of any forum members have had good experiences with a particular dealership and / or sales person (internet or otherwise) and can give me a referral. To be fair, I'm not at 100% I will purchase a new vehicle, I'm at about 80%. I just don't know enough of what options / packages are available, haven't test driven anything yet, and I will need to research the value of my current 4Runner.
I was reading an article on Edmunds.com about how to get an internet quote. An internet salesman responded to the article saying how he's a professional, and you have to provide accurate information, and what sets him off about customers looking for quotes. On and on he went. Well, he might be one of the few (very few) car salesman who treat his clients with the respect he expects from his clients. BUT you know what? A stereotype is a stereotype for a reason. I'm sure he's dealt with car salesmen in his formative years before he entered the car-selling game. Sorry for the rant.
Anyway, if anybody's got one of the good ones to recommend please PM me unless you're willing to share their info to the entirety of this forum. Appreciate it.
Toyota is the first brand I have looked at purchasing where I actually have to deal with the salesperson..and I hate it. I've always had some type of Employee purchase program or a VIP program but Toyota has nothing really unless you are truly an employee. I could steal a Nissan or Ford if I wanted to but there is no Bronco and Nissan in my opinion has butchered much of their line of vehicles.
You can use True Car to see what average fair price is and you can use Edmunds to compare invoice cost for whichever vehicle and options you desire. At that point you can either hammer away at them (patience pays off) or look for out of area high volume dealers that are known to sell less.
With Jeep there was a group buy but you had to purchase out of Virginia..but you also received 5% under invoice no questions on vehicles that dealers hold tight at MSRP (Rubicon, etc). Wish Toyota participated in something like this.
Just make sure to negotiate the cost of the vehicle alone then bring in a trade once you have settled on vehicle price.. and make sure to get a quote from other places so that you know what values you are working with. I try to run by carmax and get a feel for what they will give me. That's a start.
Oh, and try to secure your own financing so that they don't try to stick it to you on rates. It also takes the wind out of their sails when it comes to playing the monthly note game where thy try to sell you on a note while shoving in extended warranties and other crap to help increase their profits. I typically go to my credit union. 2.9 for 72 mos and that rate gets much better if you go shorter term. These results may vary. Good Luck.
Out of curiosity what did they give you per tire? I never knew they would buy tires like that. Can you negotiate on a factory order (allocation) or does Toyota typically give you the middle finger if you try to negotiate on ordered vehicles?
The Toyota dealership offered $40 per Dueler and $50 per Grandtrek. Mine came with Grandtrek so I got $200. The dealership couldn't offer warranty certificates on the BFG K02, so I had Discount Tire match that offer.
To me it wasn't worth the time and storage to try and make a couple extra bucks and deal with people on Craigslist. Done that and usually is a waist of time when people don't show up.