Thank you for a detailed reply!! Unfortunately I'm in a bit of a bind as I currently do not own a vehicle but will be moving to another city at the end of May where I'll be needing a vehicle right away. So as much as I want to wait for the 2020 models, I dont think its possible unless I buy a junker to drive around for the summer. :yuck:
I haven't been able to see the rear cargo tray in person, do you by any chance know how it would work if I plan on driving around with my dog in the back? He's a medium size dog, ~70lbs.
Good point on the steps, they look cool but I can see them getting ripped right off.
You won't find any sliding cargo trays in Illinois. The MN-WI-IL-IN distributor doesn't order any for the dealers in the region.You'd have to go to Iowa or Missouri to get one because their distributor does. You can't even special order a tray from an Illinois dealer. I just went through that headache and decided to give up on getting the tray new. Going to try to find someone to trade with.
Try talking to Dave A. at Naperville Toyota. You can tell him I sent you. He just ordered a white ORP for me this past weekend.
Tell him what you absolutely want and don't want and he will try to find it for you. The key ones would be trim, color, KDSS/no KDSS and moonroof/no moonroof.
Having just done a lot of asking around, I can tell you that you won't be able to find as good of a deal as you're seeing the people on the east cost or AZ/CO get here. It's about $37.5k before tax for a no option TRD ORP, then add the list price of the options(KDSS/sunroof, etc) you want to that to figure out about what a dealer should be able to do.
You'll also have a hard time finding barely optioned examples around here. You'll get all weather mats and running boards or something similar at the minimum. Getting fewer options would require a special order, but you don't have time for that.
Good luck!
EDIT: $40.9k for the one at Elmhurst is about right for the area. It would be around $39.5k if it didn't have those TRD wheels.
EDIT 2: Naperville Toyota can probably get you the white ORP with KDSS they have for ~$39k if you're not stuck on the MGM color.