Well ,they definitely have arrived in Texas. The Gulf States 5 state region got their first batch of them yesterday and today. I test drove a gray SR5 then bought a Silver Limited 4x4 fully loaded except 3rd row seating. MSRP was $43971 and I got it $1200 under invoice with Lojack, GAP ins. and the 6 year/ 90,000 mile extended warranty. They did not have it there so I have to wait a week or 2 for the second batch to come in.They did get a print out showing it was reserved and had a got a VIN number. Supposedly on a ship on the way,headed to the port in Houston.Meanwhile they gave me a brand new loaded Venza to drive. It had 6 miles on it!Pretty nice crossover and them suckers are like $37,000 believe it or not.
They actually had a silver Trail Edition with Nav and KDSS down in San Antonio that they could have had delivered to me on Monday. They would have sold me that for straight up MSRP of $41,700,$1000 less then the limited but I went for Limited because of the full time 4x4 with the Torsen and all the extras like heated black leather ,Xreas,SOS,and smart key remote start.
I crawled up all up underneath it and the plastic bumper covers and lower valence/rocker panels are all bolt on and can be swapped for the black ones on the Trail Ed. I talked to the parts manager and he is going to look up the part numbers and prices for me to do the swap . The main thing is the front and rear bumper covers on the Limited and SR5 are bigger and color keyed.Too big in my opinion compared to the Trail Ed. but can be fixed. I'll Paint or replace all the chrome parts to black and change the 20 inch wheels to 17 inch Pro Comp/Revo is where I'm headed with it. Everything will be eventually blacked out as I personally don't like the chrome!
It is a alot bigger then my old 4th Gen. and drives great!It almost as big and kinda feels like the last gen. Seqouia as I test drove one of those when I bought my last 4runner. Very solid and the refined. I was at the dealer for 4 hours doing the paperwork and at least 10 people test drove it.
Oh, by the way the 7 pin to 4 pin towing adapter was in the glove compartment!Anybody could steal it if they wanted to.They didn't know anything about the delay.Maybe it was a regional thing.
I'll take some pics when I get it delivered. Go and test drive one and they look alot better in person to me at least!And I'm the one that matters in my opinion as I have to pay for it.They should be everywhere in he next week or so.:boink: