Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. :bigok:
It was fairly difficult finding the exact vehicle I was looking for. Most of the limited's in the area were V8, and the ones that weren't V8, didn't have the Navi.
I finally found my 4R at Toyota of Orange (which they had to get from their sister store, South Bay.)
Funny story though... I had been to numerous dealerships looking for the right vehicle and everyone told me it was impossible to find what I was looking for. It was a rare configuration and I would never find it. I just assumed it was part of the sales pitch to get me to buy the car they happened to have on the lot.
So, I place a call to Toyota of Orange (among other dealerships thanks to the advice of someone on this site) and the next day the salesman calls to let me know that he has the exact 4R that I'm looking for, but he has to get it from his other store. I come in to talk numbers and the whole time he is telling me that this 4R is a very rare package and yada yada yada. Again, I've heard all this before, but he has my 4R. That is all that mattered.
So, after a deal was reached (i.e. we had the right price with trade-in and all that) I was waiting for the finance guy and I went outside. To my surprise, I see my Grey Limited 4x4 with Nav. I thought to myself that my sales guy was awesome for getting my car on their lot so quick. I start looking at it (checking that everything looks right, no dents, scratches, etc.) During this process, I opened the rear driver's side door and notice the VIN number on a sticker in the door jam. So I look at the last few numbers to try and tell how many 4R's have already been made in 2007 (not sure if that is how it works, but on my Acura, that's how it was done.) I am satisfied with the vehicle and anxious to get the papers signed so I can start driving.
I go back inside and start the signing of papers. On one of the pages I was supposed to sign, I notice the VIN number and I tell the finance guy that I think the VIN number is wrong. We go outside and compare. The VIN numbers on the paperwork are different than those on the vehicle. Then the finance dude sees that there is already a registration stuck to the windshield, so this couldn't be my 4R.
That's strange. There are two 4R's on the same lot with the exact same "rare" set of options. As it turns out, the 4R I was looking at was already sold. It was a special order from over three months prior that happened to be sold on the same day as I came to buy mine. My salesman reassured me that my "rare" 4R was still on it's way over.
Quite a coincidence, huh? Scared me for a second though. But since I now have a 4R parked in my driveway, I can laugh about it.
Good stuff.
Sorry for the long story, and thanks again for the warm welcome. :beer:
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