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I am planning on negotiating over the internet and I'm going to see if the Costco price is better than what I'll be given.
Also, I just received my $500 rebate from Edmunds. I am stoked about that...
Any help is greatly appreciated whether your in San Diego or not.
Sounds like Mossy Toyota or Poway Toyota has the best pricing.
If you can think of anymore info I would appreciate it.
If you get this OTD for 24K.. then you did good ...
If anybody interested in this kind of deal let me know. The sales person told me that he will able to do this kind of deal with the available incentives till 03/05/2012. You can contact me at ahtexas07 at gmail.
Toyota Lawrence
2871 US-1Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-2418
And does your price include the rebate?
"With TTL On the road : 22203"
Thanks
Can you email me the dealership?
sifangyou@gmail.com
Is your price OTD? And does that include any rebates yet?
Thanks,
But stick to your guns, remember that dealers get lots of incentives from Toyota to move the car which are not advertised. If you are going to finance your car through the dealer, there is another couple of hundred dollars that the dealer will split with the financing company for the financing deal that is coming out of your pocket. Always beware of any fees in addition to tax and title. My OTD price was 25100. I financed 5 years 15k and paid the rest down at 2.75%. With the financing charges the total to finance my car for 5 years was around $1200 dollars in interest plus any financing charges. I can pay it off early to avoid some interest but I found out later that the bank charges a 150 early payment fees that is all but illegal in Ohio. Beware of 5/3 bank!!
Bought 2012 Camry Hybrid LE with floor mats (NE area) -
MSRP $26760
What I paid:
$24029 + $295 doc fee + TTL and tax = $25950 OTD
Thoughts?
22,690 - 1000 = 21,690, mine was for ~21,700. I am assuming you do not qualify for a grad discount, thus 22,690 is a good price.
Did you also check Edmunds rebate it is $500 - am not sure if it is still available.
Cheers,
Mayank
22100+tax, tag, title (just under 24000 OTD). By my calculations it was about 120 bucks over invoice. Also thanks to the link to the iPad Edmunds rebate. Going to send mine in tomorrow!
Salesman negotiated price and trade in. Never mentioned a doc fee. Got to the F and I room and they had 800 dollar "customer service fee" listed. Told him that was not part of the deal and I wasn't going to pay it. He left the room for a few minutes, came back and took it off the price of the car, but left it on the contract. Funny the games they play, but happy with my purchase so far. Did not get the NAV, but did get the electric drivers seat
Magnetic gray with gray leather
Convenience Package
Moonroof
Leather Package
Premium HDD Navigation, Entune, and JBL
Blind Spot Monitor
Safety Connect
Floor Mats
MSRP: $34,705
I paid 31,440 + TTL and no haggle. Walked in, walked around the car, told the sales guy I'll buy it. It's the same car I drove on Sunday and they wouldn't haggle then. It's exactly the color and options I wanted = win!
I also got the 9 yr, 100K warranty with $0 deductible + 5 yr, 55k maintenance for $2,215 for both. Not sure if this was a good price though.
This car was their daily "loss leader" to get people in the door. While I was signing papers, I know 2 other people that were interested in this car.
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In the 3 days that I have owned the car, I have tinted all the windows (highly recommend), debadged (except for the hybrid label on the back), and replaced all interior lights with LEDS. I also replaced the poor trunk light with cold cathode tubes. The last thing to do is upgrade to HID headlights as soon as I figure that out. I miss the HID's dearly. Not sure why this isn't an option from factory/dealer.
-M
That's a great price. I am guessing that u skipped nav system? Try n see if u can get that added for another 500 or so. It's worth it.
Autt
Does anyone know how to obtain the iPad 2 rebate? I just purchased a brand new 2012 Camry SE two weeks ago and would appreciate any help - Thank you so much!
Joe
Do you know anything more about the rebate? I only purchased my car a few weeks ago and never knew about the rebate. I just got the form - Do you know if I still send it in if I will qualify or if they will accept it since I just purchased?
Thank you!
can you share me the dealer details? Thanks
Also, can any owners confirm if the SE comes standard with the fake leather? Any dealerships to recommend?
Thanks.
My Indianapolis area cost:
2012 SE with power driver seat, sunroof, carpeted floor mats has dealer invoice of $23,036. Add $405 TDA cost = $23,441. My cost was $23,400 so just below invoice if you count TDA. All dealers I talked to would not negotiate the TDA. Most wanted $300 to $500 over invoice if you included the TDA.
I would push for invoice within + /- $100. They still get $460 holdback on the Camry's + other possible Toyota to dealer cash we don't know of.
No dealer brought up any extra costs to me such as TDA. I had a 250 paper fees but I negotiated with that in mind. My extra fees where 250 paper, 1590 for tax n title.
2012 SE I4 + 8-way pwr seat + moonroof + display audio w/ nav and entune, conv pkg, leather pkg + floor mats + wheel locks.
Is this a good deal? Can I do better than this. I am in the Greater Boston area. I plan to buy within a couple of days.
Thanks.
0.094 is based on checking discounts on all models at Carmax and others.
Like you, I'm hoping for about $2500 or so off MSRP/Options... If I get it, I'll let you all know.
I first test drove the Hybrid XLE (different color and that one had the moonroof and leather options) a week ago and I liked the car, but the salesperson wanted $500 over invoice which is about the TrueCar target price. I wasn't ready to pull the trigger at that price and told him that I would wait until one of those Toyota sale events and left. A couple of days ago, the salesperson called me and asked me what it would take to do a deal and I told him $500 under invoice, expecting him to reject my offer outright, since my information based on reading this forum is that dealers were not willing to sell these Hybrids below invoice (except for a few fully loaded Hybrid XLEs which some people were able to buy for a deeper discount than this). He calls me back a few minutes later saying that he would sell me the car I wanted for $500 under invoice. He e-mailed me the details and I stopped by this morning to test drive the car I was actually buying and closed the deal. The whole process this morning took just over a couple of hours. They didn't try to hard sell any additional warranty coverage, etc. The finance manager mentioned it to me once and when I told him I wasn't really interested in anything other than the car, he didn't mention it again. No pressure, real easy to deal with. I highly recommend this dealer and would buy a car from them again.
The dealer, by the way, is Frank Toyota in National City (just south of San Diego).
First, I hate buying a new car and I am not a particular good negotiator of cars. That is why I did most everything via the internet. I was only interested in buying The Camry 2012 SE model with limited options/extras. The negotiating via the internet was very slow. I started out trying to get the car for 22K out the door. All the dealers about 7 pretty much laughed me away. I went up to 22.5K and still didn't even get much of a nibble. I tryed CARWOO.com and that was even worse. No dealer even wanted to touch me for under 24K. I knew I could do better. The dealers seemed to have a stragety of sending out generic e mails and trying to get you to come down to the dealership. No surprise there...The best quote I received via the internet was 23.9K. I quickly found out that almost every SE had the power driver seat that is about $400 extra cost along with car mats for $200 or so. Not exact pricing but you get the point. More to my bottom line that I had not anticipated. I had one dealership that was willing to really work with me. I ended up buying the car from him. More on that later.
I went to plan B. I had to see what I could get the car for at the Costco price. I felt this would be a good gauge for me to proceed forward. My prconceived notiions of the Costco price is that its a fair price, your not getting ripped off, aviods alot of BS, but I could do better. Costco had the price of the car for 23,645 OTD. I thought and still think thats a fair price. Comes with the power drivers seat and floor mats.
Now, I felt like I had more ammunition to fire at the dealers. Which I really didn't. I am not foolish enough to think I am gonna beat them at their game. However, money is powere and I am the one holding the money... I told the dealer I had a quote for 23,400 OTD and I wanted 23K OTD. Of course, I had no such quote and I suspect he knew it. After a few phone tags, I was offered 23,200OTD. That was good enough for me and I stated I didn't want any game playing when I got there. I knew there would be some sort of up sell when I got there despite his assurances. To make things sort I got the SE 2012 Camry with driver side power seat, floor/truck mats/ and rear spoiler something($69) for 23, 375 OTD.
My feeelings for what it is worth. I have the edmunds $500 rebate which has to be used by 4/1/2012. SO my bottom line price is 22,875 OTD. I think that is pretty good. However, I do think I could have done a little better. I fought with him a little at the dealership for him to get back to the 23.200 and he had some BS to give me. My wife really really wanted the car, I was a little worn out, and I just said "f" it. I think you guys can do better than me...Not a jealous kind of guy if someone gets a btter deal than me.
Sorry it was so long winded. Hope that helps some of you. Anyone that wants to know the dealership and contact person in San DIego let me know.
Lastly, I would appreciate any comments and I welcome your questions.
Can you let me know the dealer in VA?
Thanks!
First off that's a really good price! Congrats! I bought a 2012 SE in Ohio with just power seat, mats and entune nav. for 25100 OTD. entune is 1050 msrp. So I paid 24050 OTD for the base SE. I have sent the in the 500 rebate but am iffy if I will get it! If I do I will be below 24k for the base and below 25k with all options. Too bad the market here is less competitive than Cali.
I think you may have more of an opportunity to get a better price than myself because of all the options and the expense of your car. Simply put, price is higher so the discount should be higher...
My experience is was quite similiar to yours. The dealers here didn't want to work with me over the internet. However, one gentleman did at Toyota San Diego. Have you tried them yet? His name is Eddie C.
Personally, I think you can do a lot better than 1K below invoice. Let me know how it goes.
Sticker price was 32,799 (leather, moon roof, nav, spoiler, and all regular accessories...)
I paid 29K. Which I think is below invoice, from what I read if you pay less than 30.5K you got a GREAT deal. (They only gave me 5k for my trade) Hyundai offered me $6000 but the Sonata Hybrid drives horrible.
I am now getting the automatic starter installed today, then getting tinted windows on april 7th (needed a weekend date to do that) Now I am looking for new rims, Preferably chrome but will look at other options. (If you have any suggestions on rims let me know please).
I am in Southeastern Massachusetts, So i had 4 or 5 toyota dealers within close range. I also had a friend at the dealership so i did not spend a ton of time. (After my friends so-called discounted rate, I got them down another $1,500.)
Hopefully I made a good deal, and you all think so as well. (Car had 37 miles when I purchased it) Have been getting 40+ mpg. Couldn't be happier.
Once I get the new rims and tinted windows done I will post updated pictures.
Here it is at night the day they got it in
http://www.flickr.com/photos/77971693@N05/6838684488/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/77971693@N05/6984805947/in/photostream
What is the price before tax you have paid? If its MSRP of $32,799, I would assume the Invoice price is about $30K? So when you wrote you paid $29K that is before tax and license etc right?
What exactly the options were? Moonroof, Leather, and... Entune/JBL/HDD Navigation, the Safety Connect and the sensors or...?
Enjoy!
Exact Options....
Moonroof, Leather, JBL Nav w/ Entune 6.1 inch screen (not HDD nav so no sensors, lane assist or blind spot monitor, the MSRP on that was about $34,500)
I know it has the Spoiler, Rear Bumper Appliqué, Alloy Wheel Locks, Carpet Floor Mats, Cargo Floor Mats, Illuminated Door-Sill Enhancements, Clear Door Guards)
I am thinking about getting the Paint Protection Film on the hood (my last car had a few nicks from rocks and such in that area) Does anyone else have this? Is it worth the money? Let me know.
If you want any more info let me know. When I get home I can look at all the paper work and list everything in the car, (it is pretty much loaded, e/ exception of the HDD Nav, after having the lower end Nav though You don't notice much of a difference, Plus I don't think i would trust the Blind spot monitors anyway)
No matter how much the other automakers try to beat the Camry, they can't beat it.