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You are right, they sticker for around 60K. If you pay that, you have issues. I never pay over invoice for any car I have buy. I traded my Lexus LX470 for it. That SUV is up in the 70K range now. The Sequoia Platinum rides almost as good as the Lexus did and includes many of the features I grew to love in the Lexus. It has more room and a more useful cargo area and 3rd row. I looked at the land cruiser on a lot here and that was 70K.
I love the Sequoia. Just got back from a weekend golf trip. 4 guys, 4 sets of clubs, luggage, coolers, and a few other items completely filled up the cargo area. The Sequoia rode like a dream the entire way with that full load inside. It has the most leg room I have seen in any SUV. That's all 3 rows. The guys on the trip made several comments on the way it rode and the amount of room and commfort they had. It got better gas mileage than my Lexus ever did on that same trip each year.
For me, it was what I wanted. I did not think twice about writing the check to pay for it. I got it for invoice(53K loaded) and got a great trade. I have now put 4500 miles on it and it simply rocks.
As for the comment on 52 - 53 K being treaded like chump change... Go find a SUV that can compare to this one for under 50K. I looked at them all. Drove them all. This had what I wanted and I felt the price was fair based on others in that group. If you want the features mentioned by several of the posts right before this one, you are going to pay 50+ for it.
I get supplier pricing from GM and would have paid right at 50K for the Denali. I liked that SUV, but it just did not make sense to me. I would have had no cargo room unless I wanted to remove 2 seats and take up room in my garage. Guess what? That sucks. The same goes for the Caddy, and Tahoe. When you take out those seats, you are still stuck with a cargo area that's not great. you now have large ruts in the floor that prevent a level area. Ie, groceries tip over like mad. The only fix for this is to move to the Denali XL. That's just too big feeling for me. Others love them and that's great. That's why there are so many choices out there.
To each their own.
By the way I paid cash for my Platinum and you are right that everyone on the forum is in a different economic situation. There are people on this forum that view $55K as a major investment and want to feel good about themselves by being able to impress their friends and associates with a truly luxurious vehicle, or by being able to climb Mt. McKinnley in it. There are also some of us that spend that much money taking the family to Europe on vacation and don't expect a truly luxurious vehicle for that amount. We purchased our Platinum as a "family mover" for when my daughters have friends, dogs, bicyles, etc. that they want to bring to the beach or the soccer fields. Neither my wife, nor myself, use it as our primary daily driver. We picked the Platinum because one of my daughters, age 11, is a car nut and it was the big truck that she liked the best from the commercials and the car magazines. In fact we did not even look at anything else since my daughter was in love with the Platinum. Let me tell you that you have not lived until you see the smile on your young daughter's face after she picked out the "family mover". That smile made the Platinum a "luxury vehicle" in my eyes. I guess what I am saying is that "luxury" is in the eye of the beholder.
Toyota Sequoia Platinum: 54K The smile on your daughter's face after she picked the vehicle out herself: Priceless
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Good point. I also qualify for Supplier Pricing from GM. I could have bought any of the Suburban platforms (Denali/Escalade/YukonXL) for the actual vehicle cost. This is dealer invoice minus all holdbacks, marketing fees and financing fees which is an outstanding deal. I also had a $3000 rebate from GM if I bought another Sub platform.
It still wasn't enough because I would have had to put up with the lousy seat arrangement and no legroom in either the 2nd or 3rd row. I think GM shot themselves in the leg badly by not updated the Subs with IRS and designing better seating configuration and better legroom. Afterall .... why go through the trouble of buying such a large vehicle if your passengers are going to be uncomfortable.
The Plat Sequoia was an easy call for me after shopping everything else on the market and I think it will be for anyone else looking at suvs in this price range and above. One honest look at the interior design and spacing is easy enough justification to pick the Sequoia over any other suv, "luxury" or "non-luxury", on the market.
There does not appear to be a switch for the DRLs at least on my 08 Sequoia. This was an option on my vehicle and was listed on the window sticker as $40 for the DRL on/off switch. The dealer couldn't figure it out over the phone and said he'd call back. He called me back today and said he checked the 10 Sequoias on the lot. All of them have the DRL on/off switch listed as an option on the window sticker. None of them have the DRL switch, at least as far as the dealer can figure out. They plan to check with Toyota on Monday.
Anyone else have an 08 Sequoia with the DRL on/off option and have a switch on the stalk or anywhere else? Mack, any thoughts??
question - what comes on at cold start in that location that also would make the noise right around 2000 rpms? When I have cruise on, the rpm's settle at 2000 rpms (74mph) and the noise is constant. It comes and goes as the throttle feathers maintianing speed. Could the throttle actuator do this?
please help!!!!!!
I think you've possibly confused me with another poster. I do not have a growing family (mine is actually "shrinking" as my oldest just graduated from college and one is away in college). My youngest is 14 and we take alot of his friends to sports events etc.
"Maybe your fam is not quite as large Just curious Is the interior that Red something"
Yes the interior is the red rock interior in the pictures I posted earlier. I'm OK with seating for 7 vs 8. I was more interested in some of the Plat exclusive features such as memory seats/mirrors/steering wheel position. I also wanted the adjustable suspension, A/C front seats, heated 2nd row seats and black carpeting which are only available on the Platinum. Giving up 1 seat was worth the trade-off for me to get these exclusives that are only available in the Platinum.
Having had 2 previous suvs with light colored carpet I did not want to go back to that "stain environment" again. Unfortunately the Limited is only available in either light gray or light tan carpeting vs the black carpeting that comes with the Red Rock interior.
Also I believe the window sticker only lists RL Daytime running lights but no on/off switch. I just read the description on buyatoyota.com and it does mention a switch but it looks like they are talking about the light sensor on the dash that will switch from DRL's to low beams or high beams depending on driving conditions.
Mack
Now that was a good laugh. No... my screen name is one I use for another forum and I just used it here as well. It stands for h=Harley d=Davidson fatboy=the harley motorcycle model I ride. My wife doesn't drive the Sequoia as she much prefers her Avalon (soon to also be replaced). If anything, my wife occasionally looks at me as though I'm from outer space but that's another story for the "marital bliss" forum.
The lights auto off feature cuts off the system and automatically turns the lights off after 30 seconds or if the remote lock switch is pressed.
So there you have it.
Mack
I am looking at a Limited without technology package.
The MSRP on that vehicle before the $2,000 green tax is $ 54,200.
Has anybody recently purchased a Limited in Canada ?
I did not buy this vehicle to impress my neighbors (you need a BMW or Mercedes) but it is an excellent vehicle which will hopefully run 150-200k miles for m.
Whoa!! That is quite a statement. I'm going to have to check that out. The fact that the front end looks like a Tundra causes me some doubts but we will have to keep an open mind.
$50,000 msrp of $58,095.
My biggest concern was that there may be incentives starting on april 1.
Mack
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Awesome. I hope they include rebates? I have a Platinum on order and specifically made by dealer notate on my buyers order that should the manufacturer release any rebates, they were mine to keep!.
Mack
Mack :shades:
Pretty weak incentives if you ask me. I am guessing they will see if this boosts sales enough (which it likely will not) and then they will offer cash as well. We will see.
Mack
My wife and I share the vechicle and I am over a foot taller than her so these are pretty important to us. Seems weird to me that memory seats wouldn't be standard (or at least available!) on such an expensive suv...
i paid 50k for a platinum with dvd .. the marginal cost over a fully loaded limited was around 2k
Thanks,
Ken W.
Hold down the #1 & #3 door openers on mirror until all codes are cleared. Flashing red.
Hold the garage door opener controller up against homelink mirror with battery storage facing away from mirror.
Activate garage door opener controller and the button on the homelink mirror you want activated simultaneously until the red light flashes. Might take 15secs.
Put your handheld garage door opener controller away. You're now done with it.
Go to garage door opener motor in garage. Find "activation" button on the unit.
Press memory activation button on motor. You'll have about 20-30 secs for the next step.
Now press button on the mirror that you previously mated to the controller and press it until the garage door goes up or down. Should activate within a few seconds of holding the button on the mirror.
Repeat process for additional garage door openers.
Let me know if these steps work.
I put in "brand not listed" on the garage controller although they do list Craftsman as one of the manufacturers. So if the one I linked you to doesn't work then go back to the beginning and try the Craftsman. It's easy to do. On some you might need a second person to push the button on the garage unit unless you are very fast to run into the garage and back to the vehicle. It only gives you a few seconds.
Mack
Worked like a charm. Your instructions were just a little different than the owner's manual in that they said to press and release the Homelink button 2 or 3 times after hitting the memory button on the opener. You said to press and hold and that did the trick - thanks!
More on my deal later...many thanks to you for your insights.
Ken W.
Mack