Lexus RX 330 Prices Paid and Buying Experience
I live in minneapolis and am shopping for a new Lexus RX330. No one in the minneapolis area is discounting the car though I understand it is being discounted in other markets. I am willing to travel in the midwest if anyone know of a dealership offering substantial discounts on this vehicle. Please respond.
Jerry
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Go to autonation.com which led me to Palm Beach Lexus.
Al
Terry.
We had someone this afternonn say he would not pay more than $39K for a $41,478 msrp RX.
We let him walk.
$1,000-1,500 on a Premium or Premium plus should be doable in reality, In our market, $0 off is reality on a Navi. We're sold out of Navis till the fall.
The deal I have is for an AWD RX-330. Performance package, Navigation, heated seats, cargo mat and wheel locks. MSRP around $45520. My price $42520. This is not for a car that is sitting on someone's lot. It is ordered to my specs/color etc. It will take at least 3 months to get it. Scheduled build is in early August. Expected delivery, early September. Non-ref deposit of $2500. Al
brentwoodvolovo - $39K is about $1K over dealer invoice. I guess my quote off $39.2 for AWD and Premium Plus Package is good deal. BTW, how low of the RX (I mean the RX300) you have ever sold? When?
1 On the ground.. 3 incoming unsold and that includes the 7-1 and 7-7 shipments...
Dunno about MA or other dealers, but we are very tight for these trucks.
Does anyone know if we can get the RX 330 AWD with just the Premium package and HID Lamps, with or without 18" wheels? On the Lexus site, the "ENTRY LEVEL" package for the AWD seems to be the Premium Plus Package with Additional Options, with an MSRP of $4,320.00...
However, CARSDIRECT.com, shows that the premium package, HID and 18" alloy wheels can be picked as stand alone options. Would this mean a special order?
I have posted this question on the other RX330 thread also. I would appreciate any feedback on this.
Thank You!
Here in south Florida all the Lexus dealers discount. They have to. They’re selling a commodity. Yes cars are a commodity just like pork bellies.
Remember if the Lexus dealer won’t discount, the Audi guy will, and so will the BMW, and the Cadillac, etc.
The RX330 maybe hot, but I doubt it. We’re in a recession so don’t let the dealers try to gouge you for sticker.
If you want the low down on how a car is selling, go to the web site www.fightingchance.com. I’ve used them every time I’ve bought a car. My last two Lexus (2003 GS 430 and 2001 RX 300) I paid a few hundred over invoice.
Please share some details of your deal:
1. What was the exact price before tax & license?
2. Which dealership in the west coast?
3. What color?
I am looking for a Bamboo Pearl / ivory color FWD with the premium plus package in the L.A. area only and so far I've only been quoted a price of around $37,400 by 3 dealers. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Initially, it was looking like the best price I would find locally would be greater than $38K. Thanks to the post by wwest (#2 within this discussion topic), I stopped focusing on the local Arizona dealers and requested some dealer quotes from the Lexus dealers in Southern California. A couple of their initial quotes were as low as $37K. After a little more discussion, I was able to eventually buy one from the L.A. area for $3K off of MSRP on June 30. There was no trade-in involved, and we were able to purchase the color combination we wanted. All arrangements were made before our weekend vacation to San Diego. The dealer drove 90-minutes down I-15 to pick us up from our hotel! We saved another ~$250 off of the ridiculous Documentation Fees that most of our local dealers charge. Thanks wwest!!
To be honest, the local Lexus dealership reminds me of Toyota (I owned Camrys in the late 80's and early 90's) rather than a true luxury franchise. The Toyota sales folk acted as if they were selling a good car at a good price, so take it or leave it. No interest in satisfying the customer at all. The Lexus folks I have dealt with thus far seem to have a similar attitude. Wrangling over price, availability, and delivery was something that I did not expect. The excuse that "this is hot car" is not very helpful.
Any thoughts on this? Yes, I am asking for anecdotal info making broad generalizations.
Thoughts on this? Plenty!
The reason I would grin and bear the price tag of a Lexus over Toyota 's is
1) Brand Cachet and
2) Service during / after sales.
Other than that, if a Lexus is 100% reliable, to me, a Toyota is 99.5% reliable in the least!!
If they are treating you like how you say they are, you should WALK!!!!!
Make no mistakes, we are in / just out of a recession(Depending on one's definition of it) and no matter what the conditions are, You the buyer is still at full liberty WALK AWAY from such delarships. If you can't find it at one place, there are always others. don't know the specific circumstances of your purchase (Trade in or not, how urgently u need it, etc..) but like I said, there are always courteous dealerships looking for fair business.....
I can see just one reason as to why this is happening: People might be under pressure to catch the last of the RX-330s from Japan; Well, Guess what? ;o) I drive a '00 camry that was made in Kentucky and it has still been library quiet after 78K miles!!! I don't have a problem shopping for a Canada made lexus late this year when I will be ready to buy.
Also, the Premium plus package is readily available in AWDs from what I see although I am not sure of the rain sensing wipers. From what I see on the threads here, it looks like thy can't custom order any until after September (Take me with a grain of salt though, this is just a guess!)
So, they seem rather laid back since they probably know that they will be able to sell the goodies, no matter what..
Best of Luck and Have fun!!
Did you pay sales tax when you bought your RX330 from California?
If you can use an address in Nevada and register the car there for a while, you may be able to duck the CA tax. Getting caught would be a biter, though.
Get a mailing address (to file residence)in NV
Get a NV driver license with that mailing address
Buy the car and insure the car in NV
Drive your car back to CA
In a year or two, re-register your car in CA and pay sales tax based on the current value. Pay charges if the car doesn't meet California Emission.
Change your driver license again.
In other word, it is not worth it unless you are buying a $100,000 car.
1) We could pay the sales tax normally charged by the dealer (7.75% in Ontario, CA) to that dealer as part of the vehicle purchase; take delivery; get a one-way temporary registration from the dealer ($15); drive home; and then visit our DMV office to get temporary AZ registration. The appropriate authorities here would not charge us any additional sales tax UNLESS our own municipality charges a higher sales tax rate then the sales tax we already paid in California. For example, if we were residents of the city of Phoenix, which charges 8.1% sales tax, then we would be responsible for paying (8.1% - 7.75%) = 0.35% additional tax when registering our car in Phoenix. Since we actually live in the unincorporated community of Anthem, we do not pay any additional sales tax, as our state and county sales tax combined is less than 7.75%. Another trip will be required to the DMV after receiving a copy of the title so that we can get the permanent plates.
2) Another option is to have the dealer ship our vehicle to us. With this option, we would not pay any sales tax to the dealer. For the dealer to NOT collect sales tax, that dealer must ship it out of state. (The dealer would not allow us to drive it off their lot if we do not pay them sales tax.) After we receive the vehicle here in Arizona, we would pay sales tax at our DMV. As above, the total sales tax would depend on our municipality of our residence. Once again, two trips would be required to our DMV.
Option #1 is the option we chose because we were already in Southern California on a short weekend vacation, and we wanted to take delivery right away. Crown Lexus picked us up from our hotel on Coronado Island. We then drove home from Ontario, and visited our DMV office the following day. It seems rather strange that our tax money went to California instead of Arizona, but there must be some reciprocation involved.
Tax is tax, that you pay no matter what based on where the vehicle is going to be garaged .. still confused, call 602 255 7427 - AZ dept of MV.
Terry.
All's well that ends well. After more discussions, we felt better about the local sales staff and we are now quite satisfied. Thus, the final deal on the RX 330 I described in my earlier post was $40,600. Will post more about the vehicle on the main RX 330 board.
And, thanks to all who posted buying info -- it helped.
Please do post more about your RX down the line / when u get the chance!
Congrats again on the new Lex and Enjoy what CarandDriver calls the "Gucci Loafers" kind of treatment anyplace you drive it to!!!
Terry.
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Ontario, CAnada?
Vielee, some Lexus dealers say you can't buy an RX330 below sticker. Looks like you did good (unless the vehicle's Canadian, of course).
I went to DMV here to make sure we did everything right and the lady I talked to said no problem, people who live here go to Utah and California all the time to buy cars. The dealer is delivering the car here to us in Vegas so we don't even have to pay California State Tax which is 1/2 percent higher than ours.
Did you work with either Laura or Terry? We purchased our RX 330 from Laura. Either way, I think you should receive good delivery service! Good luck!
THX
"Keep your eyes on the road, NEVER be distracted by the nav screen."
You will have to attest to the above agreement each and every time you start the engine, but the design REQUIRES you to "watch" the screen anytime you wish to adjust the climate control or audio functionality.
When I do use mine I always turn the display function off and rely only on the voice prompting.
If you don't mind me asking, what dealership gave you that deal? I am close to soliciting bids from Bay Area dealers, and I was only going to ask $1000-$1500 off MSRP, but your experience is making me think twice.
I purchased one with Prem Plus & Nav. MSRP - $42,480, Cap Cost/Selling price $41000, Cap cost reduction $500, 15,000 mile/year 39 month lease at $558/month including 7% local sales tax. Total due at signing (including first month payment, doc fee registration and taxes, etc) $1562.
The discount on MSRP is not as great as some listed here but I think overall the end result was fair. I did have to work quite a bit to even get that much discount. At the time I made my purchase, the dealer had only 2 vehicles available in inventory. There was a sizable shipment enroute but a good portion of those had been sold so it appears sales are brisk in the Atlanta market.
But I would try fighting it. It's amazing that even the high end dealerships play the same kind of shell games like ordinary places. From what I have seen of the Lexus threads so far, they seem the same. I don't know how powerful the buyer's word is, when it comes to filling up the JD Power associates' buying experience surveys...