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I meant to say "$1000 under MSRP". WOW
This system can be purchased on ebay or other electronic outlets. The beauty of the system is that it can be transferred to any other vehicle, or taken on a trip and used in a rental vehicle. Comes with maps of North America. Gives voice prompts and according to my sources is better than some of the nav systems installed in some high end automobiles.
Can anyone either post a pic of the Graphite leather or point me in the right direction. I have seen pics of the Light gray and the Charcoal but not the graphite
Thanks everyone!!
In the time of reduced incomes and increasing gasoline prices, multipurpose and roomy vehicles with a good gas mileage will be in increasing demand.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Toyota make a station wagon version of Avalon, and make chassis changes to allow over 5000 lbs of towing.
That would create less of a need for a gas guzzling SUV. As a car Avalon will give much better ride and comfort, compared to the SUVs.
Many are forced to buy SUVs because they want to pull a trailer or a boat. Toyota or others can hope to capture a portion of this market by increasing the towing capacity of their sedans.
An Avalon Station Wagon with a large towing capacity can be an alternative to Dodge Magnum, until now, an uncontested sport-wagon!
Define "bad." In all likelihood, they'll sell the one that makes them the most money. See the Extended Warranties Forum under the Smart Shopper branch of this site. The general consensus is to avoid 3rd party warranties, and stay with manufacturer-backed ones. See in particular an excellent list of reasons for doing so in post #861, as well as related points in #888 and #901.
Glad you are writing Edmunds,I hope others will do the same. I will do all I can to promote this fantastic car.
Take care,
RONN
Where I live in Canada all of the Toyota dealers have adopted what they refer to as Access pricing which is full retail MSRP. My XLS before taxes listed for $ $45,010.00 Canadian. The only area I could negotiate on was the value of my trade. Sure wish I could buy in the USA.
I'll gladly trade the breakway mirrors if that means less wind noise. I can see where others might think this is "inexcusable".
I won't take it wrong, 47 isn't such a bad age. I can still do everything I did at 25, I just choose not to on some of them
I'm kinda different with my IT history, I started keypunching when I was 11 (1968) for my Mom, the FORTRAN programmer. Started writing in COBOL when I was 13.
Today I have a great job that makes my family a nice income and let's me buy great cars like my 05 LTD.
MikeS.
No it's not, the center console slides back and forth when you lift the latch and slide it. The console will only be available if the full rearward position.
MikeS.
For some strange reason, the odometer is an LCD. It is very dim, even with the backlighting set to maximum. Now to be fair, this is under bright sunlight and I am wearing sunglasses. But I have no problem reading the clock (which seems to be an LED or fluorescent display) under these circumstances. And there is going to be a lot of driving in sunlight, with sunglasses.
At night, it is fine.
Why would Toyota use such a poor display??
RONN
I don’t think dealers can mix and match the options within packages, but do they group option packages with accessories and rename it? For example, would they take Toyota’s option package c, add floor mats and call it option package A at their dealership?
PS. MikeS – I learned COBOL for a project during my college internship. That’s awesome to have been in on programming and computers in general at that early stage. It was taught to me in college as history – not quite the same as living it. :-)
I live in Florida and a week ago saw a Metallic Titanium Avalon with matching mudguards.
Have a great day!
Others may want to visit the Forum Acura TL vs Avalon.
RONN
Here's a link to a fresh review of the Avalon (only the XLS and Touring since Canada
http://www.auto123.com/en/info/news/roadtest,view,Toyota.spy?artid=37606
Now, it is entirely possible we build our garages a little wider and paint our parking lines a little broader up here in America's Dairyland (to go with our big old keisters), but I can't think of a scenario where I would need the extra 3" that a folding mirror gives you.
Am I missing something?
That whets my appatite even more for the LTD I have on order--both the photo and the very favorable review. The reviewer's opinion on the value offered is the same as my own assessment, albeit seen through the rose-colored glasses of an 02 Avalon owner.
But I'll have to continue waiting. My salesman told me last night that it will be closer to the end of the 4-to-6 week period he predicted when I bought on 2/28. In the last allocation my dealership got just one of the eight they had requested (Mid-Atlantic). They still do not have a Limited on the lot, but the cassis red Touring model I first test drove is still there. He attributes that to the ride, which -he- likes but most Avalon shoppers here do not. It was that ride that almost turned me against the 05 Avalon--until I tried an XLS.
Waiting to see if heated seats are included in the $1090 VSC/TC/BA option (Option Combo B for XLS). According to toyota.com, heated seats will be included. Dealer was not certain.
Stewart Toyota sells for straight MSRP, but does not charge dealer prep fee, which was $699 at the other Toyota dealer (Palm Beach Toyota). Also did not have to pay for Toyoguard, etc..
; )
Mackabee
Surely you jest.
Well, I'm 490 in dog years (which means I've been retired for 119 of them), and if I tried to do some of the things I did at 25 I'd probably need an ambulance instead of an Avalon.