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I ordered a V6 AWD Highlander with the following options:
Side airbags BE
Carpet/Cargo Mat set CF
Premium 3 in 1 audio with CD EJ
Cargo Net GN
Driver and Passenger Seat Heater HD
Hood Protector HP
Leather LA
Limited LL
Center Console Box SK
Sunroof SR
Vehicle Skid Control VD
All for $33,101, invoice $30,400 and MSRP $34,948. I probably could have done better but I received a pretty reasonable trade-in price for my '92 4Runner so I'm happy and the dealer's happy.
Hope this helps. Good luck!!
Has anyone out there in "Town Hall" land purchased an HL in Canada for under MSRP? Does anyone know the Invoice Cost of a HL V6 AWD (Cdn version). Any suggestions from anyone would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks to all!!!
Good luck!
Hope we will have more information in Toronto.
Thanks
Ottawa
Invoice knows no date, week, or even month. I see the "hype" on TV all the time and to me, it's the double-edged sword. They want to bring the people on "holiday" into showrooms and hope they buy something. The incentives, if you listen carefully to the ad, is rebates on Camry, Corolla, and large rebates on remaining 2000 4Runners. At least it's like that in my region in SoCal.
Dianne
My apologies if this has already been discussed.
thanks
Dan
All Help is Appreciated
Thanks
Michael
The 4cyl is the "price point car" so there is no real extra stuff lopped atop them. Here in CA, they are very basic with 4cyls: DR UZ QO CF with an MSRP at 25015. I set a page up on my website for viewing colors, and equipment levels for "normal" cars brought in, so you may want to email me for that link? It may help you see how the cars are actually built if you are in CA or west coast.
Di
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Damage to front fender, back fender, back drivers' taillight assembly, and rear driver's side rim. Back driver's quarterpanel had a dent in it too.
Some points - one, at no time did I feel like the HL was going to roll (hooray for stabilizer bars). And, for starting this at almost 70 MPH, the HL fared exceptionally well. The driver's side doors didn't even have a scratch on them, and I had thought I bent some of the suspension, but later discovered it was probably only the rim. I'm used to mid-size cars (we traded our 98 Accord in on it) and the thing drives great, but I oversteered by underestimating the extra mass of the HL. Ah, unexperience rears it's ugly head (i'm 28) - I'm just not used to SUVs.
It's a sad story, but we're even more convinced that we hade a good choice for the safety of the family. We loved the vehicle in the 2 day review, and we're anxious to get it back. After leaving Toyota ownership in 97 for my Accord, I'm glad I came back
We got a HL base, 4wd, daytime lamps, V6, security. Security note: the panic button on the remote reached OVER 100' away - we found the vehicle in the back of the bady shop lot with it - and it was a huge lot. Way to go Toyota - let's see Honda keep up with this.
Note on price: Houston's selling them well. No discount off MSRP around here.
The window of opportunity your dealer talked about is for the port options. Things like the floor mats, gold package and floor mats can be added or deleted before they reach the port. That window of opportunity is about 3 to 4 weeks from the day it is allocated, which falls right into line with what you were told.
If I could order the HL with VSC, side bags and a roof but without the LL package, I would be extatic. I have three customers waiting such such vehicles but I can't get them. Avoiding the leather is easy, but the Limited package isn't.
Enjoy the ride.
And I'm still unclear about where the PIO options get added. Are they:
1 - at the port in Japan?
2 - on the boat, during the trip?
3 - at the port in the US?
4 - some combination?
thanks for any insight on this - I am trying to figure out how picky I want to be about colors and options.
Dianne
They are installed at the port.
These are items like rear spoilers, floor mats, gold packages, glass breakage sensors, and center console.
Di
In order to minimize any forum churn on this, let's figure that all PIO options are installed at the US port after they are driven off of the boat. And that means that what cliffy1 was saying was that options had to be "added to the list of PIO options" before the car was driven off. If that's incorrect, then please clarify.
I'm still curious how long the pipeline from factory to dealer is....
items that are NOT rear spoiler (unless the car is a Limited), the glass breakage sensor, mats, center armrest, gold package, cargo net, that sort of list of incidentals. I hope that helps!
Cliffy's description was right... your dealer swapped to get a car (or requested a car) that was exactly in their build-mix, and simply PIO'd it for you the way you wanted it. I do it all the time. A build-order is way longer than 26 days on a Japanese built car.
Dianne
Second, as another poster has asked, did your vehicle come equipped with VSC (Toyota's version of a stability control system)?
VSC isn't a panacea, e.g. it won't help much when the tires can't get enough traction. But it can definitely help prevent skids that result from some tires (not all) losing traction, and from skids that result from emergency maneuvers such as the one you described.
Steve
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As for the vehicle it is worth every penny, I think; you will get a smooth ride and Toyota legendary reliability ( a MUST on my LIST)plenty of power from the smooth reving V6 and awsome trasmission. is really as close as you will ever get to a LEXUS. I fell very good about the vehicle, even though I paid MSRP, but comparing to other vehicles of the same price range, toyota beats them hands down.
and can anyone tell me if they can be installed by purchasing them as a KIT? (LIGHTS-Relay-Switch and wiring harness)
I responded to your post because you said something that I have questioned. You mentioned the "V6 and transmission are as close as you will ever get to the LEXUS." Somewhere I read the engine is the same as in the Lexus? Is that true? If it is, is the transmission also?
I just delivered four Limiteds in a row to folks in San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, and La Mesa for well under MSRP. If you hold your ground, you are able to do better, especially if you shop a little harder thru the 'net as well. I love the car, and think the world of its smoothness and Lexus-like demeanor, but it's not a "Limited" enough production car to maintain a MSRP price for very long. Just looking at things "historically", you know?
Dianne
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mkstring, the important thing is that you're okay. You may be interested in this video clip. It will illustrate the benefits of a stability control system (both understeer - plowing - or oversteer - fishtail - situations), such as VSC.
Good luck...
Drew
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1. How many master key with remote do we get ? 2 or 3. I thought the salesman gave me 3 master keys with remote but when he took a master key and drove the L out of the parking lot to the main entrance of the store to hand me the L, he forgot to give me back the third master key.
2. How to change the Trip Computer display from L/100 Am to MPG or hemp from I to I or vice verse ?
Too bad Toyota didn't put a cut-off switch for those more unique situations where it may be desirable to stop throttle reduction -- can't be a cost issue, can it? Are there other stability-control-equipped vehicles that don't have a cut-off switch? Thanks.
The Subaru Outback H6 VDC does not have a cut-off switch. Many GM vehicles (ex. Olds Intrigue) with Stabillitrak do not have them either. GM's reason is exactly what I wrote above; drivers will benefit from it at all times. With the Subaru though, the 4 wheel traction control system activation threshold is quite a bit higher than with other competing vehicles; their superb AWD system is the first line of defence. As such, the lack of a kill switch is not nearly as crucial. Nonetheless, I did suggest it to the Subaru rep, who in turn passed it onto the Product planning department.
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Good Luck with your purchase...I havent seen any other HL out on the street. Need some company...
The other option is searching internet sites for better deals. If they're available, you may have to travel to find the vehicle you want at the price you want.
Have you considered an AWD Subaru LL Bean Outback H-6? They can be had, here in Maryland, for a bit over $27K. I know it's a wagon, and not an SUV; but it can do just about anything a Highlander can do.
Check out the following URL. Besides Subarus, Fitzgerald also sells Toyotas and a number of other brands, and they do a lot of out-of-state business. It's worth a look. Their prices are excellent, at least for Subarus.
http://www.fitzgeraldautomall.com/
Bob
... if people can find vehicles equipped with them. Toyota does not encourage custom orders and at the same time it doesn't seem to install VSC on very many of the HLs and Siennas that it advertises it for. I was interested in VSC for the Sienna I wanted to buy but of the 25-odd Siennas I saw in lots in my area, only one had VSC, and that one had it probably because it had virtually every other option possible as well.
their invoice prices for the base vehicle and options are identical to those at the other sites, so I don't understand what happened to the advertising fee; and some of the direct online buying sites appear not to charge it at all. But all dealers say that the national advertising fee appears on their invoice for every vehicle, and is paid by them to the manufacturer. So when they talk about what they are charging "over invoice" it always is relative to the invoice total including that advertising fee. I've looked at some online consumer auto buying advice sites, and some suggest resisting that advertising fee, and some say it's legitimate. Dealers say that they do not pass on to consumers their local advertising costs as a separate charge to consumers, only the national advertising fee that they pay to the manufacturer on the invoice. Does anyone have any views about this? At the very least, this practice seems to defeat the consumer's ability to go into a dealership with full knowledge of the invoice price of a vehicle, since there is one entry on the invoice that is unknown to us unless the dealer shows us the actual invoice.
That's a shame. Not having been shopping Toyota lots, is it something that seems to be improving over time?