My Platinum claims to have 2nd row bench. We will see when it arrives. Laser cruise control adjusts speed by tracking the car ahead of you. Remote start is available factory installed.
I was offered around $3000 off MSRP on the Platinum model without much negotiation. I was told they wouldn't go beyond $1000, I told them I would go elsewhere or wait a few months, they immediately responded with around 3k off the MSRP.
A fully loaded Platinum with MSRP of $59,634 has an invoice price of $53,524. That includes Destination, TDA, holdback1, and holdback2. So that is $6110.
Black with Tan, yes. Remote start is factory install. If a match isn't in another area dealers pipeline in next couple weeks then they order from Toyota and it will be 6 weeks +/-. I am told Platinums only come with 2nd row capt chairs. laser seeks car in front of you and will automatically adjust your speed as you approach too closely (something like that). Also - - -FYI to all, I called around yesterday, found a dealer that had Black with Redrock Platinum with same options and was willing to go $2,000 below MSRP (so around $ 57,000) - my dealer matched. So it looks like the $2,000 below is making its way around.
ok, my opinions are that I really like the look of the Seq, the power and ride is unbelievable (better than the so-called "luxury SUV's"), this is the first full size SUV ever that my 5 foot 3 inch tall wife has been comfortable driving, it has a lot of room and can pull my boat. I have been unable to find another truck that fits all these categories so well. As for the reference that I am an easy mark for dealers, well that is your opinion and I suppose it made you feel good for some reason to zing that at me. But the reality is that a few thousand dollars one way or the other doesn't phase me. I have businesses and don't like client's nickel and diming me. In my opinion, its about value and whether or not you can afford it. You must really get angry when someone buys a $ 50,000 painting.
But the reality is that a few thousand dollars one way or the other doesn't phase me.
I suppose if you are writing a vehicle off to your business that is doing well, a few grand is not important. For me it is not the money. It is the challenge of getting a vehicle for the very lowest price. To me all vehicles are way overpriced and do not hold their value very well. So the less I pay going in the more that is left going out. Buy low and sell high is my goal. I would not get angry if someone paid $50k for a painting that is only worth $20k. Especially if I was selling them the painting. I don't have any statistics. I would imagine more than half the people shopping for a vehicle just pay what is on the Mulroney sticker and not haggle over price. The last 4 new vehicles I have bought, all the deals were done via email. I don't sit in a cubicle and dicker any longer. Email me your best price. If you are lowest you get my business. If you do not hear from me your price was too high. Don't call me I will call you.
My latest purchase a 2007 Sequoia limited 4X4 loaded, $4000 under invoice. For those that do not care to haggle over price, someone has to pay for those big fancy showrooms. If I had paid MSRP and needed to trade it in. I would be looking at a $16K loss after 2 months.
I've been looking for an '07 and got some internet pricing over the past week. After getting the runaround from the first 2 dealers (out of 4 that had cars on the lot), I got $1700 off the invoice price for a fully loaded SR5, about $700 above what I expected for my trade-in, and some winter mats. So I am a happy camper as the '07 will work nicely for my family. Happy hunting out there with the remaining '07's or '08's.
I have a '01 limited with 130,000 miles and am interested in the new '08s but the main reason is the larger engine because I pull a 6,000 lb trailer. I can't believe that no one has once (at least in the last 120 messages) mentioned the new towing capacity or new transmission. All anyone seems to be interested in is color, seating, electronics and BIG rims.
Is anyone else interested in purchasing the new seq for the purpose of towing heaver weights than the previous seq.???
Just a couple posts ago I just mentioned towing my boat which is around 8,000 lbs. No doubt the new motor was important to me as well for the same reason. i also like the hitch set up too. So that is at least once that it was mentioned.
But the reality is that a few thousand dollars one way or the other doesn't phase me.
Then why do you care that I stated the vehicle is overpriced? You obviously have the money to blow on it.
This again justifies that a sales person would like to see you walk through their door. That doesn't make me feel good at all. It simply legitimizes the price they are asking and makes it more complex for others on this board to "nickel and dime" their way to a fair price.
The towing I suppose is great, like the Suburban. Luckily I dock in both places I live so I don't have to worry about that aspect .
As for the $50K painting, is it ugly? Is it an original or a reproduction? if not I'd be be pretty angry you are correct.
Seq, the power and ride is unbelievable (better than the so-called "luxury SUV's"),
What facts do you have to support this?? Just kidding...
[quote] What color leather comes in that one? When is it due to arrive? We will be interested in how you like it. [/quote]
They didn't even know they had it coming to them and called me back surprised it was just what I asked for... It is due in by Dec 20th.
Anyway, After going over all the color choices, my first was Slate. It comes with a graphite interior I believe. I think there are at least a couple 'greys' for interior. In any case, I've seen the Slate color on other Toyotas and I like it a lot... Its like a dark grey metallic color with a hint of dark blue. I think it looks as nice as the black, if not more interesting, and not as high maintainance as the black.
My second choice would have been Black/Tan followed by Black Black/Black and then Black/Graphite.
In any case, I'm very happy with how things turned out. I though the sand mica/tan had no contrast, but I probably would have picked that after all of the above... The rest I didn't really like. the light silver seemed like an unpainted aluminum airplane. The red and blue are colorful, but blah... There is a green but whatever...
To get the approx. invoice amount just multiply the MSRP by .875. The dealer also has a 2% holdback but that doesn't come into play unless he has a lot full of the model. By spring, the plat model will be $1,000 over invoice max IMO.
No doubt will be $1,000 over invoice max very soon. Either way I'm happy to have gotten $3K off MSRP for the first round to come in. I was quite insulted by my old dealership in Philadlephia... He said, I'm not discounting the two I have in stock, but since you bought your last sequoia from us, I'll give you $1200 off MSRP. I told him later that another Platinum Sequoia I was interested in was being offered at $3K off MSRP... He said if you can find it for that, go for it. I said ok... Then he said "let me know"... Ummmm... yea. I hope everybody stuffs that guy. Hope it sits on the lot for a few months before he has to sell it at $4-5K off MSRP. Well, the one I got was my first choice anyway... :P
I see no reason to be upset at dealer that wants to sell a car at retail. If they are only allocated 1 or 2 of something, they should try to get as much as they can (just like we will try to get the most off we can) until supply gets into full swing and they can just get more. If he does not sell it in a few weeks, he will adjust the price as needed. Likewise, if I could not get the price I wanted, I would have had to adjust my expectations and offer more.
I see no reason to be upset at dealer that wants to sell a car at retail.
It depends if you want to maintain a repeat customer. I agree if the person just walks off the street. I just bought a Sequoia from Toyota, a car company I really detest. Why? Because the GMC dealer tried lowballing me on a trade-in for a Denali. He gave me a good deal on the first truck I bought. That does not mean he can stick it to me on the next purchase. It don't work that way with me.
Is there anyone who finds laser or even radar detectors useful in the last 10-15 years? With the false alarming you pretty much have to shut them off anyway. And if they do get a real alert, generally you are blasted anyway. What I do is lock my eyes on a car that is 100 or more yards ahead of me. If I see their brake lights go on for no normal reason, I assume it is because they see a cop. I then slow down quickly.
Those options are what is on my sticker. There may be more options available but I think this is fully loaded. Also my sticker claims bench seats and not Captain's chairs. My hunch is this is a typo but maybe it will come with bench seats as it says. Either the sticker is wrong or the initial specs put out were wrong. But we have seen lots of goofs from Toyota on the release of this. They actually released 2007 model photos to the press and the press ran with them and show the 2007 car in their 2008 articles.
I swear by my Valentine One, but I do keep an eye on other cars. I love the directional arrows and the sensor for the back. Trooper was coming up behind me yesterday afternoon and it picked him up three or four cars behind me, then I saw him pull in behind me and he hit me with instant-on. Laser is pretty tough to detect early, but I have got lucky and had a couple seconds warning a couple of times. However, I will admit that 4 years ago on a deserted road, I got nailed with instant-on. Luckily, it was only 70 in a 55 and with a lawyer and couple hundred dollars later the ticket was gone.
What is Preferred Access and are the Headlight Cleaners included in the Cold Kit? Anyone got the Sunshades option?
I have the preffered thingy... I'll grab my printout and post it. Anyway, mine doesn't have remote start. Is this worth getting aftermarket or at dealer?
so valentine one sounds like the best available? I need to get one then, especiallyfor when I get that new M3 convertible (hard top, end of this year).
Well, having owned a Passport years ago, I can tell you the V1s directional arrows make life a whole lot easier. I know where the radar is coming from, like yesterday and without the rear antenna he may have got me.
The one thing I like about V1 is they upgrade for free, just the shipping charges. Like the small roadside trailers showing speed mentioned in the testing, this is POP radar and mine too was not seeing it, so I sent it in and upgraded for free.
Like cars and options, people have their own preferences about radar detectors. For example, Healthnut drives a M3 and I have a 911. Both great cars, just different preferences.....
After the Sequoia was unveiled in LA several local dealerships said that the new Sequoia would be at the Phoenix International Car show Thanksgiving weekend. It cost $9 just to enter the event only to find out that the new Sequoia was not on display. The Toyota rep at the car show told us that contrary to what Toyota had said the new Sequoia would not arrive at the dealership until Jan or Feb. That turned out to be a false statement since dealerships in other states now have already received the Sequoia.
The last week or so Phoenix dealerships have been saying that the Sequoia will be arriving any time between Dec 13th to 17th. Today it was announced that the regional office will not release the Sequoia until Dec. 21st stating that this way all of the dealerships could show it at the same time.
We have waited long enough to see the Sequoia it should be released immediately.
Remember that in CA they had $4000 rebates to move the old ones, whereas in the Northeast it was $2000. This says to me that there is less demand for the vehicle in CA.
That is kinda funny because I found the dealers here in the San Francisco area seemed more stingy than the east coast where it is snowing. They were reluctant to give me more than 800.00 off MSRP. I got $3,000.00 off east coast. Got a big storm coming in Pittsburgh for the Jascksonville game. I'm transporting it back to Cali after the holidays. Go Steelers! Brady bastage!!! :sick:
It looks like Build Your Own is now available with MSRP pricing.
One thing I noticed is the option for headrest DVDs. I wish you could get the overhead as well, but the configurator says they're not available together. With all three, you could keep everyone happy....
I've noticed that the Limited has at least four different types of 20" wheels depending on which zip code (27617 or 72901) you access. There is the Alloy ($920), Carved Alloy ($2474), Alcoa ($2849), and the BBS ($2495). Does anyone know where there is a picture of these wheels?
There are now two spoilers the "Rear Aerodynamic" ($449) and the just plain "Rear Spoiler" ($100), is there a picture of these anywhere?
And is the Stone Leather interior gray or tan or some other color?
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Most popular two websites that will have this information that I know of are:
1) www.edmunds.com and 2) www.kbb.com.
I am guessing invoice on the Platinum is around $4000-5000 below MSRP.
Anyone else seen invoices on the 2008 Sequoia?
So it looks like the $2,000 below is making its way around.
I suppose if you are writing a vehicle off to your business that is doing well, a few grand is not important. For me it is not the money. It is the challenge of getting a vehicle for the very lowest price. To me all vehicles are way overpriced and do not hold their value very well. So the less I pay going in the more that is left going out. Buy low and sell high is my goal. I would not get angry if someone paid $50k for a painting that is only worth $20k. Especially if I was selling them the painting. I don't have any statistics. I would imagine more than half the people shopping for a vehicle just pay what is on the Mulroney sticker and not haggle over price. The last 4 new vehicles I have bought, all the deals were done via email. I don't sit in a cubicle and dicker any longer. Email me your best price. If you are lowest you get my business. If you do not hear from me your price was too high. Don't call me I will call you.
My latest purchase a 2007 Sequoia limited 4X4 loaded, $4000 under invoice. For those that do not care to haggle over price, someone has to pay for those big fancy showrooms. If I had paid MSRP and needed to trade it in. I would be looking at a $16K loss after 2 months.
Is anyone else interested in purchasing the new seq for the purpose of towing heaver weights than the previous seq.???
I got everything I wanted: Slate Grey, Platinum, fully loaded, $3K off retail, and a bike rack at dealer cost....
WHEW, thank goodness.... I get my tax writeoff and a reasonable deal... AMEN!!!
Then why do you care that I stated the vehicle is overpriced? You obviously have the money to blow on it.
This again justifies that a sales person would like to see you walk through their door. That doesn't make me feel good at all. It simply legitimizes the price they are asking and makes it more complex for others on this board to "nickel and dime" their way to a fair price.
The towing I suppose is great, like the Suburban. Luckily I dock in both places I live so I don't have to worry about that aspect .
As for the $50K painting, is it ugly? Is it an original or a reproduction? if not I'd be be pretty angry you are correct.
Seq, the power and ride is unbelievable (better than the so-called "luxury SUV's"),
What facts do you have to support this?? Just kidding...
They didn't even know they had it coming to them and called me back surprised it was just what I asked for... It is due in by Dec 20th.
Anyway, After going over all the color choices, my first was Slate. It comes with a graphite interior I believe. I think there are at least a couple 'greys' for interior. In any case, I've seen the Slate color on other Toyotas and I like it a lot... Its like a dark grey metallic color with a hint of dark blue. I think it looks as nice as the black, if not more interesting, and not as high maintainance as the black.
My second choice would have been Black/Tan followed by Black Black/Black and then Black/Graphite.
In any case, I'm very happy with how things turned out. I though the sand mica/tan had no contrast, but I probably would have picked that after all of the above... The rest I didn't really like. the light silver seemed like an unpainted aluminum airplane. The red and blue are colorful, but blah... There is a green but whatever...
It depends if you want to maintain a repeat customer. I agree if the person just walks off the street. I just bought a Sequoia from Toyota, a car company I really detest. Why? Because the GMC dealer tried lowballing me on a trade-in for a Denali. He gave me a good deal on the first truck I bought. That does not mean he can stick it to me on the next purchase. It don't work that way with me.
Rear seat ent. $1336 dealer, $1670 retail.
Cold Kit (windshield wiper deicer, heavy duty battery) $80 $100
Laser Cruise $480 $600
Daytime lights $32 $40
Preferred Access $220 $328
Wireless headphones (pair) $66 $82
Remote Start $380 $529
Those options are what is on my sticker. There may be more options available but I think this is fully loaded. Also my sticker claims bench seats and not Captain's chairs. My hunch is this is a typo but maybe it will come with bench seats as it says. Either the sticker is wrong or the initial specs put out were wrong. But we have seen lots of goofs from Toyota on the release of this. They actually released 2007 model photos to the press and the press ran with them and show the 2007 car in their 2008 articles.
What is Preferred Access and are the Headlight Cleaners included in the Cold Kit? Anyone got the Sunshades option?
so valentine one sounds like the best available? I need to get one then, especiallyfor when I get that new M3 convertible (hard top, end of this year).
They say the Bel is better.
The one thing I like about V1 is they upgrade for free, just the shipping charges. Like the small roadside trailers showing speed mentioned in the testing, this is POP radar and mine too was not seeing it, so I sent it in and upgraded for free.
Like cars and options, people have their own preferences about radar detectors. For example, Healthnut drives a M3 and I have a 911. Both great cars, just different preferences.....
The last week or so Phoenix dealerships have been saying that the Sequoia will be arriving any time between Dec 13th to 17th. Today it was announced that the regional office will not release the Sequoia until Dec. 21st stating that this way all of the dealerships could show it at the same time.
We have waited long enough to see the Sequoia it should be released immediately.
One thing I noticed is the option for headrest DVDs. I wish you could get the overhead as well, but the configurator says they're not available together. With all three, you could keep everyone happy....
It's weird, the link took me to a Limited model, then I went to the models tab and chose the Platinum 4x4.
Remote Start
Preferred Access
Wireless Headphones
Sunshades
I need to check the cargo space with 3rd row seat up.
I will replace my '02 Odyssey with the new Sequoia.
I got 4 kids and they are growing .........
Hope the new Sequoia got enough cargo space. THX !
He also said the wireless headphones come with the DVD remote, $655.
I guess it's going to take a while before Toyota, the web sites and the dealers are in sync.....
There are now two spoilers the "Rear Aerodynamic" ($449) and the just plain "Rear Spoiler" ($100), is there a picture of these anywhere?
And is the Stone Leather interior gray or tan or some other color?