Going to the stealership tomorrow

If you don't know why some prices are the way they are on the Tacoma, you haven't done enough research.

 

I think he means, what you should pay, how much wiggle room you have, what warranties to buy, etc. You know...research

 

By research I mean you shouldn't be asking the questions you've asked the day before you plan to get a truck ordered.

Your first new car, so that makes some sense.

But being decided on when you're going to make a $35k purchase before you have a better idea of what you're actually doing seems absolutely crazy.

 

Well I know exactly what i want. Not gonna settle for taking anything I don't.

 

Type exactly what you want into TrueValue and get the best deal out there. Telling ya, it was a breeze and made the time at the dealership minimal.

 

That's like 5% of what you need to know before walking into a dealership thinking you're to go inside and tell them how it's going to be.

 

^^^^ That and +1

Tell them to lube the truck after they are done with you!! boom

 

Do you mean true car not true value?

 

Are you going to test drive too? If not, I would personally just call or email to place order. Chances are they might not even be able to "order" (i.e. get allocation) for what you want in a reasonable amount of time. Add to the fact that it is a M/T so they probably wont even have one for you to test drive. I got a manual transmission and ended up having to go out of state.

 

I looked on true car and a Toyota dealership in Mechanicsville has one very close to what im looking for on the lot. I think im going to hold off on placing an order so I can do more research into what I should pay

 

I wasted several hours with costco, the asshats at the only approved costco dealership said "come one down we'll tell you what we can do for you"

I got there and they said the 2016 tacoma is excluded from the discount. Yeah so I left. assholes.

Went to my more local dealership where I had talked to a salesperson before hearing about the costco program and gave him the deal...paid sticker minus $500 that was it, this was in November, truck came in a week as it was already on the way.

 

Well, if you are going to wait on a manual transmission to get the best price you will easily be waiting into the 2017 models. Might as well give those a chance too.

 

Are they forecasting any "upgrades" on the 2017 models? The reason im trying to get it soon is because the transmission is slipping in my daily now. I also know that I want exactly what I want and will not settle for anything less.

 

Ehh, before my Tacoma I had a 2002 ford exploder. Is it auto? The transmission had slipped for years in the ford. Baby it a little and you'll be fine into the 2017's.

And the general consensus is that 2017 will be almost the same as 2016.

 

You meant TrueCar?

 

Ofc he meant truecar...truevalue is a hardware store.

 

Also...OP...prolly best advice on this thread is to do some pre-negotiations via email.

 

When they ask you what you want your monthly payments to be, how will you respond?

 

"I'll worry about the money, you get my the $2k below invoice I need"

 

I did, yeah. Good stuff