2011 pricing opinions

Drive the 20 miles to save almost $800, that is an OME lift.....

 

Yeah, I feel obligated to take the drive. I'll be pissed if they won't make my trade in worth while though haha

 

I just picked up a new 2011 DC LB TRD Sport 4x4 for $29,545... this was to replace my poor, year-old 2009 TRD Sport Prerunner that was totaled a couple of weeks ago.

As far as I could find, this was one of the only DC LB TRD Sport 4x4 available in SoCal. I called over a dozen dealers looking for this truck. It really seems like 4x4 DC LB TRDs are rare at dealers. Tons of Prerunner TRDs, tons of Shortbed 4x4 TRDs, Access cab 4x4 TRDs.... bur all the DC longbed 4x4s are SR5s.... So to get everything I wanted took a couple of weeks of searching.

I spent about 3 hours haggling to get the dealer down from the $32,865 sticker. I don't feel like I got the best deal, but I didn't have a lot of wiggle room since this was the only truck I could find in the LA area that was exactly what I was looking for. And the dealer knew it. They had two and one was gold (blech!)

The only sucky part was the TT&L... since CA sales tax is nearly 10% and the DMV simply rapes truck buyers I hit $33k OTD. Sure beats the $37 or more it could've been. At least I got a good rate from my credit union. My payment is $20/month less than on my Prerunner. With the money I saved I bought a tonneau cover.

 

you can get a better price.Gateway Toyota in toms river n.j. Internet sales department.Never haggle from the sticker down.Start at the invoice.

 

Unless you have to have an absolutely new truck I would buy used and let someone else take the first hit.

If you could sell your car out right and travel a bit I seen these new 2011's

http://www.carmax.com/enus/search-results/default.html?search=Tacoma&Ep=homepage:homepage

 

In my neck of the woods a 7 year old Taco just like I bought with 125k is going for $15k. Financing was a must for me so the payment was the same for a new. Why not. I got a 2011, 2 years free service, lower payment and better interest rate. The best part, I'm no longer stuck with a domestic hunk that I'm always wrenching on!

 

I have a Nazi of a Dad when it comes to breaking down car dealers and what my dad did is got the guy to bring out the invoice and then offered him $250 over that, just like someone else posted earlier, they still get their hold back and advertising and whatever.... Then since we have excellent credit and we are apart of a credit union we figured out what our credit union offered for APR and then told the toyota people to match it... ended up getting a 34,451 sticker price down to 30,300 or so... got an extra $1000 on my Jeep trade in and got APR at 3.25% for 72 months... Good luck.