What are you paying for 2020 Tacomas?

Dealers will use the word order because thats what the customer thinks it is, but its an allocation, the guy above basically had the dealer do the above process I posted, depending if that was an already being built spec or a future allocation that they requested changes in specs to will determine the length of time he waits, etc. You can allocate a sport like that but you may have to wait sometime if its not a spec your region usually builds or in the allocation. I would reach out to your favorite dealer so far and ask about "ordering" one.

Single, no mortgage wife or kids and plenty of deployments, reenlistment bonuses and decent pay. I like trucks and bikes and that's where I spend my disposable income, have had quite a few over the years and with these trucks if you buy at the right price, its not hard to do, and yes my retirement is on track, savings of a year expenses and a good chunk for a house here in a year or two (for all the Dave Ramsey's on here).

 

You just had this conversation the other day and the guy got mad because he thought for sure he was ordering one

 

Yep, just like trying to help people with the process as its not so straight forward. When the guy called me a troll, 3 posts into being a new TW member, I was out, some people.

 

would they do that if i wanted a 2021 model? i wouldn't mind waiting as i have a few vehicles to use. i'm just looking to get something at more realistic price. down here in south florida the prices are kind of on the looney side. especially if it's a more desired color and configuration.

If you're a military guy, Thanks for your service !

 

For sure, not sure what the timeline is for switching the line to 2021, but guessing its in a few weeks here based on other's posts and prior years. You are SET which I heard is a nightmare to deal with, so not sure how they are with allocating/ordering a truck from the factory. But ya I would just reach out to dealers your willing to drive to, etc. and explain you want to "order" a 2021 with the specs you are looking for and see which one says they can and at what price, most should be just over invoice if not better on an order, since its pretty much a guaranteed sale. That's how my 16 was negotiated in late 15.

 

why a nightmare? lol forgive me for the questions. and i thought someone on here claimed when they tried to order one, the dealer didn't even want to give them a price. see that's a problem. one can't commit to purchasing something IF you don't know the price.

 

yeah, just call the dealership before you head on out. Noth'n lost ask'n on the phone call, if they can't then call up the next dealership. I guess all the dealerships could do something for someone for a sale, if not, the dealership ain't worth it because now we know what they can and can't do. Just saying

 

SET has been known to not give the best deals, they also like to add alot of port installed options to fluff up the price, someone mentioned they also like to pretend the rebates don't exist unless asked and are referred to as customer cash, never had to deal with them, just been here to see people not enjoying the process of buying with SET.

I had a few dealers in NE region / NJ have no issues committing to a price for my 16, I simply signed a piece of paper with intent to buy said allocated truck and put down a $500 deposit towards the down payment, got a phone call when it showed up and picked it up no issues. Maybe an SET thing, not wanting to commit to a price or COVID craziness with the market.

 

I was told that the SET dealers are like the mafia -- with the exception that the mafia at least buys you a ham sandwich before they break your kneecaps.

 

My MT Sport cost me $35,100 plus sales tax came to $37,500.
I have probably another $5-6,000 into it.

 

Hi folks, I couldn't resist the temptation to get a taco right away. I ended up buying a 2020 TRD Sport MT 4X4 with LED, Tech, and Premium all 3 package.
MSRP $42,400
Purchase price $38,500 (with $1000 rebate)

that's roughly 9.2% off the MSRP. I think that's pretty decent?

Now I'm going to talk to another dealer and get my $500 deposit back for the 2021 TRD Pro.

I'm not crawling rocks or spinning mud, the truck will be mostly for visiting parks, camping, kayaking, hunting. So quite a bit of unpaved off-roading. I really hope not having a rear locker is gonna be fine for those applications.


Most expensive vehicle I bought so far, yet the worst keys, the Miata 6MT even has push-start

 

Seems like a good deal. I couldn't get a dealer to budge on an Off Road today.

 

Congrats!

 

I feel you, I couldn't find any off road with what I want in the entire state where I live, they seem quite hard to come by. I wasn't even gonna consider mine unless the deal is right.

 

Ahhhh so basically they'll get everything done but not give you a price. I'll take a ride tomorrow maybe and see what they tell me.

 

When I allocated my 16 it was based on invoice pricing (with the excitement of the 3rd gen a member here leaked out the true invoice vs. msrp spreadsheet, so many of us used this, think the thread still exists somewhere) which I had at the time and thats what I paid when it showed up as agreed upon. Not sure if SET will play the same way though, never dealt with them.

 

Sadly I'm going to wait this out till things get back to normal. Maybe next year when things get back to normal.

 

From my experience, “Ordering” through SET is not necessarily a problem nor is getting them to commit to a price. They found the truck, we agreed on a price and initialed the worksheet and I put down $1000 deposit. That would probably just be more of a dealer to dealer possible problem. I’m thinking some dealers possibly would rather have the sale now as opposed to in the future/not deal with extra work of ordering. The dealership I bought my truck from did, I believe, from the above ordering explanation, the third bullet ordering option because I specifically wanted a 4wd cement TRDOR with absolutely zero options(rare) and also with the black and orange interior(very rare in lower packages)=unicorn. Took about 40 days. They said they had to catch it before they added predator steps or anything.
Also, in SET, when they come into port they add port options. Pretty much every truck gets Toyotacare which is some sort of stupid Scotchgard on the interior for $500 and, I assume crappy, paint protection film for $700. So they had to specifically tell them at the port not to add those things. Doing this kept the MSRP down to $38,085 which is the absolute cheapest you can get an OR auto 4wd for.
The cash incentive thing is that they call it dealer cash instead of customer cash. it’s not advertised which is why it doesn’t show up on the Toyota website and I assume they don’t HAVE to give it to you. I believe it’s zero dollars right now. In July when the rest of the country went down to $1000 they went down to $0. You can call Toyota customer service and they will tell you what the dealer cash incentive is currently. If you ask them at the dealership they’re going to give you the typical dealer BS type of answer.

 

2016. The good ole days

 

Those are 16 prices? I doubt they would go by them now. Especially with the price increases. Lol

Yea, I'll try tomorrow and see what they'll tell me about the 21 models and ordering.