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2+2 · 07-18-2009, 05:58 PM

I just bought a Yaris. But if the salesman plays any more games maybe I didn't. I'll find out next week.

I'm doing cash for clunkers too. I fought hard for a good price on the Yaris with just the "Convenience Package" - rear window defroster and wiper, radio, floor mats etc. I got my local dealer to match the best price I could get from the 5 closest dealers. $14311 out the door (doc fee, tag, 6% Michigan tax etc). (Btw, that's before $1000 cash back or 0% financing)

I thought I might do better. I think cash for clunkers has these guys thinking they're in the driver's seat (at least compared to a month or two ago). When you do the math, they might be right. $1B for the program divided by $4500 a pop (of course some might only do the $3500 deal) = 222k cash for clunkers deals. That's a pretty small number when you consider that there's around 1000 times that number registered vehicles in the US. If 1 in 1000 vehicle owners is planning to do cash for clunkers that would exhaust the supply of $ pretty quickly. So I figured I'd better jump on it and if the dealer is just a little less negotiable that's ok. Someone with bigger nuggets might try waiting til Nov 1 and when the funds are exhausted they might extend the program and then again they might not.

So the dealer agreed to match the best price I had ($14311) and then when they let me know that they had ordered the car (was sitting 250 miles away) they told me my price would be $98 higher. We had some unfriendly words and I had to speak to his boss and then his bosses boss but finally they saw the light.

BTW, TELL YOUR SALESMAN TO ACTUALLY READ TOYOTA'S INSTRUCTIONS!!! THE YARIS 0% OFFER ISN'T TIER 1 ONLY. TIER 1, TIER 2 AND TIER 3 ALL QUALIFY!!! I think Toyota's "tier 3" translates to a 650 fico score, so tell your salesman to actually read his computer screen! Another thing that's interesting here is my credit union told me they match dealer's offer but only down to 3%. But with a car this cheap it was $5.10 a month cheaper for me to take the $1000 cash back from Toyota and finance the rest at 3% than go with the 0% Toyota financing.

So out the door I'm looking at around $159 a month for 60 months with no money down. I'm going to have just a little buyer's remorse for not getting full power but hey, this forum will help alleviate that. Check out the Roll-Your-Own_Cruise_Control thread. Pure genius I tell ya.

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07-18-2009, 05:58 PM	#37
2+2 Drives: 09 3Dr Manual Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Michigan Posts: 210	I just bought a Yaris. But if the salesman plays any more games maybe I didn't. I'll find out next week. I'm doing cash for clunkers too. I fought hard for a good price on the Yaris with just the "Convenience Package" - rear window defroster and wiper, radio, floor mats etc. I got my local dealer to match the best price I could get from the 5 closest dealers. $14311 out the door (doc fee, tag, 6% Michigan tax etc). (Btw, that's before $1000 cash back or 0% financing) I thought I might do better. I think cash for clunkers has these guys thinking they're in the driver's seat (at least compared to a month or two ago). When you do the math, they might be right. $1B for the program divided by $4500 a pop (of course some might only do the $3500 deal) = 222k cash for clunkers deals. That's a pretty small number when you consider that there's around 1000 times that number registered vehicles in the US. If 1 in 1000 vehicle owners is planning to do cash for clunkers that would exhaust the supply of $ pretty quickly. So I figured I'd better jump on it and if the dealer is just a little less negotiable that's ok. Someone with bigger nuggets might try waiting til Nov 1 and when the funds are exhausted they might extend the program and then again they might not. So the dealer agreed to match the best price I had ($14311) and then when they let me know that they had ordered the car (was sitting 250 miles away) they told me my price would be $98 higher. We had some unfriendly words and I had to speak to his boss and then his bosses boss but finally they saw the light. BTW, TELL YOUR SALESMAN TO ACTUALLY READ TOYOTA'S INSTRUCTIONS!!! THE YARIS 0% OFFER ISN'T TIER 1 ONLY. TIER 1, TIER 2 AND TIER 3 ALL QUALIFY!!! I think Toyota's "tier 3" translates to a 650 fico score, so tell your salesman to actually read his computer screen! Another thing that's interesting here is my credit union told me they match dealer's offer but only down to 3%. But with a car this cheap it was $5.10 a month cheaper for me to take the $1000 cash back from Toyota and finance the rest at 3% than go with the 0% Toyota financing. So out the door I'm looking at around $159 a month for 60 months with no money down. I'm going to have just a little buyer's remorse for not getting full power but hey, this forum will help alleviate that. Check out the Roll-Your-Own_Cruise_Control thread. Pure genius I tell ya.