On 5/13/2017 8:47 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 5/13/17 8:22 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 5/13/2017 8:09 AM, amdx wrote:
On 5/13/2017 6:48 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 5/12/17 8:45 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 5/12/2017 6:18 PM, True North wrote:
Funny you say that. One Site said the Quest was manufactured from
around 2008? Until 2016.
That seemed odd to me but maybe Mrs E got a good deal on a leftover
2016 model.
I'm sure Richard knows the story.

BTW..Toyota sent me a form letter today saying how special I am
owning
a 2013 Highlander and living in this geographic area. Due to high
demand for my model they have a special promotions on to enable be to
upgrade to a 2017 model.
Aren't those car salesmen thoughtful.


It is a 2016 model. Had 3K miles on it as a dealer "demo" but is
warranted and titled as "new". Peppy little sucker though and quiet.
All that matters is that "she" likes it.

Don't know if they still make them or not.

I got a similar letter about the Nissan Altima I bought just about a
year ago. "Due to a shortage of clean, previously owned autos we can
offer you 125% of the current market value of your 2016 Nissan Altima
towards the purchase of any new Nissan product.

Geeze. Gimme a chance to put a few miles on it first, will ya?


My wife got an email earlier this year from Toyota, offering her a
fantastic trade-in on her 2016 Toyota Camry, which had a grand total
of 7,100 miles on it (which the dealer knew). So we went over to the
dealership and voila!...left with a spanking new 2017 Camry and a step
up in model and trim, too. I still have no idea how this happened, but
the cost to her to do this was almost nothing.

Come on Keysor, have you done the math?
Payment is the same?
Did you pay anything to drive a way?
Did you buy it on time?
Did they add more time on to the payment program?
Sheesh, I think you just wanted attention, Look at me
I bought a new car too. And it didn't cost me anything.
Those dealers sure are stupid. Look at me!
Mikek




I didn't think about it but I suspect you are right about these offers.
I'll bet they only apply if you finance it through them. It just starts
the interest cycle over again.

I haven't financed a car purchase in about 25 years.
They dealerships don't like cash buyers. I was told that only 8 percent
of buyers pay cash for a new car.

When I bought my truck in 2008 the salesman tried hard to convince me to
finance it through Ford but I told him I wasn't interested. He then
tried to get me to finance it, even if I just paid it off in a month or
two. They must get some kind of kickback if the vehicle is financed
through the financing arm of the manufacturer.




Toyota was offering zero percent financing. As in 0%. I'm not saying the
dealership doesn't get a kickback from that. Anything is possible.

One way or another they are making money. It's either buried in the
cost of the vehicle or some other voodoo economics but finance
companies, even if an arm of the manufacturer, don't do stuff for free.