New Toyota Camry
 

In the market for a new Camry and so far best out the door price is from Courtesy Toyota in Tampa.

82 miles as Crow might fly but wondering if anyone has anything good, bad or indifferent about them.

Thanks
Stu

I've got a 2005 Camry that runs like a champ. Toyota makes a solid reliable car. I've also got a Honda Accord. When I go looking again, I'll look at those two first.

Compute the out-the-door price you want to pay. Then go to Phillips Toyota and ask if they will accept that price. If you don't hear a 'YES', then leave.

That is what we did two years ago. They said 'YES' and we bought a RAV4.

They had the chance, took about 4 emails before we got their sort of out the door price.

It was a waste of time to ask them for their out-the-door price.

As I suggested, compute YOUR out-the-door price and go offer it to them IN PERSON.

Please let us know what happens.

AAA and AARP offer some auto buying services, so does Sams Club. They may be worth checking out.

All these out the door pricing strategies end when you have a trade in. In addition your definition of out the door I guaranty will be different then the dealers. I did this last year and after watching umpteen videos I quickly concluded the dealers watch the same videos. Next time I would look into a third party like AAA or whatever.

In 2016 I used COSTCO on a BMW in a hot luxury car market in Southern California as Chinese nationals were buying up new condominiums in Irvine and new cars over the telephone. Does Consumers Reports still offer a buying guide/service?

As I understand it a chip shortage is affecting the manufacture of new cars and used car prices are way up. Strange times we live in...

I would look up both the Kelly Blue Book and Edmunds fair market value and make sure that if there are in factory to dealer of buyer incentives you also deduct that from the price. Then deduct another 3 or 4 hundred dollars and call them. Tell them if they can match the price that they got a deal. If they give you any BS, hang up. It is not worth taking the long drive to get put in a chair at the salespersons desk and wast hours negotiating while they go back and forth with their "sales manager". Tell them deal or no deal, give them an hour to get back to you, and if they don't call back within an hour meeting your price, move on. That is how we have bought our last several new cars and it works. Good luck.

take a look at a hybrid camry, it gets over 50mpg. i have one and love it.

If any dealer says "YES" with no hassle you paid too much. They are trained to make it is as difficult and time consuming as humanly possible. A quick "YES" is always a bad sign. Look for the big smile on their face and you'll know.

Toyota dealers notoriously use underhanded pressure tactics to get you to buy. Keeping your license to get a “copy” and/or your keys while they check out your trade then “can’t find them” while they sweat you out. Make your own copy of your license and go with them to check out your trade keeping your keys in your hand.

Living here will not drive enough miles to pay for the hybrid.

My keys and my wallet with license goes where I go.

Pretty sure will buy from Courtesy but was hoping someone had experience with them.

That is not true.

If we have a trade, we make an OTD offer that includes our trade.