mush

60k OTD for a 58k car is a bad deal

here is mine... no trade in, 10k down, 5 year
56,538.00 -Sticker
52,499.99 -OTD

SW17LS

You're in Texas, what was your sales tax on that purchase? If you don't mind me asking.

As for the deal, you obviously bought the car in December, its a different world out there in January.

richard203

iTrader: (1)

58k is for the f sport package and when i asked the salesman he say theres no special going on. I thought the loyalty rebate is over. Theres new one?

mush

not sure, when we haggled we just dealt with OTD price (car+tax+whatever)
i can look through the papers and find out... but thats the price we paid, theres nothing to hide

december or not A DEAL IS A DEAL

SW17LS

I'd be interested to know given the poster's above "tax credits" that took his taxes from $3.600 to $500.

The rebates have decreased since December, as has inventory. You wont be able to get AS good a deal now as you could have in January.

I believe the loyalty rebate has been reduced from $1,500 to $1,000, but its still out there.

richard203

iTrader: (1)

oky cool. I was wondering whats a good otd price for an f sport? I just wondering how people get these good otd price when i add mines up its almost 60k otd.

Rrgirgis

Hey mush,

Congrats on the car and the deal! This is the exact car I'm looking for but how did you get it at 52,500 OTD I'm in California and I know the tax is different but the dealer sold you the car for around 49,000k?

That seems really low on an msrp of 56.5k, can you share any tips on how to get that? Did you get any of the lexus discounts?

If you don't mind sharing what apr they gave you through LFS, I want to finance through lfs too.

Thank you in advance!

mush

according to edmunds:
1000 loyalty expires 2/4/13
1000 conquest expires 2/4/13
750 military expires 1/2/14


apr 2.6
down 10,000. that extra 2,500 is probably the "rebate"

SW17LS

Thanks mush!

There is is, TX taxes...$3,324...

Malu59RT

My deal IS comparable, because there are other members who leased cars in Texas, not just "a Malu59RT only" lease special. Just because you don't know the offers/tax credits available that my dealer used, doesn't make my deal any less valid. If it bothers you that much, call a Texas dealer and ask what specials were available to people wanting a LEASE last month, or if the deal was even possible, if the dealer was interested in retaining a good customer. Also, not sure if you guys had the same offer from Lexus, but the first payment was picked up by Lexus, and rolled into my deal. Basically, I called my sales person, told him the car I wanted and what numbers I needed to make it happen, and I got my car, simple as that. Not sure how many times I can restate that.

SW17LS

Dude...don't get so defensive. Nobody is doubting your deal, but the fact is you had a special/unusual circumstance that allowed your dealer to waive $3,100 of the sales tax, otherwise your deal would be impossible. Either you traded a car, or the dealer mistakenly put into the figures that you traded a car (the printout you provided says you traded a car and that effected the tax you were charged, on line 15 it says "Tax Less Trade: Y for yes).

We know another member from TX bought a car the same time as you...and did have to pay the appropriate amount of sales tax. We know that because he too provided the figures for us.

Bottom line, somehow you got out of paying sales tax on your car. Whether the dealer wanted to retain you or not doesn't mean they can just not charge you the sales tax, it must be charged by law. Could have been a dealer error. Maybe he did something fancy and somehow got the deal to reflect you trading a car in when you had no trade, or maybe you did indeed have a trade, maybe there was some sort of sales tax credit or holiday on vehicle leases but not purchases at that time last month, which would explain why Mush had to pay tax, because he bought, but the bottom line is your deal involved you not paying $3,100 in sales tax you should have paid by TX law, and everybody needs to understand that when they compare deals they have open to them to yours.

Someone looking here cannot expect to be able to achieve a deal as good as yours because they will have to pay sales tax. Bottom line. If they are paying more, it doesn't mean its a bad deal.

Rrgirgis

Hey Guys!

You inspired me to make my purchase! Got my GS350 F sport Nebula/black!

Options
- F sport
- blind spot
- ML
-park assist
- accessory package
- navigation

Here is my deal on purchase!

MSRP=57,842
Sale price= 52,261
Tax = 4187 (California 8.0%)
License and registration and anything else = 549

Lexus conquest = $-1,000

OTD = $55,990

I think I got a pretty good deal, I'm sure there is better out there but based on msrp and sale price that is a discount of $5,581! So I'm happy!

Got 2.99 APR through LFS best they could offer ( I called three dealers to confirm all said the same)

Thanks to everyone who posted deals, just thought I would contribute to the community and hopefully someone can get a better deal from seeing mine!

faifai83

Cash price is $1500 below invoice.

Assuming a 60 month term, you're paying an extra $4732.09 in interest.

With that said, your deal is really -$1000 off MSRP after you factor in the $4732 in interest you'll be paying to LFS over the next 5 years!

faifai83

What's your APR?

faifai83

$150 doc fee?!?