^ This. Be prepared to pay a market adjustment regardless of what it is. While shopping for my RAV4 Prime or Venza I communicated with a dozen dealers and you WILL NOT AVOID an up charge of some kind. @jer is right, if you don’t pay someone else will. I got lucky with what I am paying for my Prime.

 

Finally last night picked up long awaited truck. Put deposit on it Nov 9, it hit port in NY on Jan 8, it was ready for pick up on 12 Jan. Received VIN early Dec and was tracking it via Lexus Enform app since it was manufactured and waiting to be loaded on the ship at Tahara Plant port parking lot. Paid MSRP 61,685, although my dealer tried to pull that 2,5K chip shortage markup on me, didn't work.
Starfire Pearl with Sepia Nuluxe interior, Premium Plus package with ML and bench 2nd row w/ electronically controlled 3rd row seats.
Sold wife's 2020 RF 350 F Sport and got this one, boss is extremely happy, that's her daily driver now. A few things are missed from RX (12.3 inch screen, which canted 5 degrees toward the driver; auto folding side mirrors when locking; AUTO mode for cooled/heated seats; LED interior lights). I will never switch from my LC200, GX feels tad underpowered for me lol. Otherwise a solid 4x4'er.

 

I walked into my Lexus dealer and asked for a salesman. I had previously gone on line to the Lexus web site and built the GX I wanted with the interior and exterior colors. My salesman turned out to be a lady which was a first for me. I handed her my GX print out of the GX I wanted with the options I wanted. She told me that the dealer did not have any GX's on site but had a few on order that were not pre-sold. I was not interested in the colors that were coming. She then asked for a $1000 deposit and would first try to locate a GX with my specs from another Lexus dealer. Worst case scenario she would put in a order that may take 8 to 12 weeks. She explained that to get a GX from another dealer, my dealer would have to trade a GX that was not a pre sold to that dealer. The next step was getting a price for my trade. I had gotten a rough idea of what my trade was worth from various web sites and my dealer finally agreed to what was a ball park figure that I could live with. I left the dealership and went home and found several GX's in Houston and Dallas (I'm in Arkansas). I got the dealer numbers for these vehicles and told my saleswoman but she said she could not get them as she had nothing to exchange in a trade. A week later she called and said she had found a GX with all of my specs except the interior color was Ecru instead of Sepia. The MSRP was about $300 more than my build specs but basically about the same.Ecru was my second choice to go with Atomic Silver so I jumped on it. She said that the dealer that was getting this particular GX owed my dealer a favor and would do a trade. I jumped on it and took ownership December 10. I think it was the first week in November when I walked into the dealership. Price was never really mentioned other than sticker. Consumer Reports said that a good deal for my zip code was around $190 over MSRP. Signing the papers was easy with the finance officer as he offered all of the extra options that you had previously mentioned. I politely said no to each option offered and intialed each offer that I was not interested. The bottom line was the price of my GX was the sticker price plus the dealers administered fee which was normal and expected. The dealer never mentioned any of the accessories before getting my GX. Only the day that I wrote a check for the vehicle minus the $1000 deposit and trade did they mention the accessories and they were not pushy at all when I declined the add on's. I have never paid sticker for any car until this one but the pandemic, chip issues, and ships having issues with loading docks has made the price of new and used auto sky rocket. I would not have any problems of flying to a out of state dealer that would be happy to sell me a Lexus at sticker or even below without the hassle of tacking on unwanted accessories. I have done that a couple of times in the past and the local dealer still had to honor my new car warranty for service. Good luck and let your dealer know that you are not interested in any dealer add on's if they want to sell you a car.

 

Thanks for sharing your experience. I wish it will go the same for me. I replied to my dealer's sales rep that I would agree to put the $1000 if they agree to sign a buyer's order that agrees that they won't add on anything during PDI. I haven't heard anything back from them today and getting anxious since I fell in love with the GX but of course don't wanna show them any of these emotions.

I haven't really searched other states. How's the process? Do you simply call them up and ask for an email of a sales rep? I like to at least get an estimate of the out the door price so I can see if it matches with my preferences and budget.

 

Jlficken! What size are your Rubitreks? Any rubbing left/right?

 

Congrats! I reserved mine 12/13 but no build info yet, hopeful for next week to track for mid Feb delivery (to match your timeline)

 

It should be there on time, if it'll hit East coast port, it's worth the wait, trust me, all of the incoming GX's are presold.

 

You can call or go on line to out of state Lexus dealers. I called Sewell Lexus in Dallas, and asked to speak to the person who did out of state sales. I told him what I wanted, colors, packages, etc., and he told me what he had and what was coming in. I was given a price, bottom line which also included a Texas new car inspection fee which was not much. I borrowed the amount from my credit union and flew from Little Rock to Dallas via Southwest for less than a hundred dollars. Sewell mailed the necessary paper work to my local DMV where I paid the new car tax in my state. I saved over a thousand dollars from what my local dealer was going to charge me. This was many years ago and a thousand dollars then would be several thousand today. It was a joy to be driving a brand new Lexus home, about 350 miles and I enjoyed every minute of the experience. My local Lexus dealer serviced my car without any problems.My GX is my third Lexus I have bought from my local dealer and I make them aware of this every time I have bought a new vehicle from them. Even though new car prices are at sticker give or take a couple of hundred, dealers still want to sell you a car. My gut is that Corporate Lexus does not want it's dealers to gouge customers because they want to maintain a good relationship for the long run. The rouge dealer that rips off customers will not maintain that management for very long.

 

Ranger474, how did you track your GX via the Enform app?

 

I think he said 265/60r18

 

I stuck with the OEM 265/60R18 size as I didn’t want to mess with a lift or other issues. They’re a 31” tire though according to Falken so slightly larger than the OEM tire diameter.

 

Congratulations on the purchase!

Your info is very helpful regarding what a finance department may try to push. Thank you.

May I please ask the name of the Toyota dealership to
which you were taken to the finance department?

 

That's what I'm trying to figure out as well. I have the Lexus app as well as the Lexus Enform App Suite app and have put in the VIN from the build, but don't see anywhere that shows location. Mine is supposed to hit the Port of Jacksonville today, so it would be nice to see where it's at.

 

Start the Trials (Remote Connect mainly) the call Lexus for the 6-digit code to activate Remote Connect.

Enter the code into the app and wait for it to activate. You may have to call a couple of times if the vehicle doesn’t have signal. After that you should see the Start, Lock, Unlock, etc buttons activate and a Last Parked Location card appear.

 

We ordered a 2022 GX460 Premium with a few options. We decided to get pre approved through a credit union to get a 1.73% rate as opposed to the 2.49% Lexus has. The credit union needed a build sheet with the VIN. Lexus sent it to us and I noticed the price was a little higher. They had added 3M paint protection film, carpet mats (we ordered all weather), exhaust tip, key gloves, wheel locks and headlamp washers. We called the salesman and asked what was going on. He said that Lexus puts that on there in case the person who orders it ends up backing out. I wasn't very pleased with that answer since I ordered it with what we wanted for a reason. They said they'd take all of that off, which are dealer add-ons anyways, except for the headlamp washers since those are installed at the factory. It's only $100 more and I kinda wanted them after we already sent the order. We'll see if there are any other markups when we pick it up, but the salesman reassured us that we'd pay MSRP for it. Hopefully everything will go smoothly. I think financing with another party will help with that.