nyabinghi

Hi Paul The long delay in delivering your vehicle should at least give you some leverage to have a few accessories and extras thrown in to compensate you for the inconvenience of having to hire an alternative car. I would do the push to get as much from them as is possible. With the Aussie dollar doing so well against the US rates the margins that dealers are working on are substantially more than they were getting a couple years ago so they should come to the party with something for you. Worth a try I think 01 Vey, Good idea bro, a similar thing happened our friends who waited longer than 3 months for their Captiva. In the end the Captiva got optioned to hell and high water because my friends were going to walk. If the dealership had told me at the commencement of the deal of a realistic delivery date then I would have been cool with it (or I may have gone to other dealerships), but instead I get this BS because they want my business. Anyway at least we've got a date now all due to my missus giving them the crazy eyes on Saturday and giving one of the managers an earful (noting that she has been very patient up to this point, which is a little hard for her). Anyway I appreciate your comments and I might as well use this situation to leverage some extras, god knows we pay so much more here than the equivalent highlander in the USA. Cheers

Hi Guys, Thanks for the replies, its very much appreciated. We finally got a deliver date from the dealer for the 30th of October, so at least we are making progress but I will also oblige them the provide a loan vehicle in the interim. A caveat that was brought to my attention over the weekend was that if a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) was not written in my contract and there is no estimated date of delivery then the contract is not legally binding. To get further advice with regards to this I called Fair Trading NSW this morning to discuss the issue however they were unable to provide a definitive answer. They advised me to talk to the dealer and if that didn't provide a satisfactory outcome then I should approach a solicitor. So essentially they advised me on a course of action that I had already considered, but I guess it would be hard for them to give me specific advice for my particular situation if they did not have the contract in hand. Nonetheless, we've decided to remain with our current dealer (not sure if we have the choice at the moment) and wait out the delivery date. Again thanks for all your replies.

Hey all, I entered a contract to purchase a 2011 KX-R AWD Kluger on the 29 of Aug. There was a verbal agreement that the vehicle will be delivered between 2 to 4 weeks, however it was not written in the contract (that section was left blank). It is now coming up to the fourth week, however every week I call this dealership they say that they don't have a delivery date for me as of yet. Now, I know for a fact that several dealerships are taking delivery of this particular model of Kluger within the next 2 weeks that are available for sale. Yet this dealership have no idea when my vehicle will be delivered.. are they playing me?? Anyway anger has set in due to the fact that we've spent $600+ on car hire due to the non-delivery of this vehicle in the period that was verbally agreed upon. Now I know that a verbal agreement without any written evidence is worth sweet FA, so I am stuck between a rock and a hard place. From what I interpreted from NSW Fair Trading is that if there is no estimated delivery date written in the contract then the dealer has up to 3 months to deliver the vehicle. Furthermore, I assume that If I were to rescind the contract there would be significant penalty if I were to do so. Anyway I hope of you can provide me with some answers or a reasonable course of action (with the most obvious is to wait out the 3 months). Thanks, Paul

Only the toyota mats and cargo mat. I first offered them $44K but they wouldn't go for it noting the discount I already got for the kluger. I'll send you his number via email as I don't want to publish his personal mobile number.

Hey dude, I got the kx-r 7 seater AWD today for $44,500. The dealer said that he will give you the same price. Please send me an email at nyabinghi@fastmail.fm and I'll send you his number.

You could possibly get that price if you weren't after the extra accessories. I've been quoted $40K for the FWD 7 seater KX-R with no optional extras. I'm going into the dealership on monday to see what else I can get for that price and I'll also suss out what price they would sell the AWD version for(it should be about $4000 extra but everything is negotiable). As for Lander Toyota in Blacktown, I only spoke to them yesterday but they didn't seem to want to budge on a price of $43.5K for the FWD KX-R. Maybe they didn't believe me when I told them about my previous quotes. Anyway let me know if you find a good price as I may consider getting the AWD version provided the price is right.