*** I hate rude carsalesmen!!! I've only really met one nice guy at a dealer called Cornes Toyota here in SA. He was really nice and didn't try and push me into anything and actually seemed to care about what I wanted.
Anyway I too plan to buy something like a Yaris (or whatever it will be in the near future). So the Yaris sedan is more than the hatch? If I were you I'd have a look on carsales.com.au for some of the best prices. And don't trade-in the car you've already got! The dealer will give you f**k all for it. I'd sell it privately, then you'd get twice as much than a dealer would give you. THEN, use that money to put on the Yaris and get the rest on finance or whatever. Sorry to sound like an f**k if that's what you already planed to do, but that's exactly what I plan to do.
I bought my yaris at Cornes Toyota last year and had an unexpectedly positive experience. I had been haggling between 5 Adelaide dealerships and Cornes was the ONLY dealership that treated me decently. Like you, i would recommend them.
Once i got down to my lowest price (excluding extras; i was leaving that as my last bargaining tool), i rang a broker in Sydney who negotiated a cheaper price along with all the extras i wanted (headlight covers; floor mats; mud flaps; scuff guards & both weather shields). I ended up paying $17,705 for a 2006 yr auto metallic blue 3 door hatch. The broker was the best $200 i've spent when buying a major purchase. Dealers love women....they try their best to intimidate and rip them off.
I felt very vulnerable being a female buyer...and not without cause. i had one dealership behave very unethically by trapping my in an office with the manage sitting in front of me and the salesman sitting behind me pressuring me to sign on the dotted line immediately. they would not give me a price to negotiate with. obviously i didn't buy from them. this bullying tactic went on for 2 hours.
I had a city toyota dealer behave rudely and i walked away when he refused to negotiate.
for some reason dealers don't understand the term 'ready to buy'...i was buying outright; no trade or finance and wanted their best price and they didn't want to negotiate. i kept getting told to come back when i was ready to buy...helloooooo...if i have the money in the bank; know what i want; then i'm ready to buy!!!
it was an awful experience; two days of haggling that was very stressful.
i'm a tough dealer at the best of times, but i still hated this experience.
Best price on a brand new Yaris Sedan? $22,900 Driveaway expensive?
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I bought my yaris at Cornes Toyota last year and had an unexpectedly positive experience. I had been haggling between 5 Adelaide dealerships and Cornes was the ONLY dealership that treated me decently. Like you, i would recommend them.
Once i got down to my lowest price (excluding extras; i was leaving that as my last bargaining tool), i rang a broker in Sydney who negotiated a cheaper price along with all the extras i wanted (headlight covers; floor mats; mud flaps; scuff guards & both weather shields). I ended up paying $17,705 for a 2006 yr auto metallic blue 3 door hatch. The broker was the best $200 i've spent when buying a major purchase. Dealers love women....they try their best to intimidate and rip them off.
I felt very vulnerable being a female buyer...and not without cause. i had one dealership behave very unethically by trapping my in an office with the manage sitting in front of me and the salesman sitting behind me pressuring me to sign on the dotted line immediately. they would not give me a price to negotiate with. obviously i didn't buy from them. this bullying tactic went on for 2 hours.
I had a city toyota dealer behave rudely and i walked away when he refused to negotiate.
for some reason dealers don't understand the term 'ready to buy'...i was buying outright; no trade or finance and wanted their best price and they didn't want to negotiate. i kept getting told to come back when i was ready to buy...helloooooo...if i have the money in the bank; know what i want; then i'm ready to buy!!!
it was an awful experience; two days of haggling that was very stressful.
i'm a tough dealer at the best of times, but i still hated this experience.
my advice; use a car broker.