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R.I.P my GMC

New Tacoma Owner here Kinda long Post, sorry

Well I did it. Went out today and traded my 4 year old gmc in on a Tacoma. I am or should I say I WAS a DIE HARD GM man, UNTIL today. I picked up a fully loaded 08 double cab trd 4x4 4.0 liter Tacoma. It was a special order that they got in, and the guy backed out. it has everything, heated leather seats, blue tooth, back up camera jbl sound system. I first test drove the trd rugged country package, and it shook so bad threw the steer wheel, (felt like there was a problem with front end), then i drove the one I got. I LOVE IT I always wanted a Tacoma BUT never could work a deal. With my trade in they were talking like 600.00 a month, i left there 5 hrs later with a 375 a month payment for 60 months and have a 5 yr

75,000 mile service plan. Sorry for long post, I AM SO FREAKING HAPPY tho. Just had to share this.
Reply to
Charles H.
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sorry you stepped down to such an inferior vehicle and are sattled with expensive payments.

Reply to
I'm Right

Inferior? Sattled?

Reply to
bearman

Be easy on him, he's posting while taking drive-thru orders.

If he concentrates too much on posting, someone might get a Big Beef Burrito Supreme instead of the Taco Salad he or she wanted.

Reply to
B A R R Y

The Taco is a basic, inexpensive truck, kinda surprised at the high payment you have to make. But whatever makes you happy I guess.

Reply to
johngdole
375 is high?? for a fully loaded v6 4x4? I thought it was low.
Reply to
Charles H.

Tell me about it...

It's a truck in the $30,000 ballpark.

Reply to
B A R R Y

Maybe reading and comprehending the details in his message will eliminate your surprise.

What would you define as not basic, hover capability? Auto park?

Reply to
B A R R Y

well sticker was right at 34,000 as i said it was a special order that the guy didnt want, he wanted a thundra instead.

Reply to
Charles H.

LOL, since when has the sticker price had any relevance to the price. You bargain down from the invoice price, not down from sticker or down from invoice.

From your original post it seems like you were more concerned with the monthly payments than the total cost. Car dealers love that.

Reply to
SMS

i wasnt concerned with anything, it was the guy that posted to this that was.

Reply to
Charles H.

I don't doubt your deal. We only get to check places like edmunds.com and kbb.com in these discussions. I agree with sms that invoice means nothing but a way to get you to pay more.

I added the options listed blow to the $26,115 one and still come out with "Customer Cash Adjusted True Market Value" of: ~$28,500. Check

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Maybe it's the tax and license and interest cost plus dealer profit.

Taco has good reviews on edmunds.com, however, the el cheapo 4-cyl are about $14-18K. The most expensive ones listed on Edmunds.com:

2008 Toyota Tacoma Crew Cab Pickup Truck (Double Cab) V6 60.3" 4WD 4.0L V6 Manual $24,735 V6 60.3" 4WD 4.0L V6 Auto $25,615 V6 73.5" 4WD 4.0L V6 Auto $26,115

Option packages added:

SL SR5 Package #2 $1,525 $1,220 $1,290 VD Vehicle Stability Control w/Automatic Limited Slip Differential $950 $817 $848 TO Towing Package $650 $520 $550 GY Curtain Side Airbags $650 $559 $580 EJ JBL In-Dash 6-CD Premium Audio $560 $420 $452 AL 16" Aluminum Wheels $400 $320 $338 LD Limited Slip Differential $390 $322 $338 DZ Deluxe Audio In-Dash 6-CD Changer $200 $150 $161

Reply to
johngdole

"Fully loaded", as the OP stated, in Toyota lingo means at least one of the TRD packages. You conveniently left that off in your "research".

Also, the OP stated he has leather, Blue Tooth, and a backup camera, which also means some sort of DVD player or touch screen stereo display. All are "port" or locally installed options available only from certain dealers or dealers that deal with certain regional distributors. The prices of those options are not available on Edmunds.

Even if you did your research more thoroughly, the actual quality of the transaction is still an unknown without the details of the OP's trade-in. I believe his trade was a GMC, which could have a widely varying value based on the ala-carte method by which GM trucks are optioned.

I see jealous people...

Reply to
B A R R Y

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