Is there a decent Toyota dealer around here?

[White_lightning]

Why not talk to Skip @ Grapevine ford about one of the new Fusion hybrids. they get close milage to the prius and are a MUCH nicer car.

[redfiveohconv]

I know of a Texas Toyota in Irving, my boss has bought two cars from there. Said they take good care of him... but he pays full price (he got $$$).

[bcoop]

I know of a Texas Toyota in Irving, my boss has bought two cars from there. Said they take good care of him... but he pays full price (he got $$$).

Toyota of Irving. Not Texas Toyota.

[Treybiz]

Back to the top for this...

Looking for a '12 4-runner for mom. I never saw Skip chime in, can he help avoid the chaos at Texas Toyota?

[mustang_revival]

Toyota of Richardson is good too.

[Gaber]

Toyota of Richardson is good too.

I went there to look at some Tacos. Not impressed. But ended up buying a new Tundra from Pat Lobb in McKinney. Great price, and easy to deal with. I sat down with the GM and told him exactly what I wanted, and what price I needed.

Plus, I got $1K in cordless power tools shipped to me, some incentive they're doing this month. So that was good.

[Grape]

Bought a new Prius 4 today from Vandergriff in Arlington. Even though I had spoken to them on the 'net/phone and had the deal somewhat underway, it was still a 3 hour ass whoopin' by the time we finished not including the drive in from Canton and back home.

We got to within $150.00 of what we really wanted to pay which ended up representing MSRP less about $500.00.

The car is great, the deal was OK for us, not spectacular, but still OK, and I'm sure the dealership made out alright as well.

I would just hate to go in (anywhere) to buy a car unarmed... we had good pricing info on the car we wanted, plus competitive trade-in bids on ours as well.

It was a long day, I'm beat.

mardyn

Ronnie Whitlock (owner of vandergriff toyota) is a close personal friend and a bigtime ford car collector.

[mardyn]

The buying process over there was both arduous and exhausting for us. Although we came away with an "OK" deal, we'll likely not make another purchase there in the future.

mardyn

[Grape]

The buying process over there was both arduous and exhausting for us. Although we came away with an "OK" deal, we'll likely not make another purchase there in the future.

mardyn

sorry to hear, i wish i could have gotten you in touch with ronnie first, not that it would have made anything better, but you never know.

[jluv]

Yep. Van Tuyl owns Grapevine Ford, Texas Toyota and Texas Nissan.

Things may have changed (doubtful) in the past 10 years or so, but I got a car sales job when I was between jobs for a while, and it was at a Van Tuyl dealership (Crest Cadillac in Plano). The Van Tuyl training was ridiculous. They essentially train you to be a sleezebag. They were also flooding the floor at that time (hired at least 5 times more people than they need - pissed off the tenured guys, gave little hope for the new guys, made everyone into vultures, and really ran off some customers), which is a tactic that seems very counterproductive, imo.

Skip is great to deal with, but I normally cringe when I hear "Van Tuyl".

[Quake5.0]

Stay far away from Jim McNatt Toyota in Denton!!! It will be a waste of time while they circle jerk you around! Not to mention their turnover in all but upper management is crazy!

[saleen449]

I would recommend Toyota of Richardson first. I have hookups there. PM me your contact info for those who need a Toyota and I will try to hook it up.

VT Dealers are controlled by their GM/Partner. Just like any other dealership, some run better than others. It's all in how the GM wants his business run.

[Pooter]

I would recommend Toyota of Richardson first. I have hookups there. PM me your contact info for those who need a Toyota and I will try to hook it up.

VT Dealers are controlled by their GM/Partner. Just like any other dealership, some run better than others. It's all in how the GM wants his business run.

Yep, Grapevine Ford and Grapevine Collision are class acts, even the mechanic shop at Grapevine Toyota have always treated my parents right, but their sales team isnt the best, and ive heard it from plenty of people thru out the years...
But a lot of dealerships dont have people like you and Purdy that go the extra mile to make the deal and AFTER the sale service.