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alright thiss is the car i purchased yesterday. http://www.bennetttoyotapa.com/certified/Toyota/2007-Toyota-Camry-Allentown-9192ff850a0a006400f264c63d5f2572.htm was an hour drive to get to had to think long and hard about it. 2007 se model has about 32k miles on it. Runs great. When i went to check it out I noticed it had some blemishes that rubbed me the wrong way. For one the lower left bumper had a scratch on it someone hit a curb or something while parking hard to notice unless you get down low. Also the bumper itself seemed to be very slightly shifted like it needed to be situated and clipped on. Also there is a slight discoloration on the right corner area of the spoiler. Both headlights are like a quarter oxidized on the top part. The interior looks good but around the handle some fading or wear is shown. On the top hood somewhat of a dent hard to see and hard to feel like really really hard to notice. The 3rd cup holder i suppose you could call it. the cover doesn'tclose just pops back so something is up with the spring or the lock mechanism. There were other issues that I had to address. But basically they didn't want to come down on the price anymore. It was a long drive I wasn't happy with what i saw compared to the photos of what I saw before I took the trip up there. Before I went i told them could get do 13k they said the best they could do is 14.5 and i told them i had a trade in, they said bring it in we'll see what we can offer. I figure they can offer me a 1000 since other places have offered me a 1000. I get there we get down to the prices they're claiming they said 14.9 and they want to give me 500 for my car i told them no. so they bumped it to 1000 so 13.9 then i told them about the car issues and they bumped it to 13.5 but wouldn't go any lower. The manager told me that I could schedule an appointment with them free of charge i bring it in they resolve the little issues that they can like the bumper maybe some paint and they said the oxidization they have tools and cleaning solutions for that. It was such a hectic day I forgot to get it in writing so I do hope he honors what he said I will call them on monday to schedule since before i left he said just talk to the person who sold me the car about it. But yea I felt like it was a good deal a little bit cheaper would've been better but what can ya do. My other issue is when i got home i read some of the contract and some things didn't make sense like the price but a few more minutes later it made sense i have to look it over again just to mke sure i guess they do the max price then deduct it that way or something just odd. One form they had me sign which was a form the finance director ran out to have me sign before I got in the car to head home. Was called a buyers guide. had waranty checked under it but had limited warranty checked under that. and basically it says the dealer will pay 0% of the labor and 0% of the parts for the covered systems that fail during the warranty period. and under systems covered: says toyota certified used powertrain warranty - 7 years / 100,000 miles from original in service date. I don't get that it's a certified pre owned car so there's a warranty on it basically the aount of time left on the original warrany. If they're not paying to get it fixed then I would have to right? if so then how is it a warranty? i'll have to call them and see. Still gotta look at this funny math like when it's all said and done doesn't seem like i saved anything lol. here are some pictures I took. one has the bumper scratch i was talking about. http://img253.imageshack.us/i/img1643u.jpg/ http://img529.imageshack.us/i/img1645x.jpg/ http://img521.imageshack.us/i/img1646n.jpg/ http://img502.imageshack.us/i/img1638m.jpg/ any help or info you guys could give would be much appreciated.

Well I checked out this 2010 camry se v54 red today. they were selling it for 17.9 or so i was hoping they'd go down in the price they shaved off about a 1000 but i didn't want it mainy due to the fact that it had no sunroof. I thought all se's came with a sunroof standard? but maybe because all the sunroof's up to now that i saw had sunroof's. but on top of that all their camry's on that lot even their xle models didn't have sunroofs. I have to really reearch more they offered me 1000 for my car as i expected them to. I need to find out about toyota's power train warranty and see exactly hat it covers if it's even worth it or not. and do i pay for the labor and not the part or do i not pay for the part and labor if it's covered under warranty. so much research my head hurtslol.

that is some good information. Yea i feel like at best they'd go 3k lower in price. since i've been going around and checking out different cars and dealers 3k seems to be the sweet spot. but some dealers do have a higher mark up but like you said that's not many. financing would be my best option unless i actually had the cash to pay for the car outright. leasing sounds good but that's why i want to maintain this car. if i can take care of it until it's all done and financed off. i can keep the regular maintenance going and still end up on top because i'm not leasing a newer car. yea but you are right either way it's an investment. thank you for the info guys. really appreciate it :-)

thanks man and yea i have to baby this car to insure it lasts a long time. and yea that volvo looks sweet :-)

that's really good man i hope to be able to keep mine mint condition looking and feel. i bought a crappy used lexus i got it checked out wa informed it was unning well no major issues just soem minor. but those minor turned out to be real expensive. then the engine and tranny went. and now the tranny is about to go again. i can'tmake the car look any better without dishing in some money for new seats pain t and what not. but i'vve been trying to improve the car internally. fixing the engine and tranny and what not isssues. you woudn't believe the headache. not worth it and i can't take anymore and i doubt this car will make it into 2011 without me dishing out some more money.

lol that's very interesting. yea i'd have to save though to get the money to buy the car. problem is my car is failing i do need another car and i rather have the piece of mind than just buying something cheaper and having to run into issues without a long warranty. been through two failing cars. don't want a 3rd anytime soon. but in terms of financing this i can give it a shot see if they won't do the tax that would be nice and i'll just say the trade in is off the table and see what they can do before i put it back on the table in that sense i think you're right that can play a key role. but my car is crap 149k miles rear interior is fine front is horrid all these problems i'd be lucky to even get 2,000 for it since it's a 1995 vehicle. but yea thanks for the info i will look into doing that :-)

Hey i'm new to this forum and I'm in the market for a camry. I want to get a 2007-2010 Camry SE. I'm trying to find the best deal i can some places have 2010's that cost less than the 2007's so that's why that's my range. Basically Yea i'm interested in the camry se model the v4. not looking for speed but it is important. more worried about fuel efficiency. I test drove one and fell in love. Basically i want to know if anyone has any tips for me on how I could get the best deal. So far it seems like in terms of price I can talk them down about 3000 dollars. Anyone know any helpful hints or tricks of the trade to better assist me in getting a good deal? I plan on financing and i have my 95 lexus es300 that i want to trade in has about 149k miles. it's in fair condition kbb says 1275 for it one dealership offered me 1100 so that's not so bad. Any help would be appreciated thanks. Also any info on best way to maintain it? i think i'll just go to the dealer for everything. oil changes and tires and brakes but i know it's going to cost me more but i want to baby the hell out of this because after 2 troublesome vehicles i want a problem free car. i even plan to get the rubber floor and trunk mats lol. but yea any info on how to keep it well maintained or what's best recommended i appreciate it. thanks for your time and help. I am going to a dealership friday a 2010 camry se with about 27k miles on it. in red it's about 17.8g going to try and talk them down it'd be nice if we could et down to 13g but that's probably impossible lol.