End of the month a good time to order new vehicle? You bet
Submitted: Friday, Feb 29, 2008 at 21:38
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Member - Norm C (QLD)
Well a couple of weeks of research, deep thought and financial calculations culminated in a couple of days of negotiation. I ended up with the two local Toyota dealers competing heavily for my business and both wanting to do a deal before the end of the month. I ordered a new 70 Series 4.5V8 TD GLX Cab Chassis yesterday.
I think I ended up with an excellent deal (for a Toyota). Over $8,000 off RRP for the package and a very good trade in price on the Hilux. They will hold the trade in price till the end of August as long as I don't add more tha 15,000KM. I'm free to sell privatetely beforehand, but having a reasonable trade-in price to fall back on is a great safety net.
Not concerned about the 4 to 6 months delivery delay as we are heading for the NT for a fishing trip in a couple of weeks and don't plan on being back till August.
I'll get a GVM upgrade to 3,700KG (400 increase) before reg.
Also ordered a canopy for it today. They also were keen to make a sale before the end of the month and rang back this afternoon to look to do a deal. Got a reasonable deal there as
well under the circumstances.
With the investment, this rig will need to last a loooooong time.
So if your looking for a new vehicle, wait till the end of the month, particularly in a historically slow sales month like Feb.
Norm C
Reply By: Member - Norm C (QLD) - Saturday, Mar 01, 2008 at 09:31
Saturday, Mar 01, 2008 at 09:31
ARB and Lovell both have certified GVM upgrades for this vehicle. The modification and certification must be done before the vehicle is registered for compliance to be certified and the compliance plate fixed to the vehicle.
The Lovell upgrade is to 3,900KG (600KG increase). The ARB upgrade is to 3,700KG (400KG increase). It may be possible (don't know) to upgrade after registration, but no by the process I'm using.
The original payload is approx 1,300KG. So it increases to 1,700KG with ARB and 1,900KG with Lovell.
Fitting has to be by a certified fitter. Lovell have no certified fitters on the
Gold Coast, so the vehicle would have to go to
Brisbane. ARB are able to do it on the
Gold Coast. Plus, I'm getting bullbar, sidebars, steps and Warn winch from ARB. I've arranged with the dealer for the vehicle to go to ARB for all those mods before it is registered.
The
suspension mods result in about a 2 inch lift with no load, but at full load, it returns to about standard hight. I'm told the ride is a bit stiff without a load on, but when a few hundred KG, it is fine. My canopy, drawer unit, bar work, winch, extra battery etc will give a permanent load of close to 400KG, even before I start packing for trips.
I have Firestone airbags on the Hilux, which are great. Have not decided for the L/C yet, but they can go on later if I think they are needed.
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