Recommended dealers for norcal?

[timetoeatpotatoes]

Hey all ready to start actually shopping and visiting dealers, looking at a Trailhunter or possibly a hybrid offroad premium.

I'm in SF bay area. Anyone have any recommendations on dealers to check out? I'm willing to drive 3-5 hours or so, I have feeling delaers local to the bay will either be marked up to the hilt or have a huge waiting list.

Trying to get as close to MSRP and avoid as many dealer addons as I can but understand the demand.

Thanks for any tips!

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[YourOnlineHero]

Hey all ready to start actually shopping and visiting dealers, looking at a Trailhunter or possibly a hybrid offroad premium.

I'm in SF bay area. Anyone have any recommendations on dealers to check out? I'm willing to drive 3-5 hours or so, I have feeling delaers local to the bay will either be marked up to the hilt or have a huge waiting list.

Trying to get as close to MSRP and avoid as many dealer addons as I can but understand the demand.

Thanks for any tips!

IMO, your best bet to get started would be looking at the Toyota website to see what Tacoma Hybrid models are currently in stock at dealers around you. Can always adjust the search to expand your options as well. I know most Toyota dealers in the Central Valley of California are doing markups on the Trail Hunter and TRD PRO ranging from 5k-10k depending on what dealer you ask. All of the dealers I’ve spoken with (Bakersfield, Visalia, Hanford, Selma, Clovis and Fresno) all have markups on the Trail Hunter and TRD PRO. Some of these dealers also have a wait list too. So you might have to call dealers if you want a Trail Hunter or TRD PRO. However, I’m unsure if Toyota dealers are doing markups on the new Tacoma hybrids that are not Trail Hunters or TRD PRO. Hope this helps.

 

[jaslim]

One Toyota in Oakland generally doesn't do markups even for halo trims - you can see their inventory on Toyota's site as well. Naturally as a consequence there's a long waitlist.

AutoNation Hayward does markups but significantly less than other dealers, and they don't nickel/dime with other PIO/DIOs.

Every other dealer in the NorCal region I've talked to are ridiculous with markups.

 

[guitarist alec]

I can recommend Habibi at Hansel Toyota in Petaluma. . . hard working young man . . . he couldn’t get me my build be he sure tried

 

[P00678chap]

Got my OR Premium at Toyota of Marin in San Rafael. MSRP pricing, not sure if there would not be mark-ups on TH or Pro. Good luck!

 

[TRD _Rob]

Had very great experience when I bought my OR at Stevens Creek Toyota in San Jose. They did advertise a ADM but got rid of it immediately when I said I would continue looking.

 

[timetoeatpotatoes]

appreciate everyone's advice! I'll be starting calling and visiting this weekend.

 

[TacosR4me]

Hey all ready to start actually shopping and visiting dealers, looking at a Trailhunter or possibly a hybrid offroad premium.

I'm in SF bay area. Anyone have any recommendations on dealers to check out? I'm willing to drive 3-5 hours or so, I have feeling delaers local to the bay will either be marked up to the hilt or have a huge waiting list.

Trying to get as close to MSRP and avoid as many dealer addons as I can but understand the demand.

Thanks for any tips!

I have an ice cap long bed I’m thinking of selling for a short bed. 81miles

 

[Bluznvice]

Elk Grove for sure, Marin but their finance department is sketchy, Jimmy Vasser in Napa. All charged MSRP but of course wanted to push dealer add ones.

 

[JHTeacher]

Hey all ready to start actually shopping and visiting dealers, looking at a Trailhunter or possibly a hybrid offroad premium.

I'm in SF bay area. Anyone have any recommendations on dealers to check out? I'm willing to drive 3-5 hours or so, I have feeling delaers local to the bay will either be marked up to the hilt or have a huge waiting list.

Trying to get as close to MSRP and avoid as many dealer addons as I can but understand the demand.

Thanks for any tips!

If you don't mind traveling a little further I highly recommend Klamath Falls Toyota in Oregon, which is only 19 miles over the California/Oregon border. This is where I purchased the exact truck I was looking for and they were amazing to conduct business with. The only hybrid off road premium they have listed on their website has a sale pending (it is an bronze oxide truck), but it looks like they may still have a trailhunter available. It is listed at $5,000 above MSRP. I have included the link:

https://www.klamathfallstoyota.com/...falls-OR-608096c5ac184fd804b4da7a16b9c93b.htm

Wishing you much luck on your search!

 

[RollingThunder]

I was in the same boat about a month ago until I got mine. Like someone suggested, check the toyota website for your area to see who has what. I was also checking an allocation list that is floating around. It looked like Freeman in Santa Rosa had pretty good inventory. Also check out City Toyota in Daly City. They are part of the Costco Auto Program which I highly recommend. THe program was offering up to $3800 off MSRP which is about what I ended up getting. More than what other dealers were offering. Working with the Costco program eliminates the haggling and upsell because dealers cannot adjust the markup or change the discount. Only thing they can do to get some money back from you is sell you extended warranties. All it took was filling out a form on Costco's website and then they refer you to a dealer. In my case, it was City Toyota. I called some other dealers to see if they could do a Costco discount or match up and they either weren't in the program or could not match it.

 

[timetoeatpotatoes]

Are the hybrids and halo trims available via the costco program?

 

[YourOnlineHero]

Are the hybrids and halo trims available via the costco program?

I’m unsure if Costco’s auto program has access to hybrid Tacoma’s considering most dealers barely have any hybrid tacoma’s in stock at the moment, but it never hurts to ask especially if you end up paying below MSRP. Keep us posted for anyone else who might be curious about using the Costco auto program. What Tacoma are you interested in?

 

[timetoeatpotatoes]

Ideal would be a bronze oxide short bed trailhunter but I'm also really looking at the TRD offroad hybrid with premium package. I'd be satisfied if I could get it at MSRP. Have a feeling the hybrids will all be pretty hard to come by.

 

[YourOnlineHero]

Ideal would be a bronze oxide short bed trailhunter but I'm also really looking at the TRD offroad hybrid with premium package. I'd be satisfied if I could get it at MSRP. Have a feeling the hybrids will all be pretty hard to come by.

Sounds like a sweet truck. A broker named Jim recently posted a trailhunter at MSRP 1k broker fee a day or two ago. I don’t recall the color or bed length. Considering most dealers are charging a 5-15k markup, might not be a bad idea. Let me try to find that post

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