Thank you for everyone's input. It was extremely helpful in bagging my next car purchase.

ended up getting a RX350 (White/Noble brown leather)

MSRP: $55,499
Sales price: $48,107 (13.3% off MSRP)
OTD price $51,562.70

 

Solid deal. Congrats!!

 

Just drove home a RX350 blue/gray. MSRP: 50,644. Sales Price 43,287 ~ 14.6% off MSRP. Out the door 46,500. Probably would have paid 48800 without reading everyone's stories here. Thanks all

 

Hi all! I am a first-time poster and hope to be a first time owner of a Lexus! Thanks so much for all the great information on this thread. I was planning to contact Justin at Nalley but I was wondering if there were other dealers in the area that anyone would suggest for the 350. In particular, does anyone have a contact at Gwinnett/Atlanta, Hendrick/charlotte, or any other dealers in the area that could offer a competitive price?

Also, does anyone have any thoughts on whether to wait for the summer event from Lexus versus purchasing now?

Finally, my local dealer was suggesting the following add-ons: nitrogen for the tires, tint for the windows, and a "Digi Shield" protection for the car, all of which totaled several hundred dollars. Are any of these necessary/suggested? Thanks so much for everyone's help!

Bob

 

does this look close?

 

Finally struck a deal! After negotiating down to $51,500 out the door on a $54,199 msrp AWD premium RX350, I decided to see how far I could go with the Luxury package $61,257 MSRP (white w/black interior). We were able to negotiate to $58,800 out the door. So, we got the MSRP down to around $55K for around 10% off of MSRP which was about as good as it gets around here, I guess. Even though the deal for the premium package was a tad better, I didn't want to have any regrets of not going with all of the options as I plan to keep the vehicle for a long time. Overall, we had 3 dealers quoting. Dealer A offered $62k out the door for the luxury package, dealer B offered 60K, and dealer C offered $58,800 (Dealer A offered a hail mary for $58,500 at the last minute for a non-preferred color combo...$300 not worth saving). For Dealer A we visited in person and test drove, Dealer B we worked with primarily by phone as it was the furthest away, and Dealer C was 99% negotiated via email with the only call being to say we were on our way to pick up the car. I know that we could have gotten a better deal if we had traveled a bit, but one dealer was sweetening the deal for services that we would never be able to take advantage of based on the distance So, we stuck to one within an hour drive. I really wanted to buy a used one and even found one at an online dealer based out of Marietta, GA for $47,990 (http://www.momentummotorcars.com/det...-16513704.html) the online reviews I found were mostly positive. I literally combed the country looking for the best deals, but the holder of the checkbook decided she wanted to stay within a few hours. Our dealer told us that Cincinnati and Los Angeles were the most saturated car markets as there were more dealerships per capita than anywhere else, but I didn't find it to be a good point to make since the best deals seem to come out of California. This is the second car I've bought via email exchange, and I feel like it's the right way to go.

 

Do you mind sharing what dealer you got this from? I'm in the market fully loaded F-Sport as well.

 

How was your experience in purchasing the RX 350 from Lexus of Silver Spring compared to the other Lexus area dealers in the DMV? Also, please let know your sales guy as I'm planning on heading that way this weekend.

 

Dave,
I placed a special order through Lexus of Silver Spring early last week. I’m working with Sam Kim and Andreas Tsirkos, they both have been excellent throughout the entire process so far, very personable too. I compared pricing with the Lexus dealers in Alexandria, Towson, Annapolis and Owings Mills. The pricing on special order the F-Sport that I want from the dealers was all within a few hundred dollars of each other. I decided on Lexus of Silver Spring because I live in Silver Spring, and Sam and Andreas have been great to work with.

Cheers,
Jason

 

Jason - Thank you for the information. I have been entertaining more lately on the possibility of upgrading to a new F-Sport.

R,
Mike

 

Great deal! I am in Dallas TX and am looking at purchasing. Who and which dealership did you contact to get this deal? What process did you used to get this deal. Appreciate your insight.

 

I would like to know which dealership this was at as well. If you could kindly share your sales rep, that would be greatly appreciated.

 

I'm just beginning the process looking for a 36 month zero down lease with the use of MSD's in the Phoenix- Tucson area. The preliminary responses I have gotten don't compare anywhere close to what I'm seeing here from posters who have gotten deals done. Generally in the 5-7% discount off MSRP and m'f's in the 0.008 to 0.00120 range. Some don't know what MSD's are.

Any positive recent Arizona transaction history would be greatly appreciated. TIA

 

Good Deal. What was your out the door pricing?

 

deleted, Way to many PM. Lets keep it simple... Her deals have been previous mentioned on this thread like this: