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    Well it's finally a done deal. Papers signed off and now the wait begins. I think the Rep will sleep well tonight - I put him through his paces for the last week and secured a pretty good deal and is fixed price - they wanted us to sign paperwork allowing them to put the prices up if their costs went up 'That's standard for all OEM's now' he smoothly pointed out - that took some doing but I bought 2 of them and there's 6 techs Hiluxs that will need replacing at some stage so I think the lure of that made them bend in the end - it was a hard no until I gave them a hard no and I was back at the Yota dealership when they called saying they may be able to help us... Always be prepared to walk away...

    I told them that very much depends on them not ****ing this order up and what I think of the car after 6 months of driving it, so there's plenty that could still make this a one off purchase but I'm mostly happy - getting out of a dual cab would have been ideal but after 12 years of driving Hiluxs I can try something different that had more features than just pedals and a steering wheel like the Yota does...

    Appreciate everyone's input as always - happy for this thread to go back to an Isuzu and Yota slanging thread now.
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    You have done well to have them agree a fixed price. Here in the UK prices have gone up as the supply demand equation has flipped due to lack of supply. Last 10 years massive over supply with manufacturers fighting for all sales. UK was only part of ‘Europe’ who were buying so they all wanted some of the sales pie to keep the factories going.

    Manufacturers subsidies had reached 20 to 30% are now gone. Seen a small van monthly payment go up by £100 per month as a result. Add to that long lead times and they are no longer guaranteeing prices to the dealers. So you do not know what the price or payment will be until vehicle reaches the dealer in a few months time.

    What you can guarantee is that once you have ordered it will not go down. No fun for the customer or the dealer. How do you sell something when you do not know what the price is going to be?

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    I'm still not clear on what it is you actually chose...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tins View Post
    I'm still not clear on what it is you actually chose...
    Dmax I reckon Tins. Cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by ozscott View Post
    Dmax I reckon Tins. Cheers
    I "reckon" too, but he's always a little cryptic.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tins View Post
    I'm still not clear on what it is you actually chose...
    That makes two of us - lol
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    Keep up you two - a couple of pages back is a pic of the X terrain Dmax - that’s identical to what I’m getting. School me on commercial vehicles.School me on commercial vehicles.
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    Quote Originally Posted by chuck View Post
    That makes two of us - lol
    DId you miss it .... He got himself a brand new V8 range rover sport with all the fruit.
    Proper cars--
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    '11 Poogoe RCZ HDI 6spd manual

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    Quote Originally Posted by DoubleChevron View Post
    DId you miss it .... He got himself a brand new V8 range rover sport with all the fruit.
    That will be a huge long wait,a mate just cancelled an order as there are more delays on their way.
    And more costs and less fruit

    FWIW,the next model,just around the corner is EV only

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    The latest to enter the fray in Aus.......F150 Pre-Order - Q Ford priced from $120 000 from what I can tell.
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