Thread: Hilux 4x4 double cab SR $39k

Originally Posted by Ean Austral

Toyota has always considered A/C as an extra, even on the 200 series.


A friend who is a Toyota fanatic go sick of it after several vehicles , so when he ordered his 200 series and the salesman said A/C cost $xx he said he would have it without A/C.


The result was an extra $1000 less for a 200 series with A/C as they are all built with it and the dealer didn't want to spent the time and $$ removing it.


I have no reason to doubt the person that told me that story.


Cheers Ean

I don't doubt that either, that is what surprised me so much that this Hilux had no A/C. I would assume all arrive here with factory A/C and it becomes a money spinning easy way to add a few grand to the bottom line as surely <5% of buyers would opt for no A/C. There'd probably even be a special order lead time for one without A/C.

A GMH dealer I used to work at was very happy at the time as they had managed to get the cost of fitting air con by their workshop to be the same as factory, that was the early 90's. If toymota dealers do the same, it's constant work for their staff, with their dealer margin thrown in.

Originally Posted by Ean Austral

Toyota has always considered A/C as an extra, even on the 200 series.


A friend who is a Toyota fanatic go sick of it after several vehicles , so when he ordered his 200 series and the salesman said A/C cost $xx he said he would have it without A/C.


The result was a $1000 less for a 200 series with A/C as they are all built with it and the dealer didn't want to spent the time and $$ removing it.


I have no reason to doubt the person that told me that story.


Cheers Ean

Yep that's true, my missus was the fleet officer for DECC(National Parks) A/C is an option on Toyotas and if you don't want A/C, they charge to remove it, trust me if you don't tick that box, you will get a Toyota without A/C, Kerry found that out with a phone call asking was she sure about not having A/C, the phone call was a curtousy call about the other mods she wanted, the A/C was mentioned by the girl, she thought it was odd that they didn't want A/C

That lead to another 1/2 an hour on the phone making sure it did come with A/C

Baz.

Just received an SR as part of my package.

I assumed AC was standard, Toyota bar, driving lights, UHF, Toyota canopy, tow bar, start and battery isolator, jump start Anderson plug, flashing light......$44k. Now I'm assuming there is a fleet discount I'm there somewhere.

I find the Toyota better than the BT my team has.

I have knocked up 6000 km in eight weeks and the seat are fine, in fact it goes pretty good.

Originally Posted by PAT303

What cave have you been hiding in?,A/C,cloth seats,floor mats,auto,metalic paint etc etc blah blah have been added on costs with Oh what a Recall since day dot.Get a price on a dual cab 79 series,take some heart pills first. Pat

Toyota - means "less car for more money" in Australia , but I do like "oh what a Recall"

When I first started in the PMG all the vehicles supplied had their radios removed. Management thought they were too distracting. Plus no air conditioning. If you went to the vehicle workshops there were piles of radios sitting there.