2025 Grand Highlander

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My wife is not super happy with me for punting on this - so could use some more background. I think we will like a Grand Highlander Hybrid 2025 AWD coming from a late 2010 Pacifica. Someone made a comment that Toyota didn’t put any money into the lease budget to move these cars? Is there any additional color? Could this be a regional thing?

I remain willing to fly to pick up a car from the midwest (for example) to get below the MSRP+ rates of the North East, but if the long/short is 15K mpy is still going to leave me north of $700 a month in the current market, maybe I need to find a new reality…

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Don’t lease this, just buy it…

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Check our broker deals in the Marketplace.

:backhand_index_pointing_up: :backhand_index_pointing_up: What they said.

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This is not a lease friendly vehicle. That being said, it is a great SUV to buy.

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700/mo doesn’t get you a gas highlander xle…

That being said if you decide to buy everyone in the northeast is msrp or higher on grand hybrids.

I have some that can be shipped to you at around 2000-3000 off

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You should compare the GH to the Sienna and Carnival.

All three are realistically purchase-only so choose the best one for your needs.

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When did you come back to LH??? :slight_smile:

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I’ve been looking into buying one of these last month and it’s MSRP at best and dealers think it’s pure gold at worst.

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I’ve been doing $1000 over invoice on them for the last month. Def cheapest in the country.

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thank you. Way off topic, but are there any benchmarks on safety for comparison again TSS3.0.. even mental items that you think about.

In the end for about 8 more years I need a:

  • people mover of large amounts of stuff
  • ideally one that driving cross country shares some of the burden

Carnival / Sienna are great alternatives, but…

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From a “this is a specialist forum” perspective, am I missing some obvious financing hack if I did want to cycle this car out after 3-4 years/60K miles? Paying a bunch up front or paying down slow, it’s still cash out the door that could be working elsewhere.. ? vs a lease which is in principal leaving X% to be someone elses problem..

Or is it really just that you buy this car to hold on to it. Not trying to be difficult, just wondering if I’m missing something nuanced…

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Toyotas hold their value pretty well. So even if you were planning of only keeping the car for not more than 4 years, you will have a lot more equity when it came time to sell.

@NJL - Have you actually run lease numbers on this car, assuming sale price is MSRP?

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What’s the MSRP of the car you are looking at?

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I’m in the NE (aka the twilight zone) for an on-the-lot Hybrid XLE - what I got back for an OTDN locally.

Base MSRP * $46,980.00
Factory Installed Packages & Accessories -$1,825.00
Port Installed Packages & Accessories $1,282.00
Delivery Processing and Handling $1,450.00
Dealer Adjustments $1.00
Total Advertised Price $51,538.00
51,538 + 2K + 53,537 + tax (4,486.40) + Dmv (320) + Doc (175) = OTDN 58,158.40

so a MSRP of 46K doesn’t bother me, it’s the bolt-on-crazy towns out here that bother me.

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That’s the base MSRP before factory installed accessories and processing & handling fee.

What’s this charge for?

Have you shopped other dealers in your area?

:backhand_index_pointing_up::backhand_index_pointing_up:

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They hold their value extremely well. I would pay cash as most financing rates are 5-7% and the ROI in stocks is only about 8%. That isn’t worth the risk to me. Not to mention, this could be a vehicle that can last you 12-15 years and 300,000 miles. That is all baked into the selling price. If you want a vehicle for just the next 3 years, lease something that well, leases well lol.

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I’m not sure you’ve understood what MSRP is. It’s the total number including options and destination, not the base number. Post the window sticker.

Your other line items are tax and dmv (non negotiable) and a very reasonable doc fee.

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The site was getting too positive and needed some healthy depression

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It really is that simple. In the absence of a hacked lease, the best hack is just to own cars for longer.

Toyota oem warranty extensions are also really cheap when you search online.

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I guess I don’t understand why you would get this at these prices. What is the advantage of this model? I had a 2018 Highlander that I was mostly happy with (my 2021 Pilot had absolutely nothing wrong with it when I returned it, the Highlander had some minor issues). Although I did like the way the Highlander looked and drove. At this price I would sooner get an MDX or a Volvo XC90 unless I am missing something?

I am currently in the market for a 7 passenger upper level SUV in this category and that is what I am looking at instead

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What price are we talking about here