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2009 Corolla LE 15850 OTD in ATLANTA

by udo on Thu Jun 11 16:31:51 PDT 2009

Includes cruise control, keyless entry (factory), heavy duty heater package, carpet/trunk mats. Before taxes, title etc it's basically $14850 incl $1000 rebate. No college grad rebate included -you only get that if you're financing thru Toyota. Dealer was Cobb County Toyota in Kennesaw,GA. Very good to deal with - negotiated over the phone and he gave his best price with no gimmicks, even when I initially turned it down to try and get other offers. No pressure from salespeople to buy extended warranty-just a presentation of options. Also got a good quote using purely internet/email from Team Toyota in Lithia Springs - a few hundred less, but no options on car. Again, no pressure. Previously had bad experience with Sandy Springs Toyota -all sales gimmicks (mandatory envirogard added to price, advertised XLE car sold 2 weeks previously) and high pressure If you need more info: email to udonew@yahoo.com

2004 Mazda 3 ECT Sensor

by jmbeaz on Sat May 16 03:37:21 PDT 2009

Code P0128 - Possible faulty ECT Sensor. Where is it and can I replace it, or is it a Dealer issue?

Re: 09 Mazda 3 deal [igozoomzoom]

by mazdazed on Mon Apr 06 21:05:44 PDT 2009

If you like the styling and colors on the 2010 it would be worth 3k more especially considering that it will have a higher resale value than the 09. The Gunmetal Blue is nice. For me, the styling wins out on the 09 and the price incentives are there. I also prefer the cleaner more straight forward interior design on the 09. The instrumentation looks sparse on the 2010 but the car definitely has its advantages. The traffic on I75/I85 from Kennesaw into ATL was bad enough in the early 90's let alone now.

Re: I just made an offer on 08 Limited [richmonder]

by thl08 on Wed Nov 26 13:06:58 PST 2008

dealership is Cobb County Toyota in Kennesaw, GA. Worked deal with George Rollins, Finance Manager and/or Sales Manager. 1st got the ball rolling w/Jim Barkley T in Asheville, NC, where you will get a good deal. Then got matched deal here in Atlanta where I'm at from Sales Mgr (don't remember name) at Jim Reilly T/Union City, GA on a new classic silver metallic. Then got a slight better deal for a new, single-digit miles on odometer on my 2nd preference color, that cypress pearl from Stone Mountain T here. McDonough (GA) T and Cherokee County (GA) T sales mgrs claimed that they will out-do my final accepted deal at Cobb County, but neither had our 1st preference gray color. Also dealt w/3 other dealerships here who're not worth mentioning - dealing from MSRP. Sorry I don't have phone numbers or all the names as I had trashed a ton of papers gathered and used during my research/hunting/buying process. 90% of negotiating I did by phone. Hope this helps somebody.

Re: Purchased on Sat in Atlanta area [haqqani]

by Latenter on Tue Nov 25 11:03:59 PST 2008

I got my car at Cobb County Toyota (in Kennesaw, up 75), they were very friendly and not too pushy. Sandy Springs Toyota said they would match, they weren't as convenient for me. Also check out Cherokee county - they quoted to within $100 of the others. If you send out email requests to each of the dealers in the area, you should be able to see and compare who has what. Another nice thing about the emails is that I could forward them on to prove better offers available, so the dealers could compete against each other. Just make sure you get total out the door prices so they don't try to stick you with the extra doc fees/destination charges (several didn't include in their quotes.)

Re: What will Obama do about 55 [cdn_tch]

by grbeck on Fri Nov 14 13:24:31 PST 2008

cdn_tch: Most drivers aren't concerned because they don't think about it. They'll complain about how much it costs to fill their tank and then peel out of the gas station. Most people have figured out that, at higher speeds, vehicles do consume more gasoline. If they choose not to act on this information, that is their concern, not mine. The most productive approach to this sort of question is to not confuse individual whining with a need for a new law. cdn_tch: Pleasure, yes, I'll agree with that; Convenience, doubtful; Extra safety, no, speed increases risk We've been through this before; on limited access highways, higher speeds do no correlate to increased risk, and, if anything, faster drivers are safer than slower drivers. Unless we believe that a very limited number of accidents involving drivers who are not necessarily representative of every driver somehow "prove" otherwise. If speed increased risk, then the death rate per 100 million miles would be skyrocketing; it is not. It is declining, even though people are driving at higher speeds, and have been for several years now. If you doubt this, you are welcome to accompany me on our next trip, which will involve various interstates in Pennsylvania, so that you will become better informed. cdn_tch: Comparing 10 mph to 70 mph in this discussion is irrelevant. It's absolutely relevant, because it shows that more pollutants are emitted at lower speeds, which are more prevelant during stop-and-go driving. If you are really concerned about decreasing pollution, you would be advocating steps to ensure the smooth flow of traffic, not requiring everyone to obey an arbitrary, counterproductive and artificially low speed limit on limited access highways. cdn_tch: What are the stats on 60 vs 70 vs 80 mph? Also where is the information from? Please provide a link so we can all learn. The increase is negligible for volatile organic compounds (VOCs); it is higher for nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide (from 60-70 mph). The information can be found here: http://esa21.kennesaw.edu/activities/smog-cars/doe-veh-pollutants.pdf. Today's vehicles are, if anything, even cleaner than their earlier counterparts. (Note, for example, that for newer vehicles, the increase in pollutants at higher speeds is smaller.) Reducing speeds on limited access highways to reduce air pollution would be even more of a waste of time. cdn_tch: With 3 Trillion vehicle miles driven, the increase ends up being substantial. You are making the same mistake that you accused that public service message on the billboard of making. So all three trillion of those vehicle miles are at 75 mph on limited access highways? Do you really believe this? The simple fact is that if you want to control pollution, you will, a. target clunkers that generate the most serious pollution, and b. do as much as possible to eliminate stop-and-go driving. cdn_tch: Yes, unregulated gasoline powered engines do pollute more but that does not make it OK to pollute more with a car. Except that the intelligent approach to solving these problems requires wisely targeting sources that will give the most bang for the buck. Given how remarkably clean new vehicles are - a brand-new Ford Explorer emits fewer pollutants running than a brand-new 1969 Ford Galaxie emitted while standing still, with the engine shut off - it is a waste to time to worry about the very small increase in emissions generated by people driving 75 mph as opposed to 55 mph (if such an increase even exists with new vehicles). Especially since history has shown that people do not slow down for artificially low speed limits on limited access highways anyway, unless we post a police officer at virtually every mile of interstate highway, thus resulting in a serious misallocation of police resources to enforce a dumb, misguided law. The most productive - not to mention the informed - approach is not to pass the dumb law in the first place. ;)