This was my first time buying a car from a dealership and it was the best experience! I needed a car right away to be able get to work since mine had problems not worth fixing. I was nervous about having to be without a car but when I got there they gave me a good trade in value for my car and a rebate for having recently graduated college. The sales manager set me up with Angel, a really helpful and nice salesman. Based on what I told them I wanted they set me up to test drive the Corolla LE in one of the colors I was considering. I was able to test drive it by myself!
I really liked the car and when I sat down with Angel he showed me the options that didn't come on the model I test drove. I said I wanted to add a sunroof. Given the price to make that change he said I should take a look at the Corolla Sport since the sunroof was included and I would get a lot more upgrades that wouldn't cost that much more than just the sunroof. They even ran the financing and showed me the difference in the monthly payments if I went with the LE or Sport. We went and brought the Corolla Sport down in the other color I was considering and I fell in love! It was like Angel knew before I did that I would really appreciate all the upgrades. I told him my big decision now was to decide whether I wanted the blue or gray Sport. I was outside comparing the gray LE to the blue Sport and I was really surprised when Angel brought down the Sport in gray so I would have an easier time picking a color!
When the service manager showed me other options that the dealership could install on the car they didn't push anything and even said they weren't going to try and convince me I needed to add anything. I really wanted an automatic starter so we added it to the order and set up my first service so I would be in the system and would be easier for me to schedule oil changes and tire rotations (free of charge for 2 years!).
I was able to drive my car away the same day even though I didn't get there until 4:30 pm to start looking! They said I could make an appointment or drop my car off to get the automatic starter done whenever it was convenient for me. I dropped it off later that week and the person I dropped my car off with was friendly and actually asked me if I needed to get dropped off anywhere which I wouldn't expect from a dealership.
Angel and everyone else at Toyota did everything to get me set up in my new car and made it a great experience. I love my new car and I will always come here for service and future purchases.
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