Wilde Toyota

Reason for Visit: Sales

I recommend this dealer: Yes

My Review of Wilde Toyota:
Short Review:

I would absolutely recommend this dealership for, in my experience, a used car. If you know the exact value of the car you want to buy, what the car likely got at auction, and your trade-in, you will get a pretty good deal. The dealership can afford 5-10% profit, so get right in that range. The salespeople do not talk to financing/warranty, so ask to see a financing person and hammer out details BEFORE you agree to buy the car.

Long Review:

I'm young, this was the first car I ever bought at a dealership, and I'd shopped at 13 other dealerships. The key thing about Wilde Toyota is that it's huge and has a wide range of salespeople. Pick your salesperson very carefully. The guy I dealt with, Keith, was extraordinarily patient and good-natured. He waited up until 9pm on a friday to hand me my keys. I wasn't pressured, given fast-talk, anything like that. I knew my product (Toyota Corolla), what I could get it for, and I roughly got the price I wanted.

One thing to keep in mind is that sales does not talk to financing/warranty unless you specifically ask them too. What I did was talk to a financing person BEFORE I decided to buy the car. They answered all my questions up-front and I had no major surprises.

The best thing about this dealership? They really do have an implied warranty that your vehicle will be free of major safety problems--or they'll fix it. I had to take mine in because a very expensive safety part was not working. Ends up being that the dealership paid for the parts and labor! This was not covered by my warranty! I could have gotten hosed--but they took a dip in their profit to cover my car.

I highly recommend Wilde Toyota.

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Reason for Visit: Service

I recommend this dealer: No

My Review of Wilde Toyota:
This dealership is absolutely HORRIBLE.

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Reason for Visit: Service

I recommend this dealer: No

My Review of Wilde Toyota:
I would not recommend because I signed for $500 and they pressured and scared me until I agreed to double that amount & change. Said he would give me a discount, and he did, 10% off. However, they wanted us to get over $2300 in repairs, which we did not do. On the phone, only quoted part prices NOT $90/hour LABOR!!! Good grief!
They did give us a nice loaner car. I was tempted to buy that after I got the bill, would have been cheaper!

I am taking it to my local garage to see if any of the other stuff on the list is "legit." So long, Toyota!

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Reason for Visit: Service

I recommend this dealer: No

My Review of Wilde Toyota:
Brought an 06 Corolla in since the wheel well covering inside was falling off. Bought the car June 1 w/ 8300 miles on it - they purchased it on auction from a local rental company (It's Aug. 24th). Was told it wasn't warranty since "I damaged it". Too bad for the Used Car sales mgr. (Eric) that I wrote down the issues with the vehicle when I brought it home and he was ther ewhen we walked through it. Ironically he "couldn't remember". They were rude, short, and didn't seem interested in working with me to solve the problem.

The kicker? I called a week ago to schedule the issue, MADE ME call Parts to order the part, and they still hadn't ordered the part. EVEN IF I HAD WANTED TO PAY TO REPAIR THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO!

I scheduled with Safro to fix it, warranty or not, and won't be taking my car back there for service, which is a feat considering I live a quarter mile from the dealership.

DO NOT TRUST THEM. DO NOT BUY FROM THEM. I'd head to Safro. Mom just had a nice experience at Safro so they just earned my business. The guys in back all look like they just crawled out of bed, and their attitudes and demeanor justified their looks.

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Reason for Visit: Sales

I recommend this dealer: No

My Review of Wilde Toyota:
I had a ROTTEN experience at this dealership recently! I would NOT recommend buying either a new OR used car from them ever! I wanted to purchase a used vehicle of a different make (one year old, not Toyota make) from their used car lot and was yanked around like a yo-yo with regard to financing it. I don't know how many times this car dealership told me that the financing for the car would go through so I could come in and pick it up (which I did)... only to be told upon arrival that they could not do it... BUT that a Toyota would go thru financing no problem. Their excuse was that the salesman (who called me) just was not in good communication with the guys who handled the financing (like that was the whole problem), while they kept trying to push the idea of buying a Toyota on me. I even made the mistake of calling my insurance agent up and getting the new car set up with a policy... thats how sure I was that the deal was going to go through and I'd be leaving there with the car I wanted. In essence, I went there to buy the car I picked out and fell in love with!... NOT a car hand-picked BY them FOR me! Anyway, do yourself a favor and save yourself the heartache... and ride right on by this car lot.

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