re: Buying a Toyota Highlander

Last 2 cars I bought I bought online after test driving locally. Go look at dealer inventory for every Toyota dealership in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and wherever else you want. If they have a vehicle in stock you want, ask for an online price through their internet sales rep. As I said, I did this with my last 2 vehicles. Ended buy one out of Dallas and the other out of San Antonio. Got a substantially better price that I could get anywhere in Louisiana. Closed the whole deal over phone and fed ex and paid an extra $500-700 to have the car shipped here (the savings more than made up for this). Easiest 2 cars I ever bought. Never had to negotiate or haggle with anyone other than by email (give them 1 digit off on the phone number so they can only contact you by email). They never had my phone number until I had a final price and was ready to buy. YMMV