Originally Posted By: HerrStig
Originally Posted By: MrCritical
Toyota as a manufacturer has a legally binding contract with a distributor in certain states. If you buy a vehicle there, you will be charged for add ons. The dealer pays, and you pay. There is no getting out of it.
That's why I don't buy Toyotas.
Huh? Don't want none of those "NON-legally binding contracts", now do we? Toyota US controls the FRANCHISE sale of their vehicles here in the US, not a "distributor". You work for the UAW or what?
In what is called the "Gulf States", no they don't. They have a legally binding, can't-get-out-of-it distributor agreement and the dealer and the buyer get "lusterizing sealant, pin stripes, floor mats, and car rental assistance", whether they like it or not. Toyota has taken them to court, and lost. The dealer pays it, you pay it, or you don't get a Toyota in these areas.