I stopped by a local Toyota Stealer yesterday to actually sit in a Highlander. I am (was) interested in selling off my Santa Fe and Altima and settling for maintaining two rides (‘19 Outback), not three.
At 6’3” headroom is often an issue for me with sunroof equipped cars. Even with the driver’s seat bottomed out.
The HL had acceptable but not great headroom up front.
The downside was sitting in the rear captain chairs. For some reason Toyota lowered the headliner in that area such that there is headroom directly above each rear seat, but it is noticeably lower directly in front of the seats and in between the seats.
If you’re tall, looking forward you end up seeing the lower half of the windshield and the upper one third is all headliner.
Does anyone know if the Platinum trim with the panoramic sunroof has the same “droopy” headliner in the rear seat area? The stealer only had a non-hybrid V6 Limited on the lot though I figured the interior would be the same.
Not that it really matters as this is the current auto dealer extortion racket here in the WKRP area:
STEALERSHIP details:
The Stealer takes whatever comes in from Toyota, though it’s limited.
He automatically charges a non-negotiable $5,000 gouge for all hybrid vehicles regardless if it’s a car or SUV.
To rub salt into the wound, he adds a non-negotiable fee of $1,295 for “paint and upholstery protection!”
And not only is that protection fee on new vehicles, he puts the fee on all used vehicles!!
The salesman said I was the only buyer who had an issue with the additional markup and protection package. He claimed all of his hybrid SUVs and cars are sold before they even arrive on the stealership lot, with everyone paying the current “market pricing.”
And I believe him.
Though as long as there are morons willing to bend over the sales desk to grab a key to a new car, finding a new ride at or below MSRP will be a major challenge.
At 6’3” headroom is often an issue for me with sunroof equipped cars. Even with the driver’s seat bottomed out.
The HL had acceptable but not great headroom up front.
The downside was sitting in the rear captain chairs. For some reason Toyota lowered the headliner in that area such that there is headroom directly above each rear seat, but it is noticeably lower directly in front of the seats and in between the seats.
If you’re tall, looking forward you end up seeing the lower half of the windshield and the upper one third is all headliner.
Does anyone know if the Platinum trim with the panoramic sunroof has the same “droopy” headliner in the rear seat area? The stealer only had a non-hybrid V6 Limited on the lot though I figured the interior would be the same.
Not that it really matters as this is the current auto dealer extortion racket here in the WKRP area:
STEALERSHIP details:
The Stealer takes whatever comes in from Toyota, though it’s limited.
He automatically charges a non-negotiable $5,000 gouge for all hybrid vehicles regardless if it’s a car or SUV.
To rub salt into the wound, he adds a non-negotiable fee of $1,295 for “paint and upholstery protection!”
And not only is that protection fee on new vehicles, he puts the fee on all used vehicles!!
The salesman said I was the only buyer who had an issue with the additional markup and protection package. He claimed all of his hybrid SUVs and cars are sold before they even arrive on the stealership lot, with everyone paying the current “market pricing.”
And I believe him.
Though as long as there are morons willing to bend over the sales desk to grab a key to a new car, finding a new ride at or below MSRP will be a major challenge.