I know I"m not the only one and there have been posts about this, but I wanted to add to the growing list of people who are done with Toyota and their dealerships. When dealerships take advantage of customers on a large scale (I’m looking specifically at Toyota who has added dealer markups of $12-15K for a Toyota Rav4 Prime), all the decades of being a customer and advocate goes away. Yes, you can take advantage because of the supply situation, and Toyota can lose lifetime customers in the process because of the dealership and Toyota not doing anything about it when customers complained.
I will consider Lexus without giving them the benefit of the doubt, but not Toyota because of the actions of just about every Toyota dealership I have seen over the past two years. I’m just one person, but I’ve got to think there are more like me who are done with Toyota for their dealerships’ actions.
You sound somewhat detached but I’ll give you benefit of doubt, maybe you’re new to the internet and real life and have never realized that modern cars (newer than about 2005) are designed to be dealership money grabs. So the very root product is designed to be a scam, why would you think the people who sell them wouldn’t add another layer of filthy scam on top?
This is all dealerships.
Learn how to turn wrench and restore cars and you will enjoy old Toyota more than any other brand.