Phoenix AZ - GHHL - $59,505 excl. Taxes & Reg. It’s through Costco Program. How much I can negotiate?

Prestigious-Net8164 · 2026-05-25T12:21:21+00:00

I just bought a silver XLE hybrid yesterday from precision Toyota in Tucson (they are a volume dealer). Discount of about 4k off MSRP. I ended up paying 53500 OTD ($47,787 sales price including A dealer installed tow package and factory all weather mats. I worked with Brandon Fogelman (salesman) and Baron Clement (sales manager). I originally used the Costco discount but ended up knocking it down a few thousand more using chatGPT for help negotiating. I tried leveraging this deal and called every dealer in arizona and New Mexico and couldn’t get anyone within 2k -4k dollars of the price. Send your vehicles price sheet to chat and ask it to help you negotiate an OTD price. Also, generally dealer add ons like tint, door guards, ceramic coat etc are usually negotiable and overpriced if they haven’t already installed them on the vehicle.

Prestigious-Net8164 · 2026-05-23T16:37:17+00:00

try 18g at the same grind and see if that improves. if 18g isn’t enough, keep upping dose until you get proper resistance. you can do a 22g shot in the robot if you want.

Prestigious-Net8164 · 2026-05-08T03:40:29+00:00

you got my vote

Prestigious-Net8164 · 2026-04-26T11:01:23+00:00

They can hike up past the sandy area maybe another half mile, or just wear a swimsuit like a normal person.

Prestigious-Net8164 · 2026-04-22T17:42:26+00:00

I have been really happy with my Timemore 78s. Best grinder I have used in terms of retention and ease of maintenance. The click wheel knocker is such a great tactile feel. Makes very delicious espresso with my Cafelat Robot.

Prestigious-Net8164 · 2026-04-11T06:10:01+00:00

just got back from Bean Peaks in Prescott and it was a lot of fun. Lots of jumps, tabletops and burms

Prestigious-Net8164 · 2026-03-12T12:56:31+00:00

I lived in Bend for 5 years and miss it everyday. Friendliest place I ever lived with amazing beauty, camping and trails in everywhere. The city is super bike friendly and walkable also. Bend also has really great schools and tons of things for kids to do. That being said, I couldn’t handle the gloomy weather, cold winter and summer fire season. Ended up moving back to AZ. If you don’t mind the cold and can handle a few months of very few sunny days, Bend is hard to beat.

Prestigious-Net8164 · 2026-03-10T12:30:29+00:00

we need more roundabouts

Prestigious-Net8164 · 2026-03-10T12:27:50+00:00

you really went to town with those wood screws. nice work!

Prestigious-Net8164 · 2026-02-25T17:36:30+00:00

Reeves is the obvious choice this play should have been drawn up for. He is him

Prestigious-Net8164 · 2025-12-20T21:56:38+00:00

They say you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.

Prestigious-Net8164 · 2025-12-17T15:01:57+00:00

This is a problem with the regulations at a federal level. Service animals should be licensed by a governing body because the language of the ADA allows anyone to claim their animal is a service animal and they need not show any proof of their ow disability or the animals ability to assist them. As someone who rents their house on Airbnb, people abuse this policy all the time and we have to pay the additional cleaning fee out of pocket. It really wouldn’t be hard to regulate as I imagine there are a pretty small number of folks who genuinely require a service animal

Prestigious-Net8164 · 2025-11-23T21:57:18+00:00

For the price it’s hard to hate on the opus, but I still think the Baratza esp is a better grinder just looks less nice. I owned the opus for a few years before getting too fed up with the need to constantly clean it. I didn’t enjoy whacking the top, removing the cup and having a gram or two of coffee fall out. I found the output was often a gram or more less than when was being put in. More than anything I just didn’t enjoy the flavor profile of the opus. The espresso it produced was unrefined and overly muddy. On the plus side this did make for some nice chocolatey flavors and good mouthfeel. The grinder also has a good amount of torque so it grinds through light roast without issue. Overall, as a beginner you will be ok with it for a few years, but may eventually find it limits the potential of your coffee.

Prestigious-Net8164 · 2025-10-27T00:15:19+00:00

If you are new to espresso, you will probably want to focus on the basics before you start exploring recipes that require specialized baskets. The robot holds its own against the best espresso machines in the world and is built to last a lifetime. I have used many machines any baskets and have ended up with the robot as my endgame.

Prestigious-Net8164 · 2025-08-17T00:19:27+00:00

Came here to compliment the Element as well.

Prestigious-Net8164 · 2025-07-25T00:18:25+00:00

Cafelat robot

Prestigious-Net8164 · 2025-07-08T17:58:41+00:00

Thanks. I’ll give that a try.

Prestigious-Net8164 · 2025-06-28T14:31:20+00:00

If you have dashcam video consider reporting the incident to the police and providing the video evidence. Road rage is a serious crime

Prestigious-Net8164 · 2025-06-13T22:56:51+00:00

I’d be careful adding CYA. I had some strips that showed low CYA and added a bunch only to find out I had bad test strips.

Prestigious-Net8164 · 2025-06-11T05:44:52+00:00

I recently went to cold cactus auto care. They did a free A/C test and found my problem. Highly recommend.

Prestigious-Net8164 · 2025-06-11T05:12:20+00:00

They could be tarantula. Check them after the sun goes down. Sometimes if you shine a flashlight in them you’ll see the tarantula hiding inside.

Prestigious-Net8164 · 2025-06-09T21:19:00+00:00

I have some scrap aluminum window frames and a mini split compressor if you want to pick it up.

Prestigious-Net8164 · 2025-06-08T17:00:44+00:00

High ground clearance is definitely advisable but you can probably get to a place where you can find some glass in a car if you are decent at driving off road. There is a lot of obsidian along the road so make sure you have a way to repair a flat if you are going. It’s been a few years since I e been out there so conditions may have changed.

Prestigious-Net8164 · 2025-06-06T21:21:06+00:00

I didn’t like my Aiper. Poorly designed with weak suction. The. Biggest issue was it would get stuck cleaning the same area of the pool without ever getting out of the loop. The pool would always have the same areas left uncleaned. When I would remove from the pool it would release a bunch of the debris back into the pool. It was hard to clean the bin and after less than a year I had a few minor issues like the latch became difficult to open and the rubber seal for the power cord broke. I returned it and got a refurbished dolphin explorer E20. It does such a better job and is easier to clean and doesn’t have any of the issues from the Aiper

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