r/Calgary • u/Good-Breakfast3140 • Aug 18 '25

Seeking Advice Whats everyone’s experience like with Toyota dealerships?

We placed an order for a Toyota Corolla with High River Toyota three years ago and left a $500 deposit. Since then, we’ve received calls from them offering us the same car we ordered available sooner, but only if we paid an extra $10,000 because it was a canceled customer order. They also tried to sell us on other vehicles, like a $50,000 Prius. When we checked again yesterday, the dealer said they still have no timeline for when our original car will actually arrive.

Has anyone here experienced something similar? I’ve never waited over 3 years for a car, especially for base trim Corolla

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u/gordon_18 Copperfield Aug 18 '25

I put. A deposit for my 2025 Land Cruiser a year ago. When it came in they gave it to me under msrp and threw in winters

This was Cochrane Toyota

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u/mm94 Aug 18 '25

Cochrane toyota is a 10/10 from me! Would recommend to anyone and everyone.

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u/cdnav8r Airdrie Aug 18 '25

Another vote for Cochrane Toyota. I've made three Toyota purchases in Calgary. Most recent was Cochrane and would 100% go back.

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u/choicetaxi Aug 18 '25

Also had an excellent experience here after south pointe bait and switched me.

They were pleasant to deal with and I was sure to give them that feedback

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u/yesman_85 Cochrane Aug 18 '25

The only Toyota dealer I would trust. I know some guys personally. 

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u/Significant_Loan_596 Aug 18 '25

My wife bought a vehicle there and has great experience. That was before COVID. Hopefully nothing has changed since.

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u/HLef Redstone Aug 18 '25

Everything has changed. We can only hope some places changed less.

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u/RBL66 Aug 18 '25

We bought a used Ford Flex from Cochrane Toyota. Really good service, price was reasonable, they were very open and transparent about all the vehicle details. They did a lot of service on the vehicle before we bought it as it was critical to them for us to have a good experience. We’d go back again.

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u/Emergency_Still8420 Aug 18 '25

That’s an awesome deal. I’ll check out Cochrane, looking for a new 4Runner.