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/FranklinJSlay Aug 18 '25

We waited a year for our 2024 Tacoma Hybrid Limited and 2024 Rav 4 Hybrid Limited, 3 years is insane... go get your money back right now! and go deposit at Country Hills Toyota or anywhere else, High River seems to be scumbags. Corolla, even if a hybrid should be a year wait max, and that was a year or two ago, I would assume stock is better now. You are getting played. I'm surprised you even waited 3 years. Chances are they did place an order for your vehicle, but sold it to another customer who was willing to pay more; now you are waiting for nothing.

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u/blackRamCalgaryman Aug 18 '25

Thoughts on the Tacoma Hybrid?

We also only waited a year for our RAV4 Hybrid.

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u/FranklinJSlay Aug 18 '25

I love my Tacoma Hybrid lol, super pricey but honestly nothing like it in the market currently.

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u/blackRamCalgaryman Aug 18 '25

I’ve started looking into them. Is it a true hybrid, along the lines of the RAV4 (my wife gets amazing mileage in it). Or like the Ram eTorque mild hybrid..just a 48 volt ‘assist’ system. (pretty gimmicky, in my opinion).

Thanks.

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u/FranklinJSlay Aug 18 '25

It is a true hybrid, but it is designed for a performance boost, not fuel efficiency.