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West coaster here looking to purchase a new Toyota vehicle while on an extended east coast stay; and looking for experiences with/recommendations for dealers. Will travel frequently between Boston and VT. and likely will spend time in New Hampshire making it a reasonable option for a vehicle purchase. I am very familiar with "out of my resident state" purchases so this is a non-issue from my home state perspective - people here frequently purchase vehicles elsewhere while on (and for) extended trips.
Cars.com appears not to have NH as an option for searching inventory. Does anyone know why?
Does anyone have some recommendations for reputable, reasonable Toyota dealers?
I highly recommend Acton Toyota in Littleton, MA. They are close to the intersection of Route 495 and Route 3, near the New Hampshire border, and sell a lot of cars to New Hampshire residents.
Otherwise, Toyota of Nashua and Ira Toyota of Manchester are the largest volume dealers within the state of New Hampshire.
I was also going to recommend Acton Toyota. Purchased a new car from them years ago and they were fantastic. Steer clear of Jaffarian in Haverhill, MA. Awful experience - inflated repair charges and sleazy salesmen that kept trying to hit on me. There's IRA Toyota in Manchester, but last year I experienced a road rage incident with someone driving IRA dealer plates in a new car where they tried to give me a break job and run me off of the road (I reported the plates and incident to IRA, how stupid can you be with a dealer plate that says "IRA"?), so I can't say they left a good impression on me.
I recommend most highly Durand Toyota in Westminster Vermont. We knew we wanted a Toyota we just weren't sure which one.
We went there and the sales rep was extremely knowledgable and most helpful. I test drove four different vehicles and he explained in great detail the advantages and disadvantages of each one. His expertise enabled us to get the best vehicle for our needs.
Beyond the purchase itself, the Service Department is top notch. We have had several 5000 mile service visits, all done within about an hour.
I am very impressed with this dealership and the people there. They are currently renovating and expanding their facility. This is a good outfit with knowledgable and helpful people. I most strongly recommend that, at a minimum, you go there and evaluate them for yourselves.
West coaster here looking to purchase a new Toyota vehicle while on an extended east coast stay; and looking for experiences with/recommendations for dealers. Will travel frequently between Boston and VT. and likely will spend time in New Hampshire making it a reasonable option for a vehicle purchase. I am very familiar with "out of my resident state" purchases so this is a non-issue from my home state perspective - people here frequently purchase vehicles elsewhere while on (and for) extended trips.
Cars.com appears not to have NH as an option for searching inventory. Does anyone know why?
Does anyone have some recommendations for reputable, reasonable Toyota dealers?
What do you mean by west coaster, because if that means California you will s c r e w yourself silly, when you go to register anything you can get NEW around here. Cal has screwball laws. I see Ak in the title though so if it is anything other than Cal you will be fine. Laconia has a dealer, Farmington does and there is another in Epping, all in NH.
I've had good experience with Irwin in Laconia and Fenton in Keene. I also took a trip to see Ernie Boch in Norwood Mass. Irwin and Boch made me good offers on a used Toyota and I finally bought from Irwin. I can't say I was impressed with Durand when I checked out a brand new but old car. They had pie-in-the sky ideas about what they could get for it. It was a 2012 and this was fall 2013. The guy wasn't even willing to deal.
Mass dealers tend to have larger inventory and as has been previously said, you don't pay taxes until you rgister the car. The only problem with buying a car in Mass and driving it to NH is Mass doesn't recognize NH temporary plates. So unless the dealer can register your car in NH for you, you have to make arrangements to get your car home legally.
No toyota dealer in Farmington...but there is one in Rochester. They appear to be all over the state. Rochester Toyota as mentioned, Hurlbert Toyota in Epping, Grappone Toyota in Concord, Berlin City Toyota in Gorham, Rockingham Toyota in Salem...etc, etc.
Tons of dealers in NH...at least 27. Interesting to read other's experiences with purchasing in MA. I had no problem. Dealer plates were left on the car and I mailed them back.
It depends on the dealer. Boch offered to drive the vehicle up to my home. Last time I bought a car in western Mass from a dealer (not Toyota) I had to bring my own plates. OP is from Alaksa so her situation might be more complicated.
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